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More power outage prepping

Pre power cut Ice Cream at a neighbors. Why run the risk of it melting because of circumstances beyond your control, when you can just eat it instead! Thanks PG&E.

Meanwhile ... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-22/u-s-bacon-pile-is-biggest-in-48-years-but-may-start-to-ebb https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-10-23/u-s-bacon-pile-is-biggest-in-48-years-video

Interesting article on why from a (software) engineering / management perspective, why things may be the way they are ... https://tidbits.com/2019/10/21/six-reasons-why-ios-13-and-catalina-are-so-buggy/

Happy Birthday, Dusty!

Happy non-64th Birthday, Peter!

Happy Birthday, Iain

Happy 2^6th Birthday Carl! or is that Happy 0b1000000 Birthday Anyway. Have a great day!

Happy Birthday, Vicki.

Just finished a Peaky Fookin' Blinders binge

Ian Hislop's Fake News - A True History A fascinating documentary on the long history of "fake news" and if there are any lessons that can be learned and applied to our current predicament. and it has made it's way to YouTube. If you can believe that.

Had a walk around a local invitational car show. A couple of @Dusty Chalk approved examples Something with H-C appropriate powwwer And because this is HC, This understated ride With a sweet, sweet 8-track

Curry And dessert And previously, Evidence that a former subject of discussion is not only a thing, but a real commercial thing.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/11/macos_catalina_fail/ https://tyler.io/macos-10-15-vista/

Molecular ice cream https://www.sfchronicle.com/restaurants/article/The-molecular-science-behind-a-Larkspur-shop-s-14473244.php

Mature perhaps. It still has more than enough grunt for the tasks at hand, and is still getting regular software updates, both for the base OS/Experience and the apps. For couch based control the remote and voice commands work well enough, and you can always pair a keyboard / trackpad if you need that for your use case. Nothing wrong with a mac mini if it meets your use cases. Interested in what edge cases it addresses that cant be met by an Apple TV these days for those in that ecosystem.

Already Saw it at The Lark Quite the show / one woman performance. You can see the genesis/roots of the First series. Interesting background

Highly Likely https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/build-android-tv-box-raspberry-pi/ https://www.electromaker.io/tutorial/blog/how-to-make-a-raspberry-pi-android-tv-box

Nvidia Shield. I Use it. I Like it. Hooked up with Logitech Harmony in addition to its voice remote. All the usual suspects on the streaming app front(Youtube Netflix , Amazon prime Video and music, both in 4K HDR) + kodi. I Don't use Hulu so cant say , but it's there, as is the Tivo app. Handles Live TV via Silicon Dust Cable Card in my case. https://www.androidauthority.com/best-android-tv-box-2-1021123/

Another Obit. For Ginger https://www.nme.com/blogs/ginger-baker-obituary-1939-2019-2551866

RIP, Mr Baker. BBC News - Ginger Baker: Legendary Cream drummer dies aged 80 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49827436

More imagery of yesterday's flypast from different vantage points ( and the camera plane) https://www.instagram.com/rafredarrows/?hl=en via: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10051621/red-arrows-golden-gate-bridge-san-francisco/

Took an early lunch to watch The Red Arrows fly over The Golden Gate as part of their North American Tour, 2019 Nice day!

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Happy Birthday, Wayne.