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On this show, I play a song from Uwade; the theory of monthly productivity challenges is great but the practice is often the opposite of the intention; I have been fixing the dead drives in my old cheap Mac Minis; Linux Mint is really nice; the iFixit upgrade kit worked a treat; having an always on desktop Linux machine running services means I get to sleep my laptop again; my big monitor is on a swing arm that was $3 from a bin store; I am hoping to get a beta version of the Pocket Mage; I wrote up the directions to set up a Pocket Mage build environment; I hope to port the sync spirit to the Pocket Mage; write down those good ideas no matter how unforgettable; my mother does not reside in the house plant; I am volunteering to scoop cat turds; the cat had had enough.

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, November 14 2025.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Support this show on Patreon
• Uwade's homepage
• Uwade's song "Out of my Mind" at YT Music
• Lettermo
• Dog Days of Podcasting
• Home Assistant Podcast
• Late 2014 Mac Mini repair guide
• Linux Mint
• Pocket Mage eink PDA
• My build environment write-up pull request
• PlatformIO
• Syncthing
• Sync Spirit
• KindKeeper Animal Rescue
• My nerd persona Mastodon account
• My science fiction persona Mastodon account
• Auphonic podcast production tool is so good!
• Theme song provided by the Gentle Readers

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