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And, For My Next Trick, I Will Update The Tesla Software Using A Starlink Satellite To Send The Signal To Mars.

Elon Musk tells Joe Rogan why he put a Tesla into orbit around Mars. He actually thought the rocket would explode, and didn't want to use a common object like a concrete block, which others had done, so he came up with the idea to put one of his cars in the rocket. When it didn't explode, it became a car ad orbiting Mars. Now, how to update the car's software? Will he now start sending Starlink satellites to the Red Planet? Elon Musk is a treasure.

 

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Gemini Live Is Here. Talk To Your Computer.

Gemini Live Is Rolling Out To All Android Users For Free. Previously only available to those of us who signed up for a $20 a month Gemini Advanced subscription, Gemini Live is now available for free to all Android users, and it is great. Once loaded, the Gemini Live voices (pick your own) are available for real conversations with a computer that acts and sounds like a live human being; except that it knows everything. Of course, like human beings, it can make mistakes, so you need to verify facts etc before relying on them; but, it makes far fewer mistakes than regular humans. It really is like having the smartest person in the world at your shoulder. I am leaving it open, and when I want to talk again, I just tap the continue button. It truly is a brave new world.

Buehler! Buehler!

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around for a while, you might miss it".

                                                   Ferris Buehler

Take the day off, now and then. You won't be sorry.

 

If It's Saturday, It's Time To Back Up Your Essential Files.

GoodSync Of course, every day is a good day to backup your files, and Saturday is one of those days. You probably have more free time this morning to download GoodSync (It's free today), and create a Job that includes all of your client files, photos, personal documents, and other essentials of your life. I have scanned 95% of the documents I have created for the last 20 years or more, and I back them up regularly to Google Drive in the cloud, Microsoft One Drive, and micro SSD drives that are installed on my computer. GoodSync, which you can set and forget, gets the job done without hassle, and I have peace of mind. Do you know where your files are?

Michael Wade Is Planning A SubStack Management Site.

"I will avoid inflicting arcane management theories but will pass along practical information that is easy to understand, and which can be put to immediate use."

What if you could read about decades of management wisdom in one place? If I had to pick someone to write it, it would be Michael Wade, who has been dispensing wisdom about management topics for some years. We follow each other, and have similar backgrounds as Army officers and lawyers who try to speak about modern topics in an understandable, common sense way. He is much smarter than I am, and I have learned from Execupundit about how organizations function in the real world. As he says in his introductory SubStack post, you don't have to write about arcane management theory. You can be wise and practical and make the concepts easy to understand. I respect that, and have tried to imitate it in my meanderings about Stoic philosophy at the FutureLawyer page. Congrats, Michael. I hope to be your first subscriber.

#TBT - Stardock Start 11 - Customize Your Desktop.

Start 11. One of the first programs I install when I get a new computer is Start 11 from Stardock. I hate the tiled interface, and I bought this little $5 program when Windows 7's efficient lower left interface went away some years ago. It is still only $5.99, and it transforms the way I interact with the computer. Microsoft ruined the beautiful, simple lower left menu buttons when it went with the ugly tiles. Of course, interfaces are a highly personal thing, and Stardock recognizes that, giving you the option to pick and choose how your menu system looks and works. For six bucks, your regain control over your computer use. Thanks, Stardock.

When The Day Gets Stressful, I Look Across My Desk And Remember Why I Do It.

What is your stress reliever?

Shakespeare Wrote Situation Comedy And Drama In The Sixteenth Century.

When we look at the formal, stilted and dramatic conversations found in Shakespeare's plays, it is easy to assume that he was dressing up the language with his poetic and dramatic voice. However, when we actually listen to it with the eye of a modern citizen, we realize that he was writing in the vernacular, and that it can be compared to the conversations in a modern situation comedy or drama. He was writing for the TV audiences of his time, and not for language scholars. Listen to this instructive video about how people actually talked in the mid 1500s.

 

#WhyIAmASolo - I Don't Need To Take Problems And Solutions To HR.

Problems. Execupundit discusses the fact that business writers are comfortable highlighting problems without suggesting solutions. That doesn't work in BigLaw or Big Corporations. The old saw about never bringing a problem to a supervisor without suggesting a solution doesn't work in solo practice. We are required to consider solutions whenever a problem arises. We are the HR Department. That is one reason why the pundit class fails to impress me. Don't fill my head with problems without, at the least, suggesting that you think you know a way to solve them. Meh.

So, Who Wants To Go Swimming?

The Pleasures Of Ocean Fishing. Get a boat, they said. It'll be fun, they said. You can tool around in the Ocean, and jump off and go swimming anytime you want to.