Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

JennOS v5.1, the world's only two-bit operating system, had been released!

Change Log:
- Ability to write images on top of drawing images now classified as a feature, after determining this was not a bug introduced in version 5.0
- Ability to run JennOS on ATMs removed.
- Personality CoProcessor, if available, reenabled.

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(Yes this is my birthday post)

Chuck Mangione
1940-2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FExBwfQHXlE

(Give him a listen, won't you?)

Just finished my first writing project. There was training, there were teething problems there were issues, there were delays, there were missteps. But I did hit the final deadline.

Don't let anyone tell you these kinds of creative jobs are easy. This last project was just as hard as any first month on the job at any other place I've worked.

I just actually enjoy this one. :)

10 hour day. BUT. That's means 6 hour tomorrow. Just wish those two hours could be taken off the bottom of the day, and not the top.

Ozzy Osbourne
1948-2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl7rkIc9b24

Wow, Wyndham Hotels customer service is some of the worst I've ever dealt with.

Reading Sing-Song voice: "You will need to follow the directions I have given you to acess your account."

Me: "I followed the directions, and I still can't get in. I'm getting an error about the password being invalid even after resetting."

Reading Sing-Song voice: "You should now be able to access your account, was there anything else I could help you with?"

Me: "I followed the directions, and I still can't get in. I'm getting an error about the password being invalid even after resetting."

Reading Sing-Song voice: "You should now be able to access your account."

Me: "..."

Typo of the Day: Super Mario Bris.

I need tiiIIiiIIIIiiiiiIiiiiimmmmmMMmMmmmMe.

Stop judging me.

Guh.

(34.4C for those of you who don't use Freedom Units)

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Taking the edge of the heat.

The last two days proved that professional writing can be as rough as answering phones.

I expected that, sure, but it's one thing to expect and another to experience. Still wouldn't trade it for an old phone job. Even early Nintendo phone job. And maybe, just maybe, it's good. :)

So I'm watching a friend's bird webcam in the corner, cause I spend a lot of time in the office, and if I can't touch grass, I can at least see grass.

I just watched one of the crows pull a bucket of millet to the side, help himself to a ton of bird seed, then politely push the bucket back in place and take off.

How...civil.

Lights off, curtains closed, windows shut to trap in the cooler morning air. Let's see if we can avoid another 88 degree living room today.

Life in the Covid era. Woke up this morning, my throat hurting terribly and my voice gone. Took a Covid test (negative) and now, after a few hours and a bowl of spicy ramen to soothe my throat, I'm 90% better. "Is It Covid, or Is It Allergies?" is a game where I choose Covid every time until I'm sure it's alergies.

@jenalysis that spice mix is the secret to all Mexican food.