Kevin C. Wong

Diary - Jul 04 to Jul 10 2020

Sat Jul 04 2020

Sleep 07:45 to 15:15.

  • Once again got no work done.
  • Good DDO session. Good enough that I'll be buying a copy of CrossOver.

Sun Jul 05 2020

Sleep 07:00 to 15:00.

  • A quiet 4th of July weekend. Only heard a few fireworks going off.
  • Got some work done finally.
  • Comcast starting to backfill data usage during data pause. 3.1 TB in May, 2.9 TB in June. Their automated system marked off my two free overage months though I'm not worried.

Mon Jul 06 2020

Sleep (an hour or two), 10:45 to 12:45, 17:00 to 18:30.

  • Right now I have a main monitor and use my MBP screen as a second monitor. Since the MBP is open I use Touch ID constantly and it's quite convenient.
  • After every Apple Store order I get a survey email but it always comes fairly quickly. This time my order had a problem and it took me a couple of weeks to complain and then another week before I think it's resolved. But the survey link expired (it expires in 4 days). Because of the way it's timed it's less likely to register poor reviews making the survey results overly positive. So I unsubscribed since now I think the survey is useless.
  • MBP 2020 was not syncing to iCloud. Did a reboot, turned off Optimize Mac Storage (just in case), and now watching it slowly try to upload/download 20+ files at once. Downloads went pretty fast, uploads are taking a while.

Tue Jul 07 2020

Sleep 01:15 to 03:00. 09:30 to 15:30.

  • Another night I couldn't sleep. Attended an 08:00 to 09:15 conference call then went to sleep.

Wed Jul 08 2020

Sleep 02:00 to 05:00. 11:00 to 13:15.

  • Received my second USB-C to DisplayPort cable and spent an hour rearranging my monitors. 27" monitor is center, 24" monitor is right, MBP monitor is left (so I can easily tap Touch ID button).
  • Main monitor center means putting the Dock left or right is too far away, so I put it in bottom. If you mouse down to bottom on any monitor Dock moves there, which is not exactly what I want.

Thu Jul 09 2020

Sleep 02:00 to 10:00.

  • One bug with my monitors. After waking up from sleep the smaller monitor doesn't register. Have to unplug both monitors, then plug in the smaller one and let MBP realize it's there, then plug in the bigger monitor.

Fri Jul 10 2020

Sleep 02:45 to 04:00. 07:00 to 12:00.

  • A few hours of work.