As a manager of people I love this quote from East of Eden “You can’t make a race horse of a pig.” “No,” said Samuel, “but you can make a very fast pig.” It goes alongside “ You can’t make people smart, they have to come that way already”
Instagram launches its BeReal clone, Candid Stories
It’s not instagram, it’s Facebook, or as they say Meta. Wolf in sheep’s clothing
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa and Kilauea volcanoes have stopped erupting, scientists say
But for how long? They’ll be back
The subscription model is ok, but there are some services or apps that I’d prefer to just buy. They don’t need constant new features, just maintenance updates that I would pay incremental for.
Guessing it will never come back, but I miss the pre-pandemic shopping experience, you know when shelves were stocked and there were actual choices.
Oh and I also miss the days when we got applicants for jobs that showed up for interviews.
Two days off, together. As long as they don’t burn the place down. That’s about the only thing that I can’t fix
Did I just see Slow Horses Season 2 is out. I’ve always liked Gary Oldman. The Book of Eli, George Smiley in Tinker Tailor…, the Professional (Think they changed the name of the movie to Leon), the Darkest Hour, the Dark Night and more.
I’ve had an Evernote account since 2008, the year it launched. It’s was our primary repository when we downsized our lives. Pretty much all of the paper from our lives was digitized and uploaded to Evernote. Even photos of things we divested of are there.
We’ll that was fun. Back to work early Sunday. We were behind one of the #HELCO (Hawaii Electric Light Company) trucks on the way home. They are our power utility provider.
My wife is totally in the mood, she shanghaied the Sonos system to play all Christmas music. I wasn’t quite there yet. Trying for get there, we’re going to the Kailua-Kona Christmas parade later
Finally unsubscribed from what I think is the first email newsletter I subscribed to. I subscribed to the Fast Company print version for years and subscribed to the newsletter when I first got an email address from a local provider (interpac) then GMail. It was useful for years