Sat Oct 29 2022

Sleep 0530 to 1000. 1600 to 1945. (8-1/4 hours)

• Library book is due in two days. So used to books being auto-renewed but there is one person waiting to check it out. Therefore I have about three days to read 380-odd pages.
• Read the first 165 pages in 3-1/2 hours today. Hopefully can do the same tomorrow.

Sun Oct 30 2022

Sleep 0330 to 0900. 1630 to 1830. (7-1/2 hours)

• Another 4 hours and finished the book.
• Updated to iPadOS 16.

Mon Oct 31 2022

Sleep 0145 to 0700. (5-1/4 hours)

• Scheduled COVID-19 booster day before Thanksgiving. Most likely will be feeling down during Thanksgiving.
• Sonic now has voice mail. Either it's new or I didn't notice before. And here I bought a cheap phone + voice mail for $17 (well $31 minus $14 Amazon credit).
• Went to the library to drop off a book but it was closed so couldn't check out more. Later online I found that there was an electrical problem and that's why it was closed today.
• Filled up on gas. $78 but last time I filled up was 3-1/2 months ago.

Tue Nov 01 2022

Sleep 2030 to 0130. 1200 to 1930. (12-1/2 hours)

• Upgraded to macOS Ventura.
• Two legacy system extensions:
• Soundflower, signed by "MATTINGALLS" (had to do a web search on the developer to find it was Soundflower). I use this to route audio to GarageBand for recording by using Soundflower to create a virtual input channel.
• Signed "Drobo, Inc." which I guess is the Drobo extension. Drobo sent an email saying macOS Ventura is currently incompatible and they cannot guarantee future compatibility (due to going bankrupt). Drobo Dashboard still seems to work and I only really use it to check on capacity remaining and to shutdown the Drobo via software rather than the power switch. At this point I hope everything is fine until the Drobo hardware dies and then I'll buy a different RAID storage.

Wed Nov 02 2022

Sleep 0030 to 0530. (5 hours)

• Now that I'm using macOS Ventura my Airpods Max switches between my Mac and iOS devices usually correctly. Not great if you're playing a video on the side. Hopefully some day Airpods can receive audio from multiple sources (may have to be a proprietary protocol not Bluetooth).
• If I'm watching Netflix on my Mac it won't switch. But if I'm not then going to play Raid Shadow Legends on my iPad it will switch even though I have sound off in Raid. And every time it switches there is a loud beeping to tell you that but the beep is quite louder than my normal volume.
• For now I'm turning auto switching off. How to Turn off AirPods Auto Switch [Lifewire] basically says go to Bluetooth > Airpods Max > Connect to This xxx = When Last Connected to This xxx.
• Wish there was an easy way to switch manually than going to Settings > Bluetooth > clicking on Airpods Max. On macOS I can use Bluetooth menu bar and on iOS/iPad a Control Center shortcut would be good if it existed. Was thinking a Shortcuts task but Settings does not have any applicable actions.
• Went to Lucky for a few groceries then Popeyes for a takeout lunch. Lucky does not require a savings card (any advertised discounts are always applied) but it is more expensive than Safeway. On the other hand the store is nicer.
• California State of Emergency is ending Feb 28 2023. I believe San Mateo County currently adheres to state guidelines; they don't have a separate declaration like at the start of COVID-19.
• US State of Emergency currently runs to Jan 11 2023, though there is a continuous 90-day renewal.
• Department of Consumer Affairs offers training for HOA board members. Last one for 2022 was October. No training dates for 2023 yet.
• Fidelity has been calling me, triggered by my change of employment status. I thought it was something important at first but last voice mail makes it seem like if I have any questions I can ask them. But I don't have any questions. I'm sure I can keep my Fidelity 401k accounts there and manage them like normal since that's what I do with my other 401k accounts at Empower and Fidelity. I'm not planning on doing a rollover when I get another job as I don't feel there's a good reason to do that.
• macOS Ventura Books app now much more like iDevice version. List view now only shows title and author, you can only sort by one of those two attributes, and you can't add more displayed attributes. It means I have to add category to title so they will sort correctly. Less of a problem with books since I don't store books in the Books app like I do audio books.

Thu Nov 03 2022
Sleep 2130 to 0130, 0430 to 0700, 1410 to 1640. (9 hours)

• My plan to fix Books audio book tags fails. Even after I delete the audio book and reimport with fixed tags it reuses saved value so I can't change audio book title. Guess we go back to putting them in Music app.

Fri Nov 04 20222

Sleep 2-1/2 hours.

• Car pool to parents. Had to pick up Cjr from school. One rest stop. 4-1/4 hours due to commute traffic and we used Google Maps to use back roads.
• Jaime (a first cousin) and wife (Daniela) had dinner with us. Tomorrow they and dad going to Napa.