Tech journalist, freelance writer and content creator with an IT background. Serial #Apple reporter/analyst/expert, currently contributing to AppleInsider. Lifelong #gaming and #StarTrek fan. #80s music enthusiast, especially New Wave, synthpop and "college radio." Married with kids. Cat lover. @flargh elsewhere, mostly. Personal account. 🖖
Public Key
npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh
Profile Code
nprofile1qqstx92atvepa52z9xs0wc422h3mz8xs48qtyqv54sps3hdaneetxwcprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wdmksetjv5hxxmmdtrz8y4
Author Public Key
npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Show more details
Published at
2023-09-22T17:05:25+02:00 Event JSON
{
"id": "ac689b3fce22003fd6cf90e72cb7d5d8d78f952d776c398ba8d972d963fb3163" ,
"pubkey": "b3155d5b321ed14229a0f762aa55e3b11cd0a9c0b20194ac0308ddbd9e72b33b" ,
"created_at": 1695395125 ,
"kind": 0 ,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.social/users/flargh",
"activitypub"
]
],
"content": "{\"name\":\"Peter Cohen\",\"about\":\"Tech journalist, freelance writer and content creator with an IT background. Serial #Apple reporter/analyst/expert, currently contributing to AppleInsider. Lifelong #gaming and #StarTrek fan. #80s music enthusiast, especially New Wave, synthpop and \\\"college radio.\\\" Married with kids. Cat lover. @flargh elsewhere, mostly. Personal account. 🖖\",\"picture\":\"https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/476/366/original/5d258088b6594146.jpeg\",\"banner\":\"https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/headers/000/476/366/original/dd4ae9a6c19fcc25.webp\",\"nip05\":\"[email protected] \"}" ,
"sig": "47bd995bf249da01cec42bf43eb82bd0d2023a7367faa552c6ccfb5ef43726059d8bb4c593f2b0de27b29a196a821318e75bf69687f86899175d0e21e4548654"
}
Last Notes npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1trt…gpd2 Kimchi Tosti sounds like the name of a Bond villain npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen to me, he'll always be that guy with the accent that replaced peter oppenheimer npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub14qv…2hh3 Bedtime Beard npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen are Snorlax and Bedtime Bear related or parallel evolution npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen Beau takes a breather after a busy morning chasing his mortal enemy, Red Dot. #CatsOfMastodon npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen I just want to point out that in fact, he never *has* given us up, let us down, run around or deserted us. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen them: do you have a number registered with us for rewards points npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1esw…830x now that you bring it up, I've noticed other ghoulish overlaps with celebrity deaths…Bowie popping up in January store playlists, Prince in April… npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1esw…830x shine on, you crazy diamond npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen I wasn't expecting this $4 thrift store french press I picked up a couple of weeks ago to replace my usual coffee routine, but it's given me a nice break from the autodrip coffee maker I've been using. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen please stop giving me endless goddamn youtube videos to watch to learn how to do something instead of a simple web page npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen The rumors that Apple is going to reinvent the Mac mini at a much smaller form factor interest me. I can count six that I've had since the first generation. They fit a niche for me no other Mac does. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1gsk…hkeq Brawndo, it's got what voters crave npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen great when can it run for office there npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen them: branding political opponents as weird is wrong npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen This story is insane: crypto hackers Airbnb hopping to avoid violent beatdowns from the people they’ve robbed. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1gsk…hkeq This is how Reagan made the mental illness problem go away, maybe it'll work for elder care. 🙄 npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen LinkedIn has all the appeal these days of a wound debridement. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen Here's how to stop X from using your posts to train its AI: npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen I consider any walk that includes a bunny sighting to be a great success npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub13e5…znj2 It gets even dumber. A relatively new Mass law that forbids Kei cars and trucks from getting registered has also ratfucked any JDM import, period, apparently. I've read about it on some auto blogs and Reddit. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen I want more cats and retrocomputing and less political bullshit. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen I posted harsh comments which I've since deleted after seeing that fake TUAW site pop up yesterday. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen all this time we've been waiting for pigs to fly while hippos have been doing it all along npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen Traffic leaving Cape Cod during summer weekends has always been execrable, thanks only two exit points: The very aged Bourne and Sagamore bridges, both of which span the Cape Cod Canal. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen Note to Reuters: Just shutting the fuck up and not publishing this trash is also an option npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen why doesn't Pringles make tennis balls npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1dv0…ewja Just got back from my local Ace Hardware store and they're using e-ink labels everywhere too. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1dv0…ewja Exactly. And companies like Kohl's have used e-ink displays for years. Walmart isn't exactly on the bleeding edge here. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1esw…830x I take your point, but they also interbred with us enough that they're still around (genetically). npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1vnj…w8vc Oh, I've got my eye on the generation before me, they seem MUCH more hell-bent on trashing everything. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1j9k…jl6p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen As grim as things are sometimes, every generation of humanity tends to assume that they're going to be last before the end comes, either by natural, supernatural or more mundane circumstances. And they are *always* wrong. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1lk4…5j26 then there was the Atari Jaguar, which used two 32-bit processors but had a 64-bit object processor and blitter, so Atari called it 64-bit… npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen Wow! New Manu Chao music on the way! npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1u7l…spje Jim Heath is in his mid 60s. I assume Jimbo Wallace is in the same ballpark. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen Attn: Masshole/RI Psychobilly fans!!! npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen them: what's for dinner npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1srr…h3xf Having fun storming Cinderella's Castle! npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub19a7…rk6d IIRC, they recruited extras from the cult, which was in Marin County. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1qj7…ech2 npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub18lj…80hq https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeY2nut3Gj8 npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1j9k…jl6p Thanks. I generally avoid them like the plague, and this was no exception. Coverage is actually better than many I've seen, but ultimately not worth the premium. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1prs…6e5a congrats!🎊 npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen My all-time favorite motivational speech after a round of layoffs was the boss who quoted Quintus Arrius' "Row Well and Live" speech from Ben-Hur. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen AUTO FACTS: The distinctive howl of Toyota hybrid engines is made by demons trapped inside, whose eldritch energy is slowly drained to improve your mileage. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1svz…6fjw Good advice. I'm just trying to get this sloppy jalopy roadworthy again long enough to be able to sell it and replace it with a pickup truck. I've reached the "needs a pickup truck" stage of my life. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen How to block AI crawling of your blog or web site: npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen Cheers to GearWrench Bolt Biter and PB B'laster for helping me loosen a badly rusted-on and frozen nut from a battery hold-down bolt. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen It's a little crazy how much Wyatt Russell looks like his dad npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1hvd…9sq9 *cackles in Dalek* npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen one of my favorite SF conceits is when the aliens boldly announce WE WILL GIVE YOU ONE EARTH "HOUR" TO DECIDE YOUR FATE npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1el8…4l26 there must be a pony in here somewhere, Merlin. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1el8…4l26 talk about burying the lede npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub12j7…fd2p go home trackball you're drunk? npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen We really shook the pillars of heaven, didn't we, Wang? npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1hgp…7v54 They say pets take after their owners, but after a lifetime of pet guardianship, I think it's a two-way street. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1zsg…kvsw I mean… https://bottleraiders.com/article/heineken-unveils-gaming-pc-with-built-in-beer-fridge-hosts-giveaway-on-twitch/ npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen I have no idea whether Karen Read is guilty of what she's accused, but her defense has done an excellent job of revealing the cops, detectives, and other emergency workers associated with this case to be a bunch of sleazoids. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen On one hand, Apple presents Apple Intelligence as a way to reduce the friction we experience from information overload - it knows who your mom is, when she's flying into town, what your plans are. It can make your emails sound better. Gives you more creative ways to express yourself with generated emoji. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen someone let elon know he's still pretty and smart, I think he feels insecure when the focus isn't on him npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1gsk…hkeq npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen Revenge is a dish best served cold. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub18lj…80hq Back in the day my wife and I went to see that in the theater with one of my work friends and his GF. We laughed our asses off, they thought it was dumb. Dumped them after that. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen every. song. is. 🔥🔥🔥 npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen The Rockford X-Files npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1esw…830x Bridge Over the River Calippo npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1dq6…kl95 too nice for trousers too npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen today's weather is too nice for pants npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub18lj…80hq It's an honest mistake: teeth and eyes are purely hypothetical to the horrific alien slug-beasts that run everything. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub19x0…9ve7 yeah, not thrilled with their list myself. But I recognize that these sorts of things are entirely subjective, and that some people just have shitty taste. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen Awesome work from Reid Blakely and Stereogum. The starting point is refuting a careless comment from Guitar Center's newish boss, and it goes into a deep dive on the history of cheap musical gear. The headline callout to legendary punkers The Minutemen is just *chefkiss* npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen But his conviction. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1utv…87lr Funny, because I've never been happier not to be part of one at this point. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1l45…k6w8 Honestly it's pretty hard to tell vampires and junkies apart to begin with. #childrenofthenight npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen me: I can't close my clothes dresser because the cat hopped in an open drawer and is napping there npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1z0t…wj4p No caffeinated victims after 1AM! npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1aq2…4nfw this brings shitposting to a whole new level npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen why are all 7/11 stores terrible npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen One of the summer ice cream stands near where I live started serving Dole Whip this season and it is amazing. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen Serial entrepreneur and serial killer are only two syllables apart npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub19zs…5azk Well, since you bring it up, I am *very* interested in converting venture capitalists to hot dogs. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1j9z…x22u 2400 years too late npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1wn4…p0mx npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen Decades of dystopian fiction have presented us with the idea that empires fall instantly because of some sort of external or internal calamity - natural disaster, zombies, nuclear war, military junta, rise of the robots, take your pick. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub18lj…80hq I used to love socializing but as I've gotten older I've decided that holidays, weddings and funerals are probably about the most I can stand. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1q4c…uh57 Keep waiting for one of the bears to pop open a window, yell, "Hey, check this out" while waving a toilet paper roll, and seeing the Pope pop up from behind some bushes near the treeline. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1j9z…x22u Those who can't, teach. And if there's one thing we know, LP candidates (mostly) can't get elected. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen I feel like there are volumes to be written about the psychology of toilet paper brand Charmin's current advertising campaign. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen It's a sign of just how irrelevant and just plain bad today's Libertarian Party is that they gave podium time to not only Trump but RFK too. npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1hln…kemr you can't store as much pee without it npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub12ks…kf3h My followup to this is a John Le Carré style thriller about Garak: Simple Tailor, Soldier, Spy npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub12ks…kf3h Worf has a waxed, curled moustache npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen they say pets resemble their owners and this is never more apparent to me on the weekends when I make bacon for breakfast. My sweet little Angel turns into a growling goblin who swats at me until I give her a taste npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1g8x…5l9h be ungovernable, post discontent npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1dst…anzg at least not without a pic-a-nic basket npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1x0x…hxj3 "no amount of oreos fills this hole in my soul" npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub1p9q…kvrm The no parking sign on the curb is *chefkiss* for an cybercuck npub1kv246kejrmg5y2dq7a32540rkywdp2wqkgqeftqrprwmm8njkvasxvphvh Peter Cohen @npub199f…asn9 people buy bidets to get this sort of service. Respect to the birb for finding his own path
