habits

So much reading

2020-07-03 Jeff

Recently I decided I wanted to read more. Read both fun books and learning books. I’m a start and stop type reader, I will read a dozen books and then put my reader down for a year. So my goal starting now is to read consistently, even if it’s only 15min. Forming Habits One of […]

Atomic Habits by James Clear

2020-01-01 Jeff

I read Atomic Habits after James Clear was on a podcast interview spree. The first podcast that I heard him on was the Jordan Harbinger Show

Today is a big day

2021-01-20

Not just for the USA, but for the world. Having a sane executive in the whitehouse is important for a predictable world.

Sometimes we just need a pretty picture

The start of baking day

2020-12-26

Visiting mummies

2020-12-23

We visited the NS Natural History museum yesterday especially for the mummies.

They were a hit.

Weekend oatcakes

2020-12-20

I really love warm oatcakes with old cheddar cheese. The perfect afternoon snack.

I don’t want to go back

2020-12-09

Between the time of me pouring the last pound of beans into the coffee grinder and boiling the kettle, I ordered another batch of coffee on my phone.

The Colombia is the go to, the Holiday Blend is something special

Not two hours later a bicycle courier shows up at the door with the order. This is amazing, and if you are in Halifax I highly recommend getting your coffee fix from Java Blend

There should never be a limit

2020-12-07

What possible reason should there be a limit on the password! Maybe a computer science person that can tell me.

Supper last night

2020-12-06

I wasn’t sure what we going to do with this shallow fried chicken strips, but we figured it out.

If anyone has tips for making excellent breading I’m all ears. The seasoning was pretty good, but the breading was weak.

I marinated them in butter milk for a wash before breading and frying.

Another dead hard drive

2020-12-03

This workhorse has started making grinding noises. It was a drive that came out of a laptop that I upgraded to an SSD a few years ago.

Its making grinding noises

Since then I have been using it as an archive drive, something that I dump backups on and then put it in a fancy shoebox just in case a backup dies. Well, this is why you should ALWAYS have three copies for importance things:

The working copy (the one you use)
The on-site backup (or cloud backup)
The off-site backup (or a second cloud)

I like to keep a fourth “archive” backup, this is a backup that isn’t attached to a computer or network. A copy that will likely survive a massive EMP or CME.