Insights and Updates

One way to install packages is via Pip. pip install django Pip will install not only the program you want but anything else it depends on. Further, you can use pip to upgrade a program and its dependencies. pip install --upgrade django I'd set up…

I have been using uBlock Origin for many years on my Mac. Recently, I tried replacing my 2015 MacBook Pro with a 2018 MacBook Pro. There were a lot of things that I liked about the new MacBook Pro but what bothered me was that it…

Top row: unknown, John McIntosh, unknown, unknown, unknown, Liz Silva, unknown 3rd row: unknown, Lisa Mullen, unknown, unknown, unknown, Ray Teuber?, unknown 2nd row: John Speck, unknown, me, Pat Dye, unknown, unknown, unknown, Mrs. Margeson 1st row: Denise Buckley, unknown, Charlotte Trapp, unknown, Debra Halvorsen?,…

TLDR: replace your landline with a one-time $50 purchase. 10 or so years ago, we disconnected our landline. Our local company had been Pacific Northwest Bell, then Qwest, and finally CenturyLink. The service got worse - noise on the line, sometimes voices of other people,…

Ran across a neat graphic that sums up what it's felt like waiting for the results of the 2020 Presidential Election results felt like. Updating my old blog, I was surprised at how many links broke over the years. So I decided the image for posterity.