A few months ago I came up with a few suggestions for how to work Artificial Intelligence into our lives. I have a few more, starting with making some sense of my WordPress subscriptions.
Most of the blog posts I read, I read in my email. For me it’s just easier as I can read a post, review the morning headlines, read a post, see which neighborhood was the scene of a shooting, read a post, check out the daily specials at Keurig, Lowe’s, and the local garden center, and then wrap up breakfast with a read of one more post. Last week I noticed my mailbox was quite thin on blog posts.
Given that it was Memorial Day week, the official day of remembering mattress sales, propane grill specials, and summer vacation deals, I thought a little more than nothing about it and assumed some of my favorite bloggers were taking a needed break. As the week went on, a few posts popped up, but the offerings were not even close to meager. A quick check on the WordPress Reader revealed some of the posts were there, but not in my mailbox, the couple that showed up in mailbox were not there in my Reader feed, and three lucky souls had their blogs in neither place. A quick back search through my subscriptions found them still active. Further investigation found I was no longer subscribed to many of the blogs and I began the arduous process of figuring out to which I was still subscribed, of those which was I still to receive notice, and of those was my contact information intact and correct.
So if you noticed some bizarre activity like me subscribing, unsubscribing, or maybe even doubly subscribing to your blogs, I offer my apologies while I continue to rebuild my subscription list.
And I offer, blog subscription maintenance as a fantastic job for some overachieving AI assistant.You know, maybe that’s the only one for this week.I mean, if it can figure out WordPress, it’s done plenty to earn my respect!
Can you be happy without being joyful? Can you be filled with joy and not be happy? The most recent Uplift! takes a closer look at these emotions.
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Wacky…I don’t think you’re alone. Things began disappearing and reappearing on me a week or so ago and I have no idea why. Strange stuff….we are no longer (were we ever?) in control! 🤣
I take comfort in knowing it isn’t just me. My paranoid side was starting to wonder if all those people decided to lock me out of their sites. Then I thought, no, not even I can be on that many naughty lists at one time!
Oh gosh…that’s hilarious…and relatable! “Is it me?” I get that! LOL! 🤣😊🤣
That is so annoying when that happens, Michael! I love the diligent process you describe to figure out what’s going on. Good luck straightening out the spaghetti! 🙂
Thank you Wynne. I suppose it could be worse. I could be dealing with rotini!
I personally was not connected to my computer and email for over a week, and it blew up with emails, most of which were inconsequential. But catching up on old news is so fun when I come across one of your which always brings a smile to my face. Your ability to draw people into a conversation that decompresses life in general is masterful. I so enjoy you, Michael.
Thank you Dayle. That’s one if the nicest things anybody has told me lately. Or maybe ever.