Doug Tabacco @tabacco@idlethumbs.social

"Apple Pay has become the preferred way to pay for... almost everything!" - except, of course, the App Store and iTunes.

This well-written piece in the New York Times is a pretty good summation of what I enjoy about long-distance Amtrak trips (and why you should stick to western and midwestern routes if you do it): https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/20/magazine/train-across-america-amtrak.html

Ask your doctor if Stadia is right for you.

I can't wait for the reveal of a gaming console by a company with a history of poor customer support and a short attention span for products.

@cordeos Unintentional Maximum Fun on the bottom right?

@cordeos Oh man, I need to get on tickets for that.

@mogwai_poet Cursed Treasure®

Updated idlethumbs.social to Mastodon 2.7.3 today, along with some various other maintenance on the server. Let me know if anything seems horribly broken.

@CarlMuckenhoupt I definitely use the phrase "reboot the coffee maker" more than I'd like at work.

@jennegatron @cordeos Haha... I feel like downtown Sacramento has come a long way recently-ish (like... the last couple of decades).

@cordeos @LeonardHCizewski (I ask because Sacramento's pretty nice, especially if you can swing a place near the city proper). Just make sure you have AC in the summertime :)

@cordeos @LeonardHCizewski I missed some context... are you moving to Sacramento?

@cordeos Yeah, we were there in July and the bike infrastructure there is insane. It makes me super jealousl Good job having lots of old rail corridors ready to convert :)

@cordeos I have to say, I really admire the whole city's commitment to bicycling.

@cordeos Minneapolis?

@andygorman I greatly enjoyed the first one, and then never played the rest because I didn't own another playstation system after that. If they ever came to the Switch, I'd be all over them in a heartbeat.

Important London travel advice, courtesy of Cisco Travel

@cordeos "We figured out how to set this thing up once, and damned if we're going to have to live through that a second time."

@cordeos Ah, the Eternal Webex. I hope that sign was placed there to obstruct the cameras for privacy during non-meeting times.