Maybe someone is keeping a scorecard on Elon Musk who bought Twitter to support free speech. He invites many to return but bans a few.
This week he suspended a few journalists and under pressure he removed the suspension.
Sometimes you cannot access Twitter pages without logging in and sometimes you can.
Is Trump back or hanging on to TRUTH so he doesn't kill-off the investors?
I took a few days off from morning exercise and needed to get back into a routine. It rained during the night and the streets were wet, but that didn't stop me. Sometimes I'll pass other residents of my community and give a hello or good morning response. The winds were calm but I smelled cigarette smoke and 30 feet ahead in the walkway between 2 cars was a heavy-set woman sitting on a walker with wheels. She must have been waiting for the transport bus, puffing away before her ride arrived.
I had my cellphone and was conducting business so I raised my hand to give her a half wave acknowledgment. That didn't break her attention as she was focused on the cigarette.
I think they call these Rollator walkers in Europe.
Around 5 years ago I bought a cheap toaster...$10. The price was right, the product was wrong. The temperature setting was too touchy that the slightest turn was uncooked or burnt. Possibly before I moved or during the yard sale getaway, the toaster disappeared. I didn't miss it because it was horrible, but I really wanted a toaster.
Last week, when shopping at Walmart, I bought another cheap toaster... yes, $10.
It seems low-end toasters haven't been affected by inflation.
I started it up without toast to get the 'new smell' out of it. The apartment quickly smelled of burned plastic and I unplugged it in fear it would set off the smoke detector alarm.
My partner said "Take it back" but I persisted. I moved it to the 2nd bathroom, turned on the exhaust fan and started another round of making (empty) toast. Allowing it to cool, I went for 2 more rounds. Little by little the burned plastic smell disappeared and the door closed in the bathroom kept the apartment from smelling like... burned plastic.
I had an English muffin I wanted to toast, so I split it, put it on a plate and headed to the bathroom. When asked where I was going... my response was "I'm going to make toast!"
Just to avoid questions about health and safety. It's a 2 bedroom / 2 bath condo and that bathroom (with a shower) is used for storage, the toilet has a plastic cover (like hotels) and the sink is only used for dental, water-pik, hand washing, mustache trimming, etc.
Relax, this is guitar tech talk and not what you are thinking. Ten years ago I bought a left-handed Les Paul style guitar made in Asia. I paid $250 and it looks much like a $2,500 Gibson Les Paul. Does it sound like a Les Paul... Naah, but who cares?
I'm left-handed and typically, it's rare to find left-handed guitars, so I making a collection.
The workmanship is really nice but the thing I didn't like was the setup that includes, neck adjustment, string height and the nut. It's been played less than an hour and sits in a case under the bed.
The nut is the piece that holds the strings at the top of the fretboard/fingerboard. Depending on the manufacturer, nuts come in all sorts of materials, from plastic, composite, metal and bone. Some guitarists are fanatical about nut material as it helps to influence the sound of the guitar. As the strings vibrate, the nut transfers resonance into the neck giving the guitar more sustain.
Guitar maker Paul Reed Smith is borderline fanatical because it's important in the sound his guitars make. Here's a short video of his explanation of selecting nut material.
So, I'm replacing the nut on my guitar for one with slightly different spacing and lower height. Oddly, the custom work is around $125 or half the price I paid for the guitar!
Last month when I took a vacation, my car was in the airport parking lot for 5 days. On my return, I started the motor and it labored for a few seconds. Weak battery. It's been on my list to deal with it.
Typically, I have a place in Miami where I buy batteries wholesale. They do lots of export and always had what I needed in stock. My first choice for Car batteries, 2 marine batteries I used during 2 hurricanes, power supply/backup batteries, I've been buying from them for 15 years or so.
I usually know when a battery is getting ready to fail, but three years ago, I didn't have time to get there when the battery in my Hyundai Veloster died with little warning.
AAA came the the rescue and for $130 I was back in action.
Today I was scheduled for an oil change and since my car is under 36,000 miles, I'm getting the dealer to do the service. The service advisor said my battery failed on their multi-point inspection so they replaced it under the manufacturer's warranty. No argument there.
Waiting to replace the battery, worked out as a nice gift... Thanks Toyota!
In a former life, I was a member of a site that had chat rooms, private chat, blogs and forums. On a busy Saturday night you could find over 2,000 people logged in, using the system.
One feature they had was to allow members to add comments to other members photos. Usually it was funny or nice comments. Scammers would often post email contact information for others to to get back to them.
One guy named Chotty could be found on every new profile tagging his words to every female in the system. He was famous. Often, it was mentioned when Chotty commented to a bloggers profile and often brought up in a blog. If I recall he was from the 'Deep South' maybe in Georgia or Louisiana. Chotty didn't blog and he didn't post in the forums. His thing in life was tagging photos.
With so many comments, his favorite line was:
"You've got a bangin' booty babygirl!"
I'm not sure how a face photo determined she had a banging booty... but he said it anyway.
It's not that I have a crystal ball and can see into the future, but I said it before and will say it again, that Jared Kushner will most likely be under financial scrutiny for his business dealings and association with the former president.
He's been laying low lately and there was a report he and Ivanka were somewhat cold to each other at a recent public outing.
As they say... Something could be up!
If you were in a cover band in the late 60's to early 70's Parchman Farm was most likely on your song list.
Written in 1940 by Bukka White, covered by Mose Allison in 1957 and again in 1964, it's been covered by (safe to say) at least a dozen times by other bands and solo artists.
On a previous blog, 'gonelikethewimd' posted a Mose Allison video that lead me to do (more) research.
The version first played was from John Mayall Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton, released in 1966. Often called the 'Beano' album. That's a subject for another blog.
After Mayall, I switched to the 1970's harder version on Parchman Farm recorded by Cactus.
Both Mayall and Cactus credited Mose Allison for the song. It wasn't until today I found out Bukka was the original composer.
From previous research I knew that Parchman Farm was the Mississippi State Penitentiary. It was hell for anyone sentenced there as stories of slavery and working from sunrise to sunset often in 100 degree heat.
Possibly the history of Parchman Farm could be a future blog of mine.
Why? Because I have so many cool names that I'm undecided. That's rare as I'm usually able to decide on things quickly. 30 years ago I had a cassette on 'Decision Making' that I played in my car on the way to work. It was a great aid in making good choices in life.
I'm exploring some blog titles here and maybe I'll change it... later.
Not only the blog title is important, the content is important too. It's my desire to write good blogs. I've said (a few times) I write for me, but if people read my blogs and comment (good or bad) they got something from it. That's great, but most of my blogs are about milestones, current events and things found in the news that interested me.
Blog titles and subject possibilities are here:
Syndrome or Disease. S & D are different, but sometimes go hand-in-hand. I could explain the differences.
Blog stalking and what do they get out of it. Some people cannot control themselves. I can explore the reasons why.
Calling kettles black with no reference to race or cooking.
If you are going to be my gatekeeper. Be productive and suggest some good stocks to buy into (and not Twitter) or the best medicare plan for 2023. Also, remind me to book an appointment to have my car serviced.
I offer you my condolences. To the people who didn't want to believe the warning signs that Donald Trump is the greatest conman of the century, you have my sincere condolence. Why you ignored the warning signs and went out of your way to derail blogs or blog comments to support your faith shows a dark side of your personality.
This is serious and counseling alone may not be adequate. It's best to seek the help of a qualified medical professional. Get a bank loan if your insurance doesn't cover the expense. Also, I would like to stress if they suggest lobotomy or shock treatment that you get a 2nd opinion.
Astronomy appears to be a subject that puts CS bloggers to sleep.
Lots of times I planned to blog a story or two as there is so much happening in the world of science with the Orion capsule and James Webb space telescope. Amazing photos that are unaffected by the earth's atmosphere.
Now we may get to see the Dark Side of the Moon and not have to listen to it...
I used to have 3 computer systems. One in my office, one in my home office and one personal. Each of them had dual monitors. This dates back more than 10 years ago when I started upgrading to 27" screens with 1920 x 1200 resolution.
The proportion of these monitors represented a sheet of 11 x 17 inch paper that I used for engineering drawings, so what I saw on the screen printed with the same proportion.
I bought I-INC brand from Tiger Direct and recall buying at least 6 of them. After 2 years, a few started 'blanking out' and my research showed some of the capacitors in the power supply failed. eBay sold repair kits to change all the capacitors, so I took them to a local repair shop and had them fixed. The shop closed and I found another shop who also fixed one and life was good. One more monitor stopped working and due to COVID, the repair shop since closed.
Industry changes and a different perspective to match wide-screen TV's with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 became popular, so I bought 2 quad density monitors, but my favorites are the older ones.
Now that I'm working from home, I'm running 3 workstations... 5 actually, but don't tell anyone. A friend came over and thought I was working for NASA!
Along the way (3 years ago) I bought a 32" monitor for business graphics and did some computer upgrades earlier this year that included 2 computers and another 32" monitor.
Last weekend I installed the new monitor... my eyes aren't getting better as they say, but I'm using it in quad-density mode so everything is smaller. Yeah, kinda defeats the purpose of a larger screen. I'll get to that at another time. The video is flawless!
This week I ordered some external hard drive connectors so I can do backups and clone my systems. I know I bought these things in the past, but since my move, they are stacked in bins in my patio and I'm not wanting to go through them... But, I needed a power strip and unable to find any in the condo, so I opened a bin only to find one of the external connectors just like the one I order to arrive today. Groan...
I really don't have firm plans on retirement and I didn't take on any big projects last month so this month, I'll be slacking and available to actually do some home projects (upgrade the closet shelving, change out the shower rod & curtain, move the toaster to the kitchen) like a real kitchen renovation that's been on my list for 3 years now. Mmmm... maybe next month.
One of my projects is to set up a digital music station. I've got the software, computers, monitor, MIDI sound processor, piano MIDI keyboard, guitars, basses, MIDI woodwind controller, I can be a one man band and do some recording. Since it's all acoustic and digital, I can keep the volume low... unlike when I played Irish (Uilleann) bagpipes and my roommate said she could hear me practice all the way to the sidewalk!
5 guitars and 4 basses... Not planning to add to the heard.
But I've been thinking about that bass amplifier that produces 500 hundred watts!
It will be perfect if I get invited to a jam session.
Where did I put that power strip. I know I saw it around here... somewhere.
I question the intelligence of website programmers who don't give information in the title of a bookmark.
I'm looking for a company who sells architectural plastic products. Their name is found on a Google search and from the main page, I decided to bookmark it.
Company name: Outwater Industries (many years ago it was Outwater Plastics)
Website address: Outwater.com
Bookmark name: Welcome to the store
Comment: WTF??
I've got over 200 bookmarks and 'Welcome to the store' is more than useless when trying to find them again.
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