I’m glad this week is almost over. I’ve been obliged to attend meetings and run public errands, standing in lines, all week. 2 more errands today and then I can bunker down like a proper grumpy old git.
I found out last night Covid, or close calls requiring self isolation with Covid contacts, has spread through my immediate neighborhood. I’m guessing it’s via the schools. The lag in testing results isn’t helping. I hope everybody recovers 2 full health quickly.
Times I should not interact on social networks: 1. Before first cup of morning coffee, cos I’m grumpy. 2. During and after having to fix some computer/Internet fail and I’m grumpy. 3. After supper when I’m tired, doom-scrolling and grumpy. That leaves 2 hours open.
Why in the heck do I have to keep reentering my Outlook PW in my iPhone about every 3 days?
Wow. Typepad is refusing new paid signups and referring people to Bluehost! That’s just weird.
The shopper for Instacart reports no cans of corned beef hash of any brand at store. Sent photo of shelves which are really bare. Switching to Yellow Alert.
What worries me about starting a new blog on Wordpress is will they abandon the classic editor and force the block editor on everyone? I’d hate that.
Everyone else is having deep thoughts about the future with Biden.
Me: “I wonder what happens to all the 55 gallon drums of spray tan stored in the White House garage?”
I’ve just been scrolling my Twitter feed and watching video clips of people cheering, banging pots from rooftops, honking horns in celebration in Manhatten, Brooklyn, Seattle, and some unnamed city in Canada. Street dancing in D. C. And church bells ringing in Paris!
Update: I’m out of oatmeal cranberry cookies. They weren’t all that good but I’ve run out. Also, out of store brand Oreos.
STOP THE COOKIE TRUCK!
I think I found a new author to try out: Stuart Dybek: bungee jumping through the trapdoors of time #Chicago #Midwest #books
I baked a pumpkin pie yesterday. It was the premade frozen kind so all I had to do was bake it per instructions. It went pretty well: no smoke alarms, no fires, no me cussing, no 911 calls. And the slice of pie I had last night was pretty good. Yea!
It appears many Center-Left people are also buying guns. I don’t think this is isolated either. I think everybody needs to take a step back and think this through. The politicians, Right and Left, want you to be afraid: it makes you easier to manipulate.
It’s darn hard to design a town center when nobody knows what the heck retail is going to look like in the future. And that was pre-Covid 19.
I see fake wood trim is back for upper end car interiors. It does look a bit better than the fake wood trim we had in the 1960’s and ‘70’s but honestly, more leg room and head room is much more important.
Got a car that has Apple Carplay for the first time. I still have to connect. If this will give me access to Apple Maps on the head unit screen that will be so cool. I hope so.
Anyone have any Carplay tips?
If we tear down all the statues where will the pigeons go? #lossofhabitat
Also this: Vivaldi Browser Now Has a Cool Built-in Arcade Game In case you needed an excuse to try Vivaldi. :-)
I totally missed this when it came out: The Vivaldi Browser Now Has a Built in, Er, Word Processor?! I like this:
Notes support the Markdown syntax and can automatically attach screenshots and the address of the web page being viewed added to a note
I just got my copper phone case I bought from Aeris Copper for my iPhone. Copper kills germs including Covid-19. Takes a few hours for copper to kill C19, but that is better than nothing. I like it. 1. It’s less slippery than my plastic case, 2. wireless charger worked.
I early voted this afternoon. I’m glad I got that done.
I don’t think it’s up to Trump or any sitting president to decide who wins the election. The States ultimately declare the results. The President has no power to decide unless he files suit in Federal courts.
He’s right, … It is the technology that’s to blame. Same with IoT, my toaster and fridge don’t need to connect to the Internet. And I’m pretty convinced keyless cars are an attempt to fix something that wasn’t broke to begin with.
I think the next presidential debate should be moderated by a retired USMC Drill Instructor, “On the ground and give me 20, maggot!”
Credit card due to expire. Get replacement in mail. Go online to activate per instuctions. Fill out forms to confirm reciept of card. Sends me to registration sign up for an account to manage my card online without confirming my card is activated. I don’t want an account. I don’t want another username or password. I don’t want to get a bunch of emails from you either because I created an account. An account is just another vulnerable point where some hacker might get in. I just want to use my credit card. If I want to “manage my account” I’ll jolly well call the 800 telephone number.
So didn’t set up an account, I just closed the window. I guess I’ll eventually find out if the card is active of not if I get a you haven’t activated your card notice.
Crickey just activate the damn card.