Betsy Langowski

Seems like everyone is doing re-intros! 👋🏻I’m Betsy. 🐶My dog is named Toby Ziegler the Dog. 👩‍💻I work in tech. 🐘I prefer mastodon (@superbetsy@mastodon.social) but cross-post here. 📝Anything of deep importance is at superbetsy.com/blog. 🍭Here be memes, unhinged observations, and book reviews.

When I have the Duo open and I'm using it like an iPad, and I snap it closed, I expect it to lock. Instead the front display activates. I get why. But in practice it's not how I use the device. Am I alone in this interaction?

It was "spooky craft day" at Dogtopia today. Toby is quite the artist.

Last night I learned about the upcoming release of the video game Stage Tour. Okay omg. Do we know anything about it? It looks like it might be more limited on the Switch 2… true? Am I right to be BEYOND excited?

I was approved to put full weight on my broken foot (in a boot) yesterday but I stayed true to the costume I had planned with Peggy. Arrrgh!

Rivendell observes Central Daylight Time.

Toby is happy to be my iPhone Duo's first photo.

Pumpkins as far as the eye can see at the Minnesota Zoo Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular.

"I think you're faking it to get out of going on walks."

While I'm recovering from injury I'm thinking outside of the box to get in my workouts. I thought I'd explore something new. Duck Duck Go offering really valuable insights on how to begin.

Homemade caramel corn? Sure why not.

Status

Got one. Dang, delivery isn't until Nov 16, though.

Wait I'm confused. Since I have a broken foot I wear an ortho boot and a mobility device (she's named Peggy) when I go to the gym. Am I dressed like a whore because of the boot? Or is it Peggy's fault?

I won at plant bingo tonight. AND THEN I WON AGAIN OMG.

Toby, let's work together to find a different way for you to hold that rawhide.

Has anyone used iPhone Handoff? I don't want to give up my 8x zoom camera but I also want the Duo, so it seems like the perfect solution. If it works. Does it?

Sometimes you go to a pumpkin weighing contest that culminates in watching a 1500 pound pumpkin stuffed with candy be dropped from a crane.

I have the approval from my doctor to start carefully putting partial weight on my broken foot. Now, I'm not going to buy a replica of Gandalf's staff. I'm not. Really, I'm not. But... No. I'm not. "I shall not," one might even say. But I could. I won't. Period.

Where is the option that's like, "reject all cookies except for the one that will remember this choice forever so I don't need to constantly reject all cookies"?

I can't test my Super Important selfie apps in Device Hub. So we taught BitrigApp to use the Mac's camera. This is particularly useful when you don't have an iPhone Duo sitting around to test on 😁

Vitamix: worth it or no? (I'm a daily blender user)

Hoping these are finally the vaccines that alter my DNA to make my hair stop turning gray and give me a microchip so I stop getting lost 🤞

Did I really peak in college? Jeez, I hope not. But reflecting back on those simpler times gives me hope and motivation for growing and learning in the AI era. I guess you'll just have to come to Swiftsonic to find out more! Tickets are still available but I hear they're going fast.

Doctor said, "yeah, you can work out, you just have to wear your boot or ankle brace and you can NOT put any weight on your right foot." Challenge accepted.

The bravest dog got a pup cup after his vaccines!

I use a mobility device I've named Peggy to get around since I broke my foot and can't put any weight on it. Peggy got her first tattoo today.

It was such a delight to spend last weekend with the participants of @BitrigApp hacks! I was so inspired by the ingenuity from all the teams. I may have been hobbled by a broken foot, but the joy I witnessed more than lifted me up!

Bitrig Hacks is off to a great start!

Today in the saga of the broken foot…. I got…. A legit peg leg. This is going to be my entire personality for the foreseeable future. Strap in. Arrrrg! 🏴‍☠️ (Its name is Margaret. Peggy for short.)

Did you know that at a concert there is nothing stopping you from taking out your ear plugs, putting in your AirPods, and listening to an audio book for the duration of the opening bands?

I have a broken foot but not a broken spirit. Like the elder millennial I am, I wasn't going to miss Bowling for Soup! The lovely staff at First Avenue (Prince's nightclub) reserved two of the very, very limited railing seats for us so I could sit and elevate! 💜

Last week I broke my foot. This has been (and will be) a tough time for someone as active as me. I didn't listen to my body telling me to chill, and a stress fracture just 💥. This forced slow-down, inconvenient as it is, is actually helping me reset. My view for the next [who knows] weeks!

I am no expert but I feel like if I owned this strawberry farm, I'd consider changing the name. Or the product manufactured.

I WON AT PLANT BINGO!!!!!!! Being able to call "Plingo" gave me such joy, and I was awarded this Philodendron I named Phyllis!

What's a cool 17K race, dressed as the boat's spare parts, between friends on an early Sunday morning? (We were a wingnut, a bolt, seat wheels, and an oarlock spacer with a wrench on our stern.)

Sometimes (along with the rest of Minneapolis) I climb over the "do not enter" gate and sneak behind a waterfall.

PEBKAC.

Was Practical Magic 2 high-minded cinema? It was not. Did I love it? I did.

Ok so here's my question. Can I hang up on someone by snapping the phone closed like my Razr? Because if so, I'm sold.

Not me shrieking "PREORDER PREORDER HOW DO I PREORDER" so loudly that my Apple Watch gave me a loud environment warning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuFfi...

This freshly blowdried cow relaxing under a fan is my queen.

Every year we go to the Minnesota State Fair and have a perfectly moderate and reasonable number of wine slushies.

Never miss the alpaca and llama costume contest at the Minnesota State Fair

I think September 1st is too early for Halloween decorations, but this one is so scary it deserves some extra time on display.

Fellow EV enthusiasts and those against fascism: I got my invite to order my Rivian R2. (I have a tiny garage so the R1 wasn't an option.) I love my Tesla Model Y but I despise *gestures vaguely.* The R2 seems spectacular as an upgrade. Thoughts??

"Books are for nerds," -Toby, who thinks it's time to go for a W-A-L-K.

Minnesota State Fair on Friday. Minnesota Renaissance Festival on Saturday. What a weekend. (Also thank goodness for dresses with built-in shorts when you're going down the State Fair Giant Slide!)

Weird Al at the Minnesota State Fair gave me life.

Years ago I saw a meme that was along the lines of, "you can tell a lot about someone based on the first three movies they associate with Tim Curry." I submit: 1. Clue 2. Rocky Horror 3. Annie With an honorable Fern Gully mention since I was too young to associate voices with actors back then. RIP.