Month: October 2024 (Page 1 of 4)

–Re-caulked the shower. Messy, but I think it’s done.

–Nightmare crypto: (1) Looked like Kraken added my $1,000. Tried to withdraw, ran into confusion, ended up adding another $1,000 by mistake. Must steel myself to wait two weeks or so before trying to zero out Kraken. (2) Installed Rock Wallet on the iPhone. Seems fine. (3) As many redditors predicted, Coinbase saw suspicious activity and suspended all trading. I sold everything into cash, and am currently allowed to send $1,300 to Ally out of $16,000 in the account. Like Kraken, I’ll have to wait an unspecified period of time. (4) Opened an account at Gemini after deleting all cookies and using wsfarr@gmail.com as my email. (5) Opened an account at Crypto.Com on the iPhone. Went fairly smoothly. Will have to decide which one to work with long-term: Crypto.Com/Rock Wallet on phone or Gemini/Trust Wallet on laptop.

–Had a “video visit” with Dr. Rakesh Parikh today regarding colonoscopy. We could see each other and I could hear him, but he couldn’t hear me. He called, asked a few questions that had been asked before, and that was it. No follow-up on scheduling yet.

–I now have Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana at Coinbase. I FINALLY (maybe) settled on Trust Wallet as my wallet. It holds many different things (unlike Metamask) and has a dead simple interface (unlike Coinbase Wallet). For example, with one click I can see the “receive” addresses for all the crypto they support. Not possible In Coinbase or Kraken I don’t think. My Kraken $1,000 deposit from Ally finally went through. Really curious to see if everything going forward will take that long. And Coinbase, which allows lots of purchase power, is pretty sketchy in the details. For example, I “own” $2,500 in Ethereum, but when I try to move some to Coinbase Wallet in order to clear it out, it tells me I can only move ~$450–not enough in Coinbase Wallet to sweep it all out to Trust Wallet. Very tricky stuff. I can’t complain too much though: it did allow me to buy a lot of Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana at whatever the price was right then. Really hoping transactions will be quick and complete once the trial period is over.

–Took Grace shopping at Smart & Final. Not my favorite grocery store.

–Red Baron again for dinner.

–Went to New York Bagel Cafe for a dozen sesame bagels.

–Went to KP Market for Murcott tangerines, Fuji apples, smoked Gouda cheese.

–Picked up a tungsten fidget spinner at UPS. It’s heavy alright, but has lots of scratches and came with noisy bearings. Put some good sealed/lubed bearings in and it’s better (and quiet), but not what I was hoping for. Somebody must make these zero play, but I sure can’t find ’em.

–Caulked Grace’s tub. Tried to caulk mine, but used Clorox first and didn’t really clean out the old caulk, so it looked terrible. I’ll try again tomorrow.

–Took a shower and shave.

–Went to the Oktoberfest at the Discovery Village clubhouse. Hoping to chat with Jan and John about their leaving, but John wasn’t feeling good, so they didn’t make it.

–Got tired of hassling with Kraken delays and opened a Coinbase account. In 15 minutes I was able to buy $5,000 in Bitcoin. Turns out I can’t do much with it for a while, but Coinbase is still way ahead of Kraken for customer friendliness. Also turns out that when I added a Coinbase wallet, it showed the $10,000 I sent into the ether (heh heh) a couple years ago. Even further turns out there are lots of reputable recovery firms available now, so I’ll look into getting it back. Not likely, I know.

–Hey–actually succeeded in sending $10 Ethereum from Metamask to my Coinbase wallet, where it became almost $20, I guess because Metamask was showing the value from years ago when it was left over from all my previous crypto escapades. Yay! [edit] Okay, it just dropped to $10 in Coinbase. As usual, I have no idea what’s going on.

–Picked up a third Paradigm 2020 razor at UPS (Grace drove). Looks nice.

–Sac Gastroenterology called to set up a consult for colonoscopy.

–Nancy (Thorndike) Greenspan responded to my ACDS pics enthusiastically, and said she identified all but one person. Results coming.

–Fixed a leak (looked more like a cut) in the back patio sprinkler system.

–Another slow day. Played around a LOT with Kraken authenticators. Ended up with Duo Mobile. Simple; works. Google works, but they show dozens of (identical) codes; only the last (different) one works. Authy might work, but they locked me out for a month after several installs.

–Slow day. Spent a long time last night and this morning trying to settle on a platform for crypto. Back on Kraken again. It really is head and shoulders above the rest.

–Got many appointments set up for cataract surgery/followup, and was told I need a colonoscopy soon. Crap.

–Rode the ARP with Tom Elken.

–Heard from Kenny that Jan and John are leaving for a retirement home in Folsom, due to Jan’s bad eyesight. Crap.

–Took a few cuttings from the abutilon and put them in water. Just dreaming.

–Took a shower and shave.

–Took the BMW to Hooverville for jam and pastry. Jam went from $9 to $10, and no sour cherry.

–Took Grace shopping at Bel Air.

–Compared M11 to SL2-S. M11 can be made to work at night, but the SL2-S sensor still rules.