Lost In Haste
Lost In Haste
Full Stack Developer and Digital Packrat

Update 📰

  • Trying to get my legal affairs in order (aka, a will and medical power of attorney)…and a law office I talked with wanted a $10,000 deposit / retainer. 😱 WTF…it’s just a few hours of work, my life isn’t that complicated… 😮‍💨

  • Covid and flu vaccines acquired. 😷

  • It’s becoming rapidly apparent that my Synology DS3617xs is not long for this world or even my network set up. Just had to forcibly restart it, the second time in just two weeks. I can no longer trust this to be the backbone of my home infrastructure. 😭😤

  • Well…wide awake again, might as well get to work. 😵‍💫

    Insomnia sucks. 🥱

  • I was listening to the latest @atpfm podcast, about the dust up between Apple / Creators / Patreon and I’m in agreement with the hosts: it’s just yuck. I love their hardware but with the focus on squeezing more revenue out small devs / creators, it’s getting harder to justify giving Apple money.

  • I’ve been setting up my new Raspberry Pi to be an always-on, lightweight server but I was running into the oddest issue when trying to get memory data out of Docker. As it turns out, adding “cgroup_memory=1 cgroup_enable=memory” to my “/boot/cmdline.txt” file fixed the issue. 🎉 Link

  • My father just bought a Mac with no input from me and set it up without my help…and now can’t remember the password; trying to remotely help him was painfully frustrating. 😮‍💨 Oh the joys of being tech support. 🤣

    Irony: he has a computer science degree and used to write SQL for a living. 🤣

  • The weather was so lovely over lunch, I went for a walk. 🚶🏼‍♂️

    A white cloud icon indicating overcast weather, with text showing '74° Feels 74° Overcast for the hour,' against a blue background featuring illustrated green trees and hills.

    Whilst walking, I stumbled across the cutest flowers. 😊 🌿 📷

    Pink and white flowers bloom on vine-covered plants, wrapping around a white picket fence in a garden.

  • Someone once said “hell is other people." I would like to modify that: hell is Costco on a Saturday afternoon.

  • Met up with some friends tonight for dinner at our favorite Thai restaurant. Nine times out of ten, I get the same dish…why mess with perfection. 😋 📷

    A steaming plate of stir-fried tofu and vegetables rests on a patterned dish, situated on a white tablecloth, accompanied by silverware. Text: 'lostinhaaste.com' is visible at the bottom right.

  • It’s been years since I saw one in the wild but whilst my friend and I were out, we dropped by a second-hand shop and I found an AirPort Time Capsule. 🤣 📷

    A white plastic cylinder nested with a coiled cord, on a metal shelf, with a website address, 'lostinhaste.com', superimposed in the foreground.

  • Friend of mine came into down and we ended up getting ramen for lunch. 😋 🍜 📷

    A bowl of ramen with toppings and a red spoon, set on a wooden table beside a side dish of gyoza and disposable cups; the watermark reads 'lostinhaste.com'.

  • We weren’t planning on watching the Olympics Opening Ceremony tonight but the Boo pulled out the rabbit ears from the basement; it was an amazing show but now I miss Paris. 🇫🇷 📷

    A television displays a hot air balloon over trees with 'PARIS Opening Ceremony' and the website 'lostinhaste' overlaid. Olympic rings and the NBC logo are in the corner.

  • Some friends recently redid their backyard and deck…and invited us over to see it mostly complete, as well as enjoy a glass of wine and treats.

    A dog reclines on an outdoor pet bed next to a plush toy, on a deck with stone-built structures and fencing, at dusk.

    The sunset was lovely…the very excitable pup was slightly medicated. 🌅 🐕 📷

  • 🔗 Global Microsoft Meltdown Tied to Bad Crowdstrike Update - Krebs on Security // krebsonsecurity.com

    A faulty software update from cybersecurity vendor Crowdstrike crippled countless Microsoft Windows computers across the globe today, disrupting everything from airline travel and financial institutions to hospitals and businesses online.

    The Crowdstrike issue is striking everywhere, two people on my Team can’t use their computers today…and I’m one of them. 😭😤