Jack Yan (甄爵恩) @jackyan@mastodon.social

Now I know why the film They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? has that title. Dark stuff in 1969.

Do not use Microsoft OneDrive unless you want your files deleted. Tried to get one file from the laptop on to the desktop machine. Turned on OneDrive on the latter. Got the file I wanted. Switched off OneDrive. Result: it emptied out my documents and pictures’ folders, a heap of desktop shortcuts, and text files saved to the desktop.

Flickr is hopeless. And no, I didn’t have the wrong email address. I’ve even tried the one Flickr itself sent an email to in 2018. Just because someone hasn’t logged in in 15 years doesn’t mean you should lose their details.

Dead celebrities are returning. Richard Burton is haunting the pub nearest to Ogilvy’s office.

So much celebrity. Ol’ Blue Eyes, Duke Morrison, and the Rhinestone Cowboy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFU2TToP1gE

I have finally finished replying to my emails from 2005. Now on to January 2006.

What has been the Mastodon and Twitter experience of Rug Doctor? Any good for serious food stains?

What numbers was Little polling at when he thought, 'They’re not rosy, I need to step aside for someone else to have a crack at it'?

On one day in 2005, Auckland Airport got fogged in and I could not return home. I said to another passenger, ‘This means I won’t keep up with my emails and it’ll take me ages to catch up.’ As of now I have one more email from 2005 to reply to. (The late emails have compounded.)

I don’t use Über, and I was surprised people were limited to using it twice a day!

Some, though not all, gel with what I have thought about home insulation in certain circumstances. https://www.heritage-house.org/damp-and-condensation/insulation-related-damp-problems/cavity-wall-insulation-1/insulation-causes-damp.html

Removed our old Pink Batts from the roof in anticipation of new stuff going in. But in the meantime, the air feels fresher and the rooms feel way more liveable. Wondering if we should even put in the new insulation …

A year ago, it wasn’t easy finding a 24-inch QHD monitor, though I still managed to get mine. Now they seem more common, e.g.: https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/MONLEN622410/Lenovo-ThinkVision-P24h-10-24-QHD-USB-C-Business-M?qr=rec-view