Since getting a new VPN, Spotify thinks I am in Sweden, and it is remarkable how much more tolerable the ads are. Not just because I don't understand them, because they are so much less frenetic.

I wrote about reviving my sourdough after an extended absence.

https://www.fornacalia.com/2020/sourdough-revival/

I'd certainly pay for an app that used RSS (or similar) to aggregate photographers' streams. Heck, I'd even exert pressure on my own favourite photographer to create a dedicated photo stream. I've kickstartered less promising pitches. h/t @chrisaldrich

I managed to restore my Apple Time Capsule to proper working order, I think, but how sensible is it, really, to have the reset button and the status lights on opposite sides of the device?

2019 was pretty good. 2020 will be pretty good too. That is all.

Eat This Newsletter 115 is up. Full version at https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/eat-this-newsletter-115-chewy-bonus/

I have absolutely no problem shilling for Flickr, so if you've been considering signing up to a Pro account, use this link and save 25% https://www.flickr.com/account/upgrade/pro?coupon=25in2019

Reddit’s Best Mindblowing Facts of All Time at https://lifehacker.com/reddit-s-favorite-mindblowing-facts-of-all-time-fact-c-1840398431

My favourite: “Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin all lived in Vienna in 1913.”

h/t jgordon

What gets me about Jason shaving in the shower is not that he thinks he looks too young, but that he might have solved the problem of a mirror that does not fog up. If I could shave in the shower, gosh, how much more time I'd have to be productive the rest of the day.

Very peeved. Time Machine can no longer see my Time Capsule and neither can I. Tried restarting the computer, but that didn't help. Don'[t really want to do a factory reset. What else can I try?