<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.4.1">Jekyll</generator><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/feed/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2026-08-26T20:57:21-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/feed/index.xml</id><title type="html">pauleychrome</title><author><name>pauley</name></author><entry><title type="html">Tim Curry dead at 80</title><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/262053.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Tim Curry dead at 80" /><published>2026-08-26T20:53:00-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-26T20:53:00-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/tim-curry-death</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/262053.html"><![CDATA[<p>FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS: <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2026/08/26/tim-curry-dead-rocky-horror-picture-show/91474037007/">‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ and ‘It’ icon Tim Curry dead at 80.</a> Hopefully this is the end of the trifecta, rounding out after Hayden and Dolly, and there isn’t one still outstanding.</p>]]></content><author><name>pauley</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS: ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ and ‘It’ icon Tim Curry dead at 80. Hopefully this is the end of the trifecta, rounding out after Hayden and Dolly, and there isn’t one still outstanding.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Dolly Parton dies at 80</title><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/251416.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Dolly Parton dies at 80" /><published>2026-08-25T14:16:00-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-25T14:16:00-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/dolly-parton-dead</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/251416.html"><![CDATA[<p>FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS: <a href="https://variety.com/2026/music/news/dolly-parton-dead-dies-country-music-1236842727/">Country Music Legend and Actress Dolly Parton Dead at 80.</a></p>]]></content><author><name>pauley</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS: Country Music Legend and Actress Dolly Parton Dead at 80.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Building Without Predicting</title><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/231712.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Building Without Predicting" /><published>2026-08-23T17:12:00-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-23T17:12:00-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/building-without-predicting</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/231712.html"><![CDATA[<p>DEREK SIVERS: <a href="https://www.dereksivers.org/p/building-without-predicting">Building without predicting.</a> Probably works better climatologically where he lives in New Zealand than it does here in Western New York, but a good rule of thumb for building… <em>things</em> in general.</p>]]></content><author><name>pauley</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[DEREK SIVERS: Building without predicting. Probably works better climatologically where he lives in New Zealand than it does here in Western New York, but a good rule of thumb for building… things in general.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Walmart starts accepting Apple Pay next week</title><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/212032.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Walmart starts accepting Apple Pay next week" /><published>2026-08-21T20:32:00-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-21T20:32:00-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/walmart-apple-pay</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/212032.html"><![CDATA[<p>OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS FINALLY OVER: <a href="https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2026/08/21/more-ways-to-pay-tap-to-pay-is-coming-to-walmart-and-sams-club">Tap to Pay Is Coming to Walmart and Sam’s Club.</a></p>]]></content><author><name>pauley</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS FINALLY OVER: Tap to Pay Is Coming to Walmart and Sam’s Club.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Hayden Panettiere dead at 36</title><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/171004.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Hayden Panettiere dead at 36" /><published>2026-08-17T10:04:00-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-17T10:04:00-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/hayden-panettiere</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/171004.html"><![CDATA[<p>FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS: <a href="https://abc7.com/post/actress-hayden-panettiere-dies-36/19690038/">Actress Hayden Panettiere, known for roles in ‘Nashville,’ ‘Heroes,’ dies at 36.</a> While she’d had issues with alcoholism over the years, releasing a memoir back in May about her struggles, no cause of death has been initially disclosed. I never got into <em>Nashville</em>, but <em>Heroes</em> was a favorite when it was airing.</p>]]></content><author><name>pauley</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS: Actress Hayden Panettiere, known for roles in ‘Nashville,’ ‘Heroes,’ dies at 36. While she’d had issues with alcoholism over the years, releasing a memoir back in May about her struggles, no cause of death has been initially disclosed. I never got into Nashville, but Heroes was a favorite when it was airing.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Tommy John dies at 83</title><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/170957.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Tommy John dies at 83" /><published>2026-08-17T09:57:00-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-17T09:57:00-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/tommy-john</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/170957.html"><![CDATA[<p>FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS: <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/tommy-john-passes-away">Tommy John, whose surgery blazed a trail for countless players, died over the weekend at 83.</a> The pitcher was the first to receive the procedure later named for him, replacing a torn elbow ligament and allowing him to return to baseball for an extended career.</p>]]></content><author><name>pauley</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS: Tommy John, whose surgery blazed a trail for countless players, died over the weekend at 83. The pitcher was the first to receive the procedure later named for him, replacing a torn elbow ligament and allowing him to return to baseball for an extended career.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Dystany Spurlock enters Richmond NASCAR truck race</title><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/121125.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Dystany Spurlock enters Richmond NASCAR truck race" /><published>2026-08-12T11:25:00-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-12T11:25:00-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/spurlock-richmond-entry</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/121125.html"><![CDATA[<p>BACK FOR MORE: <a href="https://teamreaume.com/news?view=article&amp;id=94:dystany-spurlock-returns-to-richmond-for-nascar-homecoming&amp;catid=10">Dystany Spurlock Returns to Richmond for NASCAR Homecoming Week.</a> Dystany became the first Black female driver to compete in a NASCAR national series race earlier this year.</p>]]></content><author><name>pauley</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[BACK FOR MORE: Dystany Spurlock Returns to Richmond for NASCAR Homecoming Week. Dystany became the first Black female driver to compete in a NASCAR national series race earlier this year.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">_Nobody Asked for A.I._ Is a Stupid Argument</title><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/111637.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="_Nobody Asked for A.I._ Is a Stupid Argument" /><published>2026-08-11T16:37:00-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-11T16:37:00-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/nobody-asked-for-ai</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/111637.html"><![CDATA[<p>DANIEL MIESSLER: <a href="https://danielmiessler.com/blog/nobody-asked-for-ai">“Nobody Asked for A.I.” Is a Stupid Argument.</a></p>]]></content><author><name>pauley</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[DANIEL MIESSLER: “Nobody Asked for A.I.” Is a Stupid Argument.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">A JPL hack to keep Voyager 1 going a little longer</title><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/101625.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="A JPL hack to keep Voyager 1 going a little longer" /><published>2026-08-10T16:25:00-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-10T16:25:00-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/voyager-hack</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/101625.html"><![CDATA[<p>JUST JIGGLE THE SWITCH A LITTLE: <a href="https://gizmodo.com/upcoming-hack-to-keep-nasas-voyager-1-alive-exploits-a-quirk-in-its-1970s-hardware-2000796070?utm_placement=newsletter&amp;user_id=67a009256eb44861b2104e5e">Upcoming Hack to Keep NASA’s Voyager 1 Alive Exploits a Quirk in Its 1970s Hardware.</a> “In essence, the scheme makes a virtue of the fact that the Voyagers, both launched in the late summer of 1977, are relics (respectfully) of midcentury electronics.”</p>]]></content><author><name>pauley</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[JUST JIGGLE THE SWITCH A LITTLE: Upcoming Hack to Keep NASA’s Voyager 1 Alive Exploits a Quirk in Its 1970s Hardware. “In essence, the scheme makes a virtue of the fact that the Voyagers, both launched in the late summer of 1977, are relics (respectfully) of midcentury electronics.”]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">First impressions of new Highmark Stadium</title><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/092012.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="First impressions of new Highmark Stadium" /><published>2026-08-09T20:12:00-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-09T20:12:00-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/new-highmark</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/092012.html"><![CDATA[<p>CHRIS TRAPASSO: <a href="https://www.buffalorumblings.com/buffalo-bills-discussion/138064/first-impressions-of-buffalo-bills-new-highmark-stadium">First impressions of Buffalo Bills’ new Highmark Stadium | Buffalo Rumblings.</a> I’m looking forward to catching a game this fall in the new digs; sounds like it’s setting up to be spectacular.</p>]]></content><author><name>pauley</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[CHRIS TRAPASSO: First impressions of Buffalo Bills’ new Highmark Stadium | Buffalo Rumblings. I’m looking forward to catching a game this fall in the new digs; sounds like it’s setting up to be spectacular.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Building a better microwave beep</title><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/061351.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Building a better microwave beep" /><published>2026-08-06T13:51:00-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-06T13:51:00-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/microwave-beep</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/061351.html"><![CDATA[<p>MOST ANYTHING HAS TO BE BETTER THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE: <a href="https://gizmodo.com/this-startup-wants-to-build-a-better-microwave-beep-2000792017">This Startup Wants to Build a Better Microwave Beep.</a></p>]]></content><author><name>pauley</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[MOST ANYTHING HAS TO BE BETTER THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE: This Startup Wants to Build a Better Microwave Beep.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">iCloud Private Relay leaked users’ real IP sddresses</title><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/061306.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="iCloud Private Relay leaked users’ real IP sddresses" /><published>2026-08-06T13:06:00-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-06T13:06:00-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/icloud-relay-leak</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/061306.html"><![CDATA[<p>WHOOPS: <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/05/icloud-private-relay-ip-address-leak/">Apple’s iCloud Private Relay is Leaking Users’ Real IP Addresses - MacRumors.</a> As it protects Safari, not the full communications from your device, other important parts of a web transaction can slip around iCloud Private Relay. Apple says they’re investigating.</p>]]></content><author><name>pauley</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[WHOOPS: Apple’s iCloud Private Relay is Leaking Users’ Real IP Addresses - MacRumors. As it protects Safari, not the full communications from your device, other important parts of a web transaction can slip around iCloud Private Relay. Apple says they’re investigating.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Radiation and You!</title><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/041646.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Radiation and You!" /><published>2026-08-04T16:46:00-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-04T16:46:00-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/radiation-and-you</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/041646.html"><![CDATA[<p>SENSURROUND ON X: <a href="https://x.com/ShamashAran/status/2083750816918192450">RADIATION AND YOU!</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Hello there, boys and girls!</p>

  <p>Today we’re going to learn about one of nature’s most fascinating phenomena!</p>

  <p>Radiation!</p>

  <p>I’m sorry.  Several of you just started panicking.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Read the whole thing.</p>]]></content><author><name>pauley</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[SENSURROUND ON X: RADIATION AND YOU! Hello there, boys and girls! Today we’re going to learn about one of nature’s most fascinating phenomena! Radiation! I’m sorry. Several of you just started panicking. Read the whole thing.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Fitbit can now sync with Apple Health</title><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/041209.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Fitbit can now sync with Apple Health" /><published>2026-08-04T12:09:00-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-04T12:09:00-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/fitbit-apple-health</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/041209.html"><![CDATA[<p>OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER: <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/03/fitbit-apple-health-syncing/">Fitbit Data Can Finally Sync to Apple Health - MacRumors.</a></p>]]></content><author><name>pauley</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER: Fitbit Data Can Finally Sync to Apple Health - MacRumors.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Jays trade deadline quick-react from Bluebird Banter</title><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/041102.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Jays trade deadline quick-react from Bluebird Banter" /><published>2026-08-04T11:02:00-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-04T11:02:00-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/jays-deadline-react</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/041102.html"><![CDATA[<p>BUSY DAY IN THE JAYS FRONT OFFICE: <a href="https://www.bluebirdbanter.com/toronto-blue-jays-analysis/63093/blue-jays-trade-deadline-quick-reaction-grades">Bluebird Banter has Blue Jays trade deadline quick-reaction grades</a> from an active day for Toronto, with as much buying as selling, including acquisition of <a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/08/blue-jays-to-acquire-jose-soriano.html">José Soriano</a> and <a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/08/blue-jays-trade-daulton-varsho-astros-spencer-arrighetti.html">Spencer Arrighetti</a>, while Dalton Varsho, Adam Macko, Jeff Hoffman, and prospect Arjun Nimmala <a href="/202608/030834">join Kevin Gausman</a> as notable Jays with new teams.</p>]]></content><author><name>pauley</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[BUSY DAY IN THE JAYS FRONT OFFICE: Bluebird Banter has Blue Jays trade deadline quick-reaction grades from an active day for Toronto, with as much buying as selling, including acquisition of José Soriano and Spencer Arrighetti, while Dalton Varsho, Adam Macko, Jeff Hoffman, and prospect Arjun Nimmala join Kevin Gausman as notable Jays with new teams.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Gausman traded to Cubs</title><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/030834.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Gausman traded to Cubs" /><published>2026-08-03T08:34:00-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-03T08:34:00-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/gausman-traded</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202608/030834.html"><![CDATA[<p>THE FIRST DOMINO FALLS: <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/kevin-gausman-traded-blue-jays-to-cubs">Kevin Gausman traded from Blue Jays to Cubs.</a> One of the prospects received in return, <a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/08/cubs-acquire-kevin-gausman.html">Brett Bateman, is already in AAA</a>, and could see MLB playing time sooner than later, particularly if the Jays move an outfielder today.</p>]]></content><author><name>pauley</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[THE FIRST DOMINO FALLS: Kevin Gausman traded from Blue Jays to Cubs. One of the prospects received in return, Brett Bateman, is already in AAA, and could see MLB playing time sooner than later, particularly if the Jays move an outfielder today.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Why Is Everyone Trying to Build a Solid-State Battery?</title><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202607/311645.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Why Is Everyone Trying to Build a Solid-State Battery?" /><published>2026-07-31T16:45:00-04:00</published><updated>2026-07-31T16:45:00-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/202607/solid-state-batteries</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202607/311645.html"><![CDATA[<p>I MEAN, BESIDES THE WHOLE THERE’S-A-LOT-OF-MONEY-IN-IT THING: <a href="https://www.construction-physics.com/p/why-is-everyone-trying-to-build-a">Why Is Everyone Trying to Build a Solid-State Battery?</a></p>]]></content><author><name>pauley</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[I MEAN, BESIDES THE WHOLE THERE’S-A-LOT-OF-MONEY-IN-IT THING: Why Is Everyone Trying to Build a Solid-State Battery?]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Why we study UFOs</title><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202607/311616.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Why we study UFOs" /><published>2026-07-31T16:16:00-04:00</published><updated>2026-07-31T16:16:00-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/202607/ufo-studies</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202607/311616.html"><![CDATA[<p>LIBERTY VITTERT: <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5994824-scientific-study-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena/">Why we study UFOs</a> (or UAPs, as it were). In short: just because it’s (probably) not aliens, doesn’t mean we don’t want to try and figure out what it <em>actually</em> is.</p>]]></content><author><name>pauley</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[LIBERTY VITTERT: Why we study UFOs (or UAPs, as it were). In short: just because it’s (probably) not aliens, doesn’t mean we don’t want to try and figure out what it actually is.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Demonstration spacecraft duel in orbit for US Space Force</title><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202607/301531.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Demonstration spacecraft duel in orbit for US Space Force" /><published>2026-07-30T15:31:00-04:00</published><updated>2026-07-30T15:31:00-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/202607/space-force-satellite-duel</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202607/301531.html"><![CDATA[<p>THE SLOWEST SPACE DOGFIGHT YOU’VE EVER SEEN: <a href="https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/space-force-backed-mission-does-its-best-impression-of-top-gun-in-orbit/">Space Force-backed mission does its best impression of Top Gun in orbit.</a></p>]]></content><author><name>pauley</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[THE SLOWEST SPACE DOGFIGHT YOU’VE EVER SEEN: Space Force-backed mission does its best impression of Top Gun in orbit.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">The Cold Email</title><link href="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202607/301139.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="The Cold Email" /><published>2026-07-30T11:39:00-04:00</published><updated>2026-07-30T11:39:00-04:00</updated><id>http://www.pauleychrome.com/202607/cold-email</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://www.pauleychrome.com/202607/301139.html"><![CDATA[<p>ZACH HOLMAN: <a href="https://zachholman.com/posts/cold-email">The Cold Email.</a></p>]]></content><author><name>pauley</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[ZACH HOLMAN: The Cold Email.]]></summary></entry></feed>