Routine Revelations

Oddly, one of the challenging things about wiki is creating new pages. A new page is created by first creating a link to the page and then adding items to that page, therefore I have the Now page on which I create new links.

The problem is, those new links can accumulate over time and then I have to back and remove them. I have found code for an HTML form to create a new page so that I can enter a page title, click create, and a new ghost page appears.

It is very wet outside and the sump pump is running, driving me a bit nuts.

Duke is lucky two games in a row. Izzo has to beat Coach K. Looking forward to that game.

Once again. You can’t lower the cost of health insurance until you lower the cost of treatments. Lower the cost of a CT scan first, then you might be able to lower the cost of health insurance.

What I really want is the ability to buy YouTube TV access for a market other than the one I live in so that I could watch all the Green Bay Packer football games from my home in Michigan. Sadly, that isn’t possible nor do I think it will ever be.

The Apple Card looks to me to be very much the same as the card that Google tried a few years ago. Granted, Apple’s is a Credit Card while Google’s was only a debit card, but the hurdles are similar. How do you get people to switch and why should they if they can use their existing credit card with Apple Pay? I get the desire to make money on transactions, that is a repeat of the Apple Store model that makes Apple a lot of money. However, in this instance I don’t see why I or anyone would switch.

A week ago at this time I was walking on Bourbon Street. Here is an album of pictures that I took during the trip.

Do people really read magazines still? I really don’t, even though I have dabbled with some of the ones available with my Amazon Prime membership. I’ve generally avoided the Apple News app, although I do see notifications from it.

My bracket of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is sorta busted. I still have 3 of the 4 final four picks, but I have one whole region out. I am looking forward to seeing how Purdue does against Tennessee on Thursday and Michigan State against LSU on Friday.

Our current state can be traced to the early 90s, which happens to coincide with thinking originating at the Harvard Business School that CEO compensation should be tied to stock performance. The idea is that the best way to increase shareholder return is to create incentives tied to that return. Unfortunately, the idea is a theory that is proving to be false.

I agree with David Frum that liberals need to address the practical issues of immigration. However, it seems to me one thing we don’t consider is that what might be the best way to address the problem is to enable people to have a good life where they currently live. People who are well off in South America don’t take the risk of traveling thousands of miles to the United States, desperate people take that risk. Building a wall is not going to stop people from taking that risk. A wall is a band aid, not a solution.

The bracket is set for the 2019 NCAA men’s ice hockey tournament. I would like to see Ohio State, Minnesota State, Notre Dame, and Arizona State to make the Frozen Four.

It’s a glorious day, the warmest of the year so far. I’ve taken two walks so far.

I am really bummed to learn that Gmail is dropping support for IFTTT I do have a few IFTTT Gmail applets that I rely upon.

I followed these instructions to add swipe gestures to Chrome on Android to navigate forward and back.

My bracket survived the first day of the NCAA mens basketball tournament fairly well and no final four participants were upset.