Situation: No unread messages, phone locked.

Me: Do I have any unread messages?
Siri: There aren't any unread messages.

Situation: One or more unread messages, phone locked.

Back in May - July 2013 I took a series of photomicrographs of a Peacock's Feather up close under my Olympus BX53 microscope. I first uploaded these photos to Flickr sometime soon after, back in 2013. And that was that.

Three days ago it seems a person posted one of the photos to imgur. It was then reposted on Reddit by the same person. From here it went viral - to use that dreaded word. I have been contacted by no fewer than 10 publications asking for permissions to run with the story, including the likes of Gizmodo, The Colossal, PetaPixel, The Scientist, Metro Online UK etc.

The point is - this image was taken in 2013, posted for the whole internet to see and laid dormant for 3 years before it was rediscovered. Imagine how many other things are hiding in plain sight? We have this huge interconnected network but most things get lost in the sheer volume of data.

Recently a friend steered me on a very dark path to replace something I was not consciously aware was problematic until he pointed it out to me. After much research I finally decided to visit Workplace Resource Vancouver down in 1035 West Pender Street. They sell Herman Miller products, in specific, the Embody chair I was after.

So off I went to their showroom, where I was greeted by a vibrant young lady named Joanna Dobson. She took more than an hour to show me the various options I have, let me try out the chair, explained its operation etc. I was so impressed I placed an order for the chair right then and there. I was told I would be updated with the status of my order.

Two days later I received an email from her colleague that a project manager would be in touch with me shortly when they hear back from the factory regarding shipping dates. That is where the trouble started - it was the last I heard from them. I knew my order could take anywhere from 2 weeks to a month, but after 14 days of not hearing anything from them - I decided to email and follow up. I was told someone else would get back to me. Two days later and I have not yet had a response back from the person who was CC-ed. Only after I again mailed this person directly, was I told the date of delivery. In the week of delivery I again mailed to check up on the status as by now I was kind of agitated. I was told a day later the chair has arrived and that they will let me know when it will be delivered shortly. Another two days later and the chair was delivered.

These two sunsets were taken recently by me from within 1km of my home. Quite awesome views...