Alaina Yee

Meant to ask you when this came up during Prime Day - how much time do you find it saves you using these attachments vs. hand scrubbing?

The Full Nerd: Dead Ryzen CPUs, SteamOS rising, & scented thermal paste In this week's Full Nerd newsletter: Wrap up of the big news from Computex and the best of show and pondering the release of SteamOS, and answer viewers’ burning questions!

.@morphingball.bsky.social is now writing a Full Nerd newsletter every Friday, dishing out all the hardware news PC geeks need to know from the week and recapping the latest podcast. It's a nice Nerdy catch-up at the end of the week. Check it out! www.pcworld.com/article/2798...

Obituary for Jeremiah Leif Pickett Johnson | After® Remembering the obituary for Jeremiah Leif Pickett Johnson: On May 17, 2025, Jeremiah Leif Pickett Johnson, 45, died suddenly of a cardiovascular event. Known as “Leif” to his friends and colleagues a...

I lost a close friend last weekend. It was unexpected, and honestly, I'm still not fully comprehending it's real.

To read anything Leif wrote was to know him. He was so incredibly and broadly talented.

I miss him.

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I can give more deets over DM. Also hi

I am a curmudgeon, but ...

You can totally make good rice in a $30 rice cooker if you learn its quirks. ($200?!?!?!)

I don't know you anymore, AP Style Guide

Yep :(

How will tariffs impact tech prices? I asked PC industry insiders Are all devices affected? How fast will costs jump? Is it a flat 20 percent increase? Will only US residents take the hit? We answer these questions and more.

I wanted to understand the fuller picture of how the tariffs will affect the prices of tech gear. So I asked industry insiders.

tl;dr - It's complicated.

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Tech & techy friends:

What are must-visit spots for weird/cool PC hardware in Tokyo & Seoul? Visiting later this year and I wanna have a plan for attack :)

Micro Center is finally returning to San Francisco. I’m so ready My wallet is braced for impact this spring.

Micro Center is opening in Santa Clara this spring. I'm so ready. www.pcworld.com/article/2626...

I deeply appreciate your support. #teamalmondjoy

Go with your instincts. ._.

NEW: @apnews.com has now been barred from an event in the Oval Office because it "did not align its editorial standards with Trump's EO renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America."

In other words, b/c @apnews.com ACCURATELY calls it the "Gulf of Mexico," it is now being punished by Trump.

Some people like to set deadlift goals to challenge themselves.

I bought a Costco pack of Cheez-Its before I was done getting back in shape.

So much got packed into this particular show. I really wish they recorded these. I'd buy access to rewatch.

Best casual modern-day aside:

Steward, going through the imaginary mail: "You've been preapproved for a Bank of Illyria credit card, my lady."

(Bwahahaha.)

Best troll + callback: The Scrivener telling the Count to 'read aloud' a different imaginary letter. Then adding, "It's a limerick."

(Us: OooohhhhHHHHHhhHHhhhhhHHH.)

(That performer sweated some bullets, but pulled it off. We cheered very loud for him.)

Best random moment: Unexpected partner dance interlude.

(Why? Why not)

* In the final act, the Count repeats almost verbatim the whole alphabetized love letter to prove his identity to the Duchess O_O

(What a callback.)

* Steward not only hit all 26 letters, but worked in a ship sinking as the current event. Also, a reference to actual modern-day politics.

(But that wasn't even the highlight of this bit.)

* Duchess telling her steward to 'read aloud' the obviously imaginary love letter.
* Duchess also notes it contains an alphabetized list of her best qualities, along with references to current events.

(Us in the audience: Oooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh)

* Count has waited 11 years to tell this woman of his feelings. She's been in mourning.
* Why 11 years for a mourning period? Why not.
* She was over the death after the first year.

(I did not know there could be so many ways to refer to the time span. "Decade + 1," etc)

Theme is always solicited from the audience.

This show: "The Scrivener's Error"

The improv story unfolds as: A nobleman pines for a noblewoman, uses his scribe to send her a message, and shenanigans happen when the letter is signed with the wrong name.

And what shenanigans.

Saw The Improvised Shakespeare Company (www.improvisedshakespeare.com) at SF Sketchfest this weekend.

Didn't think it could be better than the first time I saw them last fall, but...

Bugs and Daffy standing by a tree, sign reads DUCK SEASON, then RABBIT SEASON then ELMER SEASON, and they both glare ominously off camera

classic Loony Tunes have much to teach us about class solidarity

YouTube video by Netflix Is A Joke Ronny Chieng On Chinese People Loving Money

It's that time of year again 🧧

Legit thought this was a thread about passphrase generation

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After 13 years at IGN, I quit my dream job.

With nearly a billion views generated, it’s time I take the leap and bet on myself.

Here's what's next for me & gaming...

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Big change! Excited to see where your wings take you. Congratulations :)

"No but in blue"

As detrimental as our generation has been to succinct, neutral reporting, I'm not mad about the irreverence.