• So very tired of New Egg using my number to text me sale spam. Really wish it was possible to sue companies for using numbers given for 2FA to send sales crap. ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ Solution: created a burner Google Voice number and now all that crap can go there. ๐Ÿคฃ

  • As a grown-up Nintendo kid, I was worried about the new Super Mario Bros. Movie b/c those games, living up to that legacy is a huge task… That said, after watching it…wow, that movie is good. The music was absolutely fantastic, mixing themes from the games and the 80’s, it was prefect. ๐ŸŽฌ

    The Super Mario Bros. Movie - 2023 Movie Poster
  • Not only did we loose all the refrigerated / frozen food in the house but the cat peed in the office… Oh, also, my oldest UPS finally kicked the bucket during the storms that knocked out the power. First days back from vacation are always the worst part about vacation. ๐Ÿคฃ #FirstWorldProblems

  • While on vacation, we lost power for two days; translation: all the food in our house is now bad. Just bought a giant battery for future outages, will add a solar panel down the road (this is the second time in six months we’ve lost power for an extended period of time). ๐Ÿ”Œ๐Ÿชซ

  • I really want to fix the โ€networking setupโ€ in the Airbnb; I opened up the cabinet, it was scorching in there. ๐Ÿ˜ญ

    Lots of networking gear (Uni-Fi access point, networking switch, google access point, Phillips Hue hub, and PoE injector) on a shelf, inside a cabinet.
  • Once again, my Mac Air crashing has corrupted both of my Time Machine drives…but don’t worry, “it just works." ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

  • Impressed with this hotel wifi, on a Zoom call and running a local WebLogic Server with no issues. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

  • Listening to a ton of podcasts this morning, mostly tech onesโ€ฆand everyone is so excited about the Apple headset. Am I the only one not excited about it? ๐ŸŽง

  • Lunch with a coworker. ๐Ÿด

    Veggie wrap (with fish) and fries with teriyaki sauce, in a wire basket on top of serving paper.
  • Hey @Reddit, why are you emailing me interesting posts if I can’t get to any of them? Perhaps instead of lying about communications with 3rd party developer you could tell the truth and just be honest you don’t want them to exist anymore?

  • I have a love/hate relationship with unit testing but as they just caught a logic bug in some if/else statements, I won’t curse them out this morning. ๐Ÿคฃ #code

  • Making some cookies for a friend. ๐Ÿช๐Ÿงˆ #baking

    Rows of raw cookie dough on a baking sheet, before going into the oven.
  • Twelve years ago today, an adorable man smiled at me and simply said โ€yesโ€โ€ฆand weโ€™ve been together ever since. Happy anniversary to my Friend, my Rock, my beautiful Pookie. โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

  • Helped a friend set up his new Nintendo Switch…the OLED model…and now I want to buy one… ๐ŸŽฎ๐Ÿ˜ญ

  • I feel like I just moved heaven and earth to get my Apple TV remote working with my Sonos Beam…but in the end, restarting the remote is what fixed it. Also, the absurdity of that just struck me: why are remotes to the point we have to be able to restart them…? ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

  • Came all the way out onto the pier for some therapy. ๐Ÿ›‹๏ธ๐Ÿ“บ #TV #BobNewhart #Chicago

    The Bob Newhart statue on Chicago's Navy pier, on a cloudy day.
  • Wait, waitโ€ฆdonโ€™t tell meโ€ฆ? ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ“ป #npr

    The set of NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me"
  • I sometimes feel like I’m the only person still using RSS feeds to stay up to date on news; it’s been working great for 10+ years but I think I need to modify my approach with filters: I really don’t care about new Google products, given most will be dead within 5 years. ๐Ÿคฃ

  • Goodness, something is clearly going on today with dynamic advertising injection in podcasts b/c I do not speak any Spanish; it’s not that I don’t want to learn French or Spanish but the only languages I’m good at are computer languages. ๐Ÿคฃ

  • Throwing in the towel for the day, our Jenkins build server is misbehaving. ๐Ÿ˜ฑ