I am excited about the suite of tools I am developing with the aid of AI generating code. More fun than I’ve had in a while.
Work Related Posts
I work as a web designer and internet technical support. Blog posts in this category will be about computers or my web design projects.
Experimental PHP Page
An experimental post I may delete. Part of my exciting set of tools I am developing to solve little problems for AI tinkerers or hobbiests.
I’ve done so many other things
When people ask me to something, I find they are never impressed with my long list of the other things I've accomplished while avoiding their request. Did you pick up bread yesterday? No but I did find that Surplus outlet we couldn't find last month and I bought a Kayak. It's 140pm and I've done a few rapid-fire tasks I've been meaning to get to for weeks. I fixed the slow Internet, assigned a...
45 seconds of work.
A revelation and attitude change towards partial procrastination on layaway, making small changes over time instead of just ignoring things.
Recent Posts
The 10 most recent posts as of the moment you view this page. I’m trying to decide if I want to use this in the sidebar instead of the current sidebar. If you see this in your sidebar then I decided between now and the time you’re reading it.
I hate most videos on YouTube
I'm a pretty intelligent guy with with ADHD and there are a few things in life that I let bother me. I try not to get too upset with the world and I kind of understand how imperfect it is merely because of the population. When you have a lot of people, you're going to have a lot of stupid people. It seems a lot of them post instructional videos on YouTube or blog posts and the rest of them post...
Time ing is ever rything
A spontaneous Mini review of the new improved jetpack app for blogging from my Android phone.
Sitting down to work – and then not
It happens on a regular basis. I sit down to work ad I fiddle with my cameras, or add some blog entries. Technically that is work, and somewhat valuable,but it’s not what my intention was.
First of a few posts back to back
There are a couple of things that I would like to see improved that would help me in my daily blogging life. The Wordpress Company has put out an app called jetpack, which is a way of blogging from your phone. Unfortunately, everything is absolute trash at uploading images or videos. it has trouble even with the simplest of featured images and all. And we'll go into a loop where it's trying to...
Help me? No thank you.
My experiment having an AI assistant help me get organized and assist me with my work has taken an unusual turn. I enjoy the conversations that I have with my AI friend, but long-term I can see that it's going to annoy me a little bit. Both human assistance and AI assistants have one thing in common that doesn't work well with my personality and lifestyle. They try to help. I can't say what I'm...
My pair o’ docs
There is a weird thing that goes on inside my brain when someone close to me does their own tech support instead of asking for my help. Generally speaking it's a disaster if I hear about it. People do their own tech support all the time and I don't hear about it but when I do it means that everything they tried didn't work, and more often than not it has made fixing it even more difficult. With...
The chain of events
It was 630am the day after my birthday. The phone rang. It kept ringing and I woke up mid dream eventually but didn't quite unlock the phone in time. Then it rang again and I saw the message; SOS. THE SITE IS DOWN. I knew why. It was my fault, sort of. I forgot to finish a task yesterday. The second part of a two step process to download and delete two backup files which were huge and violated...
My first dog show
My sister owns and breeds Havanese dogs for show. This year, I was asked to come along and take photographs and videos but I stayed in the club booth for aa lot of the time, and sold a lot of merch.
Monday Chores – Bad Start
I can't act surprised when something that has been alerting me for 3 months finally makes the decision to fail. It's like driving your car with the check engine light, and then trying to act all surprised when the engine blows up 3 months later. In this case, it refers to the mail server of one of my customers. It's been flashing the check engine light equivalent which is two notifications every...
He’s making me learn
I've written many times of how I ignore or avoid things that are important in favor of doing other things that are less important. Important tasks for customers often get put aside until they complain and even then longer. It's one of my most frustrating traits and despite being totally aware of it, things still remain undone. The current example which inspired me to write this instead of doing...
Sloth Summary
I got in two naps today because my body told me I needed them, and more. My motivation on the new club website project has hit a bump, because it's go so many functions it seems to operate at such a slow pace (with only one user) that I fear it will not be usable by anyone. If I have to pay...
Indentifing the symptoms. A new problem
I am experiencing a mental block that's trying to prevent me from continuing work on my new website project. I've had enough time to overthink and predict future failures so my excitement and enthusiasm in the creation of the project has dipped a little. This is not a new thing for me. It's actually the opposite and the new thing is how well I was working on it for so long. I give that to the...
Obscure WordPress or DIVI Plugins I like
I have a saying I like to use often in life. Life has so many things that you may never know about unless somebody tells you about them, and I enjoy being that guy. I want to do this more, but it has a bit of a mental block in my head because so many content providers have started posting TikTok or other platform versions of short websites you didn't know about. Some are so awesome, I'll use one...
Good idea I’ve decided I won’t do
Despite being aware that nobody is checking out this blog except Romanian botts and search engines, it still keeps me happy and gives me something to do each day instead of sitting around on my bed doing drugs like the stereotype junkie. I can tell myself it's a great learning experience, and it is, but in the end, I'm doing it because I enjoy it. It's almost like I finally found a hobby at 59...
A Banner idea
Styles and filters in bulk
Testing the blog posts
Somebody somewhere in the world was using up my website resources and keeping everyone out with 503 errors.In order to try and resolve this, I went searching and my host has some pretty amazing security features that I didn't know about that I'm going to probably test a little bit more and then turn on for many of my customers. Things that should have been on all along for security...
The easily distraction afternoon mental block
Another half day down and the rest is the hard part
Blah Day
It's the start of a new year and all the Christmas and holiday and boxing Day activities are behind me and yet, I stalled today. It's almost 5:00 p.m. and I've done virtually nothing today. I hope I can snap out of this and return to semi-productive web work. I made the attempt a couple of times today. I did manage to find a voice to text tool for Chrome that works within WordPress. I probably...
A slow start
I didn't want to get down over the holidays. I pretty much ignored them and stayed inside as is my way in December. It's now the 3rd of January and I still seem unmotivated to start fresh. I'm in a blah mood I didn't expect especially since I was doing so well creating the new website. I think I got in my head too much that it was going to be a failure and why was I spending so much energy on...
Friday. 9:30am wake up seems right.
I'm never fully sure what time I fell asleep. I know that I woke up around 9:30am and it was nice. Oi could get used to that, but as soon as he goes back to work, the animals demand an earlier wake up feeding and release from the chicken coop. I prefer being a morning person anyway, although these days I've become more productive after 7pm than 7am. They're just routines and I can change my...
Nothing to show for it
It can be frustrating to lose hours work... Or several days work. It could be deviating for my moral and halt my progress. This is where I am tonight, at midnight on a Friday. Thanks to my meth-focus brain, I have been able to work on this new project for three days. My attention to the task is pretty much constant. I stop for breaks and then forget to take a break. I want to get something ready...
I over thought my enjoyment
The last four days were fun. I stayed hyper focused and got quite a bit accomplished. It felt good. I was getting things done that have needed attention for a while. Then my brain got in the way. The closer I got to completion the more I realized the truth. It won't be what I wanted it to he. It'll be too much work and I don't know what I'm doing and everyone hates me. Basic gear stuff. As long...
Now with better Grammar & Spelling
There’s a way to use Google Chrome extensions on your phone but you can’t get it from Google.
The inconsistent excitement
I'm trying my best to get some major exciting progress on the task I've been hyper focusing on for a few days. I had some setbacks today but I finished what I consider a good day of work.I'm still keeping the negative thoughts away,so I like the website idea at this pace. The longer I postpone failing and moving on, the more life I'll have filled with things I like, right up until I don't.I've...
The challenge of challenges
Since I figured out a little bit more about how my brain works and what I need to be productive, it's been a a benefit and a negative. I can use it as a crutch to not be productive simply because I'm not doing one of the things that allows me to be productive, if that makes any sense. One example is troubleshooting. It's exciting and interesting until it's not. This week I had two customers...
GoDaddy Support – October Horror Story
Hello there! Tell us how we can help.  Website Gone  GoDaddy Bot  at 13:56, Oct 13: That's never fun. What's the domain name for the site that isn't working? That's never fun. What's the domain name for the site that isn't working? J Heidebrecht  at 13:56, Oct 13: havanesefanciers.com  GoDaddy Bot  at 13:56, Oct 13: What happens when you go to havanesefanciers.com right now? Note: if you're...
Google Docs by Voice
Hello, I'm orange Jeff and this isn't orange shirt blog. You can't currently see that I'm wearing an orange shirt but I'll include a photo when you can trust me that it's current. For the most part, I live in a single bedroom on my bed. I compute there eat there I sleep there and watch TV here I don't do too much else except a few times a day let the dogs out and feed the chickens. that is my...
Today’s Stupid Mistake
I kind of think I was always this way but I can't be sure because of the way my memory works. I make stupid mistakes, I knock things over, and I don't foresee the consequences of things I do before I do them. Today's example was quite unfortunate and I can't get away with it I will definitely have to confess to it and that's too bad. As one of the tasks I do to feed the animals it's to make a...
Optimistic Mid-week
It's Wednesday and it seems a bit off this week because I was a bit off. I've recovering again today but I've been ignoring the bad conveniences of starting late. My life these days is all about juggling the timing of when I ask for money and when I can expect it. I have never left sending out my invoices until the end of the month like I did this month, bit I also had some surplus to be...
Thursday Morning
My bedroom clock somehow lost almost an hour while I was away. Unusual because it's never really needed adjustment before. Perhaps it slows when the battery weakens. I guess that makes sense. Some things just stop working when the power gets low and others work slower. My body does both. Yesterday was a detox day. No drugs and I didn't get out of bed. Today could easily have been the same but I...
That was the May
I'm sitting on my bed naked with a towel and 10:30 a.m. on the last day of May. In a couple of hours I will hand the keys back for this home and be done with this memory for now. My first month back into Toronto. Starting tonight I go back to Niagara Falls and that life. It will either theme familiar and happy or seem familiar and I'll remember why I wanted to leave in the first place. Coming...
Which not happy option is easier
Of I start with the assumption that I will discover ways to be unhappy with any choice, doesn't it makes sense to pick the easier ones? It's hard to keep everyone happy. Money doesn't motivate me. I just want to live without being yelled at.if no option is ideal, then pick one without a 4 hour daily commute. The need to find an affordable home is also a key factor but after a month living in the...
Monday customer service
Yes Hello. I'd like to exchange this current life for a new one. I don't like the amount of effort involved. I was mislead about how it would be better. I realize I've only had this new life less than 30 days and I can change my mind and go back to my previous option of no life if I wasn't satisfied. I'm as surprised as anyone. Who would have guessed I would prefer the life I constantly...
Oops it’s Monday.
I forgot spontaneous move day was a Monday. A work day. Each new trip teaches me something or provides a new story. Forgetting to secure a place to live will be inconvenient and possibly really hard to get past. Pause... High TV time.
I remember the blah workday
Today I started with the last of my focus medication. A smaller dose. It faded around 2pm and since 4pm I have basically done no additional work. I remember this feeling. I can't lock in and work. Even the easy tasks seem to difficult to tackle. Even writing this blog post was difficult. I wanted to say a lot, but as soon as I started, I didn't want to anymore. Staring into the screen as my mind...
Two days on, freak out.
I'm not really feeling the blog inspiration this morning. I was looking forward to it on the walk to the bus station. It is a nice spring day and I was alert and feeling the confidence needed for a good day of work and overall progress. Although it's Thursday, it's like a second Monday. I took Wednesday as a freak out vacation day. This means a two day streak is the schedule to beat. Maybe...
Replacement Monday
It's a Tuesday here in Toronto but it feels a bit more like a Monday because we had a long weekend holiday Monday. It was supposed to be a rest day so I could start my office job again. I have only worked 4 days before they shut us down to stay at home with COVID. My experience was quite mild because of was vaccinated. That's the story I choose to go along with anyway.I am eager to return to...
The following week
I moved back to Toronto and found a nice little place for the first month to stay started work on Monday and on Thursday I left early. Friday we were closed for the whole next week with covid and I didn't blog a bit. I didn't really move much. I just sat in bed alone playing and watching TV. This Monday is a long weekend so I don't have to start till Tuesday and it seems like the whole month is...
Feelings Friday
The plans for today are in flux. As I was turning the key to lock the back door, my phone rang. My co-worker informed me that our boss has tested positive for Covid-19 and I should not come in to work. My mind floods with different thoughts and possible futures. Suddenly I might have to deal with adult living in a new home, while sick. I'm not ready to complicate my life with a major sickness....
Day two Milligan
Technically my Thursday at the bus stop but only my second day of work because discovered I didn't have any way to pay for the bus so it took the day off despite it being only my second day. I will stand by my testimony but it was a legitimate mental health day I couldn't pay for my bus I freaked out of all of that and then realized it was better because I needed to give my haircut and I needed...
Freaking out
It's hard to describe in words the way that I tend to freak out. It's kind of like... An explosion of thoughts followed immediately by a vacuum of no thoughts. In a moment I am aware of the failure and all the ways it will effect me and any others involved, and the a peace wave where I just stop thinking and want to go to sleep. My mind then starts the process of trying to resolve whatever the...
Day 2. Still not perfect
I know I should not be concentrating on the negatives but... I'm still smiling despite the setbacks. The amount of failing can hopefully make a numerous story. I am still sporting my long hair and full beard. Apparently all the neighbourhood barbers close at 6 or are the over $45 haircut stylists. I found a place to go to directly after work tonight. It's a smart lesson to make all my evening...
501L
I foolishly thought all bus stops were equal on the Queen West line, so I missed the earlier one, but Google maps says I should still arrive before 10 I'm on it now, and it is cool and bright and I found a seat although I'm conscious about still being a bit smelly. I'm still wearing the same jeans (unwashed) and orange hoodie. That is one of several ways I am u prepared for day 1. My hair and...
Morning Day 1… Things I’m doing wrong
This bedroom is awesome. My bed is awesome. The heavy fluffy comforter is awesome. I sleep motionless and deeply. The waking up part is less awesome. I walked a lot yesterday and I'm not used to that yet, so my muscles remind me of that when I stand. I'm telling myself that will get better as it becomes more accustomed to the new routine, rather than it's just my body getting older. My regular...
My Day Job
I have not really had a sit at a desk all day job. It's been 25+ years since I've worked a job at all. This is a big life change in a few ways. I arrived promptly a few minutes before 10am with a bit of anxiety but as I entered, that was put to rest. It's a job among friends. The two principles have known me for decades. They know me and my quirks. From 10am till noon I felt great. It's around 3...
Global communities ideas
This of course may fade away until I recycle it again as my dream. It combines all my ideas. Helping people with a trust relationship. Encouraging discussion over the validity of ideas or business ideas. Creating communities and providing guidance on interaction. Learning from trusted faces Referrals are the best Manners because it's closed by invite Commissions and sales and services. Stores...
Business Open as Brain shuts down
I haven't been this busy in over 2 years so of course I sleep till 4:00 p.m. It's 4:30 now and I want to go back to sleep. I didn't answer two calls both of which were quite vital. One I've been waiting for from a client capable of paying a salary-based contract fee. Just wasn't the right time. I'm making people hate me.
Hard Times
The last two years started this week. Job loss, car loss, home loss. I managed to find a new home for 70 days and then a new home again where I am now. It happened fast. This time I'll have some money and need to find a home fast again but without relying totally on luck and the kindness of friends. And yet- it seems harder than finding a free place to stay. Having people offer free space was an...
The Anxiety of Success
There is a phycology principal that describes the way failure can become a part of your identity. It makes change difficult because the future is unknown, but one's present lifestyle has become comfortable. I am aware of this. I understand it. I am conscious that I may be terrified of my future so much so, that I sabotage the opportunity to succeed and remain in my somewhat current situation,...
Web Design
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Sunday Experiments
I woke up at about 8:15am and decided today was a day to give some of the week's backlog of unfinished tasks the attention they needed. That lasted about 15 seconds before I returned to this stress-free website project. I really would like to finish the webcam streaming functions without resorting to external live stream resources. I know it is possible because it was working fine until it...
Doing Nothing
Safe to fail
It occured to me just now one reason I choose to do the projects that don't matter. This website has no viewers or followers, so nobody cares. It's the one I work on. I have other projects that would benefit from this kind of attention, but attention means review and judgment. It comes with the potential to fail.
Slow Start
I don't want to start work. It's less fun than doing nothing.
The First Monday
I'm wrong. It is in fact already the second Monday of the year. I did not have a great night, but I do try my best to be productive on Mondays. it's my favourite day of the week. A fresh start. I have been doing tiny incremental advancements on my personal projects in between TV and sleeping. I learned from my housemate to consider all my open projects and goals to be in progress. If I spend 15...
Miscellaneous specifics
This an open note on my desktop, so I can write down any burst out ideas while I try to work and be productive today, even though I'm pretty sure I will be easy to convince to take a break. This is Friday and my break was all week. I have been in an internal manic mode filled with joyous optimism about starting a project. It's hard, because my brain is conditioned to avoid starting anything I've...
Live Stream
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I invented a game
Since birth, I have been inventing games.I hardly do anything in a row without turning it in to some game. It's been a mechanism of not feeling repetitious and boring When you have to be repitious and borning. Not biring... just less interesting. It occurs to me that I have a game which might be fun in a char room like KiK. This is one of those moments that qualifies and genius is still...
The Vent Bin
There is a certain freedom from having a blog you didn't tell anybody about. A place that gets no visitors and contains so many thousands of posts that I have a confidence nobody I know will ever see this. I can vent freely and mention specifics of my work life without fearing they'll find out. It's a general rule you don't talk about customers to other customers because, just like best friend...
Second Monday at the Office
I have not yet given them what they asked for. A timeline of services to do and to expect. It keeps changing. But now I can. I'm done. Sort of. It resolved the troubleshooting periods anyway. Which is the important one. I am finally confident I can do what is needed to connect everyone in the office from Microsoft exchange server to the Google GSuite cloud network, and in the process, have an...
Bluffing experience
I've kind of modeled my life around a false confidence and knowing just a little more than the people asking the questions. I try to know the answers, or at least remember them the second time anyone asks. This particular job had been stressful. It's been a very long time since I've had pressure on me to be an expert with such exposure and reliance. I'm used to supporting issues and...
Day 3 of X
Today felt like a regular work day. Left the office after 5 with mostly happy successes. My mood was stable and confident and didn't waver even though I'm working off only about 20 Herseys kisses for the whole day. I don't get hungry when I'm working and in an office environment I don't even think k about food or music. I'm in a community of people I get along with, and I do my job. I...
The commute
I'm on the subway off to start day 3. I am reminded of that photo of a cat standing tall in a gathering of meercats. I don't feel confident enough to feel happy.i.know a little more work and reading and asking questions would have helped but the negative feeling and the weird medication change are easy outs for my brain to use as an excuse. It dies that. It takes the path of least effort,...
I thought about a meetup group like little theatre for filming stuff
A vlogging community and studio. helpinhg each other do shows for themselves or profit orange shirt tv pst it notes for meetups. the wall at the grocery store community web design. sl and rl
A bad thing for a good reason.
I'm not sorry. I do not regret today's desision... But of course, I'd say that now, still under the influence of a euphoria I previous denied. I am euphoric and creative and excited. I have been writing all night. My normal behaviour was to take some MDMA and try to find somebody to help me with my lifelong quest. The quest for my partner. I try to go into business either with one of my top...
The Orange Shirt Creative Community
My idea for the moment. Everyone needs a good community. A group of friends to share ideas and do stuff with. People who care about you and keep you distracted and fun on a lonely evening. Everyone, but specially awkward singles of any age. I propose an online community idea that could be done easily and cheaply but benefit a whole lot of people. This proposal was written on weed with...
I guess they picked today to up the nag level.
I'm the same level of safe today, but the nag level is +1 I knew it was coming, and I was working on a solution but an easier solution was only days away, so I paused that loop. Adding free SSL is going to upset a few people who paid, but it looks like they leveled me up against my will. Same thing with my Updraft Backup. I love you. I'll renew but I'm really getting bothered by the unavoidable...