This morning I did find the keys that I was increasingly concerned were gone for good. They were in the correct pocket of the wrong pants.
There’s an AirTag on the keychain now. It will help, though I’m sure I will be able to invent cases where the tag won’t help.
#ADHDTax
Atlas Obscura is wonderful.
When you misplace your keys really well for the second time in a week and buy Apple AirTags with a simultaneous sense of shame and gratitude
#ADHDTax
When you work in the same building for nine years but consistently walk to the wrong place to take the elevator
#ADHDTax
That feeling of relief when you did the right research, bought the correct replacement part, and your PC reboots just as if you knew what you were doing
I imagined at some point my daughter might enjoy gaming. That day has arrived and I’m learning about Minecraft. Just now learning to take care of villagers and keep the zombies out. And I love building.
Sometimes when Microsoft products are doing things you don’t want, you have to approach the resolution by asking if this might be a feature.
I solved a problem a client was having today by learning more about the application. There’s a lot of keyboard shortcuts that do things.
The flip side of old photos are the reminders of what we don’t carry forward. Those experiences that are formative, important, and worth honoring for what they taught us—but may not remind us of our best selves.
We have spent much of the day going through family photos. We would like to set up part of our home to honor our ancestors—those who have gone before us. I feel blessed to have some of the photos and mementos that I have. And it is lovely to feel that I’m part of a long story.
A long preamble, but the gold is at the end. Both clever and powerful.
Giving my health insurance a workout these last few weeks. Most tests returning good or normal results. One more big test, Monday and an annual eye-exam Wednesday. Hoping things will taper after this, but happy today’s exam was normal.
Hail Coffee, full of cream!
Caffeine is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst beverages, and blessed is the result of thy consumption, wakefulness.
Holy coffee, color of mud, be there for us workers, now at the hour of our commute.
Ramen
Started today with a bang. And an expletive. That was me falling on the stairs
It’s an old microwave but it still warms my heart. The first button is for making popcorn 🍿
Danse Macabre par Saint-Saëns
Status: tricked and treated
Friday began a bit of an odyssey to discover that I have a massive sinus infection. The kind that has been wreaking havoc on my sense of balance and my hearing in one ear.
2 ER visits and two primary care visits later, I have the right meds that will allow me to sit upright and participate in family life and running a house.
I cannot express enough gratitude for the health care professionals who helped, and for the science behind the menu of medications that are helping me right now.
Now it is on me to heal.
My heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the many who have really gone above and beyond to help me and my family.
The Best RSS Feed Readers for Streamlining the Internet
I’m a paid Inoreader user. Arrived there from Feedly<Google Reader<AvantGo<PointCast and other local tools.
I highly recommend RSS to deliver your news to you. Beats re-checking a long list of favorites for updates, by far.
There’s a Moon over Margaret Street tonight…
In Apple’s Post-Jobs, Post-Ives design era, I feel like device industrial design is looking a lot like Jobs-era design, before Ives spoke and presented during product releases.
In other words, the devices look very familiar.
ADHD Tax: When I panic about losing my phone while I’m in a meeting. Phone was less than a foot from my person but I had set another object on top of it.
Anyone else noticed the increased usage of the word Cyber, recently? Just me? Cause I’m old enough to remember its overuse the first time around? I miss those days, when we thought everything was going to be cooler by now.
That feeling when you get the email from the vendor that an item has shipped. Yet the tracking number reveals only that the label has been printed and the shipper has not yet taken possession of the item.
A new day brought new places to type and click to resolve more kinds of technical issues. There was significant terror over several days. If I make it through the evening without a phone call, I may relax.