Brad Enslen

Tim Berners-Lee has launched Contract for the Web This seems like a positive step.

Apple needs an iOS thing that automatically diagnoses which part of the Internet is not connecting: Comcast, your WiFi router, your VPN, your cell carrier, your iPhone or that God just hates you. This would save a lot of time Scud hunting for the broken link. Default would be Comcast is down, because odds.

And while I’m complaining why has my very expensive iPhone quite Swooshing when I send emails? Is this an iOS 13 bug? I want the swoosh back damnit, I paid through the nose for it.

Okay so Apple, consider that The Internet is Stuffed Up app because this happens way too often. Just sayin.

Two Amazon vans plus a UPS truck stopped on my block at the same time, all delivering stuff from Amazon. #crossingthestreams

Adventures in Digital: My 88 yr old mother just got a new microwave. Her old one was 50 years old and had a dial that you turned to set the time. New one is all digital. I spent 25 minutes on the phone explaining how to use it. Mom is analog only. I’m a good son. :-)

I just installed the Fraidy Cat browser extension for Vivaldi browser and I’m liking it alot. It crosses the divide between blogs and social networks so you can track RSS feeds from blogs plus what your buddies on Twitter are saying all on the same reader.

Study: Asian carp crowding out native fish on Mississippi River - AP. There has to be some way we can over fish the hell out of Asian Carp. Dog food? Cat food? Human food, process and sell it to cultures that like carp?

Green Dragon Apples I saw them in the store for the first time so tried a couple. Very sweet. Too sweet for my taste. Juicy grainy texture. Deep pear-like flavor. I like apples with some tartness to them, but if you like sweet you might like.

I just got reminded why I don’t like Blu-Ray: it’s because all the Blu-Ray players suck. That simple. The whole Blu-Ray format sucks. Steve Jobs was right to be wary of it when it came out. I’ve had 3 players, 3 brands, over the years and they all sucked. Back to DVD.

I’m finally going to buy a Blu-ray player. I’m looking for simple, quality, durable. I’m assuming backward compatability with regular DVD’s. Any suggestions? Any type I should avoid?

Okay #nwindiana who’s the joker that ordered snow, wind and cold all at the same time?

This is a good Twitter thread about using Web Panels in Vivaldi web browser. One use I can see for my own use is to make a Panel of my Pinboard bookmarks. Check that thread for full instructions.

PinePhone: Everything You Need to Know About This Linux Smartphone | OMG Ubuntu

Hillary Clinton had her “vast right wing conspiracy,” and Trump has his “deep state” conspiracy. Both of those are small beer compared to the “eclair shortage conspiracy” I’ve just made up. The cool case has been “broken” at the supermarket bakery for 3 weeks and eclairs, when available, have shot up in price from 3 for $5 to $2 each. The other supermarket in town didn’t have ANY eclairs.

Something dodgy is going on and the eclair cartel is behind it. Watch your back.

Privacy search engine DuckDuckGo has a couple of privacy newsletters. I’ve only subscribed to the Privacy Weekly one and I find it useful and interesting.

Top 10 Cloud Storage Linux Providers Decent list.

Any suggestions on a good category name for just longer posts other than “Longer Posts”? I could say “Essays” but that is a little pretentious for me. “Words by the Bucket” is too long, “Posts with Titles” is too techie, “Bloviation” hm, closer but requires dictionary.

These 5 alternative social networks are the cure for Facebook fatigue - Fast Company Hm, one of these helps you migrate your stuff off of Facebook, that’s interesting.

I just blocked NYTimes on Twitter. All their stuff is behind a paywall anyway. I used to be a subscriber, but when I went to cancel I had to call them on the phone. They took my money online they could let me unsubscribe online too, but no. They burned a bridge with me.

I just wasted 45 mins. trying to turn on the backlit keyboard. Turns out, my new computer does not have a backlit keyboard. My bad. So I ordered a USB light thingy. Sorted but I’m still mad at myself. #oldpeopleproblems #wavescane

It never fails: everytime I get a new computer and sit down to configure it, either the Wifi goes down, the cable internet goes down or something. Today, the Vivaldi.com website is partly down so I can’t download the Vivaldi browser (my first task.) I feel like Charlie Brown.