Category: Tech
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Countdown to Italy
We’re embracing the Easter staycation this year since the eldest is in the thick of exam season, and Bryant and I are anticipating our food tour of Puglia in a few weeks to celebrate the Vandersons’ 50th birthdays. March delivered another short-lived snowy afternoon as we flirt with genuine Spring. It’s great to see patios…
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IKEA Digital Days
Pre-covid, Bryant’s big event would have been at an exciting international location. Instead he got to travel to a studio in Malmö where his game show style presentation was broad cast live to 5,000 people via the internet! His segment was well- received, and he enjoyed his 15 minutes of fame. Plus he was able…
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Day 35
Not too much to talk about today. Mostly worked on a presentation for work. And Hilary and I got the internet working in the condo. You may recall that I am in Sweden. So, had an epic 3-hour troubleshooting session 3-way between Hilary acting as my eyes and fingers in St Paul, and Comcast whom…
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Day 7
So, wow, day 2 at work went by fast! Clearly, because I didn’t post Day 7 on Day 7 … What did I get done today …? I got a Swedish phone number from work (and I’m just fine letting them pay for it). I switched my US number to the T-Mobile Digits “virtual” app.…
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Surprisingly hard adjustment …
As I mentioned earlier, I have my work computer in hand and have been working a little bit on it. Which. Is. Killing. Me. And I want to tell you all why. Full disclosure – there’s a lot of whining ahead. My work computer came with a Swedish keyboard. Even though all the work is…
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Day 1.5
I forgot to share something interesting. All the food had barcodes, so I was able to do the self-checkout (which is great when you don’t want to fumble with Swedish with the cashier). So, I scanned and bagged, and on the way out noticed that it was blocked by a gate with signage that told…
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Even the software is racist and sexist
because facial recognition AIs have a hard time with darker complexions and female features. Article.
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And here comes the latest sexist float in the tech parade
Barbie F*cks It Up Again
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Evernote Test
So, I’m trying out the Blogo client for WP. I’ve always liked a thick client. Blogo has a feature that you can save a draft in Evernote, edit there over time, and then pull it back in and publish it from Blogo. This is the Evernote authoring workflow that I thought I wanted a long…
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Socializing
So, I went to a conference this week. Turned out to be a really great one, but the way to ask questions was to tweet them to a hashtag. I didn’t have a Twitter account. Wasn’t sure I wanted to. But I did want to ask questions. I did (and still do) think that I’ve got enough internet…