Writing up my experience of the internet in the 1990s. Kid’s having problems with headphones not working. We trace it to the audio extension cable…which is the same one I used in my dorm room in the 1990s.
Category: Wandering.Shop
covid vaccine (+)
Scheduled booster shots for me and my wife. Between the first and second pass through the scheduler, they dropped the eligibility question.
They must have had the change ready to go as soon as the official open-it-up-to-anyone word came down.
Of course I still had to enter all the same insurance information both times
Pretty sure that aluminum can isn’t compostable
Pretty sure that aluminum can isn’t compostable
I love how Debian has “stable”, “oldstable” and “oldoldstable” releases
I love how Debian has “stable”, “oldstable” and “oldoldstable” releases
Does anyone remember what dedicated #gopher clients were around in the early 1990s? I remember …
Does anyone remember what dedicated #gopher clients were around in the early 1990s? I remember using Netscape & Mosaic, but I could swear I used *something* gopher-specific at the school computer labs, or maybe there was an application in the collection of internet software that the school offered to students.
Heh…kid has decided the plural of dingus is dingi
Heh…kid has decided the plural of dingus is dingi
Gee, what an informative email. 🙄
It’s a lot easier than I thought to fry an LED 😬
It’s a lot easier than I thought to fry an LED 😬
plumbing snafu (improving)
So the floor is patched, the carpet cleaned, and there doesn’t seem to be any sign of mold or additional damage beyond what they found initially. Looks like we can start moving stuff back into the dining room today!
Kid (while alternating between Two-Set Violin and Electroboom videos): What note is 60Hz…?Me: Um……
Kid (while alternating between Two-Set Violin and Electroboom videos): What note is 60Hz…?
Me: Um…low?
Plumbing snafu (followup)
So, this is the dining room right now.
The best part?
There are no pipes under that part of the slab.
It turns out the leak was in the next unit over, but didn’t show up there. (Yes, the plumbers checked there before arranging with the owner to start digging.) It ran under the wall and cabinets until it seeped up into our floor.
Now we get to have a big hole in our floor until it all dries out and they can patch it.
So far it’s not as bad as the mold infestation in the kitchen a few years back where they had to rip out half the walls and we had a plastic sheet across the kitchen door that we walked through to get at the refrigerator. We did a lot of cooking in the microwave and an electric skillet.
Though I guess it’s going to depend on (a) how long the room stays like this and (b) whether they need to rip out the cabinets too.
Plumbing snafu
Looks like we have a leak in the pipes under the dining room floor. Our apartment has a concrete slab foundation. And the pipes are embedded in it.
Yay 1970s (60s?) construction.
Fortunately (no really) the leak seems to be continuous, because that means it’s probably a supply line – which they can bypass. If it’s the drain line they’ll have to jackhammer out the dining room floor 😬
Also that means the carpet’s soaking in *clean* water.
Plumber’s coming tomorrow morning.
Yes, phone keyboard, I totally need “pita byte crackers” on my shopping list
Yes, phone keyboard, I totally need “pita byte crackers” on my shopping list
Is there a more monotonous song for backup singers than “Sympathy for the Devil?” Woo wooo! Wooo wooo!
Is there a more monotonous song for backup singers than “Sympathy for the Devil?”
Woo wooo! Wooo wooo!
Neighbors are listening to a Rolling Stones collection and this is the only part of the song that carries. It’s like there’s an insistent owl next door.
It doesn’t help that my wake up alarm is currently set to an owl-hoot sound, so in the back of my head I keep thinking I need to dismiss an alarm
Pokemon Go friend requests
I’m looking for more #PokemonGo in-game friends. I send raid invites (and occasionally pick them up when I catch them in time!), and I send and open gifts. If you’re interested, my trainer code is 2658 1380 0806 and I play as Magikarpaccino. Thanks!
I need to take a break. I just read “static void” as “satiric void.”
I need to take a break. I just read “static void” as “satiric void.”
So tired of alleged USB cables that use proprietary connectors. It’s like…you were so close…
So tired of alleged USB cables that use proprietary connectors.
It’s like…you were so close. You used a standard USB charger. With a standard USB connector…at one end.
But I still need your special cable with it’s special connector to actually be able to charge this damn thing.
I will never understand the mentality where you MUST “win” every single conflict even if …
I will never understand the mentality where you MUST “win” every single conflict even if it means losing what you actually wanted out of it.
How the heck does a balloon survive a fondue fork but break against a popcorn …
How the heck does a balloon survive a fondue fork but break against a popcorn ceiling?
Related question: how the heck did we end up with a fondue fork in the first place?
It has to have been a gift but I can’t remember who it was from or what for or when or anything.
Gee, maybe integrating their other services into one platform wasn’t the best idea…
Gee, maybe integrating their other services into one platform wasn’t the best idea…
Losing Facebook is bad, but losing WhatsApp is worse – The Verge
What happens when you lose the encrypted messaging app everyone uses?