Wimbledon and some returns
Jul. 13th, 2025 10:07![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bill_schubertI'm watching Alcaraz and Sinner walk out to the courts ready to play. Last time they played, in Paris, it was a five set battle more like a boxing match than tennis. I would expect today to be no different. It is so nice to watch, from the comfort of my home, a match of tennis on a par with any I've ever watched. As always, I've got Mom on my shoulder saying 'I wish John [Mcenroe] would shut up'. He still hasn't and won't. The reason I'd love to have a button to push that would silence the commentary but not the crowd and pop of the rackets.
I expect Alcaraz to win but both are so deserving that it would not matter.
In the family tradition I'm collecting Amazon returnables. I've got two. One is a monitor connection adapter I no longer need since I broke the damn monitor and the other is a backup set of what was supposed to be bone conduction earphones but is actually over the ear speakers, not what I want and not what was on the site. I'll also be returning the Chromebox I have once I've gotten the new one with more oomph. I've done my bit to keep them profitable, though. Shoes, another headset, a monitor, a Chromebox and all kinds of 'stuff' critical to my existence. I'll probably take the returnables with me tomorrow to Georgetown. There's a UPS there that has an independent set up where you grab a bag, Scan your code, print off the label to seal the bag with and drop it in the hole. It is a great set up that is as efficient as it can be. Rather than separate packages it all goes into large boxes for the return.
Today is a rain-ish day. We now get flood watches all over Alexa and Google if the humidity is even high. It does not apply to us. I'd rather have a heat gage warning that I could set for my specific age and such. If only we had Artifician Intelligence to help with that kind of thing.
I get annoyed frequently that AI is not incorporated into daily existence. I'm sitting at a red light with traffic backing up behind and traffic backing up on the other side and no one crossing with the green light and it is such an obvious opportunity to use AI. There are cameras that can see what it happening and even a low level computer system would be able to change the light based on reality. Can't figure out what that doesn't happen.
First world.
I expect Alcaraz to win but both are so deserving that it would not matter.
In the family tradition I'm collecting Amazon returnables. I've got two. One is a monitor connection adapter I no longer need since I broke the damn monitor and the other is a backup set of what was supposed to be bone conduction earphones but is actually over the ear speakers, not what I want and not what was on the site. I'll also be returning the Chromebox I have once I've gotten the new one with more oomph. I've done my bit to keep them profitable, though. Shoes, another headset, a monitor, a Chromebox and all kinds of 'stuff' critical to my existence. I'll probably take the returnables with me tomorrow to Georgetown. There's a UPS there that has an independent set up where you grab a bag, Scan your code, print off the label to seal the bag with and drop it in the hole. It is a great set up that is as efficient as it can be. Rather than separate packages it all goes into large boxes for the return.
Today is a rain-ish day. We now get flood watches all over Alexa and Google if the humidity is even high. It does not apply to us. I'd rather have a heat gage warning that I could set for my specific age and such. If only we had Artifician Intelligence to help with that kind of thing.
I get annoyed frequently that AI is not incorporated into daily existence. I'm sitting at a red light with traffic backing up behind and traffic backing up on the other side and no one crossing with the green light and it is such an obvious opportunity to use AI. There are cameras that can see what it happening and even a low level computer system would be able to change the light based on reality. Can't figure out what that doesn't happen.
First world.