With no travel and minimal dining out, we’ve paid off the every debt we have excluding the home loan. We have already stated chipping away at the principal on that too.


Give me one reason music.apple.com


My wife has her tea lined up on the appropriate mug


New Mac Mini up and running, but my 2 big external drives are Thunderbolt 2 and the new Mac is Thunderbolt 4, need to get at least 1 $50 adapter. Also could no Migrate my MBP as it’s on the beta. Need to wait until I can put the public beta on the new Mac


With COVID cases and hospitalizations skyrocketing in Hawaii there is talk of another lockdown and also vaccine passports. I would be reticent to enforce a passport in the restaurant that I manage as it would put my staff on the front lines of enforcement, and anti-vaxers are very vocal and sometime violent. But if a lockdown is the alternative, then ok ✅


With this big push to get vaccinated, I got my flu vaccine today. I got my COVID vaccine in April.


COVID had a big day in Hawaii, sure feels like it’s winning


Someday we’ll be able to restore a Mac from iCloud


Really liking the Axios daily newsletter “🐪 Good Wednesday morning! Smart Brevity™ count: 1,457 words … 5½ minutes. Edited by Fadel Allassan.”


Fun day tomorrow


I think my 2014 Mac Mini got wind of the new Mac Mini’s arrival tomorrow and decided to quit working. It’s done this before, stuck in a start up loop. Just wants attention. The old one is time machine backed up and to another Arq drive, though it has an old 1T Fusion drive, the new one is a 256 SSD, so can’t move the data anyway.


I read this book many years ago, he’s right in that the Supreme Courts purpose is to uphold the constitution, not make political decisions. They also need to keep the public’s trust. a.co

“Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View” by Stephen Breyer


Mahalo everyone. Guess I went through a few days of my entire feed being about writing tools and cameras. I’ve spent some time tweaking it. I’ve been a life long nerd, but kind of thinking the COVID experience and age has made me more analog. Rediscovered reading too.


Feels odd here. I don’t write, don’t have a camera, don’t have a farm. I do talk to people a lot and get out and about on this stunning Hawaii island and I do listen to a lot of music.


So many writers here talking about their workflows. I’m more of a doer. Managing a restaurant and all. My team, customers, menus, repair and maintenance, vendors and product. I use the TeuxDeux app for to dos, notes app to save stuff calendar app and paper (order guides, etc)


Ordered a Refurb M1 Mac Mini. This will be my computer going forward. My 2015 MacBook is hanging on, but I don’t really depend on it. The things that I need to do on a computer are becoming less and less.


I’m a definitely a napper. I love a good mid day nap. It has to do with working a lot of nights through the years.


This hasn’t seemed to throttle the number of visitors. We’re #2



in other news, I bought a Milanese Loop watch band with my first Apple watch, and 2 watches later it still looks and feels great. I’ve lost a lot of weight since I bought it and it’s nice to have something that still fits nicely.