A fox #squirrel spotted running across the lawn at the park.
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Goldfinch
Hawthorn flowers. In this area they start blooming in winter and keep going thrown spring.
Hawthorn Flowers. In this area they start blooming in winter and keep going thrown spring.
Distant Snow. (I already used the “Far Snows” caption.)
Distant Snow. (I already used the “Far Snows” caption.) #mountains #trees #snowline
computer trouble, being dealt with, just annoying
1. Had to take the laptop in due to imminent battery failure. Apple apparently designed a laptop that their own techs can’t service, so they had to send it in to swap the battery.
I remember an older model MacBook where I was able to order the replacement battery, have it shipped to my home, and then swap it out using a coin to turn the latch.
2. Had to pull recent stuff off the storage drive in the desktop due to imminent drive failure (thank you SMART warnings!), which is manifesting itself in a drastic collapse of data throughput, which is of course slowing down the process of getting those recent files onto a drive that’s in better shape.
At least I don’t have to run out and buy a replacement drive on a holiday. But it’s still not what I wanted to do with the afternoon.
4 days later
Laptop has been shipped out and back with a new battery, seems to be working fine. 🎉
New HDD should arrive tomorrow, but I’ve got all the data off of the one where SMART was indicating likely failure within 24 hours 😱 and was able to wipe it before it died.
And now my desktop monitor is dying. 🤦♂️ Admittedly it’s 12 years old and isn’t even full HD, but FFS, the timing…
Covid vaccine
Orange moonrise
Fluffy birb. (A sparrow spotted on top of a light pole)
Fluffy #birb.
(A #sparrow spotted on top of a light pole. I could *hear* it easily enough, but it took a while to spot it – and once I did, I was glad I had the zoom camera with me.)
In the shade of the peppertree.
Um, I’ll be sure to keep that in mind… 😬 #Beedril
I’ve reached the point in Duolingo where autocomplete is suggesting phrases from it.
I’ve reached the point in Duolingo where autocomplete is suggesting phrases from it.
It was very warm and making a sound a bit like bubbles echoing inside a …
It was very warm and making a sound a bit like bubbles echoing inside a half-empty soda can until I picked it up.
I really don’t think this USB hub should be hissing
I really don’t think this USB hub should be hissing
Found this shot looking through photos from my old phone. It’s from the outdoor part of a mall.
Found this shot looking through photos from my old phone. It's from the outdoor part of a mall.
It’s the fabled white rose of the grocery store parking lot!
Looking up…
A sundog, looking like a ball of rainbow. The sun was shining through clouds, too hazy to make out the disc, but apparently had a clear path to some ice crystals at just the right angle.
A sundog, looking like a ball of rainbow. The sun was shining through clouds, too hazy to make out the disc, but apparently had a clear path to some ice crystals at just the right angle.
Saw several links to this article on Facebook deliberately ignoring the fact that people present …
Saw several links to this article on Facebook deliberately ignoring the fact that people present their identity differently to different groups (family, friends, work, interest-based groups, etc.) & how that impacts social interaction. https://boingboing.net/2018/01/22/facebook-is-sad.html
It got me thinking about exploring other Mastodon instances again, and an article I read ages ago on a contextual identity project at Mozilla. Looks like I should check out Firefox Containers. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Contextual_Identity_Project/Containers