Asides

  • He is supposed to be young forever

    Dule Hill (Charlie from The West Wing) is 43 today. This makes me feel old. I expect him to remain the baby-face in a world of old people forever. I’m scared to look up how old the rest of the cast is now.

  • Calendar Scratchpad?

    My dentist's calendaring program had a "scratchpad" where they could drag an appointment, then find where on the calendar they wanted it, then drag it back into the calendar grid. Anyone know of a Google Calendar-compatible OS X app that has something like that? Also on: Twitter Facebook

  • Criminals… What?

    In our neighborhood Facebook group, a neighbor reported her car was broken into with stuff stolen. And they vomited in the passenger seat. Any suggestions for home security cameras? Also on: Twitter Facebook

  • Dropping Google Apps

    I’ve been using a G Suite/Google Apps/Gmail for your Domain address for a decade at least. Generally, this had been fine for me until relatively recently. I can’t do the following with them: Google Fi Google Fiber Family Sharing for Google Music/Apps/Movies All in all, it hasn’t been that much of a pain but with…

  • Home Again

    I’ve spent at least one night not in my own bed in each of the last nine calendar weeks. I’m now home with no travel scheduled for at least this month. Whew!

  • The Gift Card Isn’t Quite Enough

    I'm both proud of being so close to the gift card amount and upset at Target for not eating the one cent. They spent more on processing than they gained on the transaction.