The CoronaVirus WTF are you doing with yourself while being isolated thread

[Muse]

I'm beginning to think that life consists solely of filling and emptying the dishwasher.

I don't have a dishwasher. I do the dishes.

 

[Muse]

Apparently, checking in on old forums. It's gotten bad.

But, really, I was trying to find out if any new CPUs were going to be released anytime soon. Thinking of building a new system - still on an i7-4770 from when I was in college... graphics card has been changed out a few times though. Kinda tired of this glitch I've had to deal with for years where my system will only sometimes come out of sleep. Have to hard reboot it about 50/50.

My mid-tower has never once come out of sleep. I've tried everything. Guy who sold me the mobo thinks it will if I install Win7 ... it's running XP. I haven't gotten around to trying a trial version of Win7.

 

[Muse]

Heard and saw the male elf owl heading into the nest hole. He’s really cute.

 

[Exterous]

Damnit. Now I'm up at 3am and can't sleep? I don't need more time to do nothing

 

[VirtualLarry]

My mid-tower has never once come out of sleep. I've tried everything. Guy who sold me the mobo thinks it will if I install Win7 ... it's running XP. I haven't gotten around to trying a trial version of Win7.

I've NEVER gotten "Sleep Mode" to work satisfactorily in XP. Windows 7, somewhat, depending on your drivers. IMHO, it's still not "perfect" in Win7, but way, way better. But you can cling to old tech if you like.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Looks like we have a new Night crew. It is 4:14 AM here, does that make it the morning crew?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Looks like we have a new Night crew. It is 4:14 AM here, does that make it the morning crew?

LOL. I guess. I've been waking up between midnight and 3AM lately.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

LOL. I guess. I've been waking up between midnight and 3AM lately.

I have turned into one of my cats. I sleep whenever the urge takes me. Good thing I enjoy naps.

 

[mopardude87]

Yeah been up since 1Am, pretty usual to have odd hours. Thanks to Hypomania i can get anywhere from 1-4 hours of sleep and have so much energy yet still. Been dealing with this a little over a month now.

 

[sdifox]

I have turned into one of my cats. I sleep whenever the urge takes me. Good thing I enjoy naps.

you have been assimilated.

 

[IronWing]

The elegant trogon is calling this morning. I could track its movements through the trees but haven’t sighted it yet.

 

[dasherHampton]

I'm cleaning my kitchen. I feel good. I feel right.

But you know what I learned? You know that blender that you don't use very often? The one you drag out for hurricane parties? The one that sits in an obscure corner until you need it? The one that you promise yourself that you'll clean the next morning, but then forget to? The one that then sits for a year and a half with gunk on it?

Don't. Just don't.

 

[purbeast0]

Started ZeroZeroZero on Thursday night and just finished it. Holy shit what an incredible show. Had never heard of it until a friend just asked me last week if I had seen it so I checked out the trailer. What a great show with incredible acting.

 

[imdaman]

Porn. Lots of Porn.

 

[sdifox]

I'm cleaning my kitchen. I feel good. I feel right.

But you know what I learned? You know that blender that you don't use very often? The one you drag out for hurricane parties? The one that sits in an obscure corner until you need it? The one that you promise yourself that you'll clean the next morning, but then forget to? The one that then sits for a year and a half with gunk on it?

Don't. Just don't.

So the Chinese are right, Covid-19 started in your kitchen.

 

[Muse]

I've NEVER gotten "Sleep Mode" to work satisfactorily in XP. Windows 7, somewhat, depending on your drivers. IMHO, it's still not "perfect" in Win7, but way, way better. But you can cling to old tech if you like.

I'm using that PC very very little these days. The timeshifting with my TCL 43" 4K TV's is far from full featured and is a PITA in terms of REW/PAUSE/FF but it does do those things. And it almost never crashes. It does have some lip synch issue but much less than the mid-tower XP system. Before I installed that mobo I got from you in that system, it ran XP and never had any problems with S3 suspend. It was great!

I need to figure out how to use my HD Homerun.

 

[Muse]

LOL. I guess. I've been waking up between midnight and 3AM lately.

I sometimes do that, sometimes in streaks. I have a lot lately, but last night I didn't.

 

[Iron Woode]

I would love to binge watch Holmes on Homes.

I just love watching that show.

PS: I removed the stove burner switch and swapped in one of the others. This way the burner I use the most works. I will order another switch from Amazon on Tuesday.

 

[dasherHampton]

So the Chinese are right, Covid-19 started in your kitchen.

I think 1/2 of the communicable diseases of the past year started on that blender.

 

[UsandThem]

I will order another switch from Amazon on Tuesday.

No rush.

They probably won't ship it out until May anyways.

 

[IronWing]

Someone put the lockdown to good use. The cannonball run record was broken this week. Average speed of 103mph

 

[IronWing]

Today I learned that google maps shows speed traps.

 

[Adrenaline]

I am essential at my job, oil refinery. My wife is essential and gets to work from home. Our kids are out of school. I am the one leaving the house to get groceries or run any errands and have done my best to have my wife not leave the house, which she hasn't done other than to drive by a house for a birthday girl for our daughter to wave at and then drive back home.

This has been very interesting.

 

[Muse]

I am essential at my job, oil refinery. My wife is essential and gets to work from home. Our kids are out of school. I am the one leaving the house to get groceries or run any errands and have done my best to have my wife not leave the house, which she hasn't done other than to drive by a house for a birthday girl for our daughter to wave at and then drive back home.

This has been very interesting.

Try to stay healthy. Wear a mask if possible and insist on social distancing if at all possible, yeah, on the job too. Dang, wear goggles if you can when you're around people.

 

[sportage]

I've been using the EarthCams app fairly much. Very interesting peeking in on various locations around the world and here in the US of A. As the virus hit, the streets were packed all over the world. In New Orleans for example, Bourbon Street was as festive as it could be so it's not that shocking that Louisiana later became on of the virus hotspots. Prague too was full of people and vacationers on the square, then suddenly noting. No one. Even the famous Temple Bar over in Dublin became a ghost town. Streets empty. The Abbey Road crossing in London had been full of vacationers and locals reenacting that famous Beatle album photo. Then suddenly, the road was only cars and busses. The pedestrians staying away.

Looking around the world, live in real time, was and still is quite an eye opener. Sad, actually. But in the last few days the people are beginning to return. Not as strong as before, but slowly. Back in Prague the foot traffic is returning slowly, and the same with Abbey Road. Dublin's Temple Bar is closed but the streets are coming alive once again. New Orleans has stopped their live feed and instead only offers up photos from the the past when Bourbon street was alive. You can get a real true indication of the Coronavirus impact from just poking around the world watching how life has changed. The streets of New York still eerie quiet, many casino streets in Las Vegas are actually blocked off to pedestrians, the Florida Everglades glass bottom boats all lined up in a row with no where to go. Over in Bali Indonesia the elephants are getting a break. The Bali elephant bathing pool has no one to ride the elephants, and the Bali elephant trail cam seldom do you see a single soul walking along.
That is not all I am doing to entertain myself during this pandemic, but at least it's something.