A Wanderer
Not all who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
I am a recently retired accountant/finance professional looking to explore all of the interests I have had over the years, promising myself that I would pursue them “when I had the time”. Maybe you are on a similar journey.
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Big Tech
1/28/2022:I use a Google Pixel 2. I just discovered that security updates are sent out by Google for only three years. The last security update happened in October 2020. I verified this by trying to get an update on my phone. Samsung likewise guarantees updates for only three years, though they have extended the security
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Tech Fundamentals
1/27/20202:I recently started reading The Knowledge – How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm by Lewis Dartnell. It covers similar ground that a book I previously read, How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler by Ryan North. I had backed Ryan’s Kickstarter. It is one of my
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Seed Starting
1/25/2022: Recently started my New Kratky Hydroponics Seed Starting System, patterened off Jack Spirko’s YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS42IMyhM1c&t=351s). I have only one of the three shelves going, 30 cells, and so far only one red iceburg lettuce has germinated, but many of my seeds are dated. I figure I am very early in the season (zone
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Picture Editing
January 24, 2022 My wife asked me to edit a photo of her parents. I opened the file in GIMP 2.10.28 and realized that I know almost nothing about editing photos. I have a ten-year-old book, GIMP 2.6 for Photographers by Klaus Goelker that might be a good place to start.
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Note-taking App
January 23, 2022 My son uses Emacs Org Mode as his note-taking app. He uses Emacs for almost everything. He syncs using Dropbox. He says “Pretty much everything in Emacs is a text buffer, so they are just text files formatted in the correct way. To my mind, a big advantage.” Definitely worth giving Emacs
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