Gordon McConnell

One of the first things I did with iOS26 was change contrast and display settings to try to minimize liquid glass on notifications. It was so hard to read! Getting old sucks.

Apple adds a new toggle to make Liquid Glass less glassy Make things more opaque with a new Tinted option.

Apple adds a new toggle to make Liquid Glass less glassy www.theverge.com/news/802963/...

I miss twitter only for better customer service. IMO, companies provided better service via social channels opposed to website/chat. Today’s issue - StubHub gave me 2 out of the 3 tickets I ordered and they have the onions to say that my order has been “fulfilled.” I’d rather get 0 tickets than 2/3.

Tied my personal best today with a 75. Most my GIRs were within 15’ of the pin. Missed a 6’ eagle. Defensive putting got me a 75, defensive putting probably cost me a 73.

I took the kids to the driving range for the 1st time. I was surprised that my oldest whom has never swung a club did pretty well. I hit the 100 yard flag on my third shot and stopped there so they could think I was awesome at golf (9.4 hdcp). Mosquitos were brutal but we ripped through 2 buckets!

Despite criticisms, Mundelein approves plan for Ivanhoe Village payments to schools, library Mundelein trustees on Monday approved a tentative plan for how much the would-be developer of the proposed Ivanhoe Village residential and commercial development should pay the schools and library that will be affected by its construction.

Despite criticisms, Mundelein approves plan for Ivanhoe Village payments to schools, library

Holy hell this is spot on. I like the renderings they showed at the board meeting last night that made it look like Savannah, GA. I'm sure the front porch wood decks and unpaved walking paths will be wonderful in the Chicago winters.

This is beyond impressive. I would have thought this administration would still be using AOL Instant Messenger to communicate.

Tesla's Self-Driving Fails the Wile E. Coyote Test Turns out LiDAR might have some benefits.

Tesla's Self-Driving Fails the Wile E. Coyote Test https://gizmodo.com/teslas-self-driving-fails-the-wile-e-coyote-test-2000577071

Shot my lowest round ever this weekend, a 75. Reality is Chick is a short course (5,800) and only a par 71. My wedges went cold the last 3 holes, could have been a 72. My handicap is now a 9.2 so I guess that technically means I’m a single digit. I can’t wait to play a hard course and shoot a 110.

Played my first round of golf for 2025 yesterday. 5+ hours, wet conditions, brutal greens. But it was so fun to be out with the guys again on an uncharacteristically nice March day. 79 to start the year was great. More than any swing change, focusing on enjoying the moment has helped me improve.

The 'Man With the Golden Arm': Blood Donor Who Saved Millions Dies at 88 James Harrison's rare blood, which he donated over a thousand times, is estimated to have saved the lives of over 2 million children in Australia.

The 'Man With the Golden Arm': Blood Donor Who Saved Millions Dies at 88 https://gizmodo.com/james-harrison-the-man-with-the-golden-arm-is-dead-at-age-88-2000570772

If the government cared about American’s and truly wanted to be, “America First” they’d bring back the 1990’s Market Day Italian Dippers. Sure, we’d still be a country heading in the wrong direction; but damn it we’d get this delicious circle of grease to soften the blow between tantrums! #America

Congrats to @bsky.app and all the users and team that make it unique !

32m users is real !

YouTube video by Casey Fleet Media This is why I love Hockey and why I love PK! @subbanator #hockey #usa🇺🇸 #canada🇨🇦

I’m ready to watch hockey more often. youtube.com/shorts/Ioodx...

Yasir al-Rumayyan, Donald Trump to meet with PGA Tour officials Thursday: Sources Jay Monahan, Tiger Woods and Adam Scott are also expected to attend the meeting at the White House, sources briefed on the plans confirmed.

My best guess is they are meeting to discuss a Ukraine surrender.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/614...

1 hour into my new personal computer setup and I only have work programs installed and nothing fun. I’m looking forward to the weekend to get some classic #PUBG duos running. Also the power supply on this G16 is a behemoth! My only gripe thus far is no number pad on the keyboard.

GitHub - Gordon55M/twitter_to_bluesky: 2025 Twitter Archive to BlueSky Posts with Media 2025 Twitter Archive to BlueSky Posts with Media. Contribute to Gordon55M/twitter_to_bluesky development by creating an account on GitHub.

I’ve moved from Twitter to BlueSky! One issue? Losing all my past tweets. So, I built a Python script to upload your Twitter archive, repost tweets (with media), & keep original dates. 📅 ⚠️ It will spam your feed for a day—run it before getting followers!
github.com/Gordon55M/tw...

#BlueSky #Python

I am migrating my old twitter posts/archive to BlueSky today. Sorry if this spams everyone!

Did a pretty cool thing tonight. My wife and I are coaching our twins 5th/6th grade park district basketball team. All players must play equally, but we’ve don’t know who is going to be at each game before the start. I created an app to make equal lineups without players sitting back-to-back.

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I've decided to move over to @bluesky permanently at the end of the week and delete my twitter account. https://t.co/9ZiEveY5WY is where I will be at. I hope organizations in the future cross post to BlueSky as well as twitter. Thanks for stopping by! https://t.co/moTNJOou6K

This will help me get one step closer to not carrying a wallet. https://t.co/3zf7mU8N4p

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We saw Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and the effects were amazing. Not amazing, chairs made for <6’ tall people. https://t.co/1JLLgu7Rgz

Got my PC Sinden Light Gun recoil working today. I really wish I took electronics in high school.

3d printed this grinch hand and had my daughter paint it. Love this in our “grinch” themed bathroom.

I always enjoyed Bill Melton’s honest take on the Sox postgame show.

It’s great to see Women’s Volleyball (and other Women’s sports) getting their chance to be on TV more. It’s a shame it took this long and some great athletes missed their window. Young girls seeing female athletes and not just NFL/NBA games is so important.

on.ncaa.com/WVB24Bracket

Bold Thanksgiving moment - nephew Danger asked his aunts and uncles right as dinner finished to all move their cars out of the driveway so he could leave to go to his girlfriend’s. The collective groans better haunt him till Xmas.

How the Bears wasted the final 32 seconds in their sixth consecutive loss The Bears had plenty of time to get a game-tying field goal, but they mismanaged the final 32 seconds in another loss.

It took nearly 20 seconds for the Bears to get set after Caleb Williams was sacked.

How did they not give themselves a chance to kick a game-tying field goal with a timeout remaining?

Story From Detroit www.nytimes.com/athletic/595...

A great article to get started with Bluesky. This URL helped me the most: blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/ to find starter packs other users have created. For example, searching "Golf" helped me find a bunch of popular golf accounts.