Oddments of High Unimportance

Spent 5.5 hours yesterday fixing a stupid Wix page on our web site. God, I hate Wix.

“What can I tell you that I haven’t already told you?”

A good idea — open windows and patio door once a day for 5 mins or so to bring in fresh air — given the internet meme treatment.

If we called it “domocilic eructation,” it would have never caught on.

Popular Mechanics: What Is House Burping? Why the German Practice Lüften Is Everywhere Right Now

I sent the previous haiku to my haiku-loving friend, Rani. This is her favorite:

Haikus are easy

But sometimes they don’t make sense

Refrigerator

This is the first line.

This is the one after that.

Here is the last one.

(from a recent Durham County Library newsletter)

I’ve tried Carrot Weather and a few other third-party weather apps, but the recent Mac Power Users episode on weather apps convinced me that, for my needs, Apple’s default Weather app is fine.

However, I do like a more visual representation of the data and forecasts, and for some years now I’ve been using Weather Strip (don’t remember where I first read about it; Daring Fireball, maybe).

I like the side-scrolling, the clever graphics, and seeing the highs and lows drawn out for an entire week instead of isolated numbers in columns and tables. When prepping for a post-prandial walk, I can see at a glance the “feels like” temperature, sunset time, and a micro-forecast for the next hour. During the summer, I like keeping an eye on the dotted dew point line; when it’s riding close to the forecasted temperature, I know I’m in for a sweaty walk.

A Weather Strip subscription includes ability to use weather data from providers other than Apple, widgets, and family sharing.

Captured this sidewalk inscription on a walk through the Old West Durham neighborhood