Wednesday 10/30/2024
Laundry day. In between laundry loads at 9:30 I spent half an hour with Romie’s new iMac trying to figure out why the Bitwarden password manager wasn’t working with the Safari browser, and failing. Also why she can’t run her printer, but I think I know that one. Try again tomorrow.
Apple introduced upgraded iMacs. They look to me like machines that if you order the right options, would be good for a decade or more. I wrote a guideline on what options to order and sent it to the CH tech mailing list. Unfortunately Apple still hasn’t announced a replacement for my 8-year-old 27-inch iMac. The new ones have a 23-inch screen and I just stubbornly want the big screen. An option is to buy the newly-announced updated Mac Mini, and pair it with a separate monitor. So I spent some time looking at “best monitor for mac” kind of websites trying to figure out the best deal in those.
And spent some time, at Kass’s request, editing the half-hour video of the appreciation fund show, down to 5 minutes so Rhonda can show it at a staff function.
At 2 it was time for the monthly AV team meeting. We had serious topics to discuss, how we wanted to respond to Rhonda’s request for reactions to two HC grant requests. The discussion was constructive and substantive, I’m very pleased with my team, and we have conclusions. Which I get to write up, oh joy.
We adjourned to the weekly 3pm Wednesday coffee and pastry break in the dining room, a nice little custom that dining services started a few months ago. There I sat at a table with David G and Kass, all three of us being owners of 27-inch iMacs, talking about what monitors we might buy.
Didn’t feel like coming down to dinner, had a PB&cheese and cup of bouillon in my room.
Codgerville 