Kevin C. Wong

Diary - Apr 27 to May 03 2024


Sat Apr 27 2024

Sleep 0445 to 1315 (8-1/2 hours)

  • Looks like DriveThruRPG classic UI is dead as I can't seem to switch back to it.

Sun Apr 28 2024

Sleep 0800 to 1100 (3 hours)


Mon Apr 29 2024

Sleep 0000 to 0130, 0800 to 1445 (8-1/4 hours)

  • (Windows) Microsoft Edge new tab shows so much content. Even after you disable it all there is still a search box that uses Bing, which you can't change. You can set the default search if you type in the address bar and you can make search box use address bar (i.e. when you type in search box the cursor and typing goes to address bar) and that's the closest you can get. A little weird that you start typing in one place and it automatically types somewhere else.
  • (Windows) Trying to use iCloud Notes. It loads data fine. When you edit a note it wants to sync changes up fairly often but only the first sync works so I can read the note on my iPad and see the first word or two inserted; if I paste in a paragraph as my first edit then it'll sync the whole paragraph. It's done this with Edge and Duck Duck Go (which turns out uses system web framework so on Windows it's basically Edge engine), Brave, and Chrome so at this point would be using iCloud Notes as mostly read-only.

Tue Apr 30 2024

Sleep 0030 to 0530, 1130 to 1330 (7 hours)

  • (Windows) Installed Steam DDO. DDO wants some DirectX 9.0c libraries (otherwise it doesn't run) and I'm using Windows 10 with DirectX 12. If you web search for "microsoft directx 9.0c download" the first hit is for DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer which installs older DirectX libraries used by legacy applications. Once installed DDO ran fine.

Wed May 01 2024

Sleep 2330 to 0900 (9-1/2 hours)

  • This weekend all MLS games are free so will be aggressively watching them since there'll probably only be free for a few days after broadcast.

Thu May 02 2024

Sleep 0030 to 0130 , 0700 to 0900, 1530 to 1830 (6 hours)

  • There's been tree trimming of two trees that are leaning towards the next building. There is one apartment between me and the trimming and it's pretty loud. AirPods Pro help a little but certainly the AirPods Max were great at noise cancellation.

Fri May 03 2024

Sleep 0045 to 0445, 0700 to 1030 (7-1/2 hours)

  • Didn't see the SPF record that Dave added. Did it myself with help of his notes and seems to work.