Sat Jan 04 2025

Sleep 0500 to 1330 (8-1/2 hours)

• Was doing a big network sync and from my MBP M4 to the AX55 to Airport to Mac mini throughput was about 10 MB/s which is much slower than before. Plugged in Mac mini directly to AX55 and throughput went to 30-40 MB/s and that’s good. Also I mistakenly used the Hue hub Ethernet cable (which is short and convenient) and throughput went back down to 10 MB/s so that’s not a high speed cable. Think I should buy a couple of 10gb Ethernet cables just to make sure both Macs connected to the AX55 have the highest bandwidth.
• We received our EV incentives rebate from Peninsula Clean Energy. For me it was $3841 for installation and the charger (about $650) plus $411 for the legal stuff (we modified property rights to account for charger) which HOA paid for and get reimbursement from the PCE fund. Rebate is $2470 so my out of pocket turned out to be $3841 - $2470 = $1371. BTW there is also a WiFi network we installed but that’s all covered by HOA since it also helped with our AT&T VoIP lines and maybe we can use the network for security cameras or something.

Sun Jan 05 2025

Sleep 0530 to 1200 (6-1/2 hours)

• macOS started verifying my video files when I opened them. This took a few minutes and macOS would say it couldn’t verify so it wouldn’t open the file. Go to Security settings and click Open Anyway and it’ll go through verification again and this time when it fails the dialog allows you to open anyways. Obviously this is very unworkable. Searching the web I found this article “Fix: macOS Verifying every video file” which basically tells you to turn off LSQuarantine which is GateKeeper. I think that turns off application checking too. Not sure this is the best solution but for now I’ll keep it.
• At the same time the default app for opening video files became TV.app. I could set the app to VLC on an individual basis but when I tried to set it or all documents it would revert to Books in the UI though in reality it was TV. I ran Disk First Aid which didn’t find anything. Eventually I moved VLC into the regular Applications folder and now I can set it as default app.
• Perhaps both of the above are from installing and uninstalling Samsun Magician software since that tried to make system changes. Don’t recall doing anything else unusual.

Mon Jan 06 2025

Sleep 0415 to 1315 (9 hours)

• One thing about my TP-Link router is that on reboot it picks up a new DHCP IP address. My Airport would reuse the same address if available so rebooting was no problem and I’d see a changed IP address if there was a general power outage. Since I have a DNS record, www2.tgd-inc.com, that points to the router I have to update it when TP-Link reboots. TP-Link does support Dynamic DNS with three different providers and that’s good for most home users. I suppose there may be a way to point www2.tgd-inc.com to an external DNS record. I’ll have to research.
• I bought Return to the Keep on the Borderlands. I noticed that the outdoor map now shows that the Cave of the Unknown is Quasqueton, though no details in this module. I also made it Quasqueton — the fortress of module B1 — in my D&D campaign.
• Doing my rounds and found someone who is getting ready to sleep in the recreation room. Apparently he is from unit #111 and was had a fight with his wife and he has a suitcase so I guess it was serious. I let him sleep there tonight.

Tue Jan 07 2025

Sleep 0415 to 1215 (8 hours)

• Got a text message about the guy in the rec room. Went out about 2 PM and talked to him and we agreed he could leave after dinner. Later that night when I went to lock up the rec room he was gone. Hopefully his home situation improves but it did look like he’s not working which may be a contributor to their domestic issue. Checked later that night and he’s gone.
• Went to Trader Joe’s for some groceries. Again remembered that I need to sticker my license plate so during my rounds tonight I took my license plate back to my apartment.

Wed Jan 08 2025

Sleep 0530 to 1330 (8 hours)

• Dinner at C3’s. Simple spaghetti with green or red sauces.
• Evening walk with CSr. Somehow brought up if I’m going to start looking for a job and now I’m a bit depressed.
• CJr has not been doing his chores so Netflix subscription will probably lapse.

Thu Jan 09 2025

Sleep 0430 to 1030, 2 hour nap (8 hours)

• Mobile notary came by and Steph, David (for the HOA board), and I signed the EVCS agreement. It’s neat she had an app to record our signature and a little fingerprint scanner to record that too. Friendly gal. Claudia Paez, Notary Public.
• Which reminds me that I’m probably not ever using A+ Mailboxes & More again since their notary was unhelpful when there was a problem with his stamp. Our lawyers wanted him to fill out a certain Illegibility form and he refused hence why we needed to re-sign today.
• TT called me about how things are with Stifel. She wants to call them tomorrow to talk to them. I told her sure but let me in on the call. Which reminds me I haven’t advanced it any further so I shot Nathan an email to warn him about the possibility (so that he has information ready) and to ask if any of the other two board members have signing authorization. Mostly I’d rather not have their names on checks since it’s TT and I that approve invoices so it’s like them signing for checks without even knowing what they’re for.

Fri Jan 10 2025

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

• Went to Safeway for fried chicken. They didn’t have any fresh so I bought one of the ones earlier in the day that it’s the heated foods section. Wow that’s so bad even microwaves a bit to make it hot. Just very dry after it’s been under a heat lamp for several hours. Also they mislabeled it as dark meat when it’s the mixed white/dark meat.
• Trying out macOS Dock on the left. Bottom is nice but I hate it when I go too far down on the second monitor and the Dock moves there which also makes the windows resize (and DuckDuckGo browser resizes to whole field). At least on the left it doesn’t move around though it’ll take getting some used to.
• Tiny Tina’s. After a couple of hours I started to get nauseous so wasn’t into it for the last half hour. Was nauseous for a couple of hours afterwards.