Archiving my Twitter, Facebook and other social network activity
And this is why I’m finally replacing Chrome with Vivaldi as my backup mobile browser. (Currently using Firefox as primary on both desktop & mobile, already using Vivaldi as secondary on desktop, which is why I started there for the mobile replacement.)
#privacy #google #vivaldi #chrome #GoogleTopics #adware #tracking #SurveillanceCapitalism
https://vivaldi.com/blog/news/alert-no-google-topics-in-vivaldi/
Beginning to wonder if someone over there used to generate the archive export files by hand and they got fired.
A fox #squirrel spotted running across the lawn at the park.
A quick search at https://www.cpubenchmark.net/ suggests that I already have the best power/performance chip for this socket type. I can get a marginally faster processor that uses twice as much power (which would mean I’d need even more cooling).
So yeah, any practical CPU upgrade would spiral into replacing the whole cpu/motherboard/memory, which of course involves dismantling the whole machine…
Fan & thermal paste it is!
Desktop CPU is overheating during games again. Figure I’ll reapply the paste & add the spare case fan to the side.
Might upgrade the cpu fan too. Maybe one of the ones that aims sideways toward the back of the case.
Went to look up the socket type & discovered that the cpu model is 10 years old :blob_dizzy_face:
I’m sure there are newer CPUs that are both faster *and* more efficient. Might be better than replacing the heatsink. But a lot more involved.
Archaeologists have discovered an 1800-year-old Roman mosaic at a south London construction site.
Hawthorn Flowers. In this area they start blooming in winter and keep going thrown spring.
Distant Snow. (I already used the “Far Snows” caption.) #mountains #trees #snowline
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…
If you’re not familiar with Gemini, it’s sort of a stripped-down web or souped-up Gopher, very bare-bones and text-oriented. Perfect for blogging.
A bit more in this post, including links to info about Gemini and related software. (You do need a different browser to access Gemini links – I’ve been using Lagrange on the desktop & Ariane on Android .)
Still a bit rough around the edges, but my Gemini conversion for my Les Misérables commentary is up! The blog is now available both on the web and via Gemini.
It features commentary from two full read-throughs (in different translations) plus reviews of movie, stage, radio and comic adaptations.
Gemini: Re-Reading Les Misérables
Web: Re-Reading Les Misérables
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.)
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 half-empty soda can until I picked it up.
I really don’t think this USB hub should be hissing
