King Kamehameha Day 2024

King Kamehameha I

Another no-holiday holiday has come and gone. No detours and no change in the routine, thank Molech. In other words, same ol’ shit. What would King Kamehameha say?

A couple of brief late afternoon outings to Ala Moana Center ensued during the past week. The purpose? Procurement of plantar wart removal kits from Longs®. Fun! Fun! Fun!

The WWDC event, sponsored by Apple®, happened yesterday. There was no interest in subsequently perusing all of the hype articles in the technology “blogs.” Rumors about the complete AI focus have been circulating for weeks anyway. The only hope is that the AI bullshit in the upcoming iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 upgrades can be mummified. Incidentally, only the iPhone 15 Pro models will be compatible with Apple® Intelligence (read: AI).

Well, iPadOS 18 is going to be nothing spectacular unless AI is of any interest. The comment sections of various technology “blogs” and the Reddit forums have been quite amusing. There has been extreme backlash from people who recently purchased the $1,000 iPad Pro M4 tablet computer.

Of course, there was only minor personal anticipation of major changes in iPadOS. The iPad Pro M4 is still powered off and stored in its box. So far, the device seems to be fully capable of performing desired tasks with no additional enhancements. No third-party “apps” (aside from Safari content blockers) are being considered.

LaCie® Secure SSD

Well, without any other exciting options, a brief late afternoon trip was made to the Apple® Store in Ala Moana Center. A LaCie® 1TB SSD was purchased for $109 and some change. The Apple® salesperson was adamant that the device would not be able to perform simple file transfers from the iPhone 15 Pro (or the iPad Pro M4) except for live video recording from the camera “app.” “You need a Mac to do that,” the fool said. His advice was the exact opposite of what is published in the Apple® support documents. Didn’t he realize that he was also contradicting a former computer nerd?

Upon return to the mausoleum in the “old folks home” in Waikiki, the LaCie® SSD was connected to the iPhone 15 Pro via the USB-C (Thunderbolt) port. File transfer was initiated through the Files “app” (as per the support documents). The file transfer is extremely fast, about 1GB per second. Say, maybe the time is ripe to resurrect the vast hurdy-gurdy video library (HGVL). Baha! Ha! Ha! Haaa!