Umbilicus

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 20:27:24 GMT

My laptop died, 28 days after the warranty ran out. My previous one lasted ten years and I wasn't really prepared.

That means that at home I have, for communication and writing: my phone. Period. My phone is getting old and slow, and it's interesting to think that if it died I'd have no way of contacting the outside world or being contacted: not by call, email, text, IM, anything. My truck is throwing an engine code right now, so I'm two devices away from "walk 12 km into the library and hope they have public computers". Honestly I'm not sure I can afford to fix the truck AND replace the laptop, so we'll see where we end up when the shop gets back ot me.

During the workday I'll pop onto here on my work laptop but I won't sign into anything else, or do much; anything I do on here is subject to FOI requests and "what government workers are doing with your tax dollars" news articles.

So any research I do about a new laptop would be on my phone, as would buying a new one. I honestly can't bring myself to dive into that right now. Computers do not work like they used to and I can't deal with relearning it all right now.

Also in the evenings I'm not watching anything, writing emails, participating in forums, or having chatty conversations with folks since typing on my phone is not enjoyable nor is using the screen for video. I'm also not updating my plant spreadsheets, planning for gardening this summer, etc. I have gone back to paper lists for some garden planning, and I reference my old spreadsheets often; no doubt if I don't transfer all this into a 2023 garden spreadsheet I will regret it.

But, between that and doing some canning and being really tired lately, I've been mostly absent and will likely continue to be pretty erratic.

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