Given the iTerm hullabaloo, I tried Kitty (https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/). And I am unsure why I didn’t try it sooner, except having not heard of it. As a macOS and Linux user, it is more responsive, and miles easier to configure. Took about 15 minutes to get just how I had iTerm, and having all my configs in a simple .conf file means I can integrate with my dotfiles repo quite nicely. Bye-bye iTerm.
Today started with a text from my son travelling in Japan: “Help, stuck, credit card blocked a again.” Unable to call the bank from where he was, and since the card was on our family account, I was able to call. Bottom line: RBC gave super horrible customer service. Second call for unrelated task with Desjardin insurnace… made my day, best customer service ever... as usual.
RBC is also invests heavily in Fossil Fuels, this clinched the decision to fully leave RBC.
Music question today: does anyone remember the concert that was aired on TV and featured Ricky Martin singing Livin la Vida Loca, and also featured Shania Twain singing a song I can’t remember? Ricky has on stage with 2 or more of those giant inflatable tube fancy guys. I think it was 1999, but I can’t find video of it online. Maybe princes trust concert? Not the in the park one.
My cousin @MJOCrossfield was interviewed for “Lost Nation” in “Raising Spirits - Exploring the cemetaries, crossroads and vanishing places of rural Quebec”, release by the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN) https://www.youtube.com/live/If4EgHz33G4?t=8762
My Dad passed away a couple of years ago. His Birthday would have been this week. A donation has been made to https://350.org/ in his name in honour of his life.
Hearing about Meta’s new Emu AI Image generator and that they use public listed photos from Facebook and Instagram, I am even happier that I moved to PixelFed.
Smoke is bad today & getting worse. Didn’t help that I left top floor fan on over night (pulls cool air through the house in lieu of AC). Took a moment to build our corsi-rosenthal box. Built with MERV 13 Pleated filters from https://www.furnacefilters.ca A higher MERV would be better, but they get a lot more expensive. We use 5 instead of 4 to help ease the strain on the fan. All sides are closed using clear packing tape instead of duct tape #smoke#fire#notphp
With increasing frustration at the power the fossil fuel industry wields over politicians and the law world wide, I am most likely going to start posting considerably more about the threat against humanity that the fossil fuel industry is responsible for.
@chris This makes sense. I do tag appropriately and I try to post all nonphp posts with #nontphp… sometimes forgetting, so if someone wants mostly PHP/Laravel/WordPress content, they can filter on #notphp.
Nazi’s were responsible for 17M+ deaths. Climate change is estimated to be responsible for 5M+ deaths a year. We fought like hell to eliminate the Nazi’s, but sit on our asses and watch #ClimateChange have its way?
Update on the photo storage from a wine fridge. 68 degrees Farenheit or less and between 30-40%. Lower temperature is best for color photos. Forgot that photos should be kept in the dark. So much for that big glass door. Time to make it opaque! Having troubles finding a good #DIY on converting the #winefridge into a #temperature and #humidity#controlled#storage unit for #photos. We are also in touch with someone from Toronto Metropolitan University to help guide us. #notphp
During this 20+ hr power outage, we learned that the little battery powered light we put in the basement stairwell, made a lot more sense in the bathroom. If going to the basement, one needs a flashlight while walking around in the basement. Especially when your basement is more of a stone walled cellar with a low ceiling. #notphp
If your electronic whatever has batteries that leak, please don’t blindly toss into the trash. Remove the batteries, clean the contacts, put new batteries in. Recycle old batteries when possible. Chances are, your device has many more years of life. We donated an expensive kit for the #hearing#impaired for phone, doorbell and other things, which my mom had used. 3 AAA batteries leaked a little and they through it all in the garbage. We retrieved it and will donate elsewhere. #notphp