Setting up a new computer so wanted to document the steps for that. Here’s how it is similar and has changed since I wrote one of these in 2012. Also it is interesting for me to see which I apps I downloaded that I still use or no longer use. Here are the setup steps: … Continue reading Setting Up a New Macbook Pro 2020 Version
Ok, this is a big election on November 3rd, but the main race is the presidential race. I’m voting by mail and sending back my ballot today. Here’s how you get vote by mail info for Chicago: https://chicagoelections.gov/en/vote-by-mail.html You can also track the status of your ballot, and they send you an email when it … Continue reading 2020 Voter Guide for Chicago, IL
I have had Certbot/LetsEncrypt set up on my websites to ensure they use SSL. Lots of it works automatically but it seemed some of the autorenewal of certifications had some issues. Particularly, I had a domain that wasn’t active anymore as part of a certificate with a lot of domains. Here were a few handy … Continue reading Managing SSL Certificates for HTTPS with Certbot
I wrote a crossword puzzle about a year ago that I submitted to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and LA Times. None of the publications accepted it. But here is the puzzle if you want to give it a try. I’m working on submitting a new puzzle so we will see if that … Continue reading Crossword puzzle to solve
It’s not a new idea but I think the development of events has caused us to rationalize a horrifying level of incompetence and deaths which are preventable, and have been prevented in many other countries around the world that are not acting idiotically. From the attacks on 9/11 about 3,000 people died. As I write … Continue reading Trump’s Actions on Coronavirus are Criminal
Since this is an unprecedented time I wanted to document some of the new words and phrases that have popped up that are now commonplace that really were very uncommon before or I didn’t know about. Here’s a list of some of these phrases that come to mind, some people use in conversation, some that … Continue reading Coronavirus Phrases for 2020
Around mid-March 2020 we started quarantining due to coronavirus. It’s been a bizarre few months so far, in lots of ways. One thing personally that has been a bit strange is thinking what I was doing a year ago and what I am doing a year later. A year ago I was just starting to … Continue reading world travel, then 1 year later, quarantine
Bernie or Biden? I’m voting Bernie There are several ways people approach this question. Who is most electable? Who is most likely to beat Trump? Which policies do I support? Right now a salient question is electability: who would be most likely to win a general election? At the heart of the question is a … Continue reading Bernie or Biden? I’m voting Bernie
Jeremy’s 2020 Chicago & Illinois Primary Voter Guide — March 17th, 2020 Ok, it is voting time in Illinois so time to know what you are voting on. There are a lot of things on the ballot right now, a few high profile ones and a long list of votes that you may not know … Continue reading Jeremy’s 2020 Chicago & Illinois Primary Voter Guide — March 17th, 2020
Bernie or Biden: Who has a better chance to win from an Electoral College standpoint? At this point reasonable people should want Trump gone from office. Right now a few things stand in the way of that, like gerrymandering, the Electoral College, democratic infighting, and lots of other things! I wanted to go look at … Continue reading Bernie or Biden: Who has a better chance to win from an Electoral College standpoint?
