Oh man, setting my iPhone to silence unknown callers is game changing in the best way possible.

Did they take this photo tonight, tonight?

Did they take this photo tonight, tonight?

Now do Petro!

#Omarchy

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That one egg was 40 eggs?

Anyway, I'm really enjoying exploring. To be clear, I know that I could do anything I want with the DE and UI on any Linux base, but I’m really looking for a low-effort, fun, full integration. I think I’ve got a platform for now. #Omarchy really is a great option. /end

I’m probably going to stick with this for the time being. I know I could “build” this without Omarchy, but to be honest, I don’t want to. I’m really feeling like this is a fun change of pace - like I felt about macOS with Jaguar, or BeOS with r5. /cont

Using Arch underneath means things I can’t quickly add via Omarchy can be added via yay or pacman. So far, this is the thing that’s sticking. The modifier key navigation is great, Hyprland is great, the fully integrated theming is great. /cont

Because politics aside, I immediately fell in love with Omarchy. It really is just so well built and everything feels like a unified system. Adding webapps works perfectly, whereas some panel applets on other systems just appear as a copy of the browser. /cont

Finally, I reluctantly tried Omarchy. I know there are some potentially problematic politics with the driver of this distro. I was a HEY! user, I know a lot about Basecamp, but I wanted to explore something different. And I’m glad I did. /cont

The OpenSUSE theming is nice. I really just don’t know why I’d choose this as my own desktop. If I were running a company, this would be a good option alongside Fedora or Ubuntu, but I don’t know much about YaST anymore, so I just kept chugging. /cont

I didn’t spend as much time in Pop!_OS, but I like where it’s going. I think it’s still a little Gnome-y, but there’s real promise here. Definitely a contender. I decided to push on, so I installed OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. /cont

KDE felt much better. I could live with this, but I still felt like it was missing the full integration I wanted. Breeze looks great. But it wasn’t exciting enough. Next I installed Pop!_OS. I think there are some really interesting things happening here. The COSMIC desktop looks great. /cont

I got everything working - Dropbox, Slack, Feedly, Kiro, 1Password, Firefox, etc - but decided it was time to switch to Ubuntu LTS - I knew the underpinnings better. I installed and, for fun, I also added Xubuntu and KDE Neon packages as alternatives. /cont

So I started with Fedora, thinking it would be the most polished. That’s when I learned that Gnome just doesn’t feel right for me anymore. The Dock/panel being hidden behind a gesture, it all just felt unfamiliar. And this is odd, because Gnome used to be my primary ages ago. /cont

I’m used to Ubuntu and a Debian-base, but my goal was a beautiful, integrated desktop. Something that felt professional, beautiful, usable but badass. I don’t want to manage it all manually, if possible. /cont

I decided it was time to try it again, primarily because I’m just not in love with the direction macOS is heading, and I wanted a backup plan. So I bought a Thinkpad and dove into the deep end. /cont

I'm not sure anyone cares, but here's my update on my desktop #Linux journey. Keep in mind, I’ve been using Linux for about 27 years, and a few were on my primary workstation. That was primarily Mandrake in like 2002-2003. I stopped using it around 2004, and shifted to Mac OS X > OS X > macOS. /cont

1000th NYT Connections

I'm an eager adopter of the "4.0" terminology. What are the designations if not large chunks of time between band activity?

I know the hiatus complicates things, but it really feels like post-pandemic Phish is different than pre-, so the full increment feels worth it. 'Sjust subjective grouping.

You are a machine! You just keep cranking cool stuff out.

Setlist momentum for "Der Bluten Kat"

Description of Setlist Momentum

Update to the "Setlist Momentum" concept I introduced the other day on @allthings.umphreys.com. Now, instead of just looking over the last two years, we're weighting more recent performances. That also lets me show a trend (heating, cooling, stable). My hope is to bring this to @phish.net too!

Knowing that you know your Dead makes me love this account even more.

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If you don't post any Angine de Poitrine Imma be disappointed

Soon, we'll share a table with setlist momentum stats, but in the meantime, it's live on song "every time played" pages on allthings.umphreys.com.

cc: @goldlikejoel.bsky.social @umphreys.com

Today is release #400 of this platform - what used to be @songfishapp.com but was forked specifically for @umphreys.com to became UMbase - see umbase.umphreys.com.

For @phish.com fans, consider songs like Magilla, highway to Hell, Cold as Ice, Take the A Train, etc. They were played often, but are retired* and I'd argue it's unhelpful in some stats to see those songs listed. "Setlist Momentum" sidesteps that.

*probably

Description of setlist momentum

Song ETP metadata for All in Time, showing Setlist Momentum

Today, I introduced a new concept called "Setlist Momentum" to ATU @umphreys.com. Momentum gives a better indicator of how frequently a song is played over the last 2 years, far more useful than "ever." It's a better representation of what's being played THESE DAYS, and helpful for song chasers.