Turns out I maligned Apple Mail for something I did. At some point I set up a Keyboard command to use ⌘V for “Paste and Match Style”. That prevented me from pasting or using TextExpander in header fields when composing a new message in Mail. 😊 I could Paste from the Edit menu.
Read: There’s a Depressing Difference Between The Sewage of Wealthy Areas And Poorer Ones
chemicals in wastewater reflect the social, demographic, and economic properties of the respective populations
Chocolate is an important feature of my daily life. I know I’m unwell (just a cold, but urgh) when I don’t even want to eat any. 🍫
I’m experimenting with Catalina. I’m trying out via voice control.😺 with a bit of practice this could be quite easy.
The neighbours got their macrocarpa tree (I think) hedge trimmed today.
In New Zealand ’Women aged between 45 and 69 years can get a free mammogram every 2 years’. Mine came around today. It’s odd stripping off shirt etc and then having your breasts placed carefully between plates that squish for a few seconds. I’m not complaining though…
Before the Kindle
Heh, back in December 2005 I wrote this blog post (lightly edited):
Here's a quick list of items I need to sell. It all works.
- Panasonic TV: TC-21PM50Z
- Panasonic DVD and CD player: DVD-S35
- Panasonic VCR: NV-HD630
- iPod: 3rd generation, 30Gb. Includes whatever came in the box with it.
- Belkin Media Reader for iPod
- Laser printer: Apple LaserWriter 16/600 — ethernet and postscript
- Videos: Babylon 5 TV series: full set of all 5 seasons
- Handspring Visor: Edge, blue
- Handspring Visor: Deluxe
I started my small-screen reading on the Visor Edge. It displayed a dozen words per page, but even back then I didn't want to read books on paper any more.
I have a clear memory of being in American Samoa for the weekend in around 2001 — I was working in (Western) Samoa for a week or so at the time. I was reading a book on the Edge at night in my hotel room.
Just look at the stuff on that list: old-style TV, DVD, VHS. We haven't had a TV in the house for well more than a decade; I haven't had a printer for a decade or more either. I upgraded from iPod to iPhone and iPad. How my life has moved on.
There are a few Barbary doves, aka ring-necked doves, in this area. I’m pleased there are some near us. This little one was outside our property today.
The Barbary dove is … a native of the Sahel, Ethiopia and the Arabian Peninsula.
… its confiding and gentle nature
I like this use of emoji to show the weather forecast.
Yesterday I picked and ate the first strawberry of the season (delicious ) from our tunnel house (the one at the bottom of the photo). The slaters had eaten first, but I ate around it. We haven’t had enough sun or warmth yet for them to be really ripe, but they’re on their way.
As if anyone needs another good reason to use MarsEdit for working with blog posts. I know I have some posts without proper alt text for the photos. Make sure ME downloads all posts then search: alt="" . Bingo! Now to fix the problem posts.
I’ve been doing a selfie per day for several years now — just for my private photo album. Last week I got an iPhone 11. The Portrait setting is producing gorgeous selfies. This one is now my profile pic.
Thank goodness for the On This Day page on my blog (and checking it). Deb, who’s really sick with a terrible cold, and I had both forgotten it’s our 26th anniversary! Last year I posted about it…
Back in the day a lot of the native plants around New Zealand’s beaches were cleared, leading to all kinds of problems. The local Council bought $5,000 worth of native spinifex and pīngao for our community. Last weekend and this volunteers planted out the 3,500 plants. 👍 ☀️
A Takfox Phone Holster for my iPhone 11 arrived. At NZ$20 + shipping the price was acceptable. It has a ‘flange' that makes it seem big, but the phone fits well. Noisy velcro, and the belt clip doesn’t seem utterly secure. I’ll try the belt loop. Nice to have a holster again.
St John’s Ambulance was doing free blood pressure checks. Mine was 140/80. But they need ageism training: “How many years young are you?”, “You look good for your age”. Like every living thing I’m getting older. I’m fine with that. I look like one 64 year old looks.
Really interesting 26 minute interview with Geena Davis:
A report by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, 15 years in the making, has just revealed that gender parity in children’s television has been achieved. But that doesn’t mean her work is done.
What makes dogs so special and successful? Love.
Dogs fall in love much more easily than people …evidence indicates dogs can form new loving relationships … and don’t seem to have the same level of trauma from being taken away from preexisting loving relationships.
👉🏼 @pratik
Oshi and Sasha were just gone! 🐶 I’d stopped to take a photo of a snow-topped Tararua peak, picked up a discarded plastic bottle, turned around, and the dogs were gone. Tl;dr: I got them back after prolonged searching and enlisting help from passersby. 🐶🐶 were unrepentant!
