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Notices tagged with sonone

  1. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 09-Apr-2021 02:41:47 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    in reply to
    • Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    ... servers: I gave #sonTwo back the used Dell server he bought for me some years back and added a second one (an HP), because he needed some hands-on for a job he was applying to. #sonOne had offered to send one, but I had already ordered.

    Next up, #Daddy_A ... he’s been doing some webdev courses, so I may see if there’s something on Ebay for around $100. (The purchase, if it ever happens, will not be soon. He needs to be sure he’s going in that direction.)
    In conversation about 8 days ago from Shoyu permalink
  2. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 25-Mar-2021 00:30:41 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    • Brandon Hall
    Sent my sons and @bthall my daily schedule a couple of days ago to explain why I feel like I'm always worn out.

    Today, #sonOne gets back to me: "... that's not a great schedule."
    In conversation about 23 days ago from web permalink
  3. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 15-Feb-2021 04:09:10 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    Just got word that #sonOne finished his Master’s Degree. He’s now working on getting a few more certs. His $EMPLOYER is expected to make some staff cuts this year or next, and he’s trying to make sure he’s not on the chopping block.
    In conversation about 2 months ago from Shoyu permalink
  4. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 11-Feb-2021 04:08:31 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    #sonOne was teaching his boys ( #GS1 and #GS2 ) the national capitals of various countries. They didn't grasp it until the funny one (Bangkok). They learned that one quickly. Junior High minds.

    They're now in their twenties. I don't know if they remember Paris or Moscow, but I'm sure they still know Bangkok.
    In conversation about 2 months ago from mustard permalink
  5. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 21-Jan-2021 20:25:21 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    Remembering that I once bought a device, thinking it would share a HDD over my network. When I got it home, I discovered it wanted to to create an account, so I could share files anywhere in the world. I shipped the device to #sonOne. He used it for a class he was in, then shut it down. A few years later, he was about to give it to one of his friends and discovered that the site on the other end was gone.

    Nope. I don't want your cloud service (or cloud-backed service).
    In conversation about 3 months ago from web permalink
  6. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 16-Jan-2021 18:59:11 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    I posted this elsewhere this morning.

    #sonTwo used to put father-son days on my calendar, so he and his younger brother #Daddy_A could get focused time.

    #sonOne used to call me at work to ask "When am I going to see you again?" ... needless to say, I still think productivity is important, but give the people in your life some regular time that is not shared with work of any kind.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUwjNBjqR-c
    In conversation about 3 months ago from web permalink

    Attachments

    1. Cats In The Cradle-Harry Chapin
      Cats In The Cradle-Harry ChapinMy child arrived just the other dayHe came to the world in the usual wayBut there were planes to catch and bills to payHe lear...
  7. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 15-Jan-2021 18:40:24 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    in reply to
    • Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    I bought a Garmin watch years ago, then gave it to #sonOne when I found out it would do nothing without me creating an account. He loved it.

    There's a lot of things that family members got because I bought something and then balked at the information gathering required.
    In conversation about 3 months ago from web permalink
  8. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 27-Dec-2020 02:19:00 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    Security keys (yubikeys) are starting to spread in my family. I bought one for my mom, one for each of my kids ( #sonOne, #sonTwo, #Daddy_A ), one for nephew #Papaya, one for #faveNephew. #lazyNephew is buying his own. Nephews #Honshu and #PizzaMan are waiting to see what their brother does with his.

    This is a multi-year project, but interest has picked up considerably in the past month or so.
    In conversation about 4 months ago from web permalink
  9. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 25-Dec-2020 03:42:57 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    #sonOne just learned that one of his friends from late teens & early twenties passed away recently. This is the one friend that still lived here in $HOMETOWN, but I had heard nothing.
    In conversation about 4 months ago from web permalink
  10. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 24-Dec-2020 03:07:16 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    A few years ago, I was on a walk and suddenly felt weak, so I stopped at a nearby fast food place. #sonOne's old high school girlfriend was there and tried to talk to me. I'm fine with her, and was happy to see her, but I was really focused on getting something in my stomach.

    She introduced her oldest child (other than hair color, a clone of her younger brother) and conspicuously avoided discussion the child's father.

    Later on, in conversation with my son:
    Me: Guess who I saw today?
    S1: (some friend of his who still lives locally, but whom I haven't seen since the 1990s)
    Me: No, $GF and her oldest son.
    S1: Don't bring her up. I have bad memories of her.

    I was kind of happy to see what had become of her when she more than doubled her age.
    In conversation about 4 months ago from web permalink
  11. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Dec-2020 05:47:11 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    Since #sonTwo’s father-in-law is trying to get them started in #cryptocurrencies, I guess I need to do some reading.

    I’m sure he’s looking at the $CRYPTOCOIN value in US dollars charts and thinking of it like the stock market. However, stock markets are regulated (even though I still think they are sometimes manipulated), and cryptocurrency exchanges are not.

    I told my son (again) to concentrate on coins which are actually used to buy and sell goods and services rather than being led by upward curves on charts. I know the youngest ( #Daddy_A ) isn’t doing any cryptocurrency stuff, but I should ask the oldest ( #sonOne ) whether he’s doing it. If he’s doing it and can give his brother the same advice (but from the perspective of having done it), then it is more likely to be followed.

    I should probably try to buy some cryptocurrency on “LocalBitcoins”:{https://localbitcoins.com/}, so I’ll have some skin in the game. That way, my conversations about the topic will be from the standpoint of someone who has some risk of losing money.
    In conversation about 4 months ago from Shoyu permalink
  12. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 14-Dec-2020 01:47:27 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    Missed today's scheduled #videochat with #sonOne, #GD1, #GD2. Tried to have one with #sonTwo and his wife and #GS3, but it didn't happen either.
    In conversation about 4 months ago from web permalink
  13. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Dec-2020 01:48:24 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    in reply to
    • GeniusMusing
    @geniusmusing It was funny. When I took #sonOne to see the 2nd one, I asked him if it was the same actor ... other than the first one, I hadn't seen anything with Macaulay Culkin in it, and didn't even know his name.

    Too busy working, I guess.

    I haven't watched the third one, but I think I have all three on DVD.
    In conversation about 5 months ago from mustard permalink
  14. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 30-Nov-2020 00:37:46 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    Well, #Daddy_A and I spent yesterday and today trying to get together for a #videochat, but it didn’t happen.

    #sonOne is still on the 16 hours, 6 days per week schedule, so that one didn’t happen either.

    #sonTwo and I talked for about an hour during that one.
    In conversation about 5 months ago from Shoyu permalink
  15. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Nov-2020 20:30:45 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    A while back, I bought Catan (The Settlers of Catan) to send to #sonTwo. The other day, I mentioned that I had it, and he said that they have it already. #sonOne plays games, but they seem to be of the Cards Against Humanity type. So I contacted #Daddy_A and he was excited about it ... he's been wanting to buy it for some time.
    In conversation about 5 months ago from web permalink
  16. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 23-Nov-2020 00:28:40 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZl69yk5lEY

    I remember seeing this movie at the dollar movies with my best friend. We’d gone to visit his parents, and I’d offered to pay $1 so his younger brother could see it with us, but my friend was not having it.

    We watched the Mask (very good at the time; might stop by SPC’s movie night to see whether it retains that impression). The next day, I took #sonOne to see Dumb & Dumber, so we picked up my friend’s youngest brother at 06:00 on a Saturday. The two high school kids loved D&D, but I thought the name was a description of anyone who paid to see that film.
    In conversation about 5 months ago from Shoyu permalink

    Attachments

    1. The Mask (1994) Official Trailer - Jim Carrey Movie
      from Movieclips Classic Trailers
      Starring: Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz and Peter Riegert The Mask (1994) Official Trailer - Jim Carrey Movie Bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss is transformed into a mani...
  17. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Nov-2020 05:16:40 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    Ordered some clothing for #Little_Boy_A and #Little_Boy_A2. The 7 year old and the 4 year old have the same waist size, so ordering pants is sort of questionable. Will the legs be long enough for the older child? Will this shirt fit the younger child without dragging the floor?

    I often try to avoid #Amazon, but this time, I ordered from there. One of the things I dislike about Amazon is when I order items for multiple children in the same house, and they spread the delivery over a month's time. It's really a lot easier if everyone gets their stuff at the same time, even if they have to collect everything at one warehouse (ship it to that warehouse) and then ship it all together to the customer.

    In this case, besides my order, #sonOne purchased clothing and shoes for #Little_Girl_A3. All of her things have arrived already, but for the boys, only a pair of t-shirts have arrived. The rest will arrive in (what looks like) 4 more shipments between now and the end of November.

    I still haven't ordered their shoes. And I don't know whether #sonTwo ordered their socks yet.
    In conversation about 5 months ago from web permalink
  18. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 09-Nov-2020 23:18:00 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    in reply to
    • mangeurdenuage
    @mangeurdenuage
    > > Best Buy's Geek Squad

    > I believe these guys aren't only not reasonable with their prices but also do a shit job.

    Well, yes, they likely do. Like a lot of places ( $EMPLOYER included ), I think they need to complete a certain number of repair jobs per day to justify their jobs. So if the repair is going to take longer, they might resort to halfway jobs that meet the time constraint.

    Also, their workers vary in their level of skills (even though I'm pretty sure they have a standard procedure of what to do and how to do it). When #sonOne worked there, he was soon put in charge of teaching new employees the ropes, because he was top-notch even before he got hired there.

    I don't know enough about their prices to comment, but I am aware of competing local repair shops who failed partly because (IMO) their prices were too low.
    In conversation about 5 months ago from web permalink
  19. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 06-Nov-2020 20:37:10 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    in reply to
    • Douglas A. Whitfield
    I'm not sure I'd ever use a 3D headset. Just a few minutes of 3D on the #3DS and I turned that completely off.

    Maybe I'll change my mind when I can get to KC and try the 3D lightsaber game that #sonOne and #GD1 play.
    In conversation about 5 months ago from web permalink
  20. Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 31-Oct-2020 16:46:25 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
    Trying to recall which of the Highlander movies I saw with #sonOne when we had our weekly movie during his high school years.
    In conversation about 6 months ago from Shoyu permalink
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