Jun. 20th, 2020

thewayne: (Default)
(after clicking through 37 pages of clickbait ads)

I attended an on-campus training meeting yesterday with my two library co-workers. One problem that I've had with every mask that I've tried is fogging my glasses, and all three of us wear glasses - library workers, who'da thunk!

We had a brief side conversation because the masks that the university bought and gave to all employees are basically junk. My boss was wearing one, and it kept sliding off her face. One of the women running the training gave her one that she'd made, and it worked much better, and the problem of glasses fogging came up. Pipe cleaners inserted or sewn on top were discussed, the problem that I'd found was that the pipe cleaners that I'd ordered the wire was far too thin, I'd considered entwining two or three together to see if that would provide enough stiffness, hadn't done it yet.

Then the training woman said they'd found the solution: 2" round top brass paper fasteners. These are the ones that you'd stick through punched papers to bind them together. You can mold them precisely across your nose and cheek-bones, and it greatly reduces fogging. It didn't eliminate it in my one test, but it did cut it down considerably. And they're cheap: box of 100 was $6 at Staples.

Staples only had one type: a unibody that you couldn't remove the round button top. So you look like you stole C3PO's nose. I'm OK with that.

Another trick that I've heard doctors use is to wash your glasses with soapy water and let them air drive, so that a film of soap stays on them. Apparently the soap film prevents the fog from forming on the glasses.

So a couple of things to try as some of us may be returning to work.
thewayne: (Default)
It goes end of life on at the end of this year. No more updates or bug fixes, which means it becomes even more riddles with security holes.

I've been meaning to rip it out of my systems, I guess now is a good time to do it.

And remember DO NOT install Flash from any site that is NOT Adobe.com!

https://gizmodo.com/adobe-flash-is-actually-going-to-die-this-time-for-rea-1844057085

https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html

https://slashdot.org/story/20/06/20/0020226/adobe-flash-is-actually-going-to-die-in-194-days


AND a link of search results on how to remove it from your systems. In order to strip it out of your computer, you'll have to close any open browsers. It should not require a computer restart, but it would be a good opportunity to install any pending updates.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=uninstall+adobe+flash+player

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