㊗ in the land of sun, yes, the ' boro
and dandelions
coffee and typing
and .... I might be getting the hang of this keyboard
I went out with a torch and I tried to burn out the dandelions. I don't think it's going to work but boy the emotional satisfaction in burning those little buggers down is unbelievable
wow.a visitor. sounds like not much.But I need more people in the house. M .. doesn't get out much and actually baulks at visitors hence little social contact
so good result
🎡... you spin me right round baby, right round [ or ' .. you spin me rum white rum ... ' ]
I was corrected by a cross country runner on the bus to Waterloo
Coffee and typing. all is right w/ the world
Lately, have been trying different peripherals for the Duet [ typing right now ]
the latest gadget is called ' pocket mouse ' or a mouse that is a pen device w / all the mouse features to control the cursor. relatively hard to coordinate the actions.
OK, what gives ? the Duet connects to the dongle or dock via a USB plug. When you shut down, the Duet, still powers the standard mouse also USB plug in.
Normally, I look at the mouse, if the psychedelic lights are gone the laptop is ' off '
[ this is a gaming mouse, the mouse is patterned w / a LED multi coloured illuminated background - OK its colourful ! ]
I did my elliptical routine 35 min and 400 kCal. Yes, good sweat.
oh, ' boro is all sun high Eternal Blue
This keyboard is the pits. clumsy, inconvenient etc . etc
🚄 .....may
we praise the Eternal Blue up there
so far no ill effects from logging yesterday [ terrif ]
coffee and typing [ this new keyboard is a hard sell ]
today was old folks day billed as a reunion of Retired staff at a pub.blessed w / tasty food and pretty nice people. Our server was a Leacock grad wearing a school jerssey
🥘 in the 'boro rain 🌧️
and 🌧️. and 🌧️
it rained real good
Today was move stones and cement flagstone
I did a smidgen.
Really. I heard " not you, leave it !" I believe the big fear is having to return my body up the hill
??????????
Ah, well, job done. We were prepping the outside apron of the shoreline for a delivery of material. And perhaps of major need, clearing the floor of the boathouse for a re - levelling of some sort but those stone flags had to go, at the very least.
We were walking on wet soil, mud and goop . The goop was concentrated in the middle of the floor and slightly more towards the river direction
W / out the boathouse floor cleared, no real levelling could be complete
🧭 ' boro, where the water fires out of the clouds - all morning
cool as well
quite the change in the house. we hired a person to help w/ housework. I need the psychological boost just knowing there is help
We shall see said the Zen Master
K .. is cleaning the stove, yes, all the bits e.g. burners and covers
and really doing a job.
Stove sparkles
Kitchen floor vacked and washed
Thank you
Truly cathartic
🚇 ..... breakfast is done and multivitamin taken
' boro is slightly overcast and setting itself up for rain over days to come
The story : the CB 311 Chromebook that is usually the typing machine here at the window desk reaches its end of update life in 2 months. BUT the Chromebook Duet usually downstairs is going to be good til 2030 Jun. There is 2 yrs difference in the purchase dates but Duet qualified for the automatic 10 yr program.
Truth. The CB 311 can go on as an ' updated ' Chromebook minus ' Android '
however, this includes most Apps e.g. YouTube and gmail plus .........everything that we do here
Thus. I am trying the Duet as a daily typer in the window seat - outlook on the world outside.
Adjustments, the Duet is a Chromebook / tablet. Powerful in the sense of quickly utilising peripherals which is basically anything and everything b / c there is only 1 Type C port. A dock for Type C and Type B inputs and the HDMI for TV is needed.
The screen is 11 in and only 11. I use the TV even w / the CB 311
Then the keyboard is detachable [ hence the ' tablet ' mode ]
but the keys are closer and have reduced carry or shorter travel. That change is harder to adjust to
Of course, just go get another Chromebook in 2 months
We shall see said the Zen Master ....... again
So. How did exercise go, today. The Wahoo App that records and presents kCal / time / avg BPM / max BPM also asks ' how was your workout '
I answered once ' enjoyable '
But really the App wants daily input to track your workout history
the challenge of Chromebooks. Officially, we both have used the Duet.Reviews are mostly negative. Screen is a tiny bit smaller and keyboard is a pain. Recall that many buyers specifically wanted the tablet function [ sans keyboard ]. I've tried tablet mode and while quirky really not my fav.
Early days and we may adjust if only out desperation
BTW, when using the Duet downstairs I have BluTooth standard ish keyboard. Up here, not sure how it would fit.
📀 ... a slow start, oh, really , yes
Day was little dicey to start but full sun for the bulk of the day
cool for sure but jacket and out you go
ran errands. Thursday is 20 % day at Shoppers. So load up. Aloe Vera x 2 [ gets used a lot ], scripts for M ... and Multivitamins.
I went for D3 vitamin tablets but figured ' let s go, w / the full load '
the label says ' supplement ' and that s what I need - little this, little that
steaks for dinner / baked spud - a - roos and corn
