Listening to the Voices in my Head

Even when you give long detailed instructions

And show the results as to WHY, there are always Mansplainers.

With the upcoming Blue Supermoon Eclipse, I gave detailed instructions on how to use a freeware astronomy program called "Registax". It didn't take long for the usual Mansplainers to tell me THEIR way was better, or using a single focus image isn't any good, or how I was just wrong, or it was nothing but HDR, yadda yadda yadda. Even when I posted an example.

Every time I patiently explained why, the same mansplainers would com up with a different reason I was wrong. Then I tried "momsplaining".

On left is a single focused image of the almost full moon. The one on the right, is 20+ jpgs processed in Registax.



One would think that showing this would stop their arguments and derision, but no. Now, I just roll my eyes and ignore them.

Up before the dawn again

Sometimes, I just can't get the right leg comfortable enough to sleep well through the night. Was up at 4:43 am (checked my watch, so know the time is right). Let Keito and Loki into the back yard to 'dig holes in the sand'. Checked on Ziggy, as she and Trance had another dust up yesterday. Once again, Trance was on the losing end of things. Ziggy is ok, though.

Fed them all around 5:30. Keito got his insulin on time. Ziggy, from having to groom self after the fight with Trance, hurked up her food. Of course ON the sofa. (Preen OxyAction to the rescue) There was a HUGE clump of fur. After I cleaned it all up, she demanded to be fed again. Tossed some things into the washer, and they are currently hanging out on the line.

Knee feels a bit thick and stiff this morning, but there was no sciatic pain.. at first. But when it showed up, it did so with a vengeance. Immediately did the routine Matt gave me. First five.. gritting teeth. Second set, not so bad. By the time I had finished the 3rd set of five, the pain was manageable. Have taken pain meds, and the anti-inflammatory.

One really doesn't appreciate the absence of pain, until it hammering away at you.

Physio Visit

I gave Matt the rundown of what I have been doing to alleviate the pain in my shin/ankle. Nothing seems to be working. Even starting up the rehab exercises didn't help.

After some questions, then some pushes/pulls/twists/pokes/prods we did find out it's nothing wrong (aka, no damaged bone, or DVT). It's mild compartment syndrome, pinching the sciatic nerve that runs over the outside of the fibula, down over the ankle, to the arch of the foot. I still have some swelling from the knee replacement, nothing like it was before, but still there, and it's causing pressure on that nerve.

Been told to continue with the pain meds as needed, and to NOT SKIMP or skip. Given some exercises/stretches to reduce the nerve pain. Go back next week for a follow up.

Voluntarily back to the drawing board

The Tibialis Anterior pain isn't going away. I have done the stretches and other things Matt The Physio said to do, and it's not changing anything.

After checking my blogs, and comparing when the pain started to when I was give the 'all clear' from having to do the rehab exercises, it seems the shin pain started shortly after. I have decided to go back to the rehab exercises. And if I see any improvement, it will just mean I have to take 10 minutes, 3 to 5 times a day, to do them again.

Here's hoping, because if it is compartment syndrome, that could end up requiring more surgery and NO thank you!

When am I ever going to learn

When your browser works, all addons functioning properly... do NOT update the browser if you aren't having any issues.

The "OH NOES! SECURITY PROBLEMS!" Bullshit, that is what some of the security addons are for. Having the latest version of Firefox disable what it deems is 'not compatible' is bullshit, too, because with the installation of another addon, you can load them up. Even worse is when the updated addon doesn’t work but the older one does!

Gawd, I am so thankful that I made a full back up of the addons I had, because if I hadn't I wouldn't have been able to reinstall them after rolling back one version.

The Adobe Drama Llama?

It just keeps going on and on. I got this bull$hit email from them.

Hello Sandra,

Thank you for contacting Adobe support.
I am writing in reference to your case regarding your issue with Adobe application.

Please accept our sincere apology for all the inconvenience. We request you to provide your phone number and preferred time to contact you or contact us back on live support so that we can assist you on real time.

Please respond to this mail so that we can assist you further on your issue without any delay.

Thanks and regards,
Adobe Support.

My reply:

Why bother? I have already sent you one of the invoices I could find (still waiting for reply from three other sellers, who are graciously checking their records to see if they can find the sale tome, but as they are between 5 and 11 years ago it's not looking too good.) and I got bullcrap about how I have to contact Amazon (reseller) and I did. Then I was told to contact the Amazon seller, and I did. THEN the Amazon seller told me that if the installation discs are in working order (they are) to contact Adobe. And THEN you tell me there is no record of the sale with Adobe. No $hit Sherlock.

Because I live in Australia (I moved from the U.S.) Adobe was charging double for the products, even when U.S. and AUD were at parity. I refused to be skinned, so ordered the products from the U.S. and had them shipped TO me. And the when each and every one arrived, I would install it, activate it, follow the link to the registration page.

What I find passing strange is that the ONLY things missing from my Adobe account are each and every boxed set I purchased from other than Adobe, when I know I registered PSE 9, PSE10, CS3E CS5E, CS6 Master Collection. I had screen capped the page, but it's gone due to a massive HDD/System crash about 5 years ago, along with digital invoices I had. But I wasn't worried, because I had all my products listed on my Adobe account..... oh yeah, the same account that had all my Boxed products 'disappeared'.

Not saying I am going to do this, but I know there are ways to hack and crack, but I don't want to, nor should I have to, because I LEGALLY BOUGHT AND REGISTERED MY PRODUCTS! The same products you say are not mine, or are mine but is a student teacher edition (No, I have seen what Student/Teacher/EDU edition boxes are, and mine aren't.) Mine are full on, genuine one person purchased (me) . One would think that if I wasn't the person who owned the software, I wouldn't be bothering to rant/rave/vent or even CONTACT you regarding anything about it. But no. To hell with the fact that I bought legit boxed editions from a store, just keep parroting the bull$hit. Perchance to force me to subscribe? Ain't gonna work. I'll switch to On1PhotoRaw and Affinity, or maybe even Corel, ALSO bought by me, boxed/disc editions.

A VERY Angry Adobe Product buyer and user.

It does seem to be the week for this sort of thing

I was surfing on a news website, and I noticed the bookmarks on the browser bar disappearing one by one. What the heck?

Checked my back up browser, and saw the same thing happening there! Again, what the heck?

It seems that X-Marks had a malfunction. Luckily, I am a BACK UP BACK UP BACK UP sort of person. I disabled it in both browsers, then imported a 2 day old back up of my bookmarks.

Re-enabled X-Marks in one browser and made that one the one that only writes to the server. And in the other browser, made that one that only downloads from the server.

All fixed in under 5 minutes.

Dear Microsoft

You knew your "Meltdown Patch" was buggy, for Windows v7, 8, 10, but you released it. Not only that, you send out NOTHING to tell people to remove this patch!

I used two DVD/Blu-Ray play back programs (there are always discs that won't play in one program, but will in the other) TotalMedia Theater 6, and PowerDVD17. I had a problem with play back being too dark in PowerDVD about 10 days ago. So, I started TMT6... and it wouldn't start. I checked TaskManager, and noticed it started up, but then just stopped/disappeared.

A few minutes of searching on AV/Tech forums I found out that the patch is what caused it.

• Win10 1709 KB 4056892 Build 16299.192
• Win10 1709 for ARM KB 4056892 the mysterious patch listed in the Update Catalog
• Win10 1703 KB 4056891 Build 15063.850
• Win10 1607 and Server 2016 KB 4056890 Build 14393.2007
• Win10 1511 KB 4056888 Build 10586.1356, the patch that’s only available on Enterprise and Education editions
• Win10 1507 LTSC KB 4056893, Build 10240.17738
• Win8.1 and Server 2012 R2 KB 4056895 2018-01 Monthly Rollup
• Win8.1 and Server 2012 R2 KB 4056898 2018-01 security-only patch
• Win7 and Server 2008 R2  KB 4056894 2018-01 Monthly Rollup
• Win7 and Server 2008 R2  KB 4056897 2018-01 security-only patch

So, if you're having an issue with tried and true programs suddenly just not started, check to see if your most recent update is listed here, and remove it.

To sum up the Adobe Dilemma:

Adobe: Contact Amazon

Amazon: Contact Seller

Seller: Contact Adobe.

What this boils down to is if you have purchased your older Adobe product from a reseller, and not as a direct download, your product no longer exists and you screwed if you need help with it. Even when you have the original invoices from said purchases, Adobe will reply that THEY have no record of your purchase.

Well, no shit Sherlock, because it was a boxed/hardcopy version, not a digital download.

Boxed version of CS3E with CS5E upgrade.



Boxed version of CS6 Master Collection.

Hey Adobe, fukc* you

I found one of my invoices for an Adobe product, and sent it to them, as proof, that "See, yes, I did buy it!" I told them, over and over, that I didn't buy it as a digital download, but as a Boxed Version.

Their response: We have gone through the Email that you sent to us but would like to inform you that kindly contact the Amazon as this order was purchased from Amazon, because in our system there is no any order details found in our system that you are talking about.

I told them I didn't order it from Adobe, I told them I had registered my software when I popped open the box when it arrived. I told them I did same thing with CS6 Master Collection, and CS5E, and CS3E. It's doesn't matter where it was legally purchased from!

I think even if I do get a copy of the invoice for CS6 Master Collection, they're going to brush me off with the same excuse. No record of sale with Adobe, so tough shit.

And they wonder why people pirate their software.

*spelled that way as to not offend the nannyware of some blogging sites.