dewline: "Not Fail" (not fail)
CBC News called Arthur Irving what he was: an oligarch.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/arthur-irving-death-1.7202701

I forgot an add-on I'd installed into Firefox. It swaps in "oligarch" for "billionaire" wherever the latter word appears.

If you want it for yourselves...

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/billionaire-oligarch-replacer/
dewline: Text reading "Ohwhatapitynevermind" (amused apathy)
I think that someone is impersonating Machiavel Studios. The latest e-mail seeking my application to be hired does not have a Canadian e-mail address, but Hungarian.
dewline: (canadian media)
This is not what I want for the future of the Public Broadcaster:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cbc-radio-canada-layoffs-budget-1.7048530

Here and I've been listening to this year's edition of the Massey Lectures for most of the afternoon while I was working on the new day job...
dewline: Three question marks representing puzzlement (Puzzlement 2)
Is anyone else having trouble using the "y" key in typing stuff on Fandom.com's wiki sites?

Drupal

Sep. 21st, 2023 08:11 pm
dewline: Text: Searching and Researching (research)
Coming back to this topic at the moment, as I'm visiting with a Meetup group called "DrupalYOW" (because Ottawa-based Drupal users), I want to refresh my memory: who in my circles here on Dreamwidth is already familiar with this software?

ArtStation

Sep. 10th, 2023 09:20 pm
dewline: Text - "On the DEWLine" (Default)
So I've started setting up a presence there.

https://www.artstation.com/dwightwilliams-ottawa

Facetime

Jul. 9th, 2023 03:28 pm
dewline: (amusement)
And now I know for certain that Facetime works on my current computer. Just had a brief and entertaining chat with people on the Pacific coastline.
dewline: Three question marks representing puzzlement (Puzzlement 2)
Anyone else having issues with that instance at the moment?

Solved!
dewline: Text: Chirp. (birds)
If I'm not reachable by any internet channels for hours to days after tonight, this might be part of why:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/warnings-roll-in-ahead-of-snow-rain-wind-flash-freeze-in-eastern-ontario-1.6694853

Just so you know.
dewline: Virus Don't Care (pandemic)
1. Someone sees the work of the Guardian as a threat.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/dec/21/guardian-hit-by-serious-it-incident-believed-to-be-ransomware-attack

2. If you're trying to get in or out of metropolitan Vancouver, Canada, you'll need more patience than usual:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/winter-weather-flight-cancellations-1.6693294

3. Same for Ottawa-Gatineau.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/don-t-travel-this-weekend-if-you-don-t-need-to-opp-says-1.6692802

4. Mon-Fri 9-5 may be over for many, but what's taking its place in the federal civil service may be problematic in other ways for the staff as much as for the public. Especially in Ottawa-Gatineau where we don't have mask rules back in place yet.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/federal-departments-hybrid-directive-responses-1.6692401

5. The Convoy Siege of Ottawa continues to have consequences for a lot of people living here.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/zexi-li-freedom-convoy-year-in-review-1.6205324
dewline: "Truth is still real" (anti-fascism)
This is why I'm staying away from Post: Marc Andresssen and his perceptions of the world.

https://fediscience.org/@ct_bergstrom/109459499411846600
dewline: Text - "On the DEWLine" (Default)
Okay, I've got an account now. Not sure that I'll be staying with Mastodon Social yet.

https://mastodon.social/@DEWLine
dewline: Three question marks representing puzzlement (Puzzlement 2)
Yes, those are still showing up when I change web pages within Dreamwidth on occasion.

On to other topics...
dewline: Text - "On the DEWLine" (Default)
Having trouble logging into my Indeed account again. Not sure why, and I'm looking for word from anyone else facing similar issues.
dewline: Three question marks representing puzzlement (Puzzlement 2)
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.
dewline: Text - "On the DEWLine" (Default)
Today was warm, and windy...in a warm way.

The mess in progress at Rogers has not affected me too much, but for having to use my credit card when I'd rather use my debit card.

Extended family is mostly okay enough, so far as I can tell.

Found another job to file an actual application for. I'll know in four days if I can get into the candidate pool for it.
dewline: Text - "On the DEWLine" (Default)
So I've spent the day in family conference - that gets discussed in "access list" entries - as well as a ByMUG meeting, some house chores, Clip Studio Paint practice, culling basement and e-mail clutter, and other stuff.
dewline: (amusement)
It's weird getting e-mails from others sharing my own name...
Example: one guy in Georgia having subscribed to alerts from the local Home Depot. Another two were authors, one writing science textbooks, another in US law enforcement history. Then there was the "private military contractor"...

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