For the past two days, and for the next two, I am mostly in the real life and almost off the social media. All the pictures and stories will follow next week.😀
Category: everyday life
Our Building Gym …
.. is still not photogenic (i.e., still not repaired after the flood), traditional birthday gym pictures were taken in the living room.
All I Want For My Birthday…
… is still the same – Victory for Ukraine. The last several days didn’t provide any hope here. There is a lot of grief and lots of casualties.
My birthday is technically already here:). I am sixty now. And there will be a birthday party which Vlad and Anna are putting together. I already know that some people I wanted to see won’t be able to make it, but I still hope to see lots of my friends.
And also… I shared a list of my favorite charities on most of my social media, but to be honest, the one that feels the most important now is the defense of Ukraine.
Field Museum Exhibit
On Sunday, Boris and I went to the Field Museum to see a relatively new exhibit, Death: Life’s Greatest Mystery
I wanted to go to this exhibit with Boris because the subject of the exhibit is uncomfortable to many people, and I knew for sure that it won’t be uncomfortable for him, and that our views on the subject of the exhibit are similar.
Did I see what I expected to see? Yes and no. I expected a little more comparison of different cultures, rituals, and religious views. It was all present, but less than I expected. On the other hand, more emphasis was on “what do you think?”
Technology
Whatever you say, technology makes life easier. Sometime around Christmas, I received a notification about an unauthorized charge on my Visa. Not for the first time, and as usual, the card was blocked, and a new one was issued immediately. What surprised me, though, was how painless the credit card replacement happened. Previously, the change in the credit card number would result in going through a dozen and dozen automated payments and websites, and you would still forget to change it somewhere and miss a payment. This time, the card in my apple wallet was replaced automatically. For most of the online and/or scheduled payments, I didn’t need to do anything – the card number was automatically updated! I was shocked – my life didn’t get disrupted at all.
An even bigger surprise happened with my iPhone upgrade – that was the first time in my life that I didn’t have to call customer support and didn’t need to resubmit any passwords or anything – the switch happened with zero hassle. The only thing I had to confirm was adding my credit cards to my Apple wallet, but again, no numbers to punch, just a confirmation.
I even didn’t need to reconnect my AirPods! Probably the only thing I needed to add was my FaceId :).
Mom’S Birthday
Mom turned eighty-eight on Tuesday. Since she always refused to celebrate her birthday before the actual birthday (the superstition that you can die not reaching it in this case), and since next weekend didn’t work either, Igor and I took her out on the day of her birthday.
Fortunately, since Igor discovered Eurasia cafe, we can always go there for the food that mom likes. We ordered several different Russian dishes, and gave her our presents, and everything was good. At leat, she seemed happy and thanked us. Although for the next two days, when I talk to her on the phone it sounds like she found some reason to be unhappy, but I am pretending I do not notice:).
Only In Chicago!
It is in the mid-40s and sunny. And almost no wind. Amazing weather for the past couple of days.
On Tuesday, I was in the office and went skating during the lunch break. Today,
I had unplanned work from home and went biking during the lunch break.
How is it possible that the weather is perfect for both?!
‘Only in Chicago! (c)
And One More Time About Breakfast At Work…
It is great, because:
- you do not need to think about making breakfast in the morning and whether you will have time for it
- it is ready when you come to the office
- the window view from the cafeteria
- you have these ten minutes to sit, enjoy the view, food and coffee and get ready for the great start of the day
- you feel that your employer cares
PGSQL Phriday #004 Recap
I am very thiankful for the opportunity to host the January edition of PGSQL Phriday series. I hope that this series will continue and more people will join the discussions!
Thank you to everybody who contributed to the January PGSQL Phriday topic! I suggested “Postgres and Software Development,” while being very well aware that this topic is not popular in the PostgreSQL community. To be completely honest, I thought that it was possible that only Ryan Booz would contribute!
That being said – a big thank you to everyone who participated! Please find a summary of contributions below, and please let me know if I missed your post!
The first person to contribute was Andreas Scherbaum with his blog post PGSQL Phriday #004: PostgreSQL and Software Development. Andreas had a huge advantage as he could summarize the information from over 140 interviews he conducted for his “PostgreSQL person of the week” series. His blog post mainly focuses on what people are saying about the development for PostgeSQL – patch submissions and other details of how PostgreSQL…
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Not Over Yet!
The Christmas Tree is already gone, and all Christmas decorations are in storage, but still, I got more cards and presents in the mail!
