LONDON (Reuters) – Fans of Michael Jackson honored the “King of Pop” on what would have been his 60th birthday on Wednesday by gathering at a temporary monument in the shape of a crown erected in his honor in London.
Story is here.
Mystery of Little Feet
These were found on the floor in our work area. I think this is hilarious. I mean, what happened to the rest of it? WHAT was the rest of it? Why were only the feet left behind?
Golden Rules of Parenting
- Teach your children to NOT be victims.
- Teach your children to be fiercely independent/interdependent.
- Allow them to discover their own spirtuality.
- Teach your children to be responsible for their own actions.
If you do those three things, your child will grow up to be an exceptional person.
Update: The last entry was suggested to me by a co-worker so I added it to the list. I think my original thought process was to assume that this dovetailed into number 2. She did not agree and looking back at it, she is probably correct.
Weekend Crap
It has been a sad weekend.
- John McCain died.
- Neil Simon died.
- The show “The Big Bang Theory” is finally ending and the folks at The Guardian couldn’t be happier.
The US network CBS has announced that the 12th series of The Big Bang Theory will be the last, apparently because Jim Parsons was finally ready to leave the show. Producers have promised an “epic creative close” when the series ends in May. After that, The Big Bang Theory will be dead, and nobody will be sad.
via The Guardian
“We are forever grateful to our fans for their support of The #BigBangTheory during the past twelve seasons…" pic.twitter.com/OWIHsICi6e
— The Big Bang Theory (@bigbangtheory) August 22, 2018
The Socialist Country formally known as Australia!
Australia is proposing a new law that would put you in jail for ten years for refusing to unlock your phone.
The Australian government wants to force companies to help it get at suspected criminals’ data. If they can’t, it would jail people for up to a decade if they refuse to unlock their phones. The country’s Assistance and Access Bill, introduced this week for public consultation, strengthens the penalties for people who refuse to unlock their phones for the police. Under Australia’s existing Crimes Act, judges could jail a person for two years for not handing over their data. The proposed Bill extends that to up to ten years, arguing that the existing penalty wasn’t strong enough…
via Slashdot
I think the existing two year penalty is bad enough.
China or Australia…starting to look like the same country to me.
However, Australian women are gorgeous so there’s that.
Office Cleaning
I can add this to the list of things I’ve accomplished this week.
New iMac 27″ and HomePod
This morning I ordered a new iMac 27″ to replace my aging 2011 iMac. The reason I wanted to upgrade the old one was simply because of software upgrades. I cannot upgrade my iMac to Mojave and for me — being able to upgrade your OS is of paramount importance, especially for a developer.
In addition to that, I also added a HomePod. The reasoning is that since I am already spending a gazillion dollars (actually $3000) on a new computer, I might as well go ahead and make it worse by adding a HomePod for a Gajillion more dollars (actually $350). Neither of these two things are as important as what my old iMac will do.
Update: I’m adding a snapshot of what the configuration consists of.
I am selling it to someone with a computer that is five years older than my old iMac. For him, this will be an upgrade and since he is an older gentleman — the bigger screen will help his vision problems. That is what makes all of this worth it to me. I do like helping folks when it comes to computers.
If history is any indication, my review will probably be something like “Wow. This is cool.” I know. I am a deep person. Don’t judge me.
Update: 08.21.2018 – HomePod arrived today. Sounds incredible!
Using Do Not Disturb to Curb Telemarketers
Anyone who knows me knows that I loathe telemarketers. In fact, I recently wrote about it here.
I’m not sure what made me think of it but yesterday, I reached an epiphany. It made me look a little deeper into the feature in iOS called Do Not Disturb.
What I found interesting was the Allow Calls From and how it lets you decide who can call you while this feature is active. I got a call from a friend this morning so that tells me that this is working perfectly. I am allowing calls from my contact list which is exactly what I want. I won’t really know until this afternoon when telemarketing calls are abundant whether it outright blocks the calls or if they still “ring.” I’d rather them just be sent to voicemail. Maybe that feature will be in a future version? Hopefully.
I’ll keep you posted.
Netflix Profile Icons
Netflix is finally letting you change your profile icon. You can’t use one of your own. You have to pick from a pretty long list they give you.
