Out of 550 potential jurors 70 were assigned to the same case as me. After 5 hours 13 jurors were seated - I wasn’t one of them. Serious charges of continuous sexual assault of a girl younger than 14 plus indecency charges. Based on the lawyer’s questions it will be a tough case.
As I continue to go through the jury selection today, apparently my George Washington socks are a big hit with my fellow juror candidates.
Last time I was called down I was seated on the jury for a capital murder case. It was later turned into a TV show.
When a man and his girlfriend are attacked, the evidence leads detectives to his ex-wife’s door.
You have been summoned. Yep, sitting here with 550 of my fellow residents waiting to be called, or dismissed. It was a good chance to talk with my kids about civic duty this morning.
Today’s flight. 🍷
I’m thinking of picking up a HomePod next time I see one at a big discount. Wondering if I’ll regret it (new model coming?).
Re-stringing my daughter’s acoustic guitar. The Elixir strings will be an upgrade from the originals. I’m hoping it will now hold tune better and it should certainly be easier to play.
This. Totally. Sucks. Bite me patent trolls. Getting to an Apple Store for repairs or pickup is going to feel like a day trip. Apple closing stores in Dallas Suburbs
@manton we’re catching “down” with Austin.
I made good progress on a side project a couple of days ago, getting my Python scripts imported so they could be added to my repo. Seemed to go great that is. Went to edit some of the files this morning and every file in the .gitignore list is gone locally and from Github. 💩
Based on results and their very poor narrative of actions to recover, the leadership should be without jobs come Monday. Won’t happen to execs tho.
Kraft Heinz discloses SEC probe, cuts dividend, misses earnings forecasts, sending its shares down more than 20% after hours
‘Merica. Watching a 🚀 launch on a iPad on my lap with payloads from 🇮🇩 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 .
Thinking about gratitude for small things:
Thankful for all the people who I bump into during my day, but don’t know, who share a friendly smile and greeting. They’re tiny little gifts in my day.
For the first time in my adult life its February and I still haven’t made a vacation plan for the year and don’t even feel inclined to come up with one. I typically have an idea by the time we finish our last vacation. I have no idea why.
I found out a new indie coffee shop opened a couple miles from my house. The cappuccino is good, the decor is pleasant and there is great variety of seating choices from leather chairs to community tables to 4 seat table tops. As a plus they are using beans roasted in town by a small indie roaster. I feel all trendy this morning.
I am not winning today: followed my normal morning routine, shuffled into the kitchen, put coffee in the pot, turned it on, enjoyed the aroma of brewing coffee. Went to grab the cup from the machine to drink it and… I forgot to put a cup in. So yeah. 💤
A reminder why I refuse to have their devices in my home. Note how customers are not even part of the discussion. The US is so in need of customer privacy laws.
Amazon and Google ask for non-stop data from smart home devices
As someone who is disturbed by my country’s issues being painted as extremes for political gain I found a lot to like in this NYT piece.
it can be hard to rally the people behind a message of pragmatism, compromise and limits
It’s amazing the shipwrecks Paul Allen’s team is able to find. This one amazingly intact and upright. Look at that tractor just sitting there!
This is an usually destructive hack of a small provider. Still it is a good reminder of why it is important to have offline backups of critical files and info.
assailant who wiped out almost two decades’ worth of data and backups in a matter of hours
My Micro Monday is @diplomaticdiva. She’s a delightful person and posts great photos of London that reveal a keen eye for light.
Making the final repair from the electrical storm: wiring up a replacement transformer for our sprinkler system.
N.B. I love my Hako soldering station.
It’s in the low 30F here so miso suru and sake feels great.
I love the snark of the CARROT app and it’s my go-to for weather on my Watch. They’ve set a new bar for useful complications.
Today just gets better (not) and better (not). Now at the urgent care clinic with the 14 year old due to a bad earache. At least we can still laugh at things.
The casualty list grows:
❌ One managed 8 port Gigabit switch
❌ One un-managed 8 port Gigabit switch
❌ The Ethernet port on one 4K AppleTV
After making repairs I decided to relax with a little guitar playing. So fittingly the attached happened… 🎸 📷 Thunder & Lightning
