Brad Enslen

Ever get confused about where your search results are coming from? Search Engine Map will show where the search engine results come from. Source End the confusion.

Staycation over. Spent the last week not doing much except reading for pleasure. It’s been a long time since I could immerse myself in a fictional world like that and it felt kinda nice.

📚 Currently reading “White Knight”, Dresden Files #9. By Jim Butcher. These books are immersive and addictive. I think the writing and editing improve with each book.

Does popcorn count as a Whole Grain?

Asking for a friend.

I have no opinion on Cardi B. I don’t feel compelled to have an opinion on Cardi B, for or against, as social media would have it, cos I know nothing about her. All this focus on celebs is just a distraction.

Got the early spring fertilizer and crabgrass killer down on the lawn. This year I’m switching from Tru-Green service to doing it myself with Scott’s 4 Step. Saving a lot of money this way.

Twitter Survival Guide: Don’t click on “Promoted Tweets”. Most of the time, these go to sites made to show maximum advertisements over maximimum page views. Click bait.

Political Correctness does not seem to be totally compatible with comedy, free speech, art, literature, etc. Amongst people of goodwill, what a person is saying is much more important than how they say it.

This. The EU has bigger problems to deal with than Brexit And this is only part of the problems. There is more.

Trump is creeping me out.

B2evolution version 6.11.0-beta adds Webmentions support for Indieweb. This is a great addition to an excellent CMS.

Things I learned on Twitter file: Actress Honor Blackman was a motorcycle dispatch rider during World War II. Per: Tweet with photo Ms. Blackman known for her roles in The Avengers TV series and James Bond movie.

Anyone who thinks there is one simple answer or solution to each of the great problems facing our society is delusional. Treating the symptoms does not address the underlying causes.

Stop words when I shop for a watch (meaning I quit looking at it):

• rose gold
• uni-sex
• carbon fiber
• day/date
• chronograph
• (any fashion designer brand name)
• eco-drive
• solar

I’ve been trying to remember how I first heard about Micro.blog and – nothing. I remember looking at the site, I remember signing up, but not how I found it.

“Stranger Things” TV series looks really good. I don’t have Netfix so I’ve never seen it and I’m not subscribing to Netflix just for one show.

Finished reading: Murder on the Orient (SS): The Agatha Christie Book Club 2 by C. A. Larmer 📚

Finished reading: Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, Book 4) by Jim Butcher 📚

It’s tax time. Needed to print out hard copies of PDF tax docs emailed to me end of last week. Elderly laser printer connected to iMac. But iMac died last year. Hooked up cheapo replacement linux laptop to replace iMac. Laptop test prints fine. PDF’s print as garbage. Waste lots of paper trying different things, different browsers. Still garbage. Finally try downloading PDF’s to hard drive and print. Works.

Meanwhile, my couple of months old Kobo ereader’s battery has started draining abnormally fast - 100% to 5% in one hour. Trying factory reset. Unit charging. Will test. Meanwhile I will look up to see if it’s covered under warranty.

Between these two things, just trying to print some damn documents and troubleshooting an ereader with battery problems has taken up the better part of a day.

And we haven’t even gotten to the taxes yet.

Finished reading: Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, Book 3) by Jim Butcher 📚

Okay, so I’m sitting here wondering if vampires can withstand the sound of bagpipe music.

Listening/Watching: Max Raabe & Palast Orchester - Dream, a little dream