🚞 we got Jun 4

 🚞 in the dark of 4 AM typing and no coffee

yepper, could not sleep. the house was 77 F and I turned on A / C [ set point 75 ]
but of course, much drier air as well

" ... I get all the news, I need on the weatehr report ...... " ala Paul Simon
Thus, sunny and slightly humid and already [ 9 A ] comfortable. Rain due soon

Coffee now and ready to function. Air fryer humming away w / my breakfast potatoes 
cut and wash and let sit in cold water. dry and oil and into the baskets 20 min .... or so

I figure that these spuds are a better choice than slamming bread into the toaster. Slightly more vitamins etc than the bread.
Oh, well, done and gone [ sprinkled w / cheese and and Old Bay Seasoning

OK. start the day [ BTW, that is an expression and not prophecy

🥉of Jun

 🥉.... the run of sun, continues in the ' boro.
typing and no coffee [ yet ]
An early appt at the dentist, tho '

dentist and escaped. always good to get out of there - not bleeding

JUnius 🥈 of MMXXVI

 🥈....... yes. I went all Latin for the title

sunny in the ' boro. and for the week ahead w / temperatures at 75 + or- but rain comes next

luckee you, nothing about keyboards and mice and dongles
oh, oh, bought a new dongle from Amazon. The current dongles are having issues. the newer models e.g. Benfei arrive w / greater transfer ability and power options. 

forgotten items. Arsenal Football Club of North London [ this last bit is important, it seems ] are League Champions 2026. The ' Gunners ' are a storied item in British soccer lore. Much reviled throughout the rest of the UK, as uppity and not tough enough ' like us ' up here.
Arsenal are the longest serving club in Premiership and First Division, not relegated to lower divisions since 1908 or such.
I can still draw a slight shock when I say ' I 've been or was at Highbury Football Ground '. Highbury, the original home of AFC has been replaced by the Emirates Stadium.
story. walking thru an airport, I saw the ' cannon' logo of Arsenal. I said to the gent ' Up the Gunners ', he replied ' sorry, what ? '. I went on to explain the connection and he said ' didn't know '

' up with the Arsenal, the Arsenal s our name
we play at Highbury and football s our game  ......
... we are the Gunner s , the best you have seen ....

no exercise today. went out and torched the dandelion heads and puffballs. This burn is like number 5 of runs

🥇 JUIN

 🥇... un official summer ... start in the ' boro w /sun and bright and greening

cool for summer tho ' 65 F. 

ah. the typing corner [ coffee in hand ]. Wowzers ! a real keyboard, rather large, full QWERTY  array, side display of functions and numeric pad w / ' enter ' key on the right

THEN. the optical mouse [ operated via USB, same one as the keyboard ] which had salt corrosion galore, now works - great. I spent some time scraping the white crystal stuff from inside the battery compartment and added a metal strip to increase contact by the positive battery terminal - VOILA she works

Some tinkering w / the interface for the mouse and Chromebook settings is needed. The cursor motion is jerky
BUT a functioning system. Easy to use. Large and slightly ungainly. 

Thus went to the Settings menu

 and found ' mouse '. Tested and the jerkiness was there. Scanning there was one option left ' accelerate mouse for further travel '. Jerky, going faster ?
Guess what - the mouse is now smooth.
Only thought is, the interface from Keyboard and mouse to Chrome is slightly disjointed
Altho ' the MK 320 box says ' chrome compatible '. Da - Da ! success

🥉🥇of mai

 🥉🥇.... closing out the month [ again ] however, we have sun and warm and high Eternal Blue

Yes. Coffee and typing. To note, this is yesterday s leftover coffee. Often we use the thermos and save the coffee [ how bad could it be ? ]

The news : all that s fit to print > was the motto of the NY Times [ ? }

for a blog, not too sure b / c anyone can hijack the ' ether '

comment : this keyboard is still irritating. OR maybe, I don't adapt well.
bear in mind this Duet has spoken dictation and touch screen. Maybe I'll need to dictate on my phone and edit after on the Duet

early days

next level attempt. trying a full size keyboard connected by USB plug in
weird, a real keyboard 
for sure some teething problems
but ooh ! so much better
next hump is that this Logitech is a PC keyboard not a CHROMEBOOK layout.
Thus, some Chrome OS features might not function

Now the flexibility of the Chrome OS comes into play. Right now, the Duet is able to take, the HDMI plugged in 19 in TV [ as monitor ], PC keyboard plugged in via USB, powering via the dock as well and the USB mouse is tacked into the dongle. 

Ooh ! magic here [ so far ] Note the Duet is folded up to allow more room on the desk
love this. not maximally ideal but super easy to adapt the hardware

BTW there is a mouse w / the keyboard [ the battery corrode in the battery well and there is that white powdery, crystal stuff. we can just about pronounce it dead]

  follow up. I can turn the Duet ' off ' and ' on ' using a power button on the side of the Duet. Meaning, that the Duet can stay folded [less footprint on the desk ] and I can power off / on w / out a fuss. The keyboard has a power off / on toggle as well.

spell check ? not working so good.

however, I will need to learn ' new ' shortcuts via the PC keyboard. 
" success is counted Sweetest, by those who ne'er succeed ......
now wait a tic ........ this adaptation and functionality seems awfully success - y

Sorry Emily D. [ author ? ]

Sadly, the mouse with its corroded electrodes doesn't seem to be responding to my repair treatment 

Reading always nice to try something new, especially if it's a hit. So I found one. The magazine is called lelle okay. So the recipe was for a cocktail based on tequila but Jen works just as well I find

📸 for May 30 th

 📸 ...... in the ' boro..... sun and the Eternal Blue

today is round 2 of help coming in to care for the house
last week K ... ' power washed ' our gas  stove. She cleaned the grates and gas covers. Impressed a ton

as well,we struck an arrangement w / M  ..s friend to attend the house to supplement the cleaning. final line,  is more people in the house. 

We shall see said the Zen Master

Rd 2. another stellar performance by K ... She took on our pantry s and came out the winner. We wound up w /spare shelves and foodstuffs arranged by use and handiness. Plus, further opening discussion resulted in possible long term help w / greater frequency.
Stunned, comes to mind

I am guessing that someone who sees the current positioning and wonders about function related storage can more easily re - arrange the storage c.f. the indigenous who are used to or / complacent w / the setup 

well. grand

may 🥈9 in the ' boro

 🥈and sunny, w / high Eternal Blue

recall, the Eternal Blue. the Monguls worshipped or praised the sky over the Steppes. I got this from the Adventure s of Marco Polo.

health news. this morning early ish, I woke w / sharp discomfort in my right eye. I call these events ' stingers ' , yes , thats what it feels like. Actually, twice, this morning. Last one about 6:30 or 7
history. back in 1996, post laser eye surgery, I suffered thru ' recurrent corneal erosion ' or my corneal epithelium lifted off the eyeball - yes, sore

I was back and forth to the laser eye clinic.    b / c every else would not treat me on the basis that the erosion was the result of laser activity. The treatment was basically, tape the eyelid shut and wait. Thu from April to Nov, I shuttled back and forth to the clinic.                 

Meanwhile a former student remembered my prolonged eye difficulties and sent his sister w / a referral the Waterloo U. Eye clinic.
The specialist, listened to the history and then said ' yes, it could be the surgery, but then explain to the other 50 % of my patients that have this problem the cause '

He set me up w / a treatment plan that in essence is still my bi - weekly regimen of eye care to this day.
Still the stingers, but the irritation lasts minutes to hours not days.