Pronounced WIZ-ee-wig, WYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. I recall this started around the 2nd generation of text editors and website creation tools. Prior to this, programmers had to use extensive codes then run the program to actually check the visual or printed appearance. It was back and forth checking, adjusting and rechecking to make sure the formatted output appeared as intended.
Since it's become normal for website designs, The acronym WYSIWYG doesn't get discussed much. Tonight it appeared on a fashion modeling website as some of the images were large and the site designer had to dynamically shrink the images to fit.
I have see it on profiles were the person lists their profile photos as WYSIWYG. No surprises as What You See Is What You Get.
The company I'm working for is 'in bed' with Google products... It's a double edge sword for me, but I have no choice but to be onboard. My phone, Laptop, Notebook, Desktop are all synchronized. My sales manager has access to my calendar and assigns new projects and schedules appointments.
We went over my workload this morning and she fills in the missing information on our scheduling system... also a Google product.
I make it a point not to share photos on Google Drive or Dropbox. Anything work related gets downloaded to my computer and copied to my folder on the company server. It's cloud based and I have a special application to access it, not that I have sensitive data to store, but it's more secure.
My phone has close to 5,000 photos in different folders. When I'm meeting a new client and they are asking for a design, I often pull up photos of something I've done that matches their request.
Once in a while the Google server has an outage and it's 20 minutes for the email and calendar to repopulate. Not often, but when it happens, it's usually when I need to access something important (like invoices pending payment) and I don't have hard copy or saved the PDF locally.
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As of this morning, the state of Arizona now has two governors. Katie Hobbs who won the election and was sworn in January 2nd, 2023 and Kari Lake who professed a win before all the ballots were counted, disputed the outcome and filed suit only to be thrown out of court by the judge, filed an appeal and now has declared herself "The duly elected governor"
Other than becoming the laughingstock of politics, I'm wondering how she expects to be paid for this self-appointed new position.
Oh, this woman wields such power!
This is a mental health blog and not political. Please don't be confused.
That shouldn't happen, but nearly all medicines have some form of side effects. Pain relievers often raise blood pressure and while you are usually taking them to reduce inflammation, a side affect of some actually cause swelling.
A few times a year, I'll read a story about a prescription drug that gets pulled from FDA approval because some ingredient in the formula was tainted or causes a dangerous side effect.
This week, it's Quinapril tablets that may contain an elevated level of nitrosamine impurity linked to increased risk of cancer if exposed to above acceptable levels over long periods of time.
Currently, I'm taking a few new medicines for hypertension and some that block the absorption of salt. That's the good part. The bad part is elevated potassium and strain on my kidneys. Often I'm sitting a computer in excess of 12 hours a day and my ankles swell. Brisk walks in the morning isn't enough. Avoiding restaurant food, processed meats, potato chips helps but not enough. I had a blood test 3 weeks ago and another last week. Tomorrow, I'm back to the cardiologist to see the results if the new medicine is working and not creating a different set of problems than it's intended purpose.
I'm now thinking there must be a website that lists medicines that were pulled from the public and why. That could/should be my quest in the new year to do some research.
If I recall, last year a brand of sun block was pulled from the shelves as one of the ingredients actually caused cancer. Crazy thought to know the product intended to lower the chances of getting skin cancer actually causes cancer!
Quinapril link:
Medicines that make you sick... wow, what a concept.
My kitchen renovation project is going slower than I planned. The 3 stone top fabricators I would choose from were closed for the week between Christmas & New Years, so I'm awaiting prices and availability. Actually, I got a price from one and waiting on the other 2.
So no contract and no one to measure to start fabrication.
The old sink and top have been shifted to the new location and the plumber did a temporary reconnect. That will work until the new countertop arrives.
I planned to assemble the drawers over the weekend and drawer slide mechanisms for the cabinets were in separate boxes, but the screws are no where to be found. So I missed the opportunity to assemble and install them.
I got a response from the office where I bought the cabinets and they will gladly replace the missing screws, but I'm not going that way for a day or so. At this point, I'll pay one of my installers to finish the cabinets as I'm working on 2 new projects.
Cabinet parts and tools are stacked everywhere in the kitchen, dining room, living room and hallway and my plan is to re-stack them into one area so the place doesn't look like the aftermath of a tornado!
That said, I'm pretty comfortable predicting this phase of my kitchen renovation will be finished before the end of the month.
I broke down all the old cabinets and tossed them into the dumpster so there were no signs of construction going on. Yesterday, I see one of my neighbors is doing a renovation too, but they placed the old cabinets, drawers and parts near the dumpster for everyone to see.
I hear the garbage truck this morning banging around so that stuff should be gone today.
I'm reading the latest news on Kari Lake's Maricopa County election lawsuit. Weeks ago I planned to blog about the election and other things captured my attention. It was a close race, but Kari lost, refused to concede and claims we don't have honest elections, yet her attorney was unable to provide evidence to back up her suit in court.
It doesn't matter what she Tweets or says to reporters. While she believes she won the election, she and her attorney(s) were unable to convince the court.
Always I go to the comments about the articles I've read to get the readers opinions.
For example, lawyers who knowingly bring up frivolous lawsuits with no evidence or substantiating facts as well as their clients should make restitution to the state, county or township where the tax dollars (and court dates) were wasted.
I'm okay with that concept. It would be a viable means to reduce frivolous lawsuits.
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A comment from another news story said Kari Lake would be perfect for Trump's running mate in 2024.
China is 13 hours ahead of the East coast USA and their festival started on the 10th. My plans Saturday were to go to Miami and shop at the huge Chinese market to get some Mooncakes, but a Celebration of Life for an old friend lasted longer than expected.
Instead, I went to a Chinese supermarket near my house, but I was surprised they didn't have any Mooncakes.
Some Mooncake history and legend:
There appears to be a connection between religion, COVID and the fear of 5G as they often are blogged together. That reminds me of the senior member who passed away nearly 2 years ago. Many of his blogs were on the same subjects.
He was friendly and liked by many, but for some reason, I didn't find interest in reading his blogs. I'm thinking it was that during the onset of COVID, he stated wearing masks would give you brain damage.
WHAT !! ??
I'm thinking "How so?"
Long before COVID everyone in the medical field wore masks.
It was standard protocol. Ya think?
Next time someone is going for surgery, please tell your doctor (and his surgical staff) not to wear a mask, you don't want them suffering any brain damage... especially in the operating room.
Hey... it's 2023, that could be my first PSA (Public Service Announcement) for the year!
Oh, and leave your 5G phone in your locker.
Thanks!
Blog category marked comedy as I find the subject funny.
Not long ago Merc posted some dance videos in the forums. I believe the style is called dubstep and I bookmarked a few. Today while cleaning I clicked a link and came across some other Techno/Trance/Electronic music... a style of music that is global. No borders. It's enjoyed around the world!
One link led to another, to another, to another...
I'm headed out on some hobby fun today and the beat is playing in my head.
My dad used to work in a grocery store when I was a kid and sometimes bring home Pomegranates. I have no idea how much they cost then, but now they are nearly $3 each now, unless you shop at Walmart where you can get them for less than $1 each. They probably had to reduce the price as no one was buying them.
So... I bought some and now I remember why I haven't had any for so many years. It's all about the amount of work to get those freaking little seeds out!
I did check out a video on the best way to do it as there are many different methods.
What I did find strange is they eat the seeds, where I sorta chew on them then suck the juice then spit out the seeds. Yeah, the flavor is tart.
The Clinton Crinton Foundation was mentioned in one of my recent blogs about former president Donald Trump with his media circus and to be honest, I was just a young 'whipper-snapper' when it all occurred so I have zero understanding about the Clinton Crinton Foundation, who they are and what they do...
Please enlighten me.
TV Journalist Barbara Walters has died at the age of 93.
With a career spanning more than 50 years, her list of accomplishments is a mile long.
She joined ABC News in 1976, becoming the first female anchor on an evening news program. Three years later, she became a co-host of "20/20," and in 1997, she launched "The View."
Her final appearance as a co-host of "The View" in 2014, but remained an executive producer of the show and continued to do some interviews and specials for ABC News.
Who can forget Gilder Radner's Saturday Night Live comedy skits with her as Baba Wawa.
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