The emergency room I went to a couple weeks ago texted me a link to pay the bill. It’s to some generic payment system called “Papapapay”, which couldn’t sound scammier if it tried, and it shows a white screen if you open it in Safari.
Sometimes I’d swear they’re trying to train us to open phishing emails.
Pollito is still a photogenic little fellow.
It’s been a busy week at work. Our coffee maker broke and had to be sent for repairs. Engineering speed suffers when devs are low on caffeine.
I ordered a cheap coffee pot from an online store and had it next-day delivered to the office, then unboxed it and brewed a pot. This was very well received.
Banner over the street on my commute.
I think someone at Target’s having a bad day. I got a store credit card there a while back. It’s never left my house except to take it to Target. Today I got an unauthorized transaction message. Now I’m on the phone with their fraud department, with a wait time of 15 minutes.
Bathroom poster, Brickhouse, SF.
I did not add that sticker.
SF BART stations have restrooms with keys that have expiration dates.
The GL.iNet GL-AXT1800 travel router I bought a year ago is on sale today for 38% off. If you’ve been on the fence, get this now.
Summary: check into a hotel and connect this, instead of your phone, to the paid WiFi instead. Then connect your phone, laptop, Switch, whatever to the router’s WiFi. Only pay for the one device, have your own firewall in place, and route everything through your own VPN if you want (we watched American Netflix from Germany).
I’ll never travel without one again.
Brendan Barker Obituary (1974 - 2025) - Legacy Remembers
Oh man, this hurts. Brendan umped our kids’ baseball games and he was wonderful, both MLB-level good and unfailingly fair. We’d chat and joke with him before games and during slow parts, but it didn’t matter: he’d still call our kid out a minute later.
RIP Brendan. You were a true role model for hundreds of kids.
Bob, being dogsat, likes to perch on the back of the couch behind my head.
