On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

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.

So I'll be doing a presentation over Zoom this upcoming Sunday.

https://bymug.ca/may-7-2023-meeting-information/

I now have a computer that runs on MacOS 10.15. I need a way to keep accessing my Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iWeb, Garageband, iMovie, etc. files on this machine. Upgrading to the current version of MacOS is not going to be an option any time soon.

Suggestions?

This will be cleverphone # 4 of my life thus far.

Still getting used to it. Ditched the Netflix and Amazon apps ASAP, and added CBC News, the Guardian and AP, flawed as those organizations all are.

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.

I started fiddling with that memory book project in Affinity Publisher today. More and more, I'm wishing that this machine I'm building it with had more RAM installed. I've been advised that I should have pulled out the hard drive, replaced it with an SSD, and put whatever files would not be actual programs onto an external hard drive instead. Well, if I had a steadier income, I'd have considered that.

On an unrelated note, where my left earlobe attaches to my skull...occasionally feels blocked or itchy, or whatever form of irritation seems guaranteed to keep me from thinking clearly about whatever else should be occupying my brain.

Okay, I think I've got my short- and long-form "base" resumés for office work updated. I'm checking back with my most recent client about specific software-used details before I start sending copies to the various temp agencies and other prospective employers.

Also, I need to make time today for illustration/design practice with the Cintiq. Absolutely essential that I do this every day. I will continue to apply for "standard" office jobs - records management, information analyst, testing analyst, data entry, and so on - but if I mean to apply for graphic design and illustration work as well - I have to make as much time as possible to practice the relevant skills with the software I currently have available to me. This is vital, too.

Hoping I picked the right driver version for the Cintiq to download. Since I'm doing day-job work at the same desk I expect to use the Cintiq with, it's going to be a few more days before I can test it.

New annoyance that I've been dreading. I've only had this machine running MacOS 10.13.x for about a year. Gifted by a friend from my Mac user group. Now this news re: one of my favourite pieces of software:

https://support.clip-studio.com/en-us/faq/articles/20210042

I know, I know. It was coming eventually...

I've been trying to update the data sets I want to work with repeatedly over the last two days. eDR3 and the Gaia Nearby Stars Catalogue, specifically. Yes, the former file is 3 GB, and it takes a couple of hours to download and then the extraction process fails.

I'll have to take it to Github at some point this week to see if anyone's already resolved the issue before I ask any questions.