I recently purchased 2 packs of Verbatim White Inkjet Printable BD-R TL 100GB Media (20 disks). Of those disks, three were coasters. Needless to say, I was not happy. These disks are expensive. Toast Titanium failed with:

The drive reported an error, Sense Key = HARDWARE ERROR, Sense Code= 0x44, INTERNAL TARGET FAILURE

So I reached out to their customer support, and after verifying my receipt they sent me a new 10-pack free of charge. Even though I am still disappointed that 3 disks failed to write, this more than makes up for it. Great support I think.

Everyone buys from Amazon. Or has in the past. I have been inundated with advertisements from Amazon recently every time I purchased something - all for items related to what I bought. This is just downright stupid. I bought a vacuum cleaner recently, only to get an ad via email a week later for the same base model but other variations of the unit I purchased. I cannot fathom anyone buying a vacuum cleaner just to buy another one in a week's time.

But recently they have upped their game, and even though I am aware of this being done, having it done to you always feels personal. Look at this ad I received:

Every couple of years I get an itch to remodel my website. I guess part of the reason is due to advances in technology.

When I created the website before this one five years ago, mobile devices were not nearly as prominent as today. The old site did not render well on mobile devices, and image scaling was quite poor to say the least.

The new site is mobile and desktop friendly. On a mobile device you should never need to scroll horizontally (except in code blocks), as this is considered the most user friendly experience when consuming content on a small screen. Switch to landscape mode and the content will reflow to fit the new width of the device, allowing you to see images in the highest possible resolution.

They wake up...

I take one inside to play with, to care for by warming him up as a good dad should:

I just witnessed the "birth" of my first two mason bees: