The Boston Diaries

The ongoing saga of Sean Conner, who doesn't live in Boston, nor does he even like Boston, but yet named his weblog/journal “The Boston Diaries.”

Go figure.

Tuesday, September 01, 2026

Is it too early to call Google and Microsoft an email cartel?

In the past week, we've learned through multiple trips to the pharmacy that two of Bunny's medications have been discontinued and alternatives have to be found. And then it was phone tag and several lost emails to her doctor before she got replacement prescriptions.

And it's those lost emails that are very annoying. It turns out that the doctor's office uses Microsoft Lookout for handling all their email. I run my own email server. I've sent email to that doctor before, but that was maybe last year. This year, I guess Microsoft has decided to just simply drop emails from my server without any notification what so ever.

Sigh.

Sunday, September 06, 2026

Notes on an overheard conversation at a D&D game

“There's a new Zuckerberg movie coming out!”

“Yes, the ‘The Social Reckoning.’ It's an Aaron Sorkin film.”

“Didn't he do ‘The Social Network?’”

“Yes he did.”

“I heard he asked Jesse Eisenberg to reprise his role as Mark Zuckerberg, but Jesse turned it down because he didn't want to play such an evil person again.”

“Wait! Didn't he also play Lex Luthor?”

“Yes.”

“He's saying that Lex Luthor is less evil than Mark Zuckerberg?”

“Seems so.”

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