Week 79
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Some work. I let a so-called āSSL certificateā expire, which is embarrassing. (It can ā“ ought to/should be automated.) I was outdoors when I noticed that something was wrong, and on the iPhone it manifested itself as a mysterious networking error that I convinced myself wasnāt my fault. (I see the Android error message is more detailed, as well as alarming.)
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I donāt have many thoughts about iOS 14, because come on. As some kind of plutocrat, I am pleased that the experience of using AirPods and switching between devices is much improved.
The wristwatch can now remind you to wash your hands when you get home, which I can verify works. And it can also, allegedly, detect when youāre washing your hands and start a timer, which, despite campily exaggerating the way I washed my hands, I couldnāt make work. I even tried telling Siri āhello I am washing my handsā and āstart a handwashing timerā, but it was all āu wot m8ā. Then I was washing some dishes and lo, a timer started. (I suppose the folks who design these things all use dishwasing machines.)
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This is my space to record that I had some heavily discounted goat curry and it was OK and I donāt mind that some stuck in my teeth. Iām sure there was also some food that hadnāt been ordered, which is always nice ā who knows if itās normal, and/or the product of disorganisation or the milk of human kindness.
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Iāve been listening to Adam and Joeās old XFM programmes, thanks to the lovely power of RSS feeds which arenāt dead. 2003ā2006 really was a different time, as evinced by a few things (e.g. something a bit ignorant about the Wachowskis) I noticed because Iām not a monster, but I also understand that it was, as I said, a different time.
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I commend to you David Tennantās chilling performance as ā¦ Denis Norden? Harry Nilsson? Creepy.
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Bicycle pedal update. I removed the old busted bicycle pedals, which took lots of straining until suddenly it became very easy, and put the new ones on. Cool story.
One of the things about bicycle pedals is that, to stop it unscrewing during pedalling, the thread goes āthe wrong wayā on one the pedals. To be precise, the left pedal. If you give it no thought, you might nod along happily with why itās the left pedal; if you give it a bit of thought, you might start to have questions because based on the way the pedals rotate during pedalling. Sheldon Brown, the best Sheldon, has a good enough explanation that I will remember. (Itās because of āprecessionā, an effect that can be demonstrated with a pencil and a pair of hands.)