Stayed overnight at an AirBnB in Cocoa Beach, and woke up without being able to beat the sunrise—which was the “plan” before going to sleep, LOL. Nevertheless, had a nice stroll on an almost deserted beach. Today’s “Father’s Day”, so off we go for dim sum!
family holidaysI wish Hacker News would give us the ability to remove entries from specific domains from timeline. Sort of a domain block ability. The very first ones on my list would be: “x.com”, “twitter.com”, “medium.com”, and “substack.com”.
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I missed the opportunity to buy “No Man’s Sky” for $25, and now it is back to $60. It attracted me to play it, because I have been looking for a space exploration game, but I was afraid that it would be too immersive. I have, after all, limited play time. I am sure a new special pricing will return.
gamesTonight, before the kid and I engage on a mini-binge of “Jujutsu Kaisen” season 2, I will search and learn, at least, 10 character names. I am sick and tired of having him mock me because I can’t remember names. 😡
oobie seriesThe sheer power of a tornado in Kansas, filmed by a drone in 2022. Simply incredible. “No lives were lost as a result of this EF3 tornado, despite immense damage and nearly 1,000 structures impacted”.
tubes videos youtubeNow, more than ever, is a good time to donate to the International Committee of the Red Cross. Take a stance, help others, make a difference. Every human is our family.
We take action, not sides. Because we are neutral, impartial and independent, we can reach those who need us when others cannot, providing humanitarian assistance, protecting lives, upholding rights, and relieving the suffering of people around the world whose lives have been torn apart by armed conflict and violence.
You could also sponsor a child, or help so that lifesaving treatments are provided for them. I know a single individual can’t help everyone, our resources are limited. Pick one, donate a small amount. Every little thing helps!
help humansI couldn’t believe my eyes when an update notification popped up today for Snapseed and, imagine my surprise when I saw the total refresh it received. Snapseed is a unique delightful aberration, a glitch in the matrix. Acquired by Google in 2012, it is the only app I know that Google has kept alive, and standalone (that’s, not incorporated into another), and updated.
Oh, and I forgot to mention that it is an amazing app.
google techHaven’t walked “officially” ever since we came from NYC. With everyday rains, lawn mowing, and what nots, well, not going to justify my not-doings, it just hasn’t happened. Maybe I will venture out now. It is overcast, but no rain yet.
Update: 09 Jun 2026 @ 17:26:21
Forgot to come here to note that, as I was going out of the door to walk, it started thundering and raining, right on the clock. Step count today—please, don’t laugh!—1,548. 😭
health weatherFrom “Fallout” comes this nugget of “wisdom”. It’s true, though, time is the apex predator. Now, about outliving… that’s the challenge. No one can outlive time.
series thoughts“What is the ultimate weapon of mass destruction? Time. Time is the apex predator. And in the event of an incident, time is the weapon with which we will defeat all of our enemies. That is how we will win the great game of capitalism. Not by outfighting anyone, but by outliving them.”
Absolutely gut wrenching, horrible airplane accident in Ahmedabad, India. Words aren’t enough, so sorry…
“An Air India flight carrying 242 passengers and crew members crashed shortly after taking off in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday. There was no immediate information about survivors, but India’s health minister said “many people” had died.”
Update: 09 Jun 2026 @ 17:26:21
Only 1 person is been reported to have survived . After seeing the video of the explosion, it is genuily amazing one person could have survived it.
humansI recently got a taste of it, again. A taste of walking in a walkable town, that’s. I wish I lived in a place where I could walk to places. I envy you, Claudine!
claudine friends me“Our job is to taste free air. Your so-called boss may own the clock that taunts you from the wall but, my friends, the hour is yours.”
“Page 197 slaps”. From “The You You Are” book comes that excerpt, which will be relevant for the ages.
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Finished watching “Fallout” (★★★★☆) season 1 with the kid last night, after a little binge marathon that lasted 4, or 5 days. Pretty good, wholeheartedly recommended! I liked it more than “The last of us” (★★★☆☆) , for sure. Now we can’t wait for season 2!
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I don’t use profanities, but allow me, please, this time. “I don’t give a fuck”, “I don’t have fucks left to give”, etc., is used to utterly mean, I don’t care, right? I have found, though, another meaning for it.
“I don’t have fucks left to give” says that I am, absolutely, not going to let any stressful situation bring me worry, or take away my peace of mind. I am, still, giving a fuck about it, and will act to the best of my knowledge—and expediently—to resolve it, and bring it to closure.
Bottomline, because “I give a fuck”, “I have zero fucks left to give”. Do I make sense? 😅
humour thoughtsEileen, George Orwell’s wife, wrote in a letter to her best friend Norah, after her marriage to Orwell. Marriage saved by an aunt! LOL.
“I lost my habit of punctual correspondence during the first few weeks of marriage because we quarrelled so continuously & really bitterly that I thought I’d save time & just write one letter to everyone when the murder or separation had been accomplished. Then Eric’s [Orwell] aunt came to stay & was so dreadful (she stayed two months) that we stopped quarrelling & just repined. Then she went away & now all our troubles are over.”
➝ Via Jessica Lord.
humour viaWent out walking at lunch time (just returned), and had to call it quits after the first lap. It is hot, but not as much as it is humid. It made us feel asphyxiated. So, after a long 20 seconds deliberation, Errol and I agreed for it to be a short walk today. Still, we got 3,318 steps. Not too shabby.
health me“Walking into many of the nation’s air traffic control towers is like stepping back in time. Technology from the 20th century is still very much in use today — including, yes, floppy disks, paper flight strips, and computers running Windows 95.”
Wait, what?! My only reluctance to travel is air safety, but I didn’t know about this, which is mind boggling to me. Now I can’t unsee. 😳
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I have to say, those days on NYC were also a health “retreat”. I mean, look at how many steps I clocked in each day, and I ate just once a day. Yes, my legs and feet hurt at night, and it was hard to fall asleep, but next morning I was ready once more.
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Talking about the American Museum of Natural History, their dioramas (this is just one collection) are out of this world. Nothing I write, or show here, will do them justice. You need to see them with your own eyes. I strongly recommend those two museums, The Met, and the AMNH.
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The The Metropolitan Museum of Art (colloquially known as The Met) is amazing, and we didn’t even begin to get a glimpse of it. It is in our list of places to visit again when we return to NYC. Likewise for the American Museum of Natural History, which we also visited, and “saw”.
nyc themetThough trains (subway and above ground) are very efficient and plentiful, in and around Manhattan, when it comes to their state, cleanness and overall sanitary state (for trains and their stations), there is no comparisson to those in London, Berlin, or Tokyo, to mention a few. NYC trains and stations are in a state of disrepair.
Yet, there is no better way to traverse the city than taking trains. Owning and driving a car in NYC is borderline pyschopathic—which, coincidentially, could also be said about Tokyo.
nycKid happened to notice first, before I did, that there are quite a few people around Koreatown (where the hotel we stayed in is situated) seemingly doing nothing. Moving boxes with one side to the other, conversing while the third one works, walking in and out of a building, or simply hauling containers on a small hand car around. We found the reason for the last; they are pop-up vendors that sell street food, and we caught them working on their setup.
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There isn’t much one can do with only 3 days in NYC. The impression one can get from New York is also bound to be skewed because, again, how can judgement be made for such huge city in only 3 days? So, I understand that I will need further visits to have a better idea of it. Considering we only visited one borough, and didn’t explored it on its entirety, well, we know next to nothing about it, right?
The bad: always something being built, or repaired, noisy, smelly, kind of dirty, expensive. The good: people from everywhere—truly a “melting pot”, lots to eat, and see. Transportation (subway and trains) is excellent. I mean, you take a train and get off at decent walking distance to anywhere you might want to go. The layout of Manhattan is delightful, there is no way to get lost.
nycWe spent the last four days in Manhattan, NYC. Apologies in advance for the notes about it that will soon follow. I myself like quieter, cleaner, cheaper cities. That is not to say I didn’t like it—I did!—but it wouldn’t be my first choice to live in. The kid, on the other hand, said he “wouldn’t mind it at all”.
nyc oobieChrome has gone nuts. Because of this note, which has two sentences in French, Chrome is prompting me whether or not I want to translate the page—not just that note!—to English. Wait until AI makes it in. Oy.
google techEver since I moved from WordPress (ugh!) to Jekyll at the beginning of 2011, and then to Hugo, sometime in 2014, I haven’t had comments on any website I have dabbled with. I want to believe I have been happier that way. For a few I tried kudos here, using Tinylytics, but that didn’t last long.
Less is, truly, more.
hugo staticgenReading Alice Barlett’s weekly note earlier today, in which a daughter tells her father “Daddy, you are the man I love the most”, reminded me when the girl once told me too “Papá, I want to marry someone like you”, just around the same age as “E”. It made me feel so appreciated, and loved! I will never forget it.
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Blizzard is at it again with a very lame anniversary “celebration”. That is, some worthless cosmetics, an extra Gift of the Tree cache on turn-ins, and some increased experience gain which will not be enought to get me to paragon 300 this season (I have never been able to reach it, because it requires a mind boggling amount of experience).
I don’t see me buying the season pass ever again. Absolutely not worth it.
gamesCame across this thought, which ended up being a partial quote by Menachem Mendel of Kotzk, which I liked quite a bit once I found it whole.
“If I am I, because you are you, and you are you, because I am I, then I am not I, and you are not you. But if I am I because I am I, and you are you because you are you, then I am I and you are you, and we can talk.”
➝ Via Loon thoughts.
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I was talking to George earlier today about the rewatchability of mangas, and we both agreed that “Jujutsu Kaisen” has a high rewatchability rate. I liked the series—and movie—so much, that I even got me a t-shirt with Kento on it. Took it to our Japan trip, and I managed to get a bunch of school girls giggle, or laugh, while covering their mouth, and pointing at my direction. 🤭😅
george manga seriesApple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is coming up once more and, as always, I feel like kid before Christmas. The rumours I allowed myself to read tell something about Tahoe, and version 26, to match with year. Let’s see.
It is here, now! “Tune” in! Liquid Glass, oh my! Absolutely loving the upcoming updates for all versions 26s. With iPadOS 26, the iPad becomes one step closer (but not quite, since “macOS is superior”, as George pointed out) to becoming a “lite” laptop.
apple friends george wwdcIt is hot, so hot, and humid. Rain might come too, though sun shines right now. I want to stay indoors, but she is dragging me out! 😩 Please, send help! 😅 Also, weekend may as well be over. Dear, oh dear!
Update: 09 Jun 2026 @ 17:26:21
We had a really good time with friends that stopped by at the Cape while cruising with the “Symphony of the Seas”. Just got home, really tired of driving. I am calling it a day now, for sure.
friends meKathleen and Roxanne are the residents across the hall from Dad’s room. Unlike Dad and Roxanne, who have family coming to see them, Kathleen is all alone. She spends all her days inside her room—well, she strolls around in her wheelchair but never ventures outside the building—all by herself.
For that reason alone, we have “adopted” her. We can’t take her outside but, when we visit bố, I spend time conversing with her. We buy her cupcakes—we deliver a bunch of those to others, but she gets hers without fail. She likes popcorn and Diet Coke, so she gets them too. This year we celebrated her birthday—hat, card, cake, and singing—which she said hadn’t happened for a long time. It made us sad but happy to be able to do it.
birthdays elders humans“We haul your trash and your junk!” reads a sign that I have seen around the city. The local government does pick up regular (household) trash, and large junk (mattresses, televisions, refrigerators, etc.) once a week. That’s included in the $21.68 every household pays monthly through the City Utilities Commission.
For major house renovations, a dump bucket of many sizes can also be rented, usually by those doing the work. Who would have so much rubbish that businesses could be formed to cater to that need?
I am also left thinking: where would that business dump their haul? Unhealthy thoughts come to my mind. Call me a cynic.
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