The Blog of Michael Lee Mitchell

 Merry Christmas Eve to everyone! I hope everyone has a great day and remember the real celebration is tomorrow. It is a birthday celebration of OUR LORD and Savior Jesus. Without him everlasting life would be impossible.  May everyone have a great, Merry and Blessed Christmas tomorrow.

 Well, it finally happened. I had to get a new computer. My old computer an Alienware Aurora R5 was on it's last leg. It had several problems and I was really worried it was going to give out. Now, I wanted a new computer with an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X with a NVIDIA RTX 3080 with all the trimmings. But with the supply issues and the outrageous cost with everything blown out of proportion I decided to get a low end but respectable computer. I ended up with a Levono Legion AMD desktop. It has a Ryzen 7 5700G and an NVIDIA RTX 3060. It is all propriety and I wanted to stay away from it, but the case can actually hold off the shelf components and most all the reviews were positive. So I bit the bullet and had Bestbuy send me one, even though I believe this computer would be about 500 dollars cheaper if this was a couple of years ago. I have to say so far I am impressed and hope it gets me through the next 3 years if not more as I think as I believe it will take that long for prices to come ...

 This is the first time in my 52 years alive that I can remember everything and anything you want being on shortage. I am not just talking the latest tech, but yea I haven't been able to buy a new computer as there are shortages of components and the prices are way out of whack. I am talking food shortages and what not. I see on forums people all over the Country saying no shortages here and there. But, I can tell you where I live I see it and the shelves are bare and what you do find you buy it and it turns out that it might be bad. For example a dozen eggs where bought and we cooked half of the dozen for 3 people and we all bit into the eggs and they were off tasting and bad. By the way on that batch it say large eggs and they were almost as small as Whoopers (not kidding should have taken a picture, I joke the USDA inspector must have been off that day). The next batch bought at a different store looked like large eggs and tasted fine.  I have been in Publix quite a few tim...

 I got the Google Pixel 6 Pro pre-launch as they were giving away free Pixel Buds and with everything in short supply now days I went ahead and got it. It arrived yesterday. So far, my biggest thing is that I wish Google would figure out a way I can say hi you know how I have the present phone set up on the home screens do the same thing.  I also have the power button screen glitch when the phone is off . Since it doesn't seem to effect my phone otherwise I will wait and see what Google discovers about it or if it causes any problems. I do say the one biggest hardware flaw I see with the phone is the in display fingerprint sensor. It is awful performance. I wished Google would have stuck with the rear fingerprint sensor it was awesome had some hidden features like pulling down the notification area and was just in the right place for your finger. Haven't tried the the camera's yet so can't say about the quality and will update soon as I do. The screen is gorgeous and t...

 I have been reading and looking at the new Google Pixel 6 Pro and I like what I see. I will probably not buy on launch but probably by the end of the year. I have loved all my past Pixel's. Can't wait to see the Pixel 6's.

I just realized I have been on Blogger for 20 years. I started in 2001 blogging. I am not a prolific blogger. But I try to keep typing a way. I was just amazed when I saw it has been 20 years. Blogger hasn't really changed that much. I do keep wishing I could have a desktop app to load more. I am a app and software type person. I try to do as much as possible out side of the web browser.  Thanks Blogger and Google for 20 years.

 Things never stay the same like I want. I want all my tabs and settings and extensions on all my devices look like my main system unless I opt out that machine. Same with Onedrive and other services that sync things. They never say follow this template unless item or machine is opted out.

 Well, we will be experiencing our first Tropical Storm/Hurricane of the year, Elsa. It should be rather tame alot of rain and some wind, but Florida should be able to bare it. Hopefully this will be the worst of the season. Stay safe and stay dry if you can everyone.

 Happy 4th of July 2021 to everyone. Hope everyone has a safe and Happy 4th of July. This year we are seeing the World rebound from hopefully once in a lifetime Pandemic. During this time my normal TV viewing habits have changed and I find myself watching less newer TV shows and series and more old favorites and finding new stuff to watch on YouTube.    The stuff on YouTube has been very interesting and pretty good. I have found some new music I like and new performers. Well anyways just wanted to right a quick blog and tell everyone Happy 4th of July.

 What if you won the lottery? I always think this. I imagine depending on how much I won where I would live. Hawaii, French Polynesia, Corfu, or Crete. That is my shortlist. Each has its pros and cons. I lean toward Hawaii as it is part of the United States does not require a passport and the people speak English. Well, that was just a what-if and a random thought. I hope everyone has a good Memorial Day. 

I was just thinking I haven't posted in a long time. Nothing really worth posting. Other than I have gotten my Covid-19 vaccine, both does of the Pfizer.  I have also been thinking lately about how I have been watching more oldie TV. I find the shows comforting and better than some of the junk they are trying to show on regular shows with all the PC junk going on right now.  Tonight is the last night of a little stay at home vacation I took. Back to the grind tomorrow.  Take care everyone for now.

 Happy New Year! My first post of this year. It is after midnight and I am still up because we have fireworks going off all around us. I guess the neighbors shooting off fireworks thanks it good to keep going into the wee morning hours. Well, hopefully this will be it.  Lets hope this is a great year.