Author Archives: slackwrdave

cuba web servers

Cuba is just SUCH a danger to the world (sarcasm) that their web servers are getting pounded into the dust daily. I can rarely read anything from there anymore.

My guess: Miami.

bordeaux tower

Just like being in Paris.

spouse gets hooked on computer browser game

Brian got majorly absorbed in the Google Doodle Champion Island Game. It kept him busy for hours. He ended up completing it and then playing even more. It was fun to watch him.

Maybe I’ll take up the Vivaldia game on Vivaldi browser.

very sensitive hearing when needed

I tiptoe to the kitchen and close the door behind me. Door gets thrown open with looks of “what do you think you’re doing?”

telegram

With big social media being a tricky mixed bag, Telegram messenger is turning out to be a great way for me to gather news and events. It works on desktop and mobile.

I watched a marvelous musical performance from Cuba the other day in its entirety.

You can even chat with me on Telegram. Who wouldn’t want that?

https://telegram.org/

better living through caffeine

Pineapple and a second giant mug of coffee for breakfast at noon. I’m trying to caffeine my way into better living. 🍍☕

sotb

Nine years ago today. I wonder where this is?

those little azz pickups

Whenever you see a subcompact pick-up truck, go ahead and make arrangements to pass. They are all going to be driven VERY slowly. Some typical models: Chevy S10, Ford Ranger, etc.

I think the engines in them are small, but it has to be the driver. I drove a Citroën 2CV across southern Yugoslavia in 1996 without much trouble even getting on a multi-lane highway a few times. I mostly kept up. It’s all in the RPM’s.

Those little pickups usually go 15 to 20 mph below the posted speed.

Count on even slower with the addition of any of these:

— driver has on a straw hat
— driver is smoking
— there some disassembled POS in the bed
— it’s a defunct brand, like Datsun

sbux treats

Some treats for me on double-star day at Starbucks. ⭐ ⭐

Went to Walmart the other day and used the self checkout. Probably order something from Amazon later. 😈

npr presents the status quo on cuba, what else in new

I let headlines load on my browser’s start page so that Mozilla will get a little revenue. This is a screenshot of one of them. I knew as soon as I saw the lede and the NPR url that the story would be status quo rubbish. It doesn’t take reading anything more than contained in the image to know that.

The article could have been written by the Miami crowd, the White House, and/or any of the “intelligence” agencies.

In the pic, I count all of about 25 “protestors,” not counting the neighborhood people milling about.

Low information disinformation a la NYT, WaPo, and so many others. According to the recent Psaki announcement, maybe NPR should be removed from all social media.