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Tidying Up

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I started Marie Kondo’s “The Art of Tidying Up” from the end, because I am weird.

I know that doing it incrementally doesn’t always accomplish much.

So maybe I should read it and get rid of a lot of stuff.

I always grew up with a lot of stuff.

And I do like some being around usually.

But having a storage space I don’t even go to is probably wasting money.

And although I hate to admit it, I could use a lot less books.

And it’s odd what sparks joy. Like my old high school letterman jersey which doesn’t come close to fitting anymore.

Dreaming of Feasts with Bourdain

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I had a very delicious dream last night.

I was at a big table feasting with Anthony Bourdain and others.

I remember eating delicious oysters over pasta with red sauce. And then eating the pasta with the red sauce and oyster juices. It was delicious.

And there was some kind of dessert with maple syrup on top.

I still miss Anthony Bourdain and it’s been months now.

Blessing to everyone with mental disorders.

And love to everyone with depression.

And don’t forget that sometimes in life we need to feast.

New Computer

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Super nice to listen to my wife and have a new computer. A Lenovo laptop with a 15.6″ monitor, and Intel i3 processor, 8GB of memory and 2TB of hard drive.

It actually works and is responsive.

Have an Intel I3 and 8GB of memory makes a huge difference.

The Dell All in One I got with a Pentium processor and 4GB of memory was a total lemon.

And this keyboard is actually responsive and puts in my keystrokes correctly. Not doing that is unbelievably annoying.

And thinking of blogging every day in March. I will get a headstart by doing a blogpost for tomorrow.

Woo!

The TV Setup Blues

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My wife Lanna was very generous last night. After hearing me complain for years about the Dell All in One computer I got on Amazon, she said she was going to buy me a new computer.

And I saw a 24″ Smart HDTV at BJ’s for $100 and was going to get it, except it was actually $150. And the computer selection was very limited, saw an okay for one for around $500.

Then we went to Best Buy, which I actually like a lot better than Amazon for buying computers because there is someone to ask questions about. The last one I had a Pentium processor (why did Intel bring that name back?) and 4GB of memory. The one I got is a Lenova laptop with a smaller screen 15.6″ but 8GB of memory and a 2TB hard drive.

It’s funny that you can buy a computer and mainly use Chrome and iTunes and sometimes, you cannot enought enough memory with four gigabytes. Back when I was a kid with a TI 99/4 including the extension box and then a TI 99/4a, 16 kilobytes was a decent amount. Insane that 250,000 times more is not enough 30 years later.

So happy with our purchases last night.

Today, I wanted to get the TV setup and finally get rid of the dust collector that was our old SDTV with pretty bad picture but a DVD player included. I literally hadn’t used it in years.

So I got that very heavy TV out of the room and on the way to the dump and tried to setup the TV. Which is an Insignia FireTV edition. Unfortunately, it just had the TV and the feet. Not the remote, not the instructions and not the screws. So back to Best Buy which is super frustrating. And I did open the box before coming back here.

And then the feet were really hard to get on. Really small screw in a dark plastic hole. And I put the feet on the wrong way, so that took a long, long time.

Luckily, setting up the PC was very easy. Although, I don’t know my Microsoft wants to setup an app to change the look on your phone, and some Alexa like program. I tried the app for a minute before deciding I like the way my Android Essential works already.

Now, that I got the TV setup, it’s really good.

I’m able to get Pandora (which I can’t get on PS3 easily) and listening to that now. It defaults to Amazon Prime TV, which makes sense for an Amazon OS. And able to get Netflix and all that stuff too. I think I will be very happy. Although today was frustrating with the return and setting up the feet. So it goes.

Louis Prima

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I was listening to Nat King Cole radio on the Alexa and a super fun song came up, “I Ain’t Got Nobody” by Louis Prima.

And so I decided to listen to more on Amazon, and I really liked it.

So I got a double CD on MP3 for $6. It’s fun living in the future sometimes.

And yes, I still do buy music in the age of Spotify.