It’s interesting that most of the people I’ve talked about it to need white noise of some kind to sleep, my wife included. I used to be that way. Now to sleep good, I really prefer quiet. Just the normal home sounds. I often use ear plugs and sleep really good when I do.
I was looking around HBOMax today. I am reticent to start watching a new show there as the new management has shown they will cancel anything.
Big surf…Kona style. Our big surf isn’t like Oahu or Maui. We don’t have reefs that allow the waves to build up. This is an older island and it drops off deep just offshore. It’s big stuff for Kona. Surfers are out in numbers.
Watch the Abbey Road Studio show on Apple+. Really enjoyed it interview with Pink Floyd (separately of course). A peek into the start. Had to put on “Wish you were here” and “Dark Side of the Moon”.
Last night while the power was out the water and ice in the door of the refrigerator didn’t work. I stood and stared at it for a few seconds before I remembered I can use the faucet.
There’s also a huge swell from the storm peaking today. 25-30 foot swells on north and west (us) shores. We were lucky that it was a very fast moving storm. We went through a storm in Hilo in 2020 that crawled through and dropped 12” of rain an hour. That was rough.
Our storm was manini (small) compared to big snow storms and typhoons, but it packed a punch. Our power was only out 3 hours and most of the rain stopped overnight. A few roads are still closed and will be all day. Lots flooded roads still draining.
I guess the main part of the storm hasn’t even passed us yet. All of the rain and lighting we got through the night was just the front of the front
Stumbles on Jamiroquai. Haven’t listened to them for 20+ years. Their music means even more today that back then.
Our home sound system
I have one small Home Pod. I got it when I had a 6 week stay in a hotel room so I could play music in the hotel room and morning news, etc. it’s now on the nightstand. I use it sparingly. We have 3 Sonos (one is the roam) speakers in the living room and a big Bose Lifestyle system for the Entertainment system. The Bose system is very good, but their software and set up is crap. The Sonos is for music only and is simple to use. The Home pod works with our devices, but it came out after we bought Sonos speakers. We live in a small condo and don’t have thermostats or much else to control, so home automation isn’t really a thing for us
Going forward, the Bose system is the oldest and would expect it to go first. Would likely get a Sonos sound bar and sub which would put us deeper in the Sonos world and farther away from Apple solutions in that space. The Home Pod will likely continue to be a fringe diversion.
Virtual Insanityhttps://youtu.be/OeTFAiYbR9o was so ahead of its time. The Lyrics and the video
Top streaming shows getting relegated to free ad based TV is akin to top movies going to DVD and RedBox in the pre-streaming past. This is likely the future.
Between shows we’re streaming or when I’m not ready to watch another episode or we are leaving shortly and there’s not enough time to watch something, my go to is “This Old House” it’s kind of watchable noise.