Danny's Space

I don't know how to use the compose utility on Gmail. I am going back to it because I can't make Evolution Mail work now that I am on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. I guess about a week of this re-training and I'll be fine. Getting back to my blog's cadence. Starting to create and do more.

I spoke to Lino the other day about the pictures I sent. The Wawa Dam in Montalban came as a surprise to me because there was no marketing nor information. It was just an inaugural day press conference - a visit from the President. That was how I learned about it. Was it because the Dam was at the initiative of the former politician? This dam was built to contain the water flow every rainy season brings to the cities. In addition there was the power generation benefit to the surrounding communities. The other picture was the festival of San Mateo in Sta. Ana. It is the feast day of Our Lady of Aranzazu. Lots of bibingka and suman in the picture. I had to remind Lino about the fiesta of Dulongbayan where we lived, where we all started from.

I just learned my ever loyal electrician died last Thursday, September 19th. We will miss you, Rolando Ramos, Rolly. Beloved by his wife and family, may you rest in peace. Happy Fiesta mga taga-Dulongbayan, San Mateo. I am living in another barangay but I was born there. I hope it is peaceful and dry. It always rains during the day.

I am on my hypertension medications. I take Losacar 50 which is a combination amlodipine and losartan blood pressure lowering combo. I am taking omega 3 fish oil EPA DHA 2000 mg daily. This addresses high blood pressure, high triglycerides and joint inflammation. It is working because my fingers and elbows are fine now. I am on Metformin 500 mg twice daily. I believe I could increase it to three times daily if I want. I want to watch for high blood sugar levels and my overweight situation. I am taking cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3) with Menaquinone (MK-7).

I have a feeling of moving earth or walking off my itchiness. The growing fat in my belly tells me I am failing on many occasions to give in to this urge. My eyes are blurred by morning glory. I remember my father having the same ritual in the morning. After his weak stroke, he couldn't speak much, just a grunt but he would demonstrate with hand how he liked to wash his face. The weather wasn't helping. It's been raining cats and dogs the past week. The province of Rizal was soaked and spilled volumes of water into the bay and Laguna lake. Our Caimito tree was cut to no more than 4 feet from the ground. It was towering above the corrugated sheet metal of our roof. Now it lay horizontal on the yard. I calculated it could be made into a whole table and chairs set by a talented carpenter artist. I showed Lino the two big pieces of trunk that could only be moved if cut by a power saw in place. The road widening project in San Mateo was in the middle stage. One side of the road

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS does not have the feel of a Long Term Support LTS product. I have used Ubuntu since 5.10 and other linux distributions like Arch and Fedora. My daily driver is Ubuntu. In fact I have used the Ubuntu LTS on my desktop exclusively since 10.04. I can't authenticate Gmail on Evolution Mail. I find Thunderbird slow to download my emails. So yes I can make Gmail work with Thunderbird but not Evolution. Clementine the music application has crashed twice. On both occasions Ubuntu prompted me to send a crash report. At least the crash reporting works. Ubuntu 24.04 is not an improvement on 22.04. My recommendation is stay with Ubuntu 22.04.