I would suggest that physical exercise also has a similar beneficial effect.
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This Changes EVERYTHING! Here’s Why.
Did I say “everything?” Sorry, I meant to say this changes nothing, except for me.
The touchpad on my Windows 11 Lenovo laptop started giving me trouble. Gradually, it got worse, until suddenly it stopped working.
The Dell all-in-one with Windows 10 I bought in Arizona for my father, then shipped back home after he died, has TPM 2 for Windows 11. But Microsoft doesn’t support its AMD processor for the update and the system was running so slowly as to be essentially useless anyway.
Hoping the Lenovo touchpad failure was in the hardware, I replaced it. Device Manager says it’s okay, but like the original pad, there is no response. I’m now wondering if it’s somehow a software problem, resulting from an update. More likely there’s a failed component on the circuit board. Checking Reddit, I saw that I am not alone in having this failure. I will never buy another Lenovo product.
Retiring the Dell all-in-one, the Lenovo took its place in the office. For the porch, there is now a Dell Inspiron laptop running Windows 11, with a Qualcomm ARM 64 Snapdragon X Plus CPU. So far, its compatibility and responsiveness are indistinguishable from the Lenovo with its Intel i7 processor.
The Lenovo laptop has only one standard USB-A connector. I used it to put an old, long idle, Belkin USB-2 powered hub back into service. It’s fully loaded with a mouse, DVD-RW drive, laser printer, and an Ethernet adapter from a previous project. One less Wi-Fi connection competing for the airwaves.
I’ll give some flavor of Linux a try on the Dell all-in-one, to see if it has some life left in it. What I don’t have is space left for it!
Mannix Women
It’s been six years since the last great pre-Covid movie, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. One of my favorite scenes shows Cliff Booth livin’ the trailer life. It reminds me a lot of how my brother lived for years, minus the dog, but with the cigarette and denim jacket.
Two Marvel Comics are shown — Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos and Kid Colt Outlaw. On TV, Cliff is watching Mannix, a show that’s mentioned earlier in the movie by Marvin Shwarz, the agent who meets with Cliff’s pal and ostensible boss, Rick Dalton.
As seen in the opening credits, the first season of the series had a computer gimmick, that was later dropped. On Facebook, actress Leslie Parrish was asked, “Are you the girl in Mannix who’s twirling around in tennis whites?”
Before Leslie appeared in an episode of Mannix, she had been in the Star Trek episode, “Who Mourns for Adonais?”
She even wore the same costume in Mannix.
Leslie’s reply to the question? “No, that isn’t me. That’s Thordis Brandt.” Brandt is also seen kissing Mike Connors in the opening credits.
Leslie is now 90 and Thordis is 85.
Woke Batman?
After Superman issue #187, Batman #182 was my second DC 80-pg. GIANT comic book.
The collection of reprints features “Fantastic, BIZARRE Adventures!” The most enduring story is “The Rainbow Batman.” YouTube has a surprising number of videos about Rainbow Batman.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rainbow+batman
Here’s one that does a good job of explaining the history behind Batman’s mysterious costume swaps.
Now there’s a bizarre “AI Batman” in (mostly) black & white!
Vaudeville!
If you know who this was, you may be surprised to see him displaying a talent you didn’t know he had.
It’s been said he had an influence on this performer.