How I Mastered Remote Working for 25 Years
Virtual Worker, Remote Worker, Telecommuter, whatever name you want to call it, I have experienced it in spades.
Remote Work
My Likely Overreaction and With Reason
Within minutes of posting yesterday about the homeless, crime, and vans parked on my street, a police officer knocked on my door. Yesterday, van #1 was driven away. Van #2 appeared the day before. On opening my door, the officer asked about the appearance of Van #3, which was suspicious because of Canadian plates and …
Self-Secure your Digital Information
Wordfence, a security plugin for WordPress, released an interesting public service announcement. See PSA: Widespread Remote Working Scam Underway, which outlines a sophisticated way to steal personal and financial information, and your money, disguised as an offer for a remote-working job. Stealing your information need not be this elaborate. When you sell something online, and …
Learning About WordPress
I took time this week to learn more WordPress basics, specifically security plugins. I have two other sites besides nerva.com to compare and maintain. This gives me an opportunity to contrast plugin features and use, then find which work best for my use cases. If you are looking for plugs plugging plugins, there are plenty …
Distribution, Disruption, and Predictability
I spent my weekend working on the house, home-office, and some research on Circe for CirceFoundation.com. The child’s desk is returned and money refunded. I am now searching for another desk unit. My remaining office furniture is still sitting in transit, with a different story from the vendor whenever we call. We are told it …
AC, Shipping, and Windows 11
The HVAC service was uneventful yesterday. Amusingly, the service arrived around 2:00 pm, and the email stating when he would arrive was sent at 9:45 pm. I am testing the system for the next few days to make sure all is running well. The AC works but the weather is cool. I am not particularly …
AC Service and Mattress Deliveries
Thankfully, I work from home full time, and have for many years. One requirement when I bought my current home was it have air conditioning. Like most people, servicing my HVAC system has not been a priority. Naturally, today I pay the price for lack of formal maintenance, as I wait for a service technician …