Rain and Fire

Day three of 2026, Mayor McCheese has been captured…

Oh wait, what?

Carrot Weather has captured Mayor McCheese

Anyway, it’s been raining quite a bit where I’m at. Now I’m enjoying the warmth of the fireplace.

We had quite nice lunch during the rain at a local eatery. One more day before we officially going back to work. Well, I had been spending time at the office for the first two days of the year, but the office was officially closed.

Sunday, is just a few hours away.

Spot the Bot, Spot the Slop.

I’m seeing more and more Slop on Amazon.com. This particular one product has three reviews and two of them are definitely astroturfed or posted by bots.

Astroturfing for product at Amazon.com

This is the not so normal norm now.

P.S. Spot the Polydactyl.

2026?

It is 2026 already?

37prime went online sometimes in 2006. This means we are entering 20th anniversary of random thought droppings.

This site was originally a publicly-accessible personal bookmark. It still is. The main difference is that those who contributed to this site have either moved on or perfecting the art of procrastination. Maybe one day this year they would be able to overcome the urge to slack and write more for this site. One can only dream.

Here’s to the next 365 days, including today, may 2026 be better than its predecessor.

The 37prime classic graphic, created using an iPhone, lights, glass panel, and DSLR Camera.

Head Cleaning

Does new inkjet printer needs print head cleaning right out of the box? Apparently yes.

Print head cleaning uses inks, and printer inks somehow cost more than the printer itself, well some printers.

Color laser printers generally cost a lot more than the inkjet counterparts. Toners, fuser, and print drum replacements could be costly too.

It feels like lose-lose scenarios for consumers.

Apple Watch Sans Blood Oxygen App

I was aware that I would be losing “Blood Oxygen” App on the replacement Apple Watch Series 7 I received couple of days ago.

I paired it late last night, (or was it early this morning?) and received the confirmation.

The Blood Oxygen app is no longer available.
Learn more in the Health app on your iPhone.

Luckily I still have an Apple Watch Ultra that still has the Blood Oxygen feature.

Sweet Music Box o’ Mine

The crew at Guns N’ Roses sent two music boxes for their “Nightrain” community.

First music box played melody from their 2024 single “The General”, made available for Nightrain packages, Standard and Premium.

Then, there’s the second music box, which they said are given to randomly selected Nightrain members who purchased the premium packages.

Guns N’ Roses Nightrain Music Boxes, one in yellow and one in black.

Also as a surprise, the package comes with a poster.

Guns N’ Roses poster, commemorating show in Los Angeles on August 18, 2016

🐉 —> 🐍

Return of The Apple Watch

I took my Series 7 Apple Watch to an Apple Store, for it was having issues with battery and connectivity. For obviously unknown reasons, this Apple Watch stopped communicating with my iPhone. Luckily I still have another older Apple Watch that I could use while having this Apple Watch shipped for replacement.

I received the replacement today. I have not had the chance to pair it with my iPhone.