Work today was uneventful and after all that I went for my usual 11.6km walk which funny enough I did quicker than 1 hour and 50 minutes. I received a text message from my doctor regarding a 3 monthly blood test to keep track of how things are progressing to ensure that there isn’t any spike in blood sugar numbers. I’m unsure how much of a regular thing it’ll be but it is good to keep track of ones health. As my doctor noted, there are a whole heap of downstream problems that come from high blood sugar so it is best to get it under control. For my numbers my hba1c went from 89 to 42 and then to 37 with my personal goal being that I’d like to get it down to the low end of the thirties or even the high twenties which will get me in a health normal range with enough head room.
I’m getting myself back in a routine, taking each day one at a time – getting back to having a walk every night and although it has taken a bit of effort to be motivated to get out of the house after working all day I have to admit that afterwards I feel a whole lot better. I’m going to get really focused on getting back on track and then not next week but the week after I’ll go in for my blood test – I don’t see any major change because I’m feeling pretty good at the moment.
I saw a video of Paul Thurrott regarding the whole debate online in response to a Microsoft executive talking about making Windows an agentic OS.
I have to disagree with Paul although I do agree there are people who will fight tooth and nail against any progress there are legitimate issues being raised with many at the end of the tether because they’ve been saying the same thing for years and just being ignored by Microsoft. There is a push back to Microsoft AI fixation because ever since Windows 8, Microsoft has clearly decided that the concerns of the user base play second fiddle to what ever happened to the the latest trend of the moment. Touch screens for example being the archetype of faux futurism where Microsoft hoped that a touch first user interface would spur on greater sales yet here we are years later and the overwhelming majority of computers don’t have a touch screen and end users went through a whole lot of disruptive pain for nothing worthwhile. Then the two releases per year under Windows 10 with ‘Windows as a service’ (a great idea in theory assuming you’re not dealing with a spaghetti code mess but instead everything is clean and modular) where a small prayer was required before installing an update in a hope that the software gods will bless oneself with a stable platform and nothing broken. When people look at Windows 7 as a ‘golden age’ it wasn’t that people are saying Windows 7 was perfect but it did get the basics done well and just got out of your way to allow you to use your computer with minimal disruption.
The issue isn’t about new features, the issue is about the misplaced priorities with Windows 11 for example being released in October 2021 and here we are 4 years later, very little progress on the UI in consistencies (see inconsistencies regarding dark mode as one example), the Windows Settings introduced in Windows 10 release 10 years ago and they still haven’t gotten rid of the Control Panel or clearly lay out any sort of road map regarding dealing with legacy components of Windows. That doesn’t even touch on things such as the MAX_PATH limitation where you can enable long path names but Windows Explorer (for example) doesn’t support path names longer than 256 characters. If these issues were addressed (and more) or being addressed in a timely manner than most users would view this whole AI thing as something they would disable or just ignore (assuming it doesn’t keep pestering them) but when power users and developers see the basics not being done well mean while all the focus is on features very few people give a flying continental about then it shouldn’t be surprising that people online are voicing their concerns via the modern day equivalent of writing a letter to the editor.
My two favourite items of clothing are zip up hoodies and hoodies in general along with Dickies trousers with the double patch on the knee. I prefer to have my clothing baggy and comfortable – even when I was slimmer I still preferred baggy clothes because I found fitting clothing too restrictive and rather uncomfortable. Oh, and heavy cotton shirts I also like – not a fan of cotton shirts that are thin, feels like I’m going to rip the shirt if I look at it the wrong way. Oh, while we’re at it, I do like skate shoes – preferably black or a dark colour.
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