Are there not-too-expensive alternatives to Grammarly? I’m starting to get fed up with it.
I began using Grammarly a year ago and loved it for most of that time, but it generates so many false positives that grinding through them can be a chore. I accept only about 30% of the suggestions it makes.
Also, the little helper chiclet that it puts on-screen gets in the way far too often. It is a horrible, horrible user interface and it drives me crazy.
I saw this extremely handsome pig in the front yard of a house in the neighborhood.
Young people may find this hard to believe, but I remember back in the old days we spent hardly any time making sure our devices were charged.
Overheard: A chain of grocery stores that specialize in donuts, bagels, Swiss cheese, Cheerios and Lifesavers. It would be called Hole Foods.
I don’t know why the new generation of productivity apps hates folders, but I’m sure enshittification has something to do with it.
I have rediscovered the “hide” command in Apple Photos. It’s great if you want to get photos out of sight but do not want to commit to deleting them. I’d forgotten about that command for years.
A mob set a Waymo self-driving car on fire over the weekend. arstechnica.com
Videos of the incident are all over social media. … In one video, a crowd of people surround the car, preventing it from moving. The vehicle is already covered in graffiti and has several smashed windows. One person then throws a lit firework into the cabin; the firework explodes and a fire starts inside the car. The Waymo car then burns to a crisp while it helplessly flashes its hazard lights.
I had a blood draw this morning, and I had a skilled phlebotomist. “Skilled Phlebotomist” would be a good name for a podcast.
The dog and I walked part of Junipero Serra Trail yesterday at the Old Mission Dam.
