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.
This is the not so normal norm now.
P.S. Spot the Polydactyl.
Spot the Bot, Spot the Slop.
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.
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.
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.
Also as a surprise, the package comes with a poster.
🐉 —> 🐍
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.
New Computer, Same SSD
One of the computers at the office was having problems sometimes last week. Since it was a daily driver for one of our associates, I took the computer from our conference room and swap the SSDs (Solid States Drives).
Today, the replacement computer arrived. Now we have working computer at the conference room.