Today is the shortest day of the year, but luckily we still have electrical power here in southern spain. The providers have played with the pricing structure in such a way that no one has any idea of what it costs to do whatever and whenever. The fact that there has been no diminution of the nativity lights in any of the public places also shows that the councils don't know or care about the cost (why should they, when we are paying?).
My major contribution to global power shortages has been to buy some wifi enabled bulbs and sockets, so I can manage things from my phone (I was going to strike that through and put "play", but this web app still hasn't woken up to this user´s requirements).
I almost need an app just to manage my devices now, as I think we have hit double figures with phones, ipads and desktops.
I am actually in the process of installing / configuring / moving to another iMac. The old (2011) one was still going well, but the supporting software was no longer being updated - so I needed one that worked with everything. I eventually bought a second hand (2019) one from a newish (but rapidly growing) renovation company called "back market". I was offered a new one at some discount, but this was half the price for the same functionality, so I thought I'd give it a go. All good so far and they even sent me a free keyboard and mouse - but unfortunately the keyboard is set out in a way I have never seen before (top line is AZER not QWER), plus a number of other changes.). I now realise that I can pretty much touch type (but only on QWERTY). I guess you can't win ´em all. (Just checked and it seems to a uniquely french conceit - no real surprise are there seem to be so many other ways they shoot themselves in their "pieds" to avoid using anything "English", especially words).
And what major functionality has this new device brought to my table (should have been struckthrough) desk? Hmmm - just had a look as to whether I can insert a struckthrough word and it seems I can. Strikethrough - I love it
Bugger - now I have found it, I can't get rid of it!!!
Ok, that's sorted.
Well - sorted in the only way I can run my life - and it is not for the faint-hearted.
I discovered years ago that I could make Microsoft Excel pretty much sing - which meant I could get it to do almost anything that the "other" windows applications would do. I actually found it easier to use a tool with which I was conversant than to learn something new. Well, the same thing still applies. I had a quick look for a strikethrough font-style in the website - and when it was not immediately evident, went for alternative thinking of cut and paste from an app that does have it. Surprisingly it worked - and whilst it may be a little more effort, it is a damn sight quicker than hunting through the seven realms of hell that are instruction pages for most apps, but especially Wix.
G is under the (mis) apprehension that the old system will be on its way to the basement ,
but I currently have them both running in the office - only having new-baby on the PC unit and old-lag on the main desk. (Backup in case of problems you understand). I am toying with setting up old-lag as a security system to monitor my 7 (paranoid, moi?) yes seven wifi cameras, but we shall see (and see, see see, = seven sees).
Enough of this - it started out to be a Christmas letter and ended up an IT update, so better get to the Xmas stuff elsewhere.
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