Kolokoko Bird!

I need to find somebody in Canada who sets up Wordpress websites at a reasonable price, hosted on a Canadian server. I want a person who can arrange for webhosting and a security certificate, install Wordpress, add a few plugins and themes, set up a contact form, and provide some help for a new user.

This is because I don't want to be this person. When friends ask for help getting started, I want to provide a name and URL. I'd like to say hey, go over there and think about hiring this person, I will be at the beach and I do not help with websites anymore.

If you do this kind of WordPress thing, please let me know.

#Wordpress

Today I was in the city, travelling to a slightly unfamiliar location. I decided to try the CoMaps app on my phone for navigation.

This thing was easy to use, and the voice navigation it provided was flawless. I'm impressed. The about page says the app provides "Free and open navigation with privacy - built by the community."

https://www.comaps.app/

#mapping #navigation #GPS #FOSS #map

So YT won't let me watch videos anymore, because I refuse to log in. This was frustrating at first, but it has become a great thing. Saves a lot of time, and I've lost interest in YT altogether.

I bought a rhubarb root, which came in a package. Opened the package, found the root and... something else. A dahlia tuber, maybe? I planted that, too, separately, in hopes of figuring out what it is.

#gardening

Last night at bedtime the owls were calling loudly. I stood there in the dark, enchanted, as the conversation went on and on. But what kind of owls were they?

They seem to be barred owls. Searching for information about them led me to this:

https://hakaimagazine.com/features/the-owls-who-came-from-away/

The article begins "They seize suburbs. They seize cities. They seize habitat a continent away. They arrive uninvited. They stay indefinitely. They are indomitable."

#owls #birds #BarredOwl

I spilled bacon grease on a favourite shirt. Now I either have to work to get the grease out or... hmmm. Maybe I will get more bacon grease, and apply it to the shirt it in an artful manner. I could then pretend that it was meant to be that way.

He is sick and has lost his voice, says the email, that is why he cannot phone me. He needs my help, though! A friend's daughter has cancer, and her birthday is TODAY. He needs me to buy an Amazon gift card! Of course he will pay me back later! He just wants to put a smile on the poor girl's face. It is important to act now. Because her birthday is TODAY.

#fraud #phishing

Every product I buy winds up generating an annoying request to review, review, review - review the product, my shopping experience, etc.

I hate these review requests. I finally set up an email filter to throw away any email with such a request, so that I never even see them. What an improvement! Shoulda done this ages ago.

@dillyd@turtleisland.social Wow!

@AnnieBuddy@mstdn.ca Ha! Now I want to be your passenger. I would sing with you!

@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk Thanks for mentioning postmarketOS. I will go search for it today, and see if it seems promising for me.