Steve Sawczyn

  • Today it is 71 degrees. Tomorrow, we have a winter advisory in effect with the possibility of four inches of snow. I guess the thing is to just enjoy today and take tomorrow as it comes?

  • I don’t think I’ve used a single desktop or web app this week without needing to overcome some sort of accessibility issue. I just wonder if accessibility is getting worse across the board, or is using a Mac instead of Windows adding to the struggle? What I do know is that I just want to get things done and I’m so so tired of constantly needing to troubleshoot and find work-arounds for just about everything.

  • Checked in at Kobe Steakhouse. Great place to be celebrating a birthday. :)

  • Checked in at Northbound Smokehouse and Brewpub. Most amazing BBQ food ever :)

  • Just filed my first ever homeowners insurance claim. Who would have thought being an adult could be so much fun?

  • Hmm, I see that I have a unique “Read later” feed for my Micro.blog bookmarks, but there doesn’t seem to be a way to generate a post when I add something to bookmarks. Tried adding the feed as a source and got an error. I know there are obviously other ways to share a link as a new post, but thinking adding to Bookmarks and sharing directly, all in one step, would make things easier.

  • Last night, we discovered that our laundry room had about a quarter inch of water on the floor because our main drain somehow got clogged. I tried contacting nine different plumbing companies that offer “emergency service” only to find that all of them were booked throughout the night. Finally got someone to come this morning which was fantastic, getting estimates for cleanup and other repairs, not so fantastic. I’d say that this is a sh*tty way to begin the week, but even trying to joke about this hurts too much right now. Oh well, at least my entire weekend didn’t go down the tubes. Huh, maybe it isn’t so hard to joke about this after all.

  • Sometimes I get the craziest spam: this one is wrong on so many levels that it’s hard to know where to even begin. :)

    The United Nation Compensation Commission has decided to pay you $ 8,500,000 USD via the New Trump Administration, You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount as a Compensation from the new Trump Administration.

  • As recalls go, this one is more than just a little terrifying. Igloo recalls more than 1 million coolers over concerns about fingertip amputation

  • The more I play around with it, the more I see the appeal of @castropodcasts@mastodon.social . Being able to triage episodes seems like such a simple concept, but it’s one that I don’t think is doable with any other podcatcher.

  • Checked in at HealthPartners Corporate Building. Back at it again. Just doing the work thing. Being a partnfor for good. :)

  • One of the most frustrating things about podcasts is that it’s really hard to share an episode such that someone else can play it in their podcatcher of choice. If I use Apple’s Podcasts and share a link, it shares the link to the episode on Apple where as if I share that same episode from Overcast, it shares an Overcast link. In both cases, the link to the original podcast is not shared making it hard for someone, say using PocketCast, to be able to listen to that episode. So I wonder, how are others sharing episodes that they think might be of int’erest to others: do you just assume everyone is using the same podcatcher or player as you, or is there some other trick that maybe I don’t know which will allow others to hear the episode in whatever it is they happen to be using?

  • Just tried using WhatsApp via their web interface. Definitely not the best experience, really really hope we see WhatsApp for iPad eventually.

  • Checked in at Skateville Family Rollerskating Center. Here for a 10-year-old’s birthday party. Also, had no idea rollerskating is still a thing. #SaveMe :)

  • So often release notes are dry and uninformative, but the notes from Slack, 25.02.11 really made me smile.

    Bug Fixes • A little reminder as you go about your day: The world is a more unique place simply because you’re a part of it, and you’ve affected others in ways you can’t imagine. Oh, and no big changes to the app this time. Happy messaging!

  • Just got pizza delivered and the delivery guy came back right after I thought he’d left. I thought he’d forgotten something, but no, he had just found an Amazon package in the yard and thought he would bring it to the door. It’s so good having confirmations like this that there are still kind people in the world.

  • Checked in at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP). Back in Minneapolis, or as the flight attendant called it, “Minnianapolis,” safe and sound. :)

  • Checked in at The Club MDW. Glad I’ve finally gotten to check this place out.

  • Checked in at Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)

  • Checked in at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). Heading home from Washington Seminar. With just over 2 hours at MDW, I’ll have to find something interesting to do.

  • Checked in at Filomena Ristorante

  • Checked in at Holiday Inn Capitol. Who else is here for Washington Seminar?

  • Checked in at National Federation of the Blind (NFB)

  • Checked in at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI). What a great flight, half of it was empty.

  • Checked in at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP). Off to ghaltimore for a weekend of growing and learning.

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