I have a cpap and if it’s not connected to WiFi I get a call from the company because if they can’t read the data my insurance won’t cover it.
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Ouf.
This is a lot less serious, but my Blu-Ray player has been complaining it needs to update its software for a while now. It both plays discs and has apps for Netflix, YouTube, etc., but I cleared all the network connectivity info after trying it out because I already have a Chromecast for that, and I was not crazy about the disc player’s UI.
So there’s no way it knows there’s an update, simply because it can’t be getting on the network. It’s just guessing because X amount of time has passed. I expect it’s not wrong, but argh.
And then if I do connect it for security updates, who knows what else it’ll be doing when it phones home. Argh. Just let me download the updates to a memory stick already. There is a USB port on the thing.
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Holy shit.
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Recently, on a facebook group I belong to, one member posted a picture of an antique sewing machine “help me identify this”. So, even though my own sewing machine is considerably more recent. I relish the challenge of figuring out these things by going through various archives, pinterest blackholes, and so on.
Anyway, one of those sources was ISMACS.
and it contains this tidbit:
Like many other sewing-machine men of the period, Davis came from gun work and brought many of the principles of interchangeable parts into the Domestic factory."
hope perhaps that the particular type of individual who is fascinated by the precision mechanisms found in guns might find a more peaceful outlet in tailoring?
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Oh, my.
#37 Groundhog Day 2018
(unfortunately, it’s one of those muti-page clicky-dicks.)
I’ve found two maybe useful bookmarklets.
No matter what browser you use sooner or later you will run across a website with an endless number of “next links” used for the sole purpose of generating page views. Now you can simply scroll through those articles without the “next links” using the PageZipper Bookmarklet.
http://deslide.clusterfake.net/
and
http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/pagezipper
Ever read one of those top ten lists or photo galleries where every item is on a different page? You spend more time clicking “Next” and waiting than actually reading anything. PageZipper is a free bookmarklet which automatically merges all the “Next” pages into one, so you can skip directly to the stuff you want.
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Came across this while looking up something else entirely:
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It’s true!
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Mals, on the other hand, are… ?
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Bad. In the Latin.
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Aw, shucks…
Also, that moment when you almost wish certain commenters from other sites were part of our community:
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Hey, if you know they’re cool, you can always invite them in. The more, the merrier, right?
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Here’s mine:
A charming and sweet asshole, has the tendencies to have a smart mouth and be extremely sarcastic, but cares for everyone.
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Urban Dictionary is scarily on the nose with my children’s names. 
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Huh. I expected the top entry on Urban Dictionary for my name would be definitions 3, 4, or 5 (a euphemism for a man’s penis).
Instead, I’m tall, almost towering (hah!), with a beautiful heart.
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Urban dictionary likes me.
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You will never get orange Cheeto dust on your wife, apparently.
And she never gives you the D 
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The Catholic jokes made me laugh.
The rest of it made me think…
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