Be careful if you are up a ladder. I was topping the hedge this morning. I don’t think that I was doing anything irresponsible, but I almost fell backwards twice. Be careful.
Well the updating has commenced. Apple TV and my iPhone are on their way, downloading their respective OSs as I type. I’ll do my watch later.
I am a little on the fence about my MacBook Air at the moment. It’s a 13-inch 2020 and has finally made it to the bottom of the list for Airs that are compatible with the new OS. I suspect that with the next iteration of MacOS, the Air either won’t be on the list, or will be holding on by its finger nails. In the past when I have taken computers this far with OS updates, it has resulted in sluggish performance at times. My curiosity is piqued though by Apples new password manager. I would like to give it a go.
Knowing me, by this time tomorrow MacOS Sequoia will be installed on my Air.
😶🌫️ It’s a misty, wet and muggy night out there. I didn’t expect this end to the day. Good night everyone.
😶🌫️ It’s a misty, wet and muggy night out there. I didn’t expect this end to the day. Good night everyone.
This evening’s rainbow with a Plumeria tree in the foreground (and experimenting with Halide app’s Process Zero). 🌈
A STOP sign decorated in stickers.
We are fortunate enough to have A/C in our house…until we don’t. The split screen system decided to break down last week, and now the hot muggy weather from outside has made its way inside. Aside from keeping the inside cool and in my opinion more livable, the A/C also keeps the dampness and build up of mold at bay. Humidity is a reality here on Maui, especially on the wetter northern shore of the island.
The 3,000th Post
Sometime in the last month I published my 3,000th post to this blog. When I hit publish on this post, it will be the 3,094th. That feels like a big number to me. Perhaps for some, they left that number in the dust a long time ago? But for me this feels like a lot. My blog started back in March of 2014. I have some posts sitting on my computer from an earlier incarnation of the site.
🌧️ Making coffee on a hot, muggy morning, and listening to the sound of rain as it dances off the concrete around the house.
🌧️ Making coffee on a hot, muggy morning, and listening to the sound of rain as it dances off the concrete around the house.
🏃♂️ It’s the Hana Relay today. A 52 mile race from Kahului Airport in Maui to Hana, along the twist and turns of the road to Hana. Teams of 6 compete with each team member running 3 legs of 2 to 3 miles each. Waking up this morning I could see a big group of vehicles parked up for one of the change over points, and competitors running down the hill. Good luck to them all.
🏃♂️ It’s the Hana Relay today. A 52 mile race from Kahului Airport in Maui to Hana, along the twist and turns of the road to Hana. Teams of 6 compete with each team member running 3 legs of 2 to 3 miles each. Waking up this morning I could see a big group of vehicles parked up for one of the change over points, and competitors running down the hill. Good luck to them all.
Changing where I sit an write really does help with my productivity, or with clearing my head and finding the words and ideas that I was looking for. Even choosing a different venue in the house. I look out on a different view, which seems to give me a new perspective even if I know the house well.
Well following my post last week about the new Reeder app, I have decided that it is not for me. For sure I will keep an eye on its development. I believe that through its production, developer Silvio Rizzi is exploring new ways that we can consume our online content, as is The Iconfactory with Tapestry. Tapestry will probably bounce on and off my phone as it goes through beta development. The jury is still out on whether I adopt it full time…I doubting it for the same reasons as Reeder, but I’ll reserve final judgement until it is a more mature app.
For now I’ll stick with using individual applications for the individual platforms. I simply find it easier to follow and keep track of the information that I want. Going back to the newspaper analogy that I used in my original article, for me it is like having a Sunday newspaper and making it last the week, consuming it at my own rate and in the way that I like to - sequentially, backwards/forwards, drilling down deeper into some sections.
I visited the Rinzai Zen Mission near to Pā’ia this morning for their morning meditation and service. It was a beautiful way to start the day.
Here is the closing prayer that we chanted.
FOUR INFINITE VOWS
All beings without limit I vow to carry over,
Kleshas without cease I vow to cut off;
Dharma gates without measure I vow to master;
Buddha’s Way without end I vow to fulfill.
🌬️ Yeh! It looks as though the Trade winds have returned. They are blowing through the open window this morning. After a handful of days of very hot, muggy weather, hopefully as today moves on through the conditions will be a little more manageable.
🌬️ Yeh! It looks as though the Trade winds have returned. They are blowing through the open window this morning. After a handful of days of very hot, muggy weather, hopefully as today moves on through the conditions will be a little more manageable.
Spotted while out walking just off the shore line, at the end of last week. Someone or some people had been cleaning up debris that had washed ashore.
Seeing the work of these good people reminded me of a quote that went something like this,
You can’t throw things away. You can only put them where you can’t see them anymore.
Picked from under the tree and ready for a quick lunchtime snack.
Can weather conditions affect WiFi strength and connectivity?
I ask as yesterday some of my devices, all the same brand, lost connection with our home WiFi. Up until then they had been working just fine for the best part of six months. Tried as I might to reconnect them, the devices were not having it. Meanwhile everything else was working just fine. I rebooted our Wifi, no difference. All other devices reconnected, the rogue ones refused to.
Yesterday was very hot, humid as well. As we went into the evening the weather started to cool down quite noticeably and the humidity appeared to drop. Around sunset I found it more comfortable outside than in. By the time that I went to bed, two of the devices had reconnected. By this morning the third and final one had joined its companions.
I’m baffled. There might be another reason, but for now the weather conditions are all that I can think of?