Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 4-6-2021: George 3rd

4th June, 2021.

It’s officially official: I did a little shopping, yesterday.

Bread, milk … and some monster potatoes.

You know what I forgot … ?

Peas!   Frozen peas!

I’d kick myself … except I’d possibly miss … !

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Oh, JUST as a couple of bits of technology news?

One: Norton’s new antivirus software is now capable of crypto-currency mining.

It can — in theory — make you some money.

Whether that’s something you want your machine to do is a whole other issue.

Secondly?   Donald Trump’s much hyped From the Desk of Donald J. Trump blog, has been taken down.

Apparently?   The audience figures were dire.

Thankfully … 

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 3-6-2021: World Bicycle Day

3rd June, 2021.

I think we can safely say the Civil Service can move.

Sometimes.

Occasionally.

When needed.

Remember, my Job centre case worker’s been keen for me to do an online course?

One where I’ll need Zoom: which isn’t a problem.

And a copy of Microsoft Office: one that — along side any Windows specific plugins — would be.

I don’t have space on my iMac for ten gigabytes of productivity suite.

So my work coach decided to buy me a laptop.

I was expecting a delay.

Even given it was a budget machine, with not a lot of RAM, and a hard drive that’s smaller than some memory sticks.

It turned up, yesterday.

I’ve got a couple of weeks before the course starts: so I can take my take my time setting things up.

But still … I’m surprised … 

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For All Mankind — Series 2 Episode 9 — Triage — A Review

1st June, 2021.

Right … 

I’m officially going to go to bed, in a few minutes time.

It’s getting late: I was up at 5:30, this morning!

And frankly?

Eno’s Ambient 4: On Land is doing a good job of being odd in the background.

Tal Coat is quite something.

At ANY rate?

I’m doing my usual thing: of starting a post about episode nine of For All Mankind’s second season.

I’ll be writing more about it, on Wednesday.

But?

Safe to say, the episode goes out with a bang … 

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 2nd June, 2021, Teaser.

2nd June, 2021.

Yep: I officially had a meeting, yesterday.

With my case officer at the Job Centre.

They’ve provisionally decided to buy me a PC, so I can do the course.

Not that I want a PC: I’m a rampant Mac fan, remember?

But at least it means I’d be able to do the course I’m going to.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 1-6-2021: Ol’ Kentucky

1st June, 2021.

Yep: I’ve got both a meeting — with my Job centre case officer —  and a blood test.

To monitor my blood sugar levels, in case you were wondering.

At ANY rate … ?

The chat with my case worker could be interesting.

She’s trying to encourage me to do a non-mandatory training course.

Which is fair enough.

The Zoom meetings aren’t an issue: it’s what I’ve been using for the few recent interviews I’ve had, recently.

The big issue’s been a copy of MS Office needed for the course.

I don’t have the hard drive space, nor the money, for it.

So — provisionally? — my case worker’s agreed to give me a grant for a refurbished Windows based laptop.

We’ll have to see what happens, there.

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