The Gods of The Interwebs

August 29, 2024August 29, 2024 / animar64 / 2 Comments

OMG- THE COMPUTERS ARE DOWN- HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET DEPARTURE INFO TO OUR AIRLINE PASSENGERS?

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport employees write flight information on a board during a computer system outage. From Seattle-Tacoma International/X

Well. I guess you go old school.

A few years ago the company I work for had computer issues and as a result some of our warehouses were not able to receive or ship our orders.

I say SOME because there a a few of us who worked in warehouses before we got computers in, and those of us who DID have computers couldn’t get near them because Office Staff would beat you back with blunt objects for fear we would screw things up.

For the uninitiated, the systems we had in those days were NOT user friendly and if you didn’t know what you were doing you really could mess things up.

Now if you do that on the system I’m using it screams at you- well it beeps and chirps -and won’t let you move forward. It invites you to back up and try again.

I hate it that if I’m not on a Social Media Platform I ‘miss out ‘ on what is going on in the lives of my friends and family. I hate it that when I know how to make something run smoothly if I don’t have internet access and I have to play dumb because people do NOT want to hear that they can make a system move without one.

I hate it that as a GEN X’r people younger then me think it’s funny that I don’t need the internet to function. It’s like the Internet is THE POINT and I’ve missed it in a big way.

But here’s the thing, when some of us hit the wall because the Gods of the Interwebs have abandoned us, they get stopped dead in their tracks.

I don’t.

Amen.

RDP Thursday: WALL

Ol Yellow Was There

August 28, 2024August 29, 2024 / animar64 / Leave a comment

RDP Wednesday: Pyramid

On one of my COUNTLESS dvd’s about Ancient Egyptians and the pyramid builders is a fascinating story about the artists who painted and decorated the tombs.

First of all I learned that the people who painted and decorated the tombs were trained artisans- though of course natural talent had a lot to do with it, right?

This picture taken on April 13, 2019 shows a view inside the newly-dicovered tomb of the ancient Egyptian nobleman “Khewi” dating back to the 5th dynasty (24942345 BC), at the Saqqara necropolis, about 35 kilometres south of the capital Cairo. (Photo by Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP) (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images

Another view inside the tomb. (Photo by Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP)

So I heard one story about how the more skilled and talented artists had their work displayed near the entrance of the tombs or in places where your eye was going to travel first- near statues, maybe the sarcophagus.

They also put it out ther that the new guys, or maybe the older guys who’s eyesight may not have been all it had been in the past, had their work displayed in the backs of tombs, or places where you might not ( living or dead ) travel too.

Another story they told was about an Artist they called, ” Ol’ Yeller ”

Ol’ Yeller painted over the details in the figures completely in yellow. That’s right, Ol Yeller just filled in the outlines ( I saw one show where the work was done free hand- that artist didn’t use a grid which was RARE.) with yellow and moved along.

It was in the back of the tomb where the lighting was never going to be good, so I guess it didn’t matter.

Newly discovered tombs of pyramid builders are seen with the Great Pyramid in background in Giza, Egypt.

I suppose that story stuck with me because people seem to think that the pyramids and the Royal Tombs were perfect- that they were SO perfect that they couldn’t possible have been built or decorated by humans- only Supernatural or Aliens could have built and decorated them.

Ol’ Yeller is a hero.

He may not have been a very good artist. Maybe he was almost blind. Maybe he was just a slacker.

But he was human and I think it’s great that he left behind a sign that real people built the Pyramids.

Forever

August 27, 2024August 27, 2024 / animar64 / Leave a comment

RDP Tuesday: Nostalgia

My Grandfather and my Great Aunt were both born in Victoria BC.

Surprise! My Grandfather was Canadian!

Every spring or early Summer we would take the Princess Margarite up to Victoria and we would buy loads of French Pastries ( once upon a time there were the BEST Bakeries in Victoria and I swear that the Petit Fours looked like works of art, they were so pretty! ) We would visit the Wax Museum and the Gardens- I loved our trips up there.

I’ve gone back of course and even though the Bakeries are no more, it’s still my favorite place to visit.

I’ve selected some pictures that I took at the Royal Museum because they perfectly capture the sense my sense nostalgia for a place that has a special place in my heart.

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