Joshua Wold

As a teenager I pirated a lot of music and software, games, and the likes. I’m pretty sure every other kid with any technical savvy did the same. As I got older I stopped doing that, especially when the software I was purchasing was helping to support my growing

I don’t quite know how to do small talk well. I’ve studied up on it and have a decent grasp of it, and can hold myself well for a while in a group. But it’s draining. I see the value, but it wears me out. Instead of

From Apple Insider. Or, the only reason you had an old Apple TV lying around was to watch Netflix in the first place. I bought an Apple TV from the earlier generations and was extremely dissapointed in it. The hardware and software were absolute junk. The thing stopped working entirely

This has long been a joke within the technical world. Friends and long-forgotten connections reach out for help with their computers. These days its more based around iPhones, but occassionally you get a question about some ancient piece of hardware that needs some love. The memes that go around make

If you wanted to contact someone asynchronously, you sent them an email. If you wanted to chat with messaging, you both needed to be online simultaneously. Modern messaging is like a cross between email and instant messaging: you can chat, live, just like with instant messaging, but you can send

The Acolyte, a TV show in the Star Wars universe, comes out on Disney Plus tonight. I’m trying to avoid any spoilers and go in cold. I was so incredibly pleased with the first season of Mandalorian, and fell in love with Andor, but stayed away from other shows

I love to run, love to listen to podcasts and audiobooks, and love my AirPods Pro (2nd generation with Lightning). However, I’ve continually had an issue with them while running, where the AirPods have a pop to them with the sound. It’s intermittent; happens at least 50% of

Julia and I had a fantastic chat last week, and we’re planning on having her on the podcast next week. I love her thinking on being a designer in today’s world, and making sure you’re taking care of your mind and body. Perfectionism also showed up in

First, there are few must-play Steam games available for the Mac. That natural limitation would protect me from an ever-growing backlog and the back-of-the-mind burden that comes with it. Among those few games, fewer still are RPGs to keep up with. Minimizing my games-to-play and games-to-beat reduces my mental overhead.