Here’s this week’s list of things to try out:
- Find My: This week, my youngest son (Aaron) went over a friend’s house and they went sledding in the woods. He called in a panic from the site and said he couldn’t find his phone. I used Find My on my phone to send him a pic of where iCloud was seeing the device, but they still struggled to find it. I suggested that he log into iCloud using a friend’s phone (on Safari or Chrome) and try to ping the phone from the woods. Having suggested it, and having his password in 1Password from way back when he got his first iPhone, I decided to try it myself. That did the trick; he was able to recover the phone, buried in a good bit of snow. His friend’s mom, hearing of the solution, declared that she wanted the same setup for herself. I’d suggest everyone who isn’t inclined to buy a new phone the moment theirs is lost to make sure you know how to fire up this valuable service and test it out with the family unit.
- DiBruno Bros Brie Cheese: Rhonda has been buying brie of various qualities at the local Shop Rite (and other cheese mongers) for years. I like any kind of brie, I suppose, but having tried a brie from DiBruno Bros at the excellent Bellview Winery, I realized how much the grocery store stuff pales in comparison. What’s funny is my inability to describe the different (I am not usually at a loss for words). The only way I’ve been able to satisfactorily describe it to myself is to call it “stank” and “funk.” DiBruno doesn’t appear to make their own cheese; they sell the crafts of other fromagers. I suspect this is the Normandy Brie.
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FoodNoms: I’ve written a fair bit about my weight loss here on Uncorrected. I do, however, remain bewitched by the patterns I (try to) discern. Writ large, I jump on the scale each morning with a notion of what I’m going to see, and while I’m sometimes spot on, I’m often surprised to see things swing a pound or so in either direction. I will eat a handful of M&Ms the day before and some peanuts and find a slight gain; I will split a bottle of wine and some cheese and salami for lunch with Rhonda and find a slight loss. I don’t obsess over my weight (well maybe a little) but I do find the matter vexing.1. So in the same way that I have used Concept2’s ErgData app to track my rowing data in a way that allows me to understand my progress, stagnation, or decline, I thought I’d try a food tracker app. I wanted to answer some questions: how many calories do I actually eat in a day? What habits could lead to gain or loss? If I want to drop a couple of pounds, what can I do? I am hoping FoodNoms will help me with that.
Brie
FoodNoms (yes, I had a Bellini again
1This is an enjoyable part of my pathology: Having serially lost weight month over month, to the point that I’m at the BMI I should be for my height, with zero instances of mysterious weight gain to frustrate me, I silently fret that one Sunday I’ll wake up and POOF gain ten pounds.