u/soulbarn

My son’s close friend died last week. Today was the funeral. It was obviously and completely indescribably sad. But it was also beautiful - the whole community showed up. And when the time for spoken remembrances came, all of these wonderfully dorky teenagers suddenly found themselves speaking in moving, clear, and loving voices about the friend they’d lost. I was so proud of each one of them (including my son) even as I - along with everyone around me - was weeping. I guess on some level one wonders how somebody so loved could have felt so alone. But that’s a question that can’t be answered, except, perhaps, with more love.

Tough day. Tough feeling. Light shining through.

My tCL NxtPaper 70 Pro phone was probably cheap enough that I don’t need one. But I am considering it - the issue is that being an “off” brand, I am suspicious that I’d get a genuine TCL screen as a repair part - and as we know, the screens are special. Same for replacements. Most of the plans say that they’ll replace it with something “equivalent” if it can’t be repaired. I don’t want an equivalent, I want an actual replacement.

So have you bought a damage plan? If so, from who? And have you used it?

My NxtPaper 70 Pro was probably cheap enough that I don’t need one. But I am considering it - the issue is that being an “off” brand, I am suspicious that I’d get a genuine TCL screen as a repair part - and as we know, the screens are special. Same for replacements. Most of the plans say that they’ll replace it with something “equivalent” if it can’t be repaired. I don’t want an equivalent, I want an actual replacement.

So have you bought a damage plan? If so, from who? And have you used it?

We had tickets to see her in Montreal - but the pandemic closed the border (we were prepared for the six hour drive from Maine.) Now, at last, we’re seeing her in Boston tomorrow night. So excited.

Using a brand new 2TB Toshiba Canvio Advance. I wanted to download security video from my Eufy home base - but when I plugged the drive into the Home Base's USB port, the drive began clicking. I unplugged it after about 30 seconds, and was planning to return it as DOA, but I tried it on my laptop and it mounted just fine, no clicking.

But did the 30 seconds - presuming this is the sound of the internal disc touching the platter - destroy the drive's reliability going forward?

I have some expiring airline miles and have always wanted to visit Delphi. But I know summer is over. Is it worth visiting in the fall or will too many things be closed?

Saturday from noon until we run out, fresh squeezed lemonade, and homemade chocolate chip cookies, at 141 Spring St. Come on down and help a kid’s Lego and college fund!

But instead of California, where I’m from, I live in Maine, where the only kind of dried beef is
convenience store jerky.

There are a lot of options for carne seca on Amazon, but I’m not sure which one to pick. Any recommendations?

So, I am helping a small local business update their website. The previous person doing this - the business owner's husband - passed away four years ago, so there's a lot to update. We were successfully able to transfer admin privileges to ourselves after submitting documentation to the hosting service (bluehost.) So now, using the Bluehost control panel, I can get into the basic HTML and make small changes - but I am sure that the previous admin used some kind of interface. It doesn't seem to be Wordpress, though I'm not sure. The hosting company's tech support hasn't been helpful. Is there any way I can figure out what the previous admin was using to edit the site (we have no access to his records or computer.) Thanks.

UPDATE: They were using Adobe GoLive, confirmed by builtwith and asking ChatGPT. The site needs a major overhaul to be mobile friendly, but luckily it is only five total pages and doesn't need to be bigger. I simply asked ChatGPT to recode the page so it feels and acts more modern. Here are the results:

The original is here:

https://pilatesportland.com/sessions.html

The revised version is here:

https://pilatesportland.com/sessionstest.html

It's the first time I've used AI for basic coding. I'm kinda amazed, though I know I shouldn't be.

I don’t know if it is even out yet - but I am currently using a pair of HomeBase 3 units. They’re OK, but I often notice video lag when trying to, for example, communicate with somebody at my doorbell. I’d love to correct this, and I’m fairly certain I’ve tried nearly all of the troubleshooting and networking mods that I can.

That said, the new HB is expensive. Has anyone done any direct performance comparisons?