Daily Tech News 22 March 2025

Top Story

Regent, a "media investment firm", has signed a deal to buy TechCrunch from Yahoo for an undisclosed but not enormous sum. (Axios)

I didn't realise that Yahoo owned TechCrunch, but there it is in the copyright notice right at the bottom.

Just a few days ago Regent bought Foundry from IDG. Foundry is the home of the various "world" publications, such as Macworld, PCWorld, and InfoWorld, which has been in operation since 1978.

What all of this means for those various publications is unclear.

Tech News

What's behind Jeff Bezos' changed relationship with Donald Trump? (Ars Technica)

Reality. Something with which the Ars commentariat is demonstrably unfamiliar. The article itself is from the Financial Times which is why it's less insane than usual.

As the article quotes a source on the money-losing Washington Post:
He's a highly rational person. I think he was comfortable losing $20 million a year. When it gets to $100 million a year, I don't know what his appetite is for that.
Reality always wins.
Microsoft to Windows 10 users: Stop being poor. (XDA Developers)

Just buy a new PC, losers.
Zen 5 Threadripper chips have been spotted in Indian shipping manifests, indicating that they exist. (Tom's Hardware)

So far the 24 core 9965WX and 32 core 9975WX, which based on AMD's naming conventions would support 8 channel memory and 128 lanes of PCIe 5.
The Court of Milan has ordered Google to falsify DNS results to hide the IPs of IPTV pirate sites. (TorrentFreak)

Time to block Europe at the firewall.
"Vibe coding" is a dangerous fantasy. (NMN)

"Here's how I built a B2B SAAS platform without knowing how to code."

(Five minutes later.)

"We regret to inform you that our site has been hacked and all user data corrupted and/or stolen."

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: LTSC FTW.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 4rerttrttyy

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at March 22, 2025 04:02 AM (ny95y)

2 Good morning! Gardening weather has arrived in N Texas and the lawn season is upon us. Spent yesterday afternoon mowing, raking, fertilizing and watering the back yard. The grandson helped out too as much as a 5 year old can, so it was a good time.

Probably gonna continue working the back today, cleaning up around the pond and the patio getting the beds, pots and baskets ready for the new stuff. I love this time of year.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 22, 2025 04:17 AM (3Ope8)

3 - COJ

I enjoy the gardening part. Especially when it pays off with produce.
The yard part,,, not so much.
I really should go load my front tine tiller in the truck ( not fun for a 70 yr 2 day old light in the backside guy ) bring it home and till up a couple beds. Picked up 50 bare root strawberry plants Thur.

On the other hand, what few walleye there are in my home lake, even fewer 18+ in keepers, should be starting to spawn any day now, and the winds are light today for a change, and...

Posted by: TeeJ at March 22, 2025 04:41 AM (LajFB)

4 Good morning, good people, from the Adirondacks, current home of seasonal temps and tons of indicators of early spring. Very easy to deal with.

Also time to wish you maximum benefit for your effort this and ALL other days, with commensurate grief for the leftwit fungi crawling about.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at March 22, 2025 04:44 AM (hKoQL)

5 The Musical Interlude could use a lot less Bruno Mars, a lot quieter ROSÉ and..

This Musical Interlude just needs much less of this Musical Interlude.

It would go down much easier that way.

Posted by: Timothy Treadwell at March 22, 2025 04:46 AM (RCAte)

6 This Musical Interlude just needs much less of this Musical Interlude.

I suspected this might be divisive among the over-29 crowd, though I kind of like it.

Don't worry, we'll back to more of the classic stuff tomorrow.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 22, 2025 04:50 AM (BLOW1)

7 Good morning from the Carolinas.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at March 22, 2025 04:54 AM (hMVQ3)

8 Microsoft to Windows 10 users: Stop being poor. (XDA Developers)

Just buy a new PC, losers.

I can afford a new PC. I just don't want to get one, out of spite mostly. If my ancient laptop with Win10 is still running by the time Oct rolls around, I'll just put Linux on it and keep using it. I have Win11 on a Beelink and its fine. A second laptop, bought refurbished from Amazon, has Linux.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 22, 2025 04:57 AM (bxwtE)

9 And,

Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 22, 2025 04:57 AM (bxwtE)

10 Here in the northeastern part of the US we had a taste of spring. But as mother nature always does, she says wait a minute winter isn't done so the little flowers that were happily blooming will be covered with some snow this coming week. Jet stream shift.

Posted by: Colin at March 22, 2025 05:00 AM (wlQdF)

11 TeeJ - the backyard is only about 150x30 and there's an 18x18 pergola in the center with a small pond at one end so the only real 'lawn' to mow is pretty small. I'd love to have raised planters for things like strawberries and veggies.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 22, 2025 05:01 AM (3Ope8)

12 G'Day everyone
I hardly slept since 12:30, have to go to work

Posted by: Skip at March 22, 2025 05:01 AM (fwDg9)

13 1 4rerttrttyy
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at March 22, 2025 04:02 AM (ny95y)

Ponderable.

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 05:04 AM (CQE5S)

14
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 22, 2025 05:12 AM (tljrc)

15 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 22, 2025 05:16 AM (hoCmQ)

16 6 Don't worry, we'll back to more of the classic stuff tomorrow.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 22, 2025 04:50 AM (BLOW1)

You're expanding our horizons!

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 05:16 AM (CQE5S)

17 LOL the many layers:

Magills
@magills_
12h
Tesla is up almost 10% since Tim posted this and I’m a bit surprised he didn’t recognize a bottom.

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 05:24 AM (CQE5S)

18 "Just buy a new PC, losers."

I hate reinstalling everything. Spending days getting everything set up and where I expect it to be is not what I consider "a good time" anymore. Bite me, Microsoft.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 22, 2025 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

19 CBD, this is especially for you:

@jiratickets
16h
what is something that remains consistent no matter where you are in the world

@magills_
9h
A McDonalds hamburger. Which comes in handy if you’re traveling somewhere like France that has terrible native cuisine.

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 05:31 AM (CQE5S)

20 I suspected this might be divisive among the over-29 crowd, though I kind of like it.

It's got an 80's-like schlock-pop sound to it. "Acceptable radio for background music in retail stores in a mall."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 22, 2025 05:35 AM (O7YUW)

21 Half a cup and outta here

Posted by: Skip at March 22, 2025 05:42 AM (fwDg9)

22 Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 22, 2025 04:50 AM (BLOW1)

That is not it, she is pretty and has a nice singing voice, but this vapid musical style is so shallow and wanting.

There is no poetry or feeling that I can discern, it could even be AI derived for the lack of humanity in it.

Posted by: somejoe at March 22, 2025 05:45 AM (RCAte)

23 18 "Just buy a new PC, losers."

I hate reinstalling everything. Spending days getting everything set up and where I expect it to be is not what I consider "a good time" anymore. Bite me, Microsoft.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 22, 2025 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

11 also seems to be... jittery. Windows pop open at odd inputs. No, I am trying to insert this picture into this power point, I do not need to see what the weather is and the latest hollywood news.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 05:46 AM (bss/y)

24 I suspected this might be divisive among the over-29 crowd, though I kind of like it.

Don't worry, we'll back to more of the classic stuff tomorrow.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 22, 2025 04:50 AM (BLOW1)

Has a bubblegum feel to it. Hmmm, can't say I hate it, but not exactly my cup of tea. (music tabs open: the rammstein video someone linked yesterday which I like the song, hole in my soul by aerosmith)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 05:49 AM (bss/y)

25 11 also seems to be... jittery. Windows pop open at odd inputs. No, I am trying to insert this picture into this power point, I do not need to see what the weather is and the latest hollywood news.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 05:46 AM (bss/y)
---
You will be assimilated.

Posted by: Microsoft Copilot at March 22, 2025 05:49 AM (cweKM)

26 May I recommend

"She Shot a Hole in My Soul"

Clifford Curry

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 05:51 AM (CQE5S)

27 Have a great day horde
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at March 22, 2025 05:51 AM (fwDg9)

28 Drive safe, skip.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 05:58 AM (bss/y)

29 Planting has begun on the eastern shore. I see lots of trucks towing anhydrous ammonia.
Purple clover is in bloom and many fields are covered with it.

Posted by: Accomack at March 22, 2025 06:02 AM (oERdd)

30 26 May I recommend

"She Shot a Hole in My Soul"

Clifford Curry
Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 05:51 AM (CQE5S)

Not bad, I see Huey Lewis did a straight cover of it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 06:06 AM (bss/y)

31 Has a bubblegum feel to it. Hmmm, can't say I hate it, but not exactly my cup of tea. (music tabs open: the rammstein video someone linked yesterday which I like the song, hole in my soul by aerosmith)

Yeah, it's definitely bubblegum.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 22, 2025 06:09 AM (BLOW1)

32 30 Not bad, I see Huey Lewis did a straight cover of it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 06:06 AM (bss/y)

cool

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 06:16 AM (CQE5S)

33 Pitch correction software etc. That's what makes a lot of modern music sound soulless.

The youtube guy Phil at Wings of Pegasus lays it all bare.

Posted by: 13times at March 22, 2025 06:18 AM (X6pfF)

34 Yeah, it's definitely bubblegum.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 22, 2025 06:09 AM (BLOW1)

I think they are dangerously getting close to infringement with this:

https://tinyurl.com/bdfxdm7c

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 06:18 AM (bss/y)

35 Ha! No bubblegum! Look what just popped up in the early morning music rotation: https://tinyurl.com/5x42h35b

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 22, 2025 06:18 AM (3Ope8)

36 33 Pitch correction software etc. That's what makes a lot of modern music sound soulless.

The youtube guy Phil at Wings of Pegasus lays it all bare.
Posted by: 13times at March 22, 2025 06:18 AM (X6pfF)

I like that guy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 06:19 AM (bss/y)

37 I think they are dangerously getting close to infringement with this:

https://tinyurl.com/bdfxdm7c
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 06:18 AM (bss/y)

Just less melodic.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 06:19 AM (bss/y)

38 G'morning, all.

Wrenched something just below the elbow on my left arm while replacing lower control arms on the S-60 Sedan yesterday.

No walk today as it really kinda hurts. But, I need to finish as much of the reassembly as I can while waiting for two axle dust boots to arrive on Tuesday.

And RIP, Big George.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 22, 2025 06:20 AM (a1415)

39 Part 1

This is from a book which the people at the church which I serve and mec are studying for Lent- "Give up Something Bad for Lent" by Rev. James W. Moore. Chapter 2-Gave up harsh, condemning judgements for Lent. Rev. Moore includes this tagline, "Lord, make my words tender and sweet today, for I may have to eat them tomorrow." Rev. Moore includes this story:

In his book, "Look at the burning bushes", Bidhop Bob Goodrich writes about a schoolmaster some years who demanded strict discipline in his classroom. He required his students to hold their textbooks in their left hands as they stood to recite. Early in the term, one boy stodd holding his book in his right hand. The teacher interrupted with the stern reminder that he should hold the book in his left hand. But the student continued with it in his right hand. The teacher exploded, shouting at him, "You take that book in your left hand right now or suffer the consequences!" "But, sir, I can't, " said the boy. The teacher was so infuriated that he ran to the student screaming at the top of his voice, "Don't you disobey me!" Then be grabbed the boy and began to shake him and pushed him harshly down into his desk.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 22, 2025 06:20 AM (42Vb+)

40 "Just buy a new PC, losers."

I hate reinstalling everything. Spending days getting everything set up and where I expect it to be is not what I consider "a good time" anymore. Bite me, Microsoft.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 22, 2025 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

I know that Office will stop working when Win10 stops support so I am migrating away from that. As the other software I use stops working on Win10 I'll be sad but life will go on.

I don't want co-pilot. I don't want recall. I don't want my taskbar on the bottom. And, given a choice, I refuse to use software that tries to force me into THEIR preferences.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 22, 2025 06:22 AM (ExV1e)

41 One tree pollen is coating everything right about now.

Azaleas are about three days from full bloom at this point, with some dogwoods already in full bloom.

Spring is definitely here.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 22, 2025 06:23 AM (a1415)

42 RIP George Foreman. Sad.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 22, 2025 06:23 AM (3Ope8)

43 Windoze 10 users to Microsoft: Fk off!

Posted by: Pikov Andropov at March 22, 2025 06:23 AM (y7zkd)

44 One=Pine.

Can't explain that one.

But the tree sperm is thick and heavy.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 22, 2025 06:24 AM (a1415)

45 35 Ha! No bubblegum! Look what just popped up in the early morning music rotation: https://tinyurl.com/5x42h35b
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 22, 2025 06:18 AM (3Ope

Bon Jovi has been deployed. Warning. Bon Jovi has been deployed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 06:24 AM (bss/y)

46 That is not it, she is pretty and has a nice singing voice, but this vapid musical style is so shallow and wanting.

There is no poetry or feeling that I can discern, it could even be AI derived for the lack of humanity in it.
Posted by: somejoe at March 22, 2025 05:45 AM (RCAte)

It's modern pop. She's saying that she wouldn't be opposed to meaningless sex. He's saying that he's fine with that also. Considering most modern music consists of just screeching sexual positions, it's kind of charming.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 22, 2025 06:24 AM (ExV1e)

47 34 I think they are dangerously getting close to infringement with this:

https://tinyurl.com/bdfxdm7c
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 06:18 AM (bss/y)

Ha!

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 06:25 AM (CQE5S)

48 Considering most modern music consists of just screeching sexual positions, it's kind of charming.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 22, 2025 06:24 AM (ExV1e)

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 06:25 AM (bss/y)

49 Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 06:24 AM (bss/y)

Probably gonna get some Van Halen soon....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 22, 2025 06:25 AM (3Ope8)

50 Don't worry, we'll back to more of the classic stuff tomorrow.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 22, 2025 04:50 AM (BLOW1)

Yeah, it's definitely bubblegum.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 22, 2025 06:09 AM (BLOW1)

That just misses my critique. But, whatever.

Posted by: somejoe at March 22, 2025 06:27 AM (RCAte)

51 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 22, 2025 06:27 AM (dg+HA)

52 35 Ha! No bubblegum! Look what just popped up in the early morning music rotation: https://tinyurl.com/5x42h35b
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 22, 2025 06:18 AM (3Ope

I could leave that on permanently in the background.

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 06:28 AM (CQE5S)

53 Huh. Wiki describes aerosmith as 'hard rock'. Strange.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 06:29 AM (bss/y)

54 Broken Peach's version of "APT"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWaJoy7iCM

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 22, 2025 06:29 AM (wNl7U)

55 43.5 Degrees with 90% RH.

Birdbath is coated in pine pollen.

Kittens were on the screened porch all day yesterday, just rolling around in the pollen.

They do seem to like it as much as catnip.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 22, 2025 06:30 AM (a1415)

56 That just misses my critique. But, whatever.

Posted by: somejoe at March 22, 2025 06:27 AM (RCAte)

I get what you are saying. Both lyrically and melodically it kind of... clangs. Like someone trying to mindlessly hammer a square peg into a round hole.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 06:30 AM (bss/y)

57 Part 2

Just then an empty sleeve swung into view! The. Boy had no left arm, just an empty sleeve! The teacher was embarrassed. And he stammered out an apology.

Two imortant lessons emerge from this dramatic story . First, everyone has an empty sleeve that we cannot see, and if we knew about it, we would be more understanding and less critical . We need to be more sensitive to the empty sleeves hidden away in the lives of people . Second, our harsh condemning judgements boomerang . They come back to haunt us. They reveal far more about us than they reveal about the one we are judging.

Why am I sharing this story.? Because I like the book and I need its advice as well. (That's why I'm studying it too), and because I think fconservatives and we on this board need to be kinder to each other . As a fellow poster here says, "Be kind, fellow babies." I won't embarrass my brother in Christ who I think came up with this phrase but I like it. Forgive me if I'm not kind. I will, through God's grace try to do better.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 22, 2025 06:30 AM (42Vb+)

58 54 Broken Peach's version of "APT"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWaJoy7iCM
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 22, 2025 06:29 AM (wNl7U)

Cat girls, how surprising.

Like the voice better.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 06:32 AM (bss/y)

59 Nyah Aetius?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 22, 2025 06:33 AM (wNl7U)

60 59 Nyah Aetius?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 22, 2025 06:33 AM (wNl7U)

Et tu, brute?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 06:33 AM (bss/y)

61 54 Broken Peach's version of "APT"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWaJoy7iCM
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 22, 2025 06:29 AM (wNl7U)

Much less superficial!

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 06:33 AM (CQE5S)

62 Evening to the late toilers, morning to the early risers on this fine Saturday! 55 F., not much wind. And I slept almost eight hours last night, too.

So whass happenin'?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 22, 2025 06:34 AM (omVj0)

63 Morning peeps. The cats have not adjusted to DST and have let me know they are not pleased.

Neither am I.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 22, 2025 06:35 AM (Q4IgG)

64 "Mad Machine" from Bubblegum Crisis.

At the 32 second mark may want to pause and read the Top Gun homage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVq7WoflC6k

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 22, 2025 06:36 AM (wNl7U)

65 Trump bans Argentinean political family from entering the US and ..

Javier Milei
@JMilei
CHE Cristina...!!!
CORRISTE...
VLLC

-------------
@CFKArgentina has blocked you
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Posted by: 13times at March 22, 2025 06:37 AM (X6pfF)

66 I think they are dangerously getting close to infringement with this:

https://tinyurl.com/bdfxdm7c
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Ha! That is exactly what I thought of when I first listened to it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 22, 2025 06:38 AM (BLOW1)

67 The Korean girl in that video was very cute.

I'm a bit older than 29 so I'm not this young ladies demographic.

Been going through my U2 CDs. Listened to 'October' while driving home this morning. Probably listen to it again on my way into work tonight.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 22, 2025 06:39 AM (sAmhv)

68 Ha! That is exactly what I thought of when I first listened to it.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 22, 2025 06:38 AM (BLOW1)

But see this gets to somejoe's point- it is missing that actual 'Oh, mickey you're so pretty, can't you understand' musical bit which makes it flow. If that makes sense.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 06:41 AM (bss/y)

69 We interviewed the fifth of the candidates for my position yesterday. an attractive Puerto Rican lady with almost no accent, she has all the qualifications we need, and is looking "for a life," as she put it. Her current job, commute from the other side of the lake, and her kid use up all of her time and energy. My job, as soon as the office move is over with, would be a lot easier on her.

We have two more last-minute applicants next week. Of course my boss should have moved on this in mid-Feb., when I gave my notice, but Mawdi Graw got in the way. Now even if they hire somebody Wednesday, it could be two weeks more before the winner can sit down at my desk . . . and I'm gonna be gone. Unless they can find a way to pay me to come in for a few more days.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 22, 2025 06:42 AM (omVj0)

70 The Korean girl in that video was very cute.

She is but she is also in desperate need of a sandwich. I prefer slender women but she looks anorexic.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 22, 2025 06:44 AM (ExV1e)

71 The Rose/Bruno Mars video is bubblegum music, yes, but compared to the usual "soulful screeching and wailing with no real catchy tune behind it" we've been getting for decades in pop music, it's actually kind of fun.

I was astonished by a great little song called "God Help the Girl" by a group called, get this, God Help the Girl. I would never have known about it if Joss Whedon or his producer hadn't used it in the opening minute or two of an episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. That one has a neat early Sixties girl-group sound and vibe to it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 22, 2025 06:45 AM (omVj0)

72 I was astonished by a great little song called "God Help the Girl" by a group called, get this, God Help the Girl. I would never have known about it if Joss Whedon or his producer hadn't used it in the opening minute or two of an episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. That one has a neat early Sixties girl-group sound and vibe to it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 22, 2025 06:45 AM (omVj0)

https://tinyurl.com/5at2u3cr

I am not sure I would even call it 60's girl group. It reminds me of...

Ok, I'm an idiot. You're right.

https://tinyurl.com/ycxvy42j

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 06:49 AM (bss/y)

73 Oh yay, SecretLab releasing Gundam theme gaming chairs. As if I want to sit in a chair that looks like an RX-78-2 shield or a red Zaku shield.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 22, 2025 06:50 AM (LtcB8)

74 34 Yeah, it's definitely bubblegum.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 22, 2025 06:09 AM (BLOW1)

I think they are dangerously getting close to infringement with this:

https://tinyurl.com/bdfxdm7c
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 06:18 AM

Agreed. It reminds me of Chappell Roan's "HOT TO GO", who seems derivative of all the girl band music of the '80s. I'm sure she thinks she's an original. Separately, I've noticed that a lot of today's artists collaborate on each other's music. Charlie Puth is everywhere. I love Bruno Mars but he can do better.

Posted by: Moonbeam at March 22, 2025 06:50 AM (rbKZ6)

75 OK...the rotation so far... BOC Godzilla, SRV Voodoo Child, Bon Jovi Dead or Alive, Led Zepplin Whole Lotta Love, Van Halen Hot for Teacher, Blondie Rapture, GFR Queen Bee....no bubble gum yet.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 22, 2025 06:51 AM (3Ope8)

76 Todays devotional-A change of attitude- about dealing with life's trials . scripture is Romans 5:1-5:

https://tinyurl.com/tydz2dtf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 22, 2025 06:52 AM (ZKxWB)

77 75 OK...the rotation so far... BOC Godzilla, SRV Voodoo Child, Bon Jovi Dead or Alive, Led Zepplin Whole Lotta Love, Van Halen Hot for Teacher, Blondie Rapture, GFR Queen Bee....no bubble gum yet.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 22, 2025 06:51 AM (3Ope

Toss this in. The song is growing on me like a fungus.

https://tinyurl.com/vjnwfs58

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 06:53 AM (bss/y)

78 More Rammstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmQjPxu8sdo

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 22, 2025 06:55 AM (LtcB8)

79 Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 06:53 AM (bss/y)

Alrighty then!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 22, 2025 06:56 AM (3Ope8)

80 I was going to post some Rammstein the other day (Engel) but the video I wanted to use is blocked in the US.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 22, 2025 06:58 AM (BLOW1)

81 71- Wolfus you might like this one from my favorites, Saint Motel. It's a great throwback..

https://tinyurl.com/2rduachk

Posted by: Moonbeam at March 22, 2025 06:59 AM (rbKZ6)

82 This is one very odd "Pixy Misa".

Are you a new hire? Just filling in on the downshift?

Posted by: somejoe at March 22, 2025 07:00 AM (RCAte)

83 OK....https://tinyurl.com/4d454rhh

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 22, 2025 07:05 AM (3Ope8)

84 64 "Mad Machine" from Bubblegum Crisis.

At the 32 second mark may want to pause and read the Top Gun homage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVq7WoflC6k
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 22, 2025 06:36 AM (wNl7U)

Heh. At first I was thinking 'where is the homage?' and then just paused it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 07:07 AM (bss/y)

85 Thanks Wolfus.
God Help The Girl is a cute song.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 22, 2025 07:13 AM (dg+HA)

86 83 OK....https://tinyurl.com/4d454rhh
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 22, 2025 07:05 AM

That made me laugh! A modern-day PSA. I could imagine them showing that in PE class!

Posted by: Moonbeam at March 22, 2025 07:16 AM (rbKZ6)

87 excerpts:

Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* retweeted
Super 70s Sports
@Super70sSports
8h
Super Sky Point to the great George Foreman. This one hurts. A kid who arrived on the national scene when he won gold in Mexico City in 1968 and waved American flags. Who became the most feared boxer of his era after destroying Joe Frazier and Ken Norton in a combined four rounds. An invincible force who was outthought and outboxed by an allegedly washed up Muhammad Ali in Zaire in 1974 and who retired three years later, exhausted after another upset loss and changed by the subsequent religious experience that prompted him to retire in his prime.

...

Goodbye to Big George, a man who achieved a dream he believed in for two decades - the dream only he thought was possible. A man whose goodness redeemed him from the darkness that prevented him from enjoying his initial fame, fortune, and acclaim. He won so much more in his middle age than that heavyweight crown he prized so much.

I never met George Foreman but I loved him. Rest in peace, champ.

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 07:16 AM (CQE5S)

88 Wolfus you might like this one from my favorites, Saint Motel. It's a great throwback..

https://tinyurl.com/2rduachk
Posted by: Moonbeam at March 22, 2025

***
Yes! The dancers remind me of the Shirelles, the singer sounds like a mix of Bobby Vinton and Frankie Avalon!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 22, 2025 07:17 AM (omVj0)

89 Hard to type. I have a large black cat on my lap.

Stirling is gonna like it when I'm home mornings.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 22, 2025 07:18 AM (omVj0)

90 Noodus caffeine

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 22, 2025 07:30 AM (omVj0)

91 78 More Rammstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmQjPxu8sdo
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 22, 2025 06:55 AM (LtcB

Ah Azur Lane. Do you like battleships? Do you like gigantic boobs?

Like chocolate and peanut butter.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 07:31 AM (bss/y)

92 TechCrunch was part of the failed "Verizon Media Group." In the 2010s, AOL (which owned TechCrunch at the time) established an advertising platform to try to compete with Facebook and Google. Verizon grew interested in this, and purchased AOL, and then purchased Yahoo and stuck them together in a conglomerate they weirdly named "Oath Inc" which was later renamed more sensibly to Verizon Media Group.

The Verizon CEO who did all this left not too long after these purchases were completed and the new CEO was not interested in the ad markets, and quickly decided to sell everything off after it became clear VMG couldn't compete with Google and Facebook. Apollo Global Management then purchased the Frankenstein media conglomerate and renamed it to simply "Yahoo." They haven't really done anything of note since then. I am surprised it took Yahoo this long to finally sell off TechCrunch.

I know all this because I was a die-hard user of the old AIM messaging service and I was aggrieved when Verizon shut it down a year or two after the AOL acquisition.

Posted by: Doomberg at March 22, 2025 08:10 AM (N1AJF)

93 For a long time, letting non-technical people program things esp websites has been a sort of holy grail. Coldfusion promised it, the underlying marketing being you didn’t need to hire expensive (qualified) programmers, now anyone can build an maintain a website!

Very, very few people would build a house this way, and no building inspector would let anyone live in it. But somehow software is completely different and doesn’t require any knowledge or expertise or experience? Want to code? Great! Welcome! It’s a lot of work to learn how to do it right.

Posted by: demonsheep at March 22, 2025 11:02 AM (DvKPL)

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