Using more of the Apple stock apps, subscription fatigue spills over from steaming service price increases. Less options on the streaming side, if I want to watch show A, I need streaming service X. On the app side there are lots of choices. It all comes from the same pot of money.


The GOP vultures are circling. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2…


www.execupundit.com/2023/08/d…

Of course they’re going to say that


Yay iFixit arstechnica.com



Interesting argument. bigthink.com/the-well/…


We had a 4 1/2 hour power outage on Saturday evening in our entire development. A bit annoying. The power company came back this morning to finish Saturday’s quick repair. The guy said it was cause by a splice that went bad.



Ran into a guy I used to manage with at another resort. We were reflecting back on an era before Covid when resorts had a casts of thousands to do the jobs at hand. In the new world, we do so much with so few. There are 2 of us working the dinner line tonight. Used to be 4 with a back up runner.


One of my favorite actors

www.execupundit.com/2023/08/h…


Finally got around to to watching “Love notes to Newton” a fun ride. I didn’t have one. I had just moved off the grid to Hawaii Island post divorce. Wasn’t buying anything. Wish I had one.

I had a Palm Pilot

youtu.be/5kxRi34Pq…


I’m reading “Something Deeply Hidden” about quantum physics. This book has given me a greater understanding of the quantum universe than anything I’ve read before. Feels like a fog has been lifted.


Make America Fun Again


Why note-taking apps don’t make us smarter

Excellent read. I have stuck with Teux Deux. I’m not a writer, don’t need extensive notes. I need to jot down broad recipe ideas and ingredient needs


Just watched Flash, it was a lot of fun.


Watching the Dodgers on Apple TV+. Enjoyable broadcast and they’re winning

Haven’t seen many Dodger games this year, there on cable tv and blacked out in Hawaii most of the year.


Traditional Mexican tortilla chips. From Frito Lay


A lot of Lawyers are going to get rich on the Lahaina fire


Maui County sues Hawaiian Electric over wildfire negligence

Here is goes. Everyone suing everyone else.


Missing Mo

Could use him now.