Okay, I guess I’m not getting much work done. #friday #unmotivated

Now that tech support woes are addressed (at least, I can’t do anything about it), time to work!

Another day of monitor hell. Old monitor died just after warranty expired. Got payout from credit card from purchase protection. New monitor (different brand) arrived defective. Sheesh.

Finally bit the bullet and decided to figure out enough Javascript to customize my IFTTT applets. It actually wasn't too painful.

This showed up on my “On This Day” feed in my Day One journal and it’s worth sharing again. https://youtu.be/Nw5KQMXDiM4

Enjoying a paper plane (bourbon, aperol, amaro averna, lemon juice), nice weather, and lots of birdsong.

The cell phone is his favorite toy. (Yes, he has a tech addiction. Guess who he got that from?) But, he has to dig through the rest of his toys to get to it. #SpoiledDog

Cocktail time!

Lazy day. It’s nice.

What could possibly go wrong with this kind of tech in #Facebook’s hands?

Facebook’s new AI teaches itself to see with less human help
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1747769 https://arstechnica.com/?p=1747769

Proposed law could force #ISPs to stop hiding true size of monthly bills
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1747466 https://arstechnica.com/?p=1747466

MailTrackerBlocker for Apple Mail on MacOS https://apparition47.github.io/MailTrackerBlocker/

@lonely That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing. I don’t ready XKCD regularly enough.

@lonely I've not heard that one.

@lonely That's cool.

Here’s a shoutout to all the database administrators who had to implement an emergency change to change the Impeached column from Bool to Int. #Trump #impeachment #goodriddance.