Sick of this shit. Cheap 28-in 4k display used with the Mac Mini lost its DisplayPort connection and the HDMI to USB-C cable isn’t working either.
Plus I’d noticed interference on the screen from the USB webcam on Zoom calls, somewhat counterproductive.
Solution: lash out and buy an Apple Studio Display. Built-in webcam and Thunderbolt connection should fix those issues. Also, it has speakers that nay be better than the 11-year-old soundbar I currently use.
Display has shipped, delivery is expected on Tuesday. I could have bought one today and collected it if I wanted the tilting mount but I need the VESA mount option.
I have been let down by my lithium jump-starter too often. I go to use it and the battery pack doesn't have enough charge, it is around four years old now and the battery pack swelled a bit, meaning the seams of the two halves of the rubberised plastic shell have separated. It's all held together with PVC tape now.
About nine hours ago I placed an order for a supercapacitor version instead.
There's no need to have this thing charged at all. As long as the recalcitrant vehicle battery has more than 3 volts, there's enough energy contained within to charge the. capacitor pack. The one I've chosen has 750 amps capacity, capable of cranking an 8-litre petrol engine of a 5-litre diesel.
@matigo We do not have Tylenol in this country, but it's just acetaminophen or paracetamol as we know it.
I use two forms of the drug, two x 500 mg tablets spaced 6 hours apart during daylight and four x 665 mg sustained-release ones between 7am and 10 pm.
This come in just under the 4000 mg daily maximum.
Other pain control is from various NSAID creams/lotions or menthol/camphor ointments like Tiger Balm or Golden Cup Balm. The latter has in excess of 11% menthol, at such levels menthol has an analgesic effect in its own right.
A couple of months ago I had an iron infusion and a blood transfusion to treat severe anaemia. The hospital doctors recommended that I stop taking ibuprofen, which I’d been using for pain control for my arthritic left knee. Their reasoning was there was a possibility of stomach lining damage caused by that drug and stomach ulcers can contribute to anemia.
So I stopped taking that drug. Since then I have rarely needed to wear a supportive elastic brace on the knee, while taking regular ibuprofen I had needed to use the brace almost every day since mid December of 2021.
It's winter. I need comfort food. Collected some pre-chopped mixed vegetables (carrot, leek, celery, parsnip, turnip, broccoli and parsley), two big meaty lamb shanks, pearl barley, red lentils, yellow and green split peas, black turtle beans, red kidney beans, toasted farro grain, vegetable stock powder and water. All of these went into the 11 function-in-one device multi-cooker using the pressure cooker/steamer lid with the pressure vent open in low power slow cook mode for seven hours.
I then removed and deboned the shanks and shredded the meat, returning it to the pot and giving it all a taste.
I hadn't added enough water at the start so I added two litres of boiling water, stirred it and tasted again. After allowing the mix to settle for a few hours it thickened and was very rich and intense with vegetable and meaty flavours throughout.
Absolutely delicious result.
@matigo The carpet I had was over 40 years old and quite tatty, I had it replaced by polyurethane tiles shaped like wooden floorboards. Long wearing and very easy to clean. I need to get some rugs for the bedrooms.
