This month, I’ve put out major bugfix updates to my Post Kinds and Simple Location plugin. This was possible due massive tests written automatically, that uncovered a lot of things I never would have noticed, and some assistance. I’m going through all my code to ensure that all discovered bugs are fixed so I can focus on improvements in future.
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Did some mailing list software enhancements for my test mailing list today. Seeing how it goes.
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Checked into Stourbridge Line Rail Excursions
My website has now moved to its new home in Virginia. Time for a lot of quality of life upgrades, as I migrate every 4 years or so.
Looks like rain today.
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Checked into Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain
Checked into Millennium Park
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Checked into Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD)
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Checked into Terminal 5 JFK
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Checked into Terminal 7
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Checked into 51st & Green US Preclearance Lounge
Checked into Terminal 2 Dublin
Checked into Dublin Airport (DUB)
Checked into Aer Lingus Lounge
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Checked into Terminal 7
Experimenting with a self-hosted mailing list today. It has been on my to-do list for a while to get a basic version going, although I wonder if anyone would prefer email digests.
Stained Glass Window Donated by Meyer Lansky
Stained glass window donated by Meyer Lansky to Congregation Beth Jacob. The synagogue is now a Jewish museum.
Jewish Museum of Florida
Visited the Jewish Museum of Florida today. The original synagogue was built in 1929, and the second, built in 1936 and now form the museum opened in 1995.
I came here to take the Jewish Walking Tour of Miami Beach. Which I had taken before in 2015…with the same tour guide. It’s a nice walk around Miami Beach, enjoying art deco architecture and having historic sites pointed out.
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First Night of Chanukah
A340 Lavatories
Have not been on an aircraft where the lavatories are in the cargo hold, below the passenger cabin before. Lufthansa opted to do this on their A340-600s in order to make more room for economy seats. It reminds me of the lower level on an Amtrak train.
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Lufthansa A319
Bridging and My Time of Late
Lately, I have been writing a lot over on Gadget Wisdom, where I write more tech themed stories, about self-hosting. That isn’t exactly uncommon, it is a popular topic for many people.
But what does that do in relation to my longstanding practice of working on tools for my w...
Visiting the Wedding of the Water
The Delaware River begins as two branches, before converging into the main river and continuing 282 miles to Delaware Bay.
The West Branch begins in Schoharie County and flows down into Delaware County, passing the Cannonsville Reservoir before paralleling Route 17. The East Branch runs from Delaware County through the Pepacton Reservoir before convergence.
The “Wedding of the Water”, the convergence of the east and west branches of the Delaware River is near Hancock, NY.
The closest view that is easily accessible by car is the New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservations Junction Pool…which is a small area with picnic tables popular with fly fisherman because of its relatively safe position to wade into the river.
In fact, I saw several people doing just that.
I’ve been following the news of late, and it is particularly depressing. Professionally, one of the things I hate the most is that philosophy of tearing everything down and then figuring out how to rebuild it, instead of coming up with a thoughtful and well researched plan and then slowly and deliberately implementing it. Not even getting into their views on why or what should replace it, the current US administration seems to want to tear everything down instead of coming up with a plan and then carefully executing.
I’ve been watching the Hamas hostage releases. Whatever you think of the current situation, there are a lot of questions I have about this. Why doesn’t it bother more people that Hamas calls this a victory? That they are dressing people up in outfits meant to look like IDF uniforms so they can claim people they pulled from their beds were soldiers? Where are they getting these uniforms? Where are they printing these backdrops or did they already have them?
For carry on luggage….2 or 4 wheels? Go.
Been watching Interior: Chinatown on Hulu. Didn’t read the book, but interesting story.
Skyliner is nice.