Cleared out some random stuff in the “other” inbox for work and landed on a message from a vendor from January saying, in giant letters, “Welcome to 2020!” and my immediate thought was “Fuck off.”
Category: Wandering.Shop
complaining about website UI
Overall I’m not impressed with Instacart’s shopping interface. It’s slow and clunky, its knowledge of in-store stock is limited, and the search is terrible.
But I could actually *place* an order, which is more than I can say for Ralph’s’ site, which insisted that I pick a delivery date from an an empty dropdown when I tried to check out.
Spammers are really pushing touchless thermometers lately
Spammers are really pushing touchless thermometers lately
9YO has been devouring our Sarah’s Scribbles collections.
9YO has been devouring our Sarah’s Scribbles collections.
So say we all, Duolingo.
I swear, back in the 2000s you could set up a samba server once and …
I swear, back in the 2000s you could set up a samba server once and actually share more or less seamlessly cross-platform among Windows, Mac and Linux on your LAN. But now, every time I want to move a file to or from the Windows box, I need to jump through an entirely new set of hoops. So fucking tired of this.
“One thing astronauts have to be good at: living in confined spaces for long periods …
“One thing astronauts have to be good at: living in confined spaces for long periods of time. Here are some tips for all who find yourself in a similar scenario.”
Found a note from one of the neighbor kids for the 9YO, written in chalk
Went out for a walk this morning. Found a note from one of the neighbor kids for the 9YO, written in chalk on the sidewalk in front of the house: “Hi ___! From ___”
Saw several more as I walked around the block. Apparently he wanted to say hi to all the kids he knows.
Got this ad in the mail last week.They had nooo idea.
Learn the language of birds
I can’t seem to find it on Duolingo, though
“Stuck at home? Now is the perfect time to learn the language of birds”
Migraine, kinda gross
I have never been as relieved to see a migraine aura as I was an hour after unexplained vomiting during quarantine. 😬
covid/ca/flu
So, California has issued a statewide stay-at-home-unless-absofuckinglutely-necessary order.
https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-for-essential-needs/
The 9YO is already climbing the walls.
And I’m still recovering from the damn flu, so I’ve basically missed the window for any trips outside except for groceries (and maybe a chest xray if this very non-covid-like cough doesn’t clear up)
LA County order earlier today specifically said neighborhood walks were OK as long as you kept your distance. The statewide one doesn’t.
Switching from a wireless keyboard to a wired one for my WFH setup has made …
Switching from a wireless keyboard to a wired one for my WFH setup has made a huge difference.
I can get used to the windows/mac key labels being wrong. But the fact that it kept dropping/duplicating letters & cutting out entirely from time to time was seriously annoying.
I mean, yeah, I get it, it was a whole foot from the transmitter, who would expect it to be stable at that distance, right? 🙄
A Lithium-Ion Battery That Works Even When It’s on Fire
Well, there’s a headline: “A Lithium-Ion Battery That Works Even When It’s on Fire” – IEEE Spectrum
*sigh* is there a way to get the Google Play Store (I know, I know) …
*sigh* is there a way to get the Google Play Store (I know, I know) to stop plugging PLAGUE INC every time I open it?
flu
Heard back by lunchtime. RN agreed it didn’t sound like covid19 & suggested continued home care unless I start experiencing shortness of breath, in which case I should go straight into urgent care.
flu
Starting to look like the flu left me with bronchitis as a parting gift. So now I’m trying to figure out whether it’s going to need anything more than fluids and rest. Advice nurse said to see a doctor. Doctor’s office needs an RN to call me back to go over the symptoms again because cough + fever…and they’re swamped, so I might not hear back until almost 4
I couldn’t have gotten this crap two weeks earlier?
There goes Duolingo, being topical again
Wife is playing a new Minecraft mod collection. Her save files got corrupted and placed …
Wife is playing a new Minecraft mod collection. Her save files got corrupted and placed her inside a wall when she relaunched.
Me: “Did you at least get a cask of Amontillado?”
Her: “I hope so!”
3rd day of WFH with the kid also home from school (1st was Friday), 2nd …
3rd day of WFH with the kid also home from school (1st was Friday), 2nd with the WFH setup that doesn’t mess up my posture and give me a headache (huge difference!)
Realized I’m going to need noise-cancelling headphones for this. 😬