Good googly, moogly, I need to rename this thing. This is only post 14, while my weekly photo challenge is 45 images.
Last Week
Last week was a tough week. The election did not go the way that I thought (hoped and prayed) it would. The next four years will be tough.
I won’t spend much time on this, but we did reach out to many people who will be even more intimately impacted than us.
Vacuum Cleaner
The brush for our vacuum cleaner broke. No problem in this day and age of the internet and everything being available, right? Wrong. Much searching led to, well, nothing. The part simply isn’t available. I did find a phone number to actually call Kenmore, wait, did I just say a phone number? Yes, yes I did. No online opportunities here. I made the phone call, waited on hold, then got to talk to someone. They don’t have them, but may be ordering soon. So, I have an order placed and will hope for the best.
BlueSky
Apparently, “everyone” is leaving Twitter, er X, for BlueSky. I’ve had an account on BlueSky, but I don’t really post there much. The thoughtful Cory Doctorow recently posted about not investing in other platforms that lock you in. I don’t want to invest in another platform as well. Seriously, go read the write-up by Cory Doctorow, lots and lots of good stuff in the write-up. I don’t want to have to move stuff. I want control over my data and what is happening with it. Thus, I’m trying to follow POSSE.
POSSE is Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere. Thus, I write here and then push those posts to Mastodon. Well, now I’m going to add BlueSky to that push. I’ve installed a plugin to make that happen, so we’ll see how much troubleshooting I have to do with that.
Oh, and I officially completely deleted my Twitter account. I had been holding off to retain my user name.
Podcast
There was no podcast last week. There won’t be one this week either.
Winter Prep
I’ve done a good bit of prep for winter. I’ve put away the table and chairs that were on the deck. The boat has been nestled away.
Stained Glass Frame
My wife has created some beautiful stained glass work. I’ve framed the latest one in an oak frame. I learned a bit about the framing process and hope to apply the knowledge in the future.
