On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

About Facebook These Days?

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:24:53 GMT

If anyone's trying to reach me via Facebook these days, I'm having issues navigating the site these days. At least until 10 PM most nights. The pages load up slower than I'm used to these days...

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StellarCatalog.com Query

Wed, 28 May 2025 02:23:07 GMT

Is anyone having issues accessing stellarcatalog.com at the moment?

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COVID-19 is Not Done With Us

Tue, 26 Dec 2023 18:03:52 GMT

As a reminder:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/12/25/2213619/-Covid-is-not-done-with-us-It-s-just-getting-started-We-really-should-be-paying-attention

"The bottom line is that, even if you had a mild case and fully recovered from the initial Covid infection without getting long Covid, your immune system has been compromised. This makes it more difficult for your body to resist other pathogens, like RSV and influenza viruses, which would account for the increased rates and severity of those infections that are now being seen. There is also evidence that Covid causes permanent, long-term changes in the immune system that are similar to AIDS."

I've been infected once.

I'll say this again:

I do not consent to reinfection.

I will not submit to reinfection.

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Fandom Wikis and the "Y" Key

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:15:19 GMT

Is anyone else having trouble using the "y" key in typing stuff on Fandom.com's wiki sites?

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Eyeglasses: Problem

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 15:22:34 GMT

My glasses just broke at the left-side hinge.

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Job Search: Getting Rid of a Profile You Shouldn't Have Started

Wed, 04 Jan 2023 01:39:49 GMT

Hey, for those of you who know your way around Mandy-dot-com: how do you dispose of your profile when you've only gotten started creating it and realized they expect you to pay for its maintenance?

Paywalled job-search resources, right?

Ugh.

*facepalm*

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Tech: 502 Messages

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:48:54 GMT

Yes, those are still showing up when I change web pages within Dreamwidth on occasion.

On to other topics...

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SOLVED: Job Search: Spreadsheet Rescue

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:43:54 GMT

~~Trying to figure out how to rescue a job search diary created in Numbers (iWork '09) without using Numbers to re-open the file...because when I try, the program stalls.~~

Looks like downloading and using LibreOffice solves the immediate problem. I can then save it as *.xls, and then re-import the file back to Numbers, it seems.

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Job Search: Quantum.ca

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:26:16 GMT

~~Is anyone else who's looking for work in Canada having trouble accessing this website today?~~

Never mind!

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Job Search: A Question About Indeed - Part II

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 17:26:52 GMT

Having trouble logging into my Indeed account again. Not sure why, and I'm looking for word from anyone else facing similar issues.

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Job Search: CRA Blockage, Part II

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 13:25:29 GMT

An update: I can look at the listings from "outside". But if I try to log into my job-seeker's account, the login attempt doesn't work.

That's a problem.

Meanwhile, I'm listening to The Current on CBC Radio, and they're discussing the risks faced by homeless people. The return to this ongoing discussion were prompted by yesterday's murders in Langley, BC.

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Job Search: CRA Blockage

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 12:24:05 GMT

Yes, I maintain a job-seeker's account with the federal tax authorities. You try to find work in Ottawa-Gatineau without resorting to the various federal departments and agencies and see how far you can get, okay?

Anyway, I've been trying and failing to log in since Thursday. Not sure what's going on. I've left notes with several people. Moving on to continue the job search through other resources while I wait for replies.

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Job Search: A Question About Indeed

Wed, 13 Jul 2022 12:17:56 GMT

Is anyone else here using that service to look for jobs and having problems logging in?

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PVR Trouble

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 03:16:01 GMT

As far as I know, the cable bill is still getting paid.

The PVR functions seem disabled anyway. Not sure why.

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Cellphones: New Complication

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:00:11 GMT

I start up my cell phone this morning, and get this same message, over and over: "Unfortunately, Google Play services have stopped". Pressing "OK" avails me no relief from seeing the message again in 1-2 seconds. Neither does "Report", as the repetition of the message keeps me from filing a report about it.

Is my cell phone effectively "bricked"?

It was functioning properly last night when I shut it off to go to bed.

On top of everything else going in the worlds right now...

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Updating the Printer Situation, and Some Other News

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 22:58:30 GMT

The printer head cleaning seems to have worked to a point. I've replaced the Cyan cartridge, since that finally exhausted its ink supply. Eventually, I'm going to have to test it to be sure of whatever fixes I've made so far.

Oh, the tablet computer from Air Miles arrived today. I'm letting it warm up to room temperature before I test it out because I walked it home from the post office.

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Printer Pains - 24 Jan 2022

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:00:52 GMT

My Epson WF-7840 keeps throwing off "paper length does not match" messages, "turn off and on" messages, and other kinds of error messages. I'm thinking that I should never have downloaded those firmware updates.

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Booster Annoyances

Sun, 23 Jan 2022 03:06:42 GMT

1. Reading about this "Freedom Rally" crap on Twitter. Apparently, there were pro-fascist/anti-vaccination "rallies" in major cities across Canada today, including Ottawa because national capital city, right?

I have no respect for these people. None.

More detail...I was on Elgin Street picking up stuff this morning, and spotted someone hauling a white-on-black version of the Gadsden flag heading north, probably towards Parliament Hill.

WTH, guy?

2. My printer refusing to print out my provincial confirmation paperwork for tomorrow's booster appointment.

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TV: Frustrations I'm Not Looking Forward To

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 23:55:03 GMT

Counter-programming.

I'm a Star Trek fan. I watch Coroner.

So CTV Sci-Fi and CBC TV have me in conflict with myself and since I'm not sure of the limits of the household PVR, I'm worried about how it's going to handle multiple shows I want to keep watching. All on the same night, different channels, my paranoid self is expecting.

Privileged peoples' problems, right?

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Flight and the Quiet Happy

Sun, 26 Dec 2021 00:24:36 GMT

This morning, I tried to watch the launch of the new space telescope on YouTube, but it turned out I missed the launch time by about seven minutes. I still got to see enough to make me quietly happy for most of the rest of the day.

The household range is having problems. The heating elements on top are still working just fine for frying, steaming and boiling, but the burner box - the oven - is not in good shape. I'd call the process of heating anything "sluggish" if anything. We're not sure what's caused that, and calling for help is naturally Problematic right now. So cooking lasagna was cancelled in favour of relying upon Pizza Pizza last night.

My day job is on hold until after New Year's due to lack of people available to supervise.

*shrugs*

More as it comes to mind...

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Pandemic: "Industrial Censorship"

Sat, 13 Nov 2021 19:53:15 GMT

As opposed to the governmental variety, which most of us here know to be wary of.

This report from The Intercept about the choices made by hospitals - and other organizations - in response to news services' needs for information reminds us that "industrial censorship" is not an oxymoronic concept. It's real and it has consequences that may not have been expected either.

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Affordable Housing and the Well-Read Member of the Precariate

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 01:45:08 GMT

ysabetwordsmith pointed out this item on one method being used to make affordable housing doable.

Looking at my personal library...well, I can be branded a hoarder. Or militantly well-read. I wouldn't want much for kitchen space, but I'd want accessibility in anticipation of days to come when I need a walker, wheelchair or some other appliance for moving around. And I would absolutely demand space for my library. Affordable housing and I are going to have an antagonistic relationship, I think, for a very long time. Even if I manage to cull a large portion of my reading collections without sending it into landfill, which I still hope to do.

*sigh*

I'm going to have to find new homes for a lot of comic books, aren't I? I haven't even been able to catalogue them all properly yet.

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Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:17:40 GMT

Not a great day.

Went out for a haircut because of the interview planned for Wednesday morning, but I got to the barber shop too late in the afternoon: just after 2 PM. Long story, there, and I only had my neurology to blame for that.

Ditto for losing one of the two shopping bags I took downtown with me to the barber shop. Not sure where or how I lost it, but it's gone and I'm not getting it back. Even if it made it to OC Transpo Lost and Found at Heartwood House.

I can't yet find the right kind of bandage for the bridge of my nose. I guess I need to keep fiddling with the CPAP mask. I had a comfortable fit with the old mask for the better part of a year. Now, with this one? I had it tight enough to raise a welt.

Thanks for the suggestions thus far for dealing with the problem. I keep thinking it should be a simple matter of adjusting the fastening straps...

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Sidebar re: Indigenous Depictions @ Marvel

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:21:23 GMT

First time I'd heard of Danielle Moonstar being seen as a Problematic comics character today, but maybe I shouldn't be surprised. She was cited as such by Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair at today's Canadian Comics Publishing Roundtable at Sequential's Canadian Comics Symposium. The character's been part of the Marvel roster for 40 years now, or close to that.

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Checking In - Outside of Facebook

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 20:09:37 GMT

How are those of us who normally use Facebook coping with the current mess?

How it's apparently happened:

https://twitter.com/andraydomise/status/1445114374578966530

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