–Did a minimal Christmas. Little tree up; played tapes and CDs. Jimmy Dean and Pillsbury rolls for breakfast; ham and grits for dinner.
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–Lots of rain today.
–Did absolutely minimal decorating: put up the tiny tree. Thought it would blink, but it doesn’t.
–Missing 12/21/2024 through 1/4/2025 due to me somehow wiping out the database at Namecheap AND iwebfusion as I was restoring some of my 2011 WordPress Adsense sites.
–Dark, rainy day.
–After more practice with the Canon R5 Mk II, it turns out to be a really nice camera. Handles well (with the ebony extension from China); dials are set up as I like them; seems to take lower-noise night shots with some vintage lenses than the SL2-S. All Leicas (except a C of some sort) are going back in the closet.
–Canon R5 Mk II came in. Couldn’t get it to work to save my life. Finally PM’d seller, who reminded me of “Disable shutter if no lens mounted.” All good now–though I don’t see much improvement in viewfinder quality, and it may shake as much as the Sony. Crap.
–Had lunch with Tom Elken at Jersey Mike’s in Folsom.
–Managed to hand out all CHristmas gifts to Tom and DV alley neighbors.
–With Namecheap raising prices (and a little slow), I searched a lot and opened an account at iWebFusion for < $5/month. Trying to migrate now, with issues of WordPress database login. Will figure it out.
–Played with cameras. Putting th battery extension grip on the Sony turns it into a gigantic monster. It’s been retired. Tried to get shutter count for R5 as practice for incoming R5 Mark II. Had to buy a $9 app that said “<= 1,000 actuations.” In small print on the bottom it said “This camera reports in 1,000 increments.” So much for testing the new one.
–Took Grace shopping at Smart & Final and Bel Air. There were many cartons of eggs at Bel Air yesterday; zero today.
–Looking to migrate away from Namecheap as they’re going to raise their rates to $75/year, compared to $35 for others.
–Post Office has no record of Canon R5 II being shipped two days ago. “Label created; waiting for item.” Kee-rap.
–Went to Bel Air for various things; got a fraction of them.
–Stock market is plunging, and (for no obvious reason) taking crypto with it.
–The only good news: my abutilon cuttings, which have been sitting in water for a month or so, are going nuts: new leaves, blooms growing, etc. I don’t get it, but it’s fun to see.
–Went to New York Bagel for bagels and bagel dogs.
–Did a tiny bit of Christmas shopping for Grace at Daiso.
–Finally was allowed to re-open the wsf@comcast.net account at Binance.us. Have to wait 48 hours to add or subtract funds. Added Coinbase and Binance to my iPhone.
–Cleaned ear wax out of hearing aids. Better.
–Grace finally got Chase to wire $10k to sister Jan.
–Rainy morning.