Month: November 2024 (Page 2 of 3)

–Finally heard from Coinbase that account restrictions have been lifted. Went there and moved cash into BTC, SOL and ETH. Then went to Kraken and withdrew all (same three) to Trust Wallet. Don’t know if I’ll move stuff from CB to TW or vice versa. I don’t want to spook the folks at CB with a whole bunch of transactions–as that might be what caused the initial restriction.

–Vacuumed leaves in the alley prior to rain.

–Deleted all Binance accounts. May get cheap phone and try to set one up again with the new number.

–Vicolo pizza for dinner.

–Went around and around again with photo editors. There’s been improvement since I last did this, but Lightroom still clobbers all of them. Really frustrating. After much re-testing, will go with Affinity for now.

–Ditto with crypto. There are small glimmers at Coinbase and Binance, but no go yet.

–Took Grace shopping in El Dorado Hills: farmers market and Nugget.

–Played a lot with photo editors. Lightroom still kicks butt, unfortunately. Nitro (new from the RAW Power guys) has its attractions. DXO Photolab has an impressive array of controls, but perhaps too many: the jpgs coming out of it are pretty weird. Could be me, of course.

–Had a really good margherita pizza from nugget for dinner.

–Yet another quiet day. Went over to see neighbor Jan Muehlbauer, who’s moving out (husband John is quite ill). She gave us her lemon grass plant, which Grace has used with great success in flavoring meals. And the universe continues to shrink…

–Walked to UPS to pick up Boguszewski survival knife. Pretty impressive.

–Played with photo editors a lot. After some major missteps and confusion, found that DXO Photolab 8 Elite is reall slick. Smooth as silk, infinitely customizable, nice control. Hoping the search has ended.

–Took a selfie with license to try and get back on Gemini for crypto. Got back on, but with big restrictions. I “verified my identity,” which “should only take a few minutes,” but it’s been many hours. Here we go again.

–Paid State Farm $322.81 for Honda insurance.

–Took Grace shopping at Smart & Final.

–Was going to do dermatology and colonoscopy on the same day; Grace said no. Re-scheduled skin check: February. Not happy.

–Consolidating crypto at Robinhood. Turns out the $4k I couldn’t spend at Kraken was an open order for BTC that I’d placed by accident in Kraken Pro a few days ago. it wasn’t going anywhere unless BTC came down to $82k, which will be a while. Took me a long time to find the open order and cancel it. Kraken has great customer service, but the line between Kraken and Kraken Pro is really hazy. I was using Pro because redditors said it was cheaper. (a) I’m not sure it is, and (b) it’s super easy to get lost there. Robinhood is not perfect, but it’s okay for a while. Tried binance.us again, and again got tangled up in multiple logins with the same phone number, which (I believe) would not let me get verified there. Crap. Maybe in a few weeks I’ll be able to get back on Coinbase–but I sort of doubt it. Gemini could also work, but they seem to have dropped me like others for too many accounts under one phone number.

–Went to New York Bagel for bagels, also got a couple sesame bagel dogs which we had for dinner. Pretty good. Then to KP Market for fruit.

–Played some more with photo editors. RAW Power again looks like the only possible alternative to Lightroom.

–Did some crypto of course. Gotta put in some stop-loss for when the bull slows down.

–Took a shower and shave.

–Crypto market is going bonkers; I’m making millions (almost). Things seem to be okay at Kraken, though connecting to banks can be hit-or-miss sometimes.

–Took Grace Thanksgiving shopping at Bel Air.

–Dinner from Jack’s Urban Eats.

–FINALLY got crypto settled. Went to Kraken Pro on a whim, added a couple bank accounts, immediately bought some Cardano (not many places offer it). Given my bank woes on standard Kraken, this was a miracle. So—I moved all my Crypto out of Trust Wallet into Kraken. We be hummin’ now…

–Went to Bel Air for bagels, milk, cream, cream cheese, cookies.

–Red Baron pizza for dinner.