Trophy grinding

My first gym session of the year felt great last night and is the perfect antidote to my PS4 Withdrawal. Grinding my way every night through FallOut4 will have to wait for now.

One pretty bad side effect is my tendency to trigger real-world arguments to feed my Amygdala.  There is nothing better than a “good” argument to say the things you normally keep to yourself.  Of course, for me, arguments have an even worst side effect of sparking MG symptoms of sleepiness and chronic fatigue.

Leaving my PS4 in another country is pretty much the only way I could whine myself off my trophy hunting addiction.

So, the extra 20+ hours I week I’ll gain from no gameplay will be spent on watching Twitch, research study, Movies and exercise.  Most of all I need to work on my Cryptocurrency portfolio.  After the last quarters rise in Coin values, the average business person is acutely aware of the potential and looking for stables ways to make a big buck.

I came across a new breed of company a few weeks ago.  Hash Power Service provider meets Network marketing is an interesting blend that makes it easy for anyone to buy-in but it seems these hybrid business models for Cryptocurrency try to paint too much of a pretty picture for the consumer.  In the meantime,  the Meltdown vulnerability makes it clear that hardware Wallets are probably the way to go in the long-term.

30 mins cardio yesterday…no meds

I Can’t Breathe

Turn off the internet on your device and see how many applications flail around for air.  Internet access is the lifeblood of so many apps that they cannot actually properly function without it.

Ergo, to make somethings fail just mess with their network pipeline, throttle it, divert it or corrupt it.

Amazing what you can actually get away with in broad daylight.

Date of Death July 17, 2014

 

The Burn

The next day effects of my overdue workout as my muscle burn echoes and I am sooooooooo sleepy.

No matter, I just need to get back into the exercise habit.

In the meantime, my London trip is now clouded by an uncomfortable uncertainty that makes me what to set up plan B and C.

Back in stride again

I randomly went to a different gym today courtesy of my “any location” membership and got my heart pumping with a 30-mintues cardio session.

Feeling great and should be able to fight off this nagging throat infection.

My own little weblog Cognitive Emotional Behavioural therapy (CEBT) has worked very well this year and I’ve actually achieved a major milestone for the year.

I found Love again

Ebenezer’s guide to Christmas

What do you want?  I’ve spent over 2 hours trawling one of the biggest shopping websites in the world and I still can’t find something I actually want.  Bah humbug to it all.  Why do I have to force feed myself reasons to be jolly anyhow?

What’s really important is being around people who actually care about my existence.  Besides, the things that give me a real buzz cannot be bought with a civilian security clearance or are too elite to be on any retail shopping outlet.

December 25th, 2017 Daytona Beach (destination not reached)

7 ways to sidestep Santa mayhem – online and offline

Give small but niche token gifts
Use a daily cash envelope system
Use Load-up cards only
Carry a food flask so you don’t eat too much
Talk and Dream about Summer 2018 holidays
Grab the designated driver card to avoid drinking
Downgrade to a “dumb” phone…Text and Talk only

Run out of Pyridostigmine

Upgrade it, Patch it, Break it

The classic dilemma for patch management is when to do it and what will it break.  Especially, when dealing with Operating systems you run the risk of the application you’ve been using for decades suddenly not working (not supported).

This issue is bad enough when doing the upgrade for yourself but when you do it on behalf of a client you run the risk of being the root cause of the problem.

The latest MacOs upgrade is not compatible the Outlook for Mac 2013 (version 15.3), which was released October 2014….WTF.  So now you have to spend time and money on an upgrade.

Always plan your Technical upgrades

The best practice is to run a compatibility test on all applications especially business-critical ones. But why haven’t two of the biggest software vendors in the world built that into the OS upgrade process to at least notify the user?

Money talks louder, so shut up and buy the Office365 upgrade


Meanwhile, I try to keep my head straight and get totally distracted by just looking out the window.  Austria is a great place to avoid mass marketing but dammit this has just pushed me back into my one-track mind.

Everywhere I look….

What was the approval process for a company to register and pay for this domain and then actively market it?

So much for Global Thinking