Didn't do much on Captain's Log yesterday. I'm going to try to learn about functions in Tinderbox. The idea would be to let a function do the heavy lifting on creating a new "Midwatch" container. It works fine locally as an edict, but the values of the sandbox variables remain part of the file and can begin to add to the size of the document. Probably not significant for something like this application, but it's a good excuse to learn how to use a function.
The Midwatch entry is still working, but I get a little error message from AppleScript even though everything worked. As it doesn't seem to be a problem, I'll defer investigation for another day.
Since I know I can create Calendar entries rather trivially from within the log, I did look at Reminders yesterday. The last time I used Reminders to any great extent was when we were selling my old place and moving to this one.
But I had two "lists" that had yellow "!" triangles. Searching suggested that meant there were devices logged into iCloud that wouldn't sync with those lists because of an OS difference. I can't imagine what that would be, but I found a Reddit post that said if you just renamed the lists, the triangles would go away. So that's what I did, and they did.
At some point I got Reminders to show all reminders, and imagine my surprise that there were thousands of them going back to 2008! I guess I used it more than I recall. Hundreds were some reference to "Ace" and I have no idea what that was about.
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I can use LaunchBar to create Reminders from within the log. So far, I haven't had a genuine occasion to do so, but I may try a few just for practice today.
I have delayed my walk because of the possibility of rain, but it looks like it's just going to remain a possibility. Though if I do go out, I expect the heavens will open and at least the lawn will get watered without having to run the sprinklers.
Originally posted at Nice Marmot 08:23 Monday, 18 March 2024