Note to self: push chair in

I have to remember to push my chair in when I step away from the computer. Otherwise, our newest canine border - Alita, the Chorkie (or Yoruaua, as Uncle Mark put it) - is likely to do a little independent editing.

I'm sure she's just trying to help out (or earn a few shekels on the side).

Alita, editor wannabe

 ("I don't know why you put those red lines in. Isn't that something people could figure out on their own?")

Thumbs up for iPhone

This week I upgraded my phone to iOS 10 and it pushed me into setting up the fingerprint identification system. I resisted that with the older OS, where it was simply an option; I continued to just swipe to get in. But now, it seems, my only choices are an ID by fingerprint or entering a six-digit passcode. Fingerprints seemed to be the lesser of two evils.

Let me save you a few days of bother. Set it up so one of your fingerprints is a thumb.

I didn't, at first. But after a day or two, I found that using an index finger was awkward and inconvenient. But then, realizing that my thumb also had a print, and noticing that I usually had my thumb on the home button anyway ...

It works. Awkwardness solved (although it sometimes still demands my passcode instead.)