##This is the last day of the month.
It is sad from the viewpoint of summer coming to an end in a month or so.
I. Love. Summer.
July 2020
My First Markdown Post!
Well, it took a while to get this working correctly.
I am listening to a fantastic audiobook. The Grey Man: On Target
If you love James Bond style thrillers, you’ll love the series.
I spent most of the night getting Markdown to behave the way I want it to with my self-hosted WordPress blog.
Anyway, pretty excited that I got this to work.
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Sit-Rep – July 25, 2020
Well,
This week was not as bad as the previous week. There were still issues. Overall, no one got hurt.
Now…for the general news.
I was able to finish a big project for a friend of mine. This wasn’t incredibly complicated but part of it took a whole bunch of time.
Remarkably enough, it is NOT a good pool day. Pool water is kind of cold and it is overcast.
I still have some remaining tasks left as far as pointing my other websites over here. I’d like to keep the idea of posting the book I am currently listening to but I want a way to do it that is more transportable than a WordPress Plugin that adds to a database and doesn’t move with the website.
My domestic Saturday list has been completed.
Did I mention it was not a good pool day?
Update: I was able to get about 2 hours of good pool time today. Unfortunately, I’ve learned of two deaths that were announced while I was in the pool. Regis Philbin and Peter Green (co-founder of Fleetwood Mac) both passed away today.
Inner Monologue
Me: What are you thinking about eating for lunch today.
Me:…
Me: Pool.
Me:…
Me: Excellent choice sir. (voice of a butler)
State of the Mike
I haven’t written a 15 in the AM post in quite a long time. Gee, what to write about…
I walked outside this morning to drain my pool. In the process, poison found me and my leg and arm are itching. I do not like poison.
I can’t believe how much junk was in my home office drawers. Ok. Maybe, I can imagine it since I am obviously the one who put it there.
Cats are extortionists. They just are.
Netflix is making a movie out of the Gray Man book series. I recently added these to my Audible collection. Although I haven’t read them yet, a co-worker says they are good. The Russo brothers are directing which makes the movie prospect even better.
I have to work on a clients computer system today. I don’t know if I’d classify it as a fun time because of all of the added security in macOS. I could get frustrated and want to throw something.
Did I mention that I have a pool and I like it? Sure, I have to drain it and clean it every few weeks but who cares? It is a pool!
That is all I have for now. These are fun for me.
100 Days of SwiftUI – Update
The very first part of the course is usually done in a linear fashion using the website. However, I took there first part of the course on my iPad app which handles it a little differently.
That being said, there will be a jump from Day 10 to Day 16.
You are not imagining things and I am not really skipping around.
Onward and upward…and possibly backwards, at times.
Europe’s Extortion of Apple 2016 to 2020
I’ve written on this subject in the past so I won’t go on about it.
#EUGeneralCourt annuls the decision taken by the @EU_Commission regarding the Irish #TaxRulings in favour of @Apple #Apple #EUCommission #StateAid pic.twitter.com/KoF6r1n82S
— EU Court of Justice (@EUCourtPress) July 15, 2020
The original context of this post is here.
The European Union decided back in 2016 that Apple wasn’t paying Ireland enough in taxes even though Ireland clearly said they were. Apple initially lost the ruling and has been paying the taxes into an escrow account.
Today, it was announced that they won their appeal.
I’m so happy that someone else recognized that the EU’s ecomomy shouldn’t rest of the shoulders of everyone else, including the companies of the United States. The very companies that invented most of your creature comforts. Yes. I went there.
It would be so cool if everyone else turned around and sued the EU for being total toolbags.
100 Days of SwiftUI – Day 10 – Optionals
Learning a ton on this one. Optionals never really made much sense to me but I have to admit, Paul is great at explaining the concepts.
100 Days of SwiftUI – Day 9 – Protocols
Not gonna lie…
This one kinda lost me. I’m sure this will come in handy when I am wondering why something isn’t quite working.
100 Days of SwiftUI – Day 8 – Classes
Classes are another fascination for me.
New things:
1. Final Class
2. Copying Object
3. Deinitializers
100 Days of SwiftUI – Day 7 – Structs
Ok. This one took a couple of days to get to but I am finally through it.
This is what attracted me to OOP (object oriented programming) in the first place. Structs are objects.
I’ve always struggled with initializers and after this section, I finally feel like I understand them a bit better.
100 Days of SwiftUI – Update
Yes. Now I have (3) days worth of material to get through to be up to date. I am part way through Structs.
Should be able to do this today.
R.I.P. Grant Imahara
Unbelievably saddened by this.
Heartbroken and in shock tonight. We were just talking on the phone. This isn’t real. pic.twitter.com/8zE2afcwSu
— Kari Byron (@KariByron) July 14, 2020
We are heartbroken to hear this sad news about Grant. He was an important part of our Discovery family and a really wonderful man. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. 💔 https://t.co/5k3GydZCzn
— Discovery (@Discovery) July 14, 2020
The universe lost a great one.
