RichC | June 24, 2025
Ignore this late lunchtime update. The feed from WordPress to X.com has been failing to authenticate and update properly after the ups and downs on this server. Below is a 14 day look before finally clearing the MySQL problem. Hopefully the bloat has been fixed?
RichC | June 24, 2025
It looks as if my commentary is becoming a regular righ-hand column thing over at TheHustings.news (based on the current news story). Peace Through Strength — Strength, Deterrence and Iran The debate over whether to strike Iran’s nuclear enrichment sites is now behind us, as Tehran has suffered a significant setback in its pursuit […]
RichC | June 23, 2025
A repeated Music Monday song, but I could help but think about it after spending the week with my granddaughters and families who were both with us this past week and weekend. A lousy, but socially needed, “Music Monday” message: While eating lunch at Wendy’s over the weekend, I notice a father and his young […]
RichC | June 22, 2025
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RichC | June 21, 2025
On June 21, 2025, President Trump announced U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities—Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan—escalating the Israel-Iran conflict. Using B-2 stealth bombers and “bunker-busting” bombs, the U.S. targeted Iran’s nuclear core, following Israel’s week-long campaign that weakened Iran’s air defenses. Trump called the strikes “very successful” but urged peace, with a national address set […]
RichC | June 20, 2025
Grok AI and I have become good friends over the past few weeks. I’ve been using artificial intelligence — with some success — in order to fix a few ongoing issues with MDB and the Linux server that has served me well for the past decade or so. No … I’m not updating or doing […]
RichC | June 19, 2025
As I have in the past, here’s another woodworking idea for a push block that keeps fingers safe and rides on the table saw fence. I my mind, I’m contemplating one that actually becomes a sliding fence for cutting thin strips for splines that are all of the same size.
RichC | June 18, 2025
Pulled this off of social media earlier this month and it made me smile. What a great way for a mom to introduce her daughter to a love of the ocean and surfing.
RichC | June 17, 2025
In the past, dealing with a older dehumidifier seemed as if replacing it was better than repairing it … or dealing with a warranty issue. But this time I’ve opted to fight for a replacement with the manufacturer — ANDTE (in China of course). 😉 That snidely comment aside, they were responsive and polite by […]
RichC | June 16, 2025
A streaming station notification on my iPhone came up last week as a reminder that I haven’t listen to Pandora since walking the beach — I do miss that. Lately it has been far more convenient to tune in SiriusXM in the car or on my phone while connected to WiFi around the house. Since […]
RichC | June 15, 2025
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RichC | June 14, 2025
America under Democrat President Biden vs Republican President Trump couldn’t be more different — we are clearly a divided nation when it comes to politics; even the lighting displays at the White House are different. Earlier in my life I always thought both political parties wanted the same thing, but just had different philosophies as […]
RichC | June 13, 2025
The heavier metal backed credit cards being issued by some banks these days seemed like a good idea when they first came out, but in reality (at least mine) … they don’t seem that much more durable than the plastic versions? The Capital One SAVOR credit card that I carry primarily for “restaurants and grocery […]
RichC | June 12, 2025
This past week, MDB and server uptime as a been a issue. Likely all stemmed from an attempt to keeps things upgraded … then having problems with a old modified theme and plugins in WordPress that were not compatible … and finding myself backpedaling only to reinstall the version that “was” working. Sadly … there […]
RichC | June 11, 2025
Testing MarsEdit software: So far it sort of looks like it is supposed to look. 😉 Dawki suspension bridge over the Umngot River
RichC | June 11, 2025
TheHustings editor sent me a request last week and wanted my thoughts on the recent feud between President Trump and Elon Musk (my submission posted Monday on TheHustings.news). Of course it was disappointing … and in my opinion … unnecessary (at least the personal stuff), but I definitely understood Musk’s frustration after all he as […]
RichC | June 11, 2025
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RichC | June 10, 2025
Although this is a photo from “my” birthday with Taylor and Megan last month, I’m using it for his birthday greeting today — we’ll see him soon (and may add the photo later below?) Nevertheless, Happy Birthday, Taylor, another year has passed. The thought that you are nearly middle age is frightening. I am very […]
RichC | June 9, 2025
A server test over the lunch hour to see if the Linux server is a bit more stable? Yes … it may have been mentioned for Music Monday in the Luke Combs song … “When It Rains, It Pours.” 😉
RichC | June 9, 2025
Let’s go in the country music direction for this week’s Music Monday. I heard a song by Luke Combs called “When It Rains, It Pours” about a month ago and sent myself an email since it immediately appealed to me. There’s not much in the song about Morton Salt, but it did trigger the memory. […]
RichC | June 8, 2025
It does seem like a while ago now, but I’ve been slow and steady in bringing back some of the “Oostra Oak” that plan on using for future woodworking projects. So, while up in Whitehouse, Ohio last weekend for our granddaughter’s dance recital, I hauled back a bit more lumber. Well, during the evening I […]
RichC | June 7, 2025
This week the long overdue task of polishing, brightening and coating the plastic headlights on three of our cars was on my to-do list. Our 2002 Honda Odyssey was likely the worst, but the others were not much better. Years ago I tried the toothpaste and rubbing compounds on several other cars, but without a […]
RichC | June 6, 2025
Testing a few Tech Friday blog updates that have scrambled the MDB server. For the “media” inclusion, here is a graph of 10-year Treasury yield this morning when the better than expected job numbers were released.
RichC | June 6, 2025
When you supply personal data to ChatGPT, it may be accessed by OpenAI’s AI trainers, service providers, law enforcement (if legally required), or third-party apps (if integrated). Data is stored and potentially used for training unless you opt out, and breaches or model outputs could expose it further. Other AI clients follow similar patterns, though […]
RichC | June 5, 2025
Brenda and I have successfully made another “trip around the sun” together, as the Jimmy Buffett and Martina McBride song goes — 43 years now if my math is correct. We are now unofficially middle-aged in “married” years! Jimmy Buffett & Martina McBride – “Trip Around The Sun” | 2004 In the past […]
RichC | June 4, 2025
As mentioned a few times before, I enjoy the visuals of maps, charts and the globe. One of the social media accounts that I follow on X.com is Brilliantmaps.com. A couple years ago they posted a visual of the country Chile compared to the U.S. and to Europe. Chile is a long, LONG, country. 😊
RichC | June 3, 2025
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RichC | June 3, 2025
Here’s a note-taking tidbit from “out in left field” for those of us who have been taking shorthand notes their entire life and have never asked the question — or at least thought about it enough to even ponder the question? When abbreviating the word continued or continue, do you scribble “cont, con’t, cont’d or […]
RichC | June 2, 2025
Although I mentioned the song “When Will I Be Loved” before on Music Monday … with the Linda Ronstadt version and her 1976 live performance in Germany … but didn’t realize that Vince Gill recorded the Everly Brothers song about 20 years later in 1994. Gill’s version was used in the the movie “8 seconds” which […]
RichC | June 1, 2025
While Katelyn was home with her family over the Memorial Day weekend, she made a comment about Drew’s hairline while he was swimming in the pool; she used the term “Widow’s Peak“ and it stuck with me as something “desultory” enough for MDB. According to GrokAI (sketched an illustration too): A widow’s peak is a […]