Any time we go out Diego does his best to let us know that we can not possibly go out without him. This is why I’ve been spotted carrying him around supermarkets in a special carrier bag, or been booted out of other supermarkets for having him in that bag or in town where life would really be much less stressful if he wasn’t with us.
Linux
Your emacs account has been deactivated
I don’t mind. I prefer Vim anyway. Side note – the EMACS group website does not automatically flip from http to https. At least in Firefox. Oops.
Videos
Robin
Mork calling Orson, come in Orson! This video gave me goosebumps. It’s my first time seeing Jamie Costa as Robin Williams and I swear it’s like seeing a young Robin again. The nostalgia effect of Jamie’s costume and seeing the red space suit, brings me back to the 80s when I watched reruns of Mork and Mindy on TV. Amazing. Thanks Cesar for sharing the video. Damn it, I hate when links rot. The post I published on the day Robin died has a couple of links and a video which are no longer available. One link is behind a […]
Games
My Steam Account Was Hacked
Late on Thursday evening I received an email from an ex-Automattic friend who asked if my Steam account was compromised because he received a message from me saying, [8:34 PM]DOC: What’s up mate [8:45 PM]DOC: may i ask u favor?sorry for disturbing u btw I don’t call anyone “mate”, I don’t use “u”, I use punctuation. It didn’t sound like me so it raised red flags immediately for him. In a panic I checked my Steam account and I still had access to it. Steam Guard was still active and I hadn’t received any emails about changes to my account. […]
Photography
The old Nik Collection is still free
Nik Collection 4.0 was announced recently but comments here say that if you have a previous version it always shows an update warning that can’t be turned off. Within a couple weeks of usage, I received the on-screen notification when launching the software below telling me to update. However, clicking on that “Install Now” button neither downloads nor installs a software update but instead, takes me back to the DxO website and prompts me to purchase brand new software. If you’re curious, the original Nik Collection that was made free by Google in 2016 still works. You can grab it […]