It was another beautiful day. We dropped off Diane’s old iPhone at the UPS store so it could go to a farm upstate (or something like that), then drove into the mountains to pick up our Wine Club shipment from Burrell School Winery. The pickup was hands-free and properly distant, but Dave, the owner, did suggest we take a stroll through the rose garden and vineyards. The roses were lovely.

And we enjoyed seeing the vines – the fruit hasn’t set yet, but that should happen later this month.

Life goes on!

Today was a typical Thursday (even pre-lockdown) with two Toastmasters meetings. I have to admit that not having to drive to them, especially the one in Santa Clara, is a great time-saver, but it sure would be nice to see people in person again!

Beyond that, I finally got around to acting on a recent discovery about MacBook Pros that strongly suggested charging them from the right side ports to avoid confusing a heat sensor and causing bad things to happen. I haven’t actually seen the bad things, but thought it best to be prudent. So I moved my Henge Stone dock from the left side to the right.

But before I could do that, I had to find a longer Ethernet cable, AND I had to move my scanner closer to the computer because my longest USB cable was a foot too short for the new position of the dock. And as long as I was doing THAT, I decided it was worth plugging the USB-C cable into the monitor and getting more ports on the left side of the computer.

But I finally got it all accomplished, and now when I scan, I won’t have to walk halfway across the room. I guess that’s progress.