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Oct. 2nd, 2021 02:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
julesjones So once again not only have I not written anything here for months, I have not read anything here for at least two weeks. It is perhaps a measure of my life that I can measure how long it's been since I last read my DreamWidth feed by the last Oglaf comic I remember having already seen.
There are various and sundry reasons for this, not least the ever-present medical issues that mean work generally occupies almost all of my capacity for staring at a full size screen. I realised last month that one of the reasons I'd fallen so badly behind on my email was that I used to skim it for triage on the bus, which I have not done since the free WiFi on the bus went away. I have therefore finally given in and bought a data plan, only 7 years after getting a smartphone. Only one month for the moment just to see how much I use. The answer to this appears to be "not much because I have forgotten about the concept of getting my portable internet out while I'm on the bus". I have actually bought a data block a couple of times in the past, but that was for special occasions, usually of the unpleasant kind. Sadly, one of them was the aftermath of a terrorist attack, when I thought it might be a good idea to have internet available while I was on the move. I never used it, and was very glad not to have occasion to.
What I've been doing on the bus instead during the last year is reading work-safe blogs, because I also have a work phone and if I'm required to carry the wretched thing around with me I'm going to use the corporate data plan. (In theory I have a Kobo; in practice it's not getting used very much.) Alas, DreamWidth is not terribly mobile-friendly, and even if it was I'm not putting any of my personal stuff anywhere near the corporate data plan ever. My employer does not need to know my taste in porn, and does not need to know my passwords, and (rightfully) has access to anything I do on corporate systems. It's very unlikely anyone would actually want to do so, but do not put anything on there that you wouldn't want to be read out in court.
I've got three books to log sitting on my desk, along with four balls of yarn to be photographed and logged on Seizures-R-Us. Since they've been sitting there for over a month, good luck with that.
There are various and sundry reasons for this, not least the ever-present medical issues that mean work generally occupies almost all of my capacity for staring at a full size screen. I realised last month that one of the reasons I'd fallen so badly behind on my email was that I used to skim it for triage on the bus, which I have not done since the free WiFi on the bus went away. I have therefore finally given in and bought a data plan, only 7 years after getting a smartphone. Only one month for the moment just to see how much I use. The answer to this appears to be "not much because I have forgotten about the concept of getting my portable internet out while I'm on the bus". I have actually bought a data block a couple of times in the past, but that was for special occasions, usually of the unpleasant kind. Sadly, one of them was the aftermath of a terrorist attack, when I thought it might be a good idea to have internet available while I was on the move. I never used it, and was very glad not to have occasion to.
What I've been doing on the bus instead during the last year is reading work-safe blogs, because I also have a work phone and if I'm required to carry the wretched thing around with me I'm going to use the corporate data plan. (In theory I have a Kobo; in practice it's not getting used very much.) Alas, DreamWidth is not terribly mobile-friendly, and even if it was I'm not putting any of my personal stuff anywhere near the corporate data plan ever. My employer does not need to know my taste in porn, and does not need to know my passwords, and (rightfully) has access to anything I do on corporate systems. It's very unlikely anyone would actually want to do so, but do not put anything on there that you wouldn't want to be read out in court.
I've got three books to log sitting on my desk, along with four balls of yarn to be photographed and logged on Seizures-R-Us. Since they've been sitting there for over a month, good luck with that.
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Date: 2021-10-03 06:59 am (UTC)I've been using my Kobo a lot recently. This is partly caused by a sudden addiction to the Murderbot Diaries.
Highly recommended.
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Date: 2021-10-04 08:58 am (UTC)I've had those times when I just don;t post for a while... then it picks back up again.
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Date: 2021-10-04 10:26 am (UTC)I'm struggling a bit with the weekly photo because the themes haven't been very inspiring, but I have, at least, started reading fiction again. I completely lost the ability to read novels due to Brexit and the knock on effect of reading a lot of non-fiction and blogs commenting on the situation. I'm even going to attempt a little fiction writing next month as a sort of mini-NaNo.