Hot and humid. Nasty.
Yesterday was very nasty outside. Really hot and really humid. I sweated through my shirt just going into the garage to get dinner out of the freezer.
So I didn’t get any work done outside.
I did get to the chiropractor and get my wife’s honda’s battery replaced. Now I need to find my windshield washer fluid and fill that up. Wish she’d have mentioned that earlier.
I had some issues with windows 10 yesterday, and Marcelo asked about commenting to remind me that patch Tuesday was here again. Um, Yes Please! ANYONE who has something to share that fits with the spirit and history of this place, and the interests of the people hanging out here is welcome. Especially if it’s in an area I don’t cover well or at all.
I realized I’ve transitioned from ‘playing with computers’ to ‘using software ON the computer to do other real life stuff.’ In other words, I don’t see ‘computers’ as a hobby anymore. In fact I often see them as a hindrance to getting work done or an annoyance. That’s likely equal parts me aging, and most of the stuff to do with ‘computers’ becoming “good enough”. It’s not necessary to even be aware of most of the things we used to consider basic knowledge- startup files, boot files, config files, interrupts, comm ports, cables, drives, terminators, performance tweaks, regedit, command line, etc. In the way NASA made spaceflight boring, MS made computer use dull.
That’s probably a good thing for most people and uses. It is a bit sad when you realize that your powerful and esoteric knowledge does you no good anymore, except to leave you with the certainty that things used to be different and that stuff should be possible that isn’t any longer. But the wheel keeps turning, and complaining about it is like trying to command the tide.
I’ve got a couple of things to do outside the house today, and the usual list of stuff to do in and around it. Or I can waste time on the internet with my friends. . . hmmmm. What should I choose?
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PS- keep stacking, the world isn’t going away!