Congratulations Apple, I will never again buy AirPods from you.

Apple: “it just works." …until it doesn’t and then you have to fight tooth and nail to get ahold of anyone who will actually help you. 😱

Burning the midnight oil, trying to hammer out a few more unit tests. 🥱

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. 😷

Smoking right next to the gas pump as you fill up your massive truck that’s clearly never seen a spec of dirt in its existence…I’m starting to think natural selection might be a thing. 🤔😔

Finished reading: Hell Difficulty Tutorial 2 by Cerim 📚
★★★☆☆

The 2nd book of the series, it gives some backstory using flashbacks, which explains a great deal about the actions of the main character. Another sequel (been reading a lot of those lately) that I just couldn’t put down.

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. 😭😤

Ah, the US Post office…once again a package came halfway across the country, stopped in my city and then continued onto the other side of the county and is now “in transit to next facility." Please excuse me while I scream into the void. 😱

Finished reading: Return of the Runebound Professor 4 by Actus 📚
★★★☆☆

The 4th book of the series, I couldn’t put this one down, it was absolutely fantastic.

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

Insomnia sucks. 🥱

Once again, the difference between equals() and == in .Net vs Java has tripped me up. 🤣

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.

Our old one kicked the bucket, so yesterday I bought a new lawnmower…and today, when I opened it up, the mower came out but one of the wheels didn’t. 😮‍💨 I’m sure I could have filled out a bunch of paperwork to get a new wheel and attachment but honestly, I was so pissed, I just took it back. 🫠

Finished reading: Order of Architects: Book 2 by Oleg Sapphire & Yuri Vinokuroff 📚
★★★☆☆

The second book of the series, is a great follow-up…and now I have to wait for the third book. 🤣 😭