Waited in line for 2 hours to vote. It was an absolute disorganized mess at the polling station! #medhat #yxh

I was today years old when I learned that Connor McDavid played the "hand farts" in Weird Al's I Love Rocky Road video. At least a good 20 years before he was even born! No wonder they call him McJesus!

I am actually very fond of iOS Vista.

Oh no! Anyway…

Wearing a 24 hour EKG monitor. In March the provincial labs gave me a poorly done EKG and I've been paying for it ever since with echo cardiograms, stress tests, now this and in October a 24 hour blood pressure test. I'm quite thrilled about this. Seriously.

With the bizarre direction @microsoft.com is planning to take Windows it makes me glad they’re killing Dynamics GP forcing us to change CRM software to likely something web based. Then we can really get over our Microsoft dependence and get rid of their increasingly invasive operating system.

Vacation was nice but being home again is divine! And home cooked meals FTW. Fall off the bone ribs, mashed potatoes, and sautéed zucchini and onions with fresh veggies from a friend’s garden!

Whoever took the bribe to allow the #Shaw / #Rogers merger to happen should be prosecuted. This week they killed our wifi hotspots which were perfect for guests and staff personal devices. Giving them internet access without having to let them touch the corporate network!

We took the kids and a friend to see the new Superman movie yesterday. We had a blast and really enjoyed it! Luckily my son wasn't like me as a kid and trying to see how far up the steps he could jump from with a towel tied around his neck like a cape.

Spent the last 2 nights in accessible cabins at the Gas City Campground. My kids and disabled father-in-law really enjoyed it! But it’s a trip waking up and showering in a campground and then going to work. #medhat

It feels like every step that #Rogers makes toward wiping out what used to be #Shaw, their network gets a little bit more terrible. The last 2 weeks we've had lag and packet loss like never before. And then they try and blame it on someone's microwave.

This series is not going to be good for my blood pressure. #LetsGoOilers

Loving the NHL playoffs so far this year! Now we just need Winnipeg, Toronto and Washington to do their jobs and take their series to 7 games! But especially Winnipeg… #LetsGoOilers

I realize this is a very first world problem but with one of my new medications, my Dr had me take a half pill for 7 days. Now that I'm on a full pill, I have this half pill left over and it's kind of driving me crazy.

One sure way to always hit green lights in #medhat is to have something you really need to do at the next red light. Like blow your nose or have a sip of water…

Got my first of 2 shingles vaccines today. My arm aches worse than any of my flu or COVID shots. That and 3 new meds adding to the strange sensations my body is feeling. Getting old is so much fun.

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

Been working with Rocky Linux the last month or so. I like it but SELinux gives me a headache. But I think I finally got my issue worked out. All I wanted to do was have my squid cache be on another drive in a different location in the filesystem. And if it happens again I'll be just as confused.

Huge thank you to @thenarwhal.ca for fixing the RSS feeds! Very much appreciated!

I really like the @thenarwhal.ca for news but they recently made changes to their site which broke the RSS feeds for my reader (FreshRSS) so I guess no more Narwal for me. :(

Harper giving off strong emperor Palpatine vibes

I thought I toasted the motherboard in my ThinkPad T580 trying to upgrade the hard drive. (Musical error suggested it was the motherboard.) So I ordered a T590 off eBay. Turns out I didn’t properly seat the connector between the drive caddy and mobo. It’s working again. Maybe Ubuntu on the T580?

Microsoft also seems to be now forcing Outlook (new) onto people. But I discovered if you say no enough, it will still force Outlook (new) on you but then you can switch back to Outlook (classic). After switching back it’s left me alone for 2 restarts. Hopefully it stays this way? 🤞🤞

So if you don’t have a Microsoft 365 license, you still get access to Teams and Copilot. Yet Microsoft is using Copilot as an excuse to raise prices for Microsoft 365 subscriptions. This seems like blatant theft even by Microsoft standards.

“Data from Alberta demonstrates that increased privatization of surgeries has not reduced public hospital wait times, that it has actually diverted scarce health human resources from the public system.” @alonghurst.bsky.social @canadahealthwatch.bsky.social

I’m generally not a conspiracy theorist but the fact that Skinner is still a NHL goalie is definitely pushing the limits of that. #LetsGoOilers

Sportsnet in Canada is unwatchable right now. These conservative, anti-Carney ads are so terrible. They sure as hell don’t make me want to vote conservative.

I’ve got to the point where Facebook (iOS) doesn’t know what to do with me. It keeps injecting pages I don’t follow into my news feed. I keep reporting and blocking them whether it’s something I would like or not. It doesn’t know what music or sports I like or how I fall politically anymore.

“A reminder to believe nothing you see or hear on CBC.” Because if you did, they’d keep the power to hold Pierre to account for the things he says and does! And god forbid anyone does that!! Chickenshit, autocratic rhetoric from a guy who keeps boosting bootlicker media

Ahhh yes. Reading Week in Canada. The week where all the living malware that's been incubating in the children for the last few weeks comes to fruition and decimates the whole family.

Bouquet to Kirk’s Tire for fixing the puncture in my tire for free and immediately! I have the worst luck with tires. #medhat #myredcliff

After 4 months of failures, my work laptop FINALLY upgraded to Windows 11 24H2 (from 23H2). Took a really long time but at least I'm not left with another boot menu option on startup! Now I just need to clean up 3 unneeded boot options…

Calling into work dead. Not gonna lie, I wish I’d thought of this…

The TIME list of fantasy books I've been building my To-Read list off of has a bunch of Rowling and Gaiman books listed. I'd like to replace them with other books. Maybe I can fill those spots with some @lilithsaintcrow.com and @mwl.io books instead? Any suggestions?

Always looking for new "recipes" for our #SodaStream. BIL bought us Torani Vanilla Bean for Christmas. Some favorite recipes are: Orange + Vanilla Bean (Tastes like orange creamcycle) Diet Cola + Vanilla Bean Diet Root beer + Vanilla Bean (Tastes like A&W root beer)

Finished reading Dune yesterday. The movie finally actually made sense to me once I started reading it! I'm going to have to re-watch the movie now. My next book I'm thinking either The Name of the Wind or The Eye of the World.

It's okay to not be into a movie (or Super Bowl half-time show and not tell the world about it). There's a really good chance that you aren't the target demographic for this. And if you can't get around that and find a way to enjoy it, just move on to something you do enjoy?

My daughter has a friend who's father is a DJ on the local rock station. It's such a trip listening to the DJ voice be a dad. "And up next: that's what happens when you blow into your juice box, you get juice all over your white hockey jersey." (Paraphrasing just a little there…) #medhat #rock105

Apparently Telus is also upping their game in #myredcliff. They've expanded their fiber in some places, including down Main Street. Really good prices for Fiber+WiFi on 5 year contracts right now. Not even a year ago the best option from them was ADSL that couldn't even do 10 Mbps upstream. #medhat

One thing I really wish I could find for Windows is a decent CLI/TUI audio player. mpxplay is about the best I've found but it's kind of overkill for what I need and I don't like how it extends beyond the size of my console window.

I was not a fan of the merge. Still am not really a fan of Rogers. That said, they are making a push into rural areas and small towns that no one else is willing to. They're offering to pay for all construction costs for fiber with 5 year contracts. This is HUGE for small towns! #medhat #myredcliff

Maybe this is wrong but when someone drives around in a rolling billboard of their business I judge their business by their driving.

I miss Loki games so much. I wish these were still playable on Linux too. #linux

Not a very fun drive home to #medhat from #myredcliff tonight! Stupid winter.

Miserably slow drive on the highway this morning. Hope everyone is safe! #medhat

Really great to be seeing more #medhat / #yxh people here on Bluesky! Reminds me a bit of early Twitter before it hit critical mass and became less fun.

I think if you were stuck in a well for all these years and missed out on Halloween festivities, you’d haunt people too! Time to make this right!

I’m getting progressive lenses. I think that makes me officially old? 😂

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #782,156!

Today I decided to learn a new skill and recharged the A/C in my car. It was pretty easy actually! Next skill: new wiper fluid line in the van!