Lake Champlain, Burlington, VT, 7:29pm today
Lake Champlain, Burlington, VT, 3:28pm today
The days of treating the opposition as well-meaning and thoughtful peers are over for Democrats. It’s hard to believe, but if the Washington Post is right that much of the GOP is on-board with the Taylor Swift conspiracy theories, I must conclude that the GOP are just gullible oafs and patsys.
iPhone headset plays music but calls revert to speakerphone
If you have ever experienced this strange headache, I finally found a solution that worked for my wife’s phone. I posted to the Apple community discussions where I first looked for a solution in hopes that someone else might benefit from my act of technology-repair love. I’m leaving a copy here on Valentine’s Day for posterity.
This just happened with my wife's phone (an iPhone 15 Pro running iOS 17.3.1). Searching Apple discussions here and elsewhere unearths lots of questions about this issue and few solutions. I tried everything suggested: restarting the phone, updating iOS, swapping adapters and headsets (she is using the USB-C to headphone adapter with a beloved wired headset) – and more – but nothing worked. She had to switch to another phone to be able to use her headset. The odd thing was that, as described above, music played in the headset just fine. This told me it had to be an obscure iOS system setting, so I started methodically trying anything that might work. I eventually found this: Settings -> Sounds & Haptics -> Headphone Safety -> Lightning Adapters The setting screen here contains a toggle labeled "Connected To Headphones," but only when the headphone adapter is plugged in and there is a headset plugged into that. On my wife's phone with this brand new adapter, this toggle was off. Switching it on fixed the problem.
I don’t usually talk about my family here but I need to say how proud I am that my son, Gabriel, has chosen to be a part of this incredible production. If you live near by, please come see the Hanover High School Footlighters’ performance of “I’m Fine,” the North American premiere of a 2022 play by Ukrainian playwright Nina Zakhozhenko. Tickets and details at footlighters.ludus.com.
Gift giving adventure of the day: Amazon just shipped an electronic gadget and a heavy stone mortar and pestle in the same box. Crossing my fingers… 🤞🏻
Day of Giving for NESA
The New England School of the Arts is having a special fundraiser today. If you are able, please support this amazing project to bring an arts-centric approach to education by donating on their fundraising page.
New England School of the Arts
Balance, order, symmetry, rhythm, creativity, curiosity. These are properties of great art and of great mathematics, science and engineering. Our world needs people with minds who can think about the problems we face in new ways to find solutions that work for everyone.
Wouldn’t it be great if our educational system integrated this way of thinking into every class period? What would happen if every subject were taught in a way that brought forth these human ideals? What would those students look like?
Let’s find out. If this sounds like something you want to be a part of, please support the New England School of the Arts.
There’s an important hearing before congress today. The right to repair and maintain the things we buy like cars, tractors, phones, computers and printers is rapidly being eroded by the corporate entities that produce them. The environment is being sacrificed in the name of profit. If you are not already aware of this issue, this hearing may cast some light on this important subject.