Personally, I really love it! I get to take a bunch of cool classes, and this is the first time I’ve made actual, real friends (never did in school).
Honestly the package thing could’ve happened at my own house for all I know.
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Honestly the package thing could’ve happened at my own house for all I know.
never thought of this, does steak taste good "boiled" more than grilled?
It depends on the type of steak.
Chuck steak responds to being slow cooked (at least 4 hours), along with a lot of other flavours (onion, garlic, etc, etc) which it picks up on the way. When you are finished, it should just fall apart.
If you just put it on the BBQ, you can then use it to re-sole your boots, rather than eat it.
A good fillet steak, OTOH, should be flash-cooked with as high a heat as possible, for as short as possible. We find the air-fryer is good as all the juices stay in the meat. Then, when it is done, a quick sprinkling with salt and/or pepper is all you need.
Wow, I think I'm actually going to go the whole night without getting one minute of sleep. I don't love it. 
It's one thing to intentionally pull an all-nighter, but this isn't intentional. Staying awake in class today is going to be a challenge...
It's one thing to intentionally pull an all-nighter, but this isn't intentional. Staying awake in class today is going to be a challenge...
Well until our bachelor students start their independent study when they only have class once a week (the afternoon) we currently are running class the afternoon for the bachelor, the evening for master and the morning is for the other program we share the office/classroom with. Still not complaining as it has mostly positives as well.
Still happens to me, valerian and melatonin help me, plus all the advice not to use phones at night which I don't always follow.Wow, I think I'm actually going to go the whole night without getting one minute of sleep. I don't love it.
It's one thing to intentionally pull an all-nighter, but this isn't intentional. Staying awake in class today is going to be a challenge...
What is on my mind:
1: How much I loathe, detest, abominate smart phones.
2: How much I loathe, detest, and abominate (those interminable) video conference meetings. I don't care how good the technology is; they are still awful - awful to endure, and suffer through.
1: How much I loathe, detest, abominate smart phones.
2: How much I loathe, detest, and abominate (those interminable) video conference meetings. I don't care how good the technology is; they are still awful - awful to endure, and suffer through.
I’m having a chuckle thinking about a recent meeting.
HR came to my office to discuss an employee who says I scowl every time she comes into my office.
I told HR she’s right. The lady is from accounts payable and our relationship will never change.
Maybe I should send her some sparkling water.
HR came to my office to discuss an employee who says I scowl every time she comes into my office.
I told HR she’s right. The lady is from accounts payable and our relationship will never change.
Maybe I should send her some sparkling water.
Tbh I much prefer a Teams call than having to attend in person. But worst of all is hybrid. 5 people sat in a board room and 2 dialing in. They are the worst.
If the person running the meeting is good at it they are fine. But sadly not all meetings have one person in charge or one that know how to conduct a meeting.
lol. I used to have an empty chair next to my desk. When people would sit down I’d always joke and say ‘don’t sit down!’ The implication being that means I know you think this will take a while!
This was years ago. These days we don’t really have jokes in the office. Just more and more work to do without a sniff of a thank you.
There's a reason why my "screen on time" in Battery settings is 1 hour 18 minutes. There's also a reason why my storage used is only 24 GB (mostly taken up by iOS). There's also a reason why I have only 27 photos, and I could probably delete all of them. They're just pictures of the board or computer monitor when someone's playing a really good song and I want to add it to my playlist later.
That reason being that I absolutely HATE using my phone.
Ah, yes, that makes perfect sense, and I must admit that I do share your feelings on this.
Colleagues who insist (as happened yesterday) on sharing lengthy reports (45 pages) and sending them by email, which invariably arrives on our phones.
Personally, I prefer to attend to (and reply to, respond to) email from my computer - either my work computer, (a decent enough HP), or my personal one (my wonderful MBA) which come complete with a half decent screen size, and a very proper functional keyboard which is a pleasure to use.
One of the things I detest most about smart phones is attempting to use their ghastly screens to compose an email which contains actual words, and sentences and paragraphs.
Oh, that's not good! So sorry!! Hope you rest better tonight! Often, I don't sleep well the night after a bad day.Wow, I think I'm actually going to go the whole night without getting one minute of sleep. I don't love it.
It's one thing to intentionally pull an all-nighter, but this isn't intentional. Staying awake in class today is going to be a challenge...
No electronics 2 hours before bed is what I always hear. Unfortunately, that is not possible for many of us (including myself). If that was the case, I would need to stop all electronics usage by 9:00 PM, which... I can't do.
I don't even like using laptops, because looking partially down at the screen hurts.
That's why I bought a dedicated computer (2019 iMac) that is kept and stored up here at the university SPECIFICALLY so that I don't have to use a laptop all the time. Of course, using a laptop in the library or on the Conservatory couches is fine (and the only way to use a computer in that case).
I use my iPhone mostly for playing the music in my iTunes library when I'm in the car running errands, driving somewhere..... At home, whenever notifications come in about a new phone call, voice mail, email or text message or display an alert from The New York Times about some major event taking place in the world, when the iPhone screen comes on I quickly glance at it to see if I need to attend to it. Most of the time I don't and the iPhone screen quietly goes dark again. I have no idea of what the "screen on time" is and really don't care.
Yes, occasionally I actually do use the iPhone for phone calls, either making them or receiving them, but definitely, at least for me, that activity has significantly decreased over the past several years. Texting and emailing is much preferred!
As for video conference "meetings", the only times I have "attended" any have mostly been when my homeowner's association has had an important board meeting which also really does require as many as possible homeowners/members' virtual or live presence and input. We vote on a number of community issues, we vote on members who would like to join and participate on the board when positions open up.
That Annual Meeting usually occurs just once a year in the autumn months. Prior to the pandemic, those meetings were held in person in our community clubhouse, but during and continuing since the pandemic all of the monthly and annual board meetings have been online via Zoom. Ehhhhh......
I've logged in to a few but really do not like the format so now I pretty much just skip the monthly meetings (I'm not on the board, so no need for my regular actual or virtual presence). The annual meeting wlll be coming up soon, so, sigh, now I'll have to dust off my Zoom app and update it and hopefully be able to participate on my computer (rather than iPhone or iPad) when the time comes. Can I just say that, well, I am more than thankful that I am retired and no longer in the workforce so that I don't have to deal with these video conference "meetings" on a regular basis! Once or twice a year is more than enough for me!
Convenient as they may seemingly be, I suspect that for a lot of people and for any number of reasons this particular video conferencing format definitely does not work well.
Yes, occasionally I actually do use the iPhone for phone calls, either making them or receiving them, but definitely, at least for me, that activity has significantly decreased over the past several years. Texting and emailing is much preferred!
As for video conference "meetings", the only times I have "attended" any have mostly been when my homeowner's association has had an important board meeting which also really does require as many as possible homeowners/members' virtual or live presence and input. We vote on a number of community issues, we vote on members who would like to join and participate on the board when positions open up.
That Annual Meeting usually occurs just once a year in the autumn months. Prior to the pandemic, those meetings were held in person in our community clubhouse, but during and continuing since the pandemic all of the monthly and annual board meetings have been online via Zoom. Ehhhhh......
I've logged in to a few but really do not like the format so now I pretty much just skip the monthly meetings (I'm not on the board, so no need for my regular actual or virtual presence). The annual meeting wlll be coming up soon, so, sigh, now I'll have to dust off my Zoom app and update it and hopefully be able to participate on my computer (rather than iPhone or iPad) when the time comes. Can I just say that, well, I am more than thankful that I am retired and no longer in the workforce so that I don't have to deal with these video conference "meetings" on a regular basis! Once or twice a year is more than enough for me!
Convenient as they may seemingly be, I suspect that for a lot of people and for any number of reasons this particular video conferencing format definitely does not work well.
A long time ago I went with the solution of using an MBP as a "desktop replacement" simply by setting it on a stand and using an external (larger than the MBP can offer anyway) screen/monitor and also an external Apple Mouse and Apple keyboard. (I'm not really a trackpad person but the external trackpad is also available as an option as well).
So right now I am typing on my external BT Apple Magic Keyboard and gazing straight ahead at my LG external monitor which gives me much larger screen real estate than the MBP's 16" screen. MUCH easier on the neck and the eyes! When and if I want and need to do so, it's rather a simple matter to unplug the MBP from the monitor and carry it away to wherever else I am going....
Of course in my situation I don't need to carry my primary machine, that MBP, around frequently so she does spend most of her time connected to the external monitor, with the mouse and keyboard readily available. I first went with this particular solution several years ago when I had been awaiting the announcement of a new iMac and its new features....and found myself disappointed and frustrated.
That's when I started thinking about versatility and flexibility beyond having an iMac or any machine pretty much permanently stuck on a desk, table, counter or other surface. In the long run it also saves money. This external monitor I am using has already nicely served the MBP which came before the one I've got now, and so has the Magic Mouse. Had to replace the keyboard a while ago because of an unfortunate accident involving spilled liquid on it, but the transition for it to use the older MBP (whose keyboard was not at all affected, of course) to eventually moving on to the new MBP a year or so later was smooth.
I have had iMacs in the past. I loved them, especially my first one (G5 Rev B back in 2005) which was my entrance into the world of the Mac.... She captivated and enchanted me, bringing me heart and soul all the way into the Apple environment, which I have never left since. However, yes, times have changed, some use patterns, some needs have changed. At this point, I don't anticipate ever buying another iMac. I am very happy with the very flexible, versatile solution which has worked for me since 2015. We all have the ability (over time, and sometimes that is needed) to assess what works best for us and how, and to then move forward......
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the time it saves in traveling between the members is immense and more convenient.
On that topic, I absolutely hate Zoom meetings, too! Always really hard to stay focused, they always just go by super slow—they’re just not good.
Yes, it saves time - granted - and yes, it is more convenient (and, doubtless, cheaper) - but, it still ranks as torture, and a trial that one has to endure and suffer through.
Chairing, or moderating, such a discussion (in a competent, timely and respectful manner) is a skill that many (if not most) people have yet to master.
As do I.
Passionately.
This is a particular problem with that format, one that is less of an issue with the more traditional face to face version.
Amen to that.
Time absolutely drags - it crawls - when you are obliged to attend something of the sort.
Agreed.
Not only are they "not good" (a diplomatic understatement, if ever I read one, yet commendably polite and restrained), as far as I am concerned, they are absolutely awful.
In my time as a team manager, here's how I used to handle meetings:
1- put the meeting agenda online a couple days ahead, and invite attendees to add items
2- if applicable, add resources to the agenda to document the items
3- since the agenda is available beforehand, everybody must come prepared
4- no laptops allowed in the meeting
5- during the meeting, stick to the agenda - eventually add ("park") items that come up, to discuss at the end of the meeting (if circumstances allow)
6- set a duration no longer than 60 minutes
7- instead of meeting minutes (who reads them??), write a todo list during the meeting. Per item, define the next action step, the person in charge, the deadline
8- put the todo list online for all attendees to follow up
I'll admit that in every Zoom meeting I've ever attended I'm always browsing the internet in the background, only half-listening to what's going on. 😑
Oh really??
(Hope no one realizes that I do that too.) People do zone out during face to face meetings as well. I've noticed students zoning out during early morning class or briefings for example.
There are different types of meetings.
If you’re bored then your attendance was not needed, so: (1) drop, (2) go on mute and just work. Alternatively reply to those types of invites with ‘tentatively’ and don‘t attend. They can message you to join in the unlikely event you have something they think you know.
Otherwise meetings are to solve an immediate problem where an email will not do. It should have just the essential players and 99% of the time do not last more than 30m.
Some meetings are dog and pony shows. Don’t go or as recommended before mute yourself and work.
I'll give an example: During the first half of the year, from January-June, I worked on a video project for a company out-of-state (in a state I've actually never visited, so that was cool!). They brought me on to work on a series of virtual walking tours around the city. The project itself was great, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to do it! The meetings were pure misery though. An hour every week from 4:00-5:00, and sometimes we'd meet twice a week. I saw absolutely no point in these meetings, and it would have been much better if they'd been monthly - because that's all they needed to be. No point in having 20 (probably closer to 30 in reality) meetings when we could have had 6.
I mean, I can see some point in them, because I had the opportunity to share what I'd been working on that week, but often, it wasn't much so the meetings all seemed rather worthless.
Compare that to when I worked on another video project back in 2021-2022 for corporate interviews. We had ONE meeting. ONE. Otherwise, all communication was through email and document/spreadsheet comments. I did the work, and they enjoyed the result. No need for extra unnecessary stuff.
I mean, I can see some point in them, because I had the opportunity to share what I'd been working on that week, but often, it wasn't much so the meetings all seemed rather worthless.
Compare that to when I worked on another video project back in 2021-2022 for corporate interviews. We had ONE meeting. ONE. Otherwise, all communication was through email and document/spreadsheet comments. I did the work, and they enjoyed the result. No need for extra unnecessary stuff.