Category: musings
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So this is what free time looks like…
Getting the big thing out of the way first because that’s how I do, but for the first time in a long time I’m without a job. The long and short of it is I was managed out (I’ll go into more detail when I’ve put some distance between me … Read the rest
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China says it’s a lie. that’s all the evidence I need.
I promised myself a minimal amount of Corona posts on here–unless we’re talking the beer. But I never turn down an opportunity to mock a crackpot, so I’ll make an exception this time. I’m not a conspiracy guy, most of the time. Largely because most conspiracies are 98% BS and … Read the rest
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I would absolutely love a self-driving car. It won’t happen in my lifetime.
As a blind guy, and sometimes the only blind guy in the room, I get it a lot. “I bet you’re looking forward to the self-driving car.” And I mean I get it. I really, really get it. But my answer is always “yes, but no”. In theory, absolutely yes. … Read the rest
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In which WordPress lets me do with an interface what I used to do with code. 13 years later.
I don’t even know what version of WordPress I was using when I relaunched this site back in 2008. 2.something, I’m fairly sure. Either way, I’ve been using it for a bit–and yeah, some of the code that used to make this site go is evidence of that. As so … Read the rest
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I thought that was what we called coffee?
Okay, I’ll admit it–not that it’s a secret or anything. Not much of a Starbucks person. They have two drinks I like enough to justify going there regularly, both are seasonal, and neither are available now. So I almost never actually go there. Still, the impression I get from both … Read the rest
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Employment is not the answer to the ODSP problem. Neither is a basic income.
I have a lot to say on the Ford government, and have had all kinds of time to say it so no need to start now, but one thing they have in common with the government they replaced is a focus on finding employment for people who can’t, or shouldn’t, … Read the rest
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In which I get boosted, and the world Juniors gets iced by om-nom-nomicron.
So. good–if only for me–news first. I am now considered fully vaccinated plus (*). They stuck me two days ago, and I waited until now just in case it resulted in spectacular forms of crap–dose number 2 pretty much ran me over, so I was preparing. Fortunately, dose number 3 … Read the rest
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11 years late, but I now work from home. Or anywhere else I feel like.
I’ve always told anyone who’d listen that given the choice, I’ll always take–at a minimum–the option of working from home over shlepping to and from the office 5 days/week (or 4, per my last job). I’m not anti-office. Not even close. But I’m way, way more productive at home. And … Read the rest
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This was not what I meant when I said I wanted to try Corona.
If there’s one good thing that’s come out of this whole Covid-19 mess, besides me having time to actually do moderately useful things with this platform, it’s that I finally get to see how I’d do if I had a mostly working from home job. It helps that nothing about … Read the rest
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So life happened. It’s still happening.
So a funny thing happened. I got all enthusiastic like about having some free time to do the geek things I’ve been putting off because academia. I even have, written down somewhere I’ve probably forgotten exactly where, very specific plans re: what I was hoping I might accomplish between the … Read the rest