Sat Oct 21 2023

Sleep 0600 to 1530 (9-1/2 hours)

• President Biden’s re-election campaign on the way. 1 email yesterday, 4 emails today (and all different emails not accidental duplicates). I’m gonna have to unsubscribe.

Sun Oct 22 2023

Sleep 0545 to 1215 (6-1/2 hours)

• Apple Music app now has a bar at the top telling me Sync Library is Off (Learn More).
• This is a feature from iTunes Music Match that you can also do if you have Apple Music subscription. It uploads your music to iCloud (doesn’t count against your iCloud storage) or if the song is on Apple Music then it marks that song. Other devices can then play the music either from iCloud or Apple Music.
• But it also fixes metadata and I remember when I used to do something similar and it messed up some of my song info (I tend to use metadata — album artist, artist, song name — for sorting purposes). So now I’m leery of turning it on. Still, would be nice to have all my music on my devices since it’s 167 GB of stuff.

Mon Oct 23 2023

Sleep 0130 to 1000 (8-1/2 hours)

• Itch.io is doing a Halloween Sale. Wow the filters are so bad (I want table-top rpg items and I guess “physical games” is the closest since itch is so heavy with computer games). And you can’t sort results.

Tue Oct 24 2023

Sleep 0430 to 1200 (7-1/2 hours)

• T2K 4E The Black Madonna PDF delivered to KS backers. A 72-page adventure with battlemaps and cards so I guess it’ll be a boxed set. But that completes the T2K 4E KS fulfillment.
• Oh, actually we’ll be able to buy the boxed set from Free League for cost of shipping so not quite done.
• Went to Sutter Immunization Clinic, Castro Valley to get a COVID-19 booster shot (Moderna). Unlike the San Carlos site there aren’t obvious signs of where to park and where to go for the shots.
• Trader Joe’s for a few groceries.
• Wanted KFC. $10 for 6 pieces of chicken (or 10 tenders) not currently offered. Tried Popeyes but they didn’t have any good offers.

Wed Oct 25 2023

Sleep 0530 to 1330 (8 hours)

• Was feeling ill and my left arm hurting so hard to get to sleep last night.
• Apple One subscription increase from $17 to $20 per month. Not quite to the point where I consider going to individual services. The current ranking would be:
• Apple TV+ ($10)
• Apple Arcade ($7)
• iCloud 50 GB plan ($1)
• Apple Music ($11)
• Chances are if I go to individual I’d only keep Apple TV+. Music I never really use (and I have lots of bought music in my library); iCloud I’m using 3.1 GB and can probably get it lower. Arcade is nice but I have a huge amount of Mac games (Steam, GOG, Epic)) already. And even Apple TV+ I don’t need to subscribe every month, maybe twice a year and catch up on some shows.

Thu Oct 26 2023

Sleep 0530 to 1330 (8 hours)

• Must have not clicked the final submit when transferring money to checking. Now I have to do a transfer expedited (same day if submitted before 0830 local time) which will be the first time for me. It’s supposed to be free so I don’t know why people wouldn’t do it all the time but I usually leave it at default which takes 3 or 4 days.

Fri Oct 27 2023

Sleep 0600 to 1400 (8 hours)

• 3.9 earthquake NNE of Millbrae. Close enough that our building jolted once but that was it.