The Star Tribune had an article today titled "Trump's rally in Minneapolis targets Democratic fortress" by Jessie Van Berkel. I sent her an email suggesting that protesters stay away because he feeds on opposition. I suggested that they hold alternative events all over the city with the closest no more than five blocks.
Like this little blog, this suggestion won't be acted on by many, if any.
Sunday, September 29, 2019
Why bother?
In a galaxy far, far away, I started this blog with the hope of earning a few dollars every so often.
At first, most readers were from the U.S. and Canada. Now I get dozens of visits from Russia or Italy. These are probably trolls who are hoping I will click on their URLs which they hope will trap me into some nefarious scheme.
The few dollars never got to the level at which Google would send me a check. With only a few dollars to go to that level, the meter stopped. Then Google sent me an email that I hadn’t made certain changes or something or other. I’ve long forgotten how to edit the site and really don’t want to figure out how to do it again.
If you’ve been a long time reader, I thank you.
Maybe I’ll post something else here now and then; maybe I won’t. Che séra, séra!
At first, most readers were from the U.S. and Canada. Now I get dozens of visits from Russia or Italy. These are probably trolls who are hoping I will click on their URLs which they hope will trap me into some nefarious scheme.
The few dollars never got to the level at which Google would send me a check. With only a few dollars to go to that level, the meter stopped. Then Google sent me an email that I hadn’t made certain changes or something or other. I’ve long forgotten how to edit the site and really don’t want to figure out how to do it again.
If you’ve been a long time reader, I thank you.
Maybe I’ll post something else here now and then; maybe I won’t. Che séra, séra!
Sunday, September 01, 2019
New and improved??
I have been using computers for over 60 years, starting with a cards in/cards out IBM 650 to Univac mainframes to the earliest personal computer to “The Computer for the Rest of Us” (The Macintosh). Look up the ad “Why 1984 will not be 1984”.
Unfortunately, 1984 arrived with Apple’s OS X. Everything has changed from gradual changes to complete changes that make previous data unusable, requiring days and weeks to update. Many of these changes are difficult to decipher or many hours to undo (like an update that moved giga-bytes of data to the cloud.
Now Yahoo! had done that with it Finance pages.
For years, I have kept a spreadsheet of weekly data for several stocks or mutual funds. I had Yahoo! set up to give me closing prices every Friday.
I missed a week and when I tried to have Yahoo! give me my data, nothing happened. i went to bed frustrated not knowing what had changed.
On Saturday, I figured out that I had to completely rebuild my list. When I requested the list, I found out that it had the high and low prices but not the closing prices which is what I really wanted.
I went to Yahoo! help section and found out that I was not alone. Many commenters were very upset about the changes.
Well, back to figuring out how to get the data I want.
https://yahoo.uservoice.com/forums/382977-finance/suggestions/38499625-think-your-changes-out-before-springing-them-on-us
Unfortunately, 1984 arrived with Apple’s OS X. Everything has changed from gradual changes to complete changes that make previous data unusable, requiring days and weeks to update. Many of these changes are difficult to decipher or many hours to undo (like an update that moved giga-bytes of data to the cloud.
Now Yahoo! had done that with it Finance pages.
For years, I have kept a spreadsheet of weekly data for several stocks or mutual funds. I had Yahoo! set up to give me closing prices every Friday.
I missed a week and when I tried to have Yahoo! give me my data, nothing happened. i went to bed frustrated not knowing what had changed.
On Saturday, I figured out that I had to completely rebuild my list. When I requested the list, I found out that it had the high and low prices but not the closing prices which is what I really wanted.
I went to Yahoo! help section and found out that I was not alone. Many commenters were very upset about the changes.
Well, back to figuring out how to get the data I want.
https://yahoo.uservoice.com/forums/382977-finance/suggestions/38499625-think-your-changes-out-before-springing-them-on-us
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