Blathr Wayne Lorentz

I think Starbucksʼ server needs more coffee.

All of the “in” devices are slowly blinking this season.

The Walmart app has a filter labeled ”Show available items only.” Seriously? Why would I want a store to show me things that it doesnʼt have?

Who goes to a store, or looks at a storeʼs app and thinks to themselves, “I wonder if they donʼt have this?” “Hey, Walmart, show me all the things that you canʼt sell."

What kind of things are on Walmartʼs list of things it doesnʼt have. Fabergé eggs? The Loch Ness Monster? Maybe the Popeʼs mitre?

Walmart is far from the only store guilty of this. Amazon is among the worst offenders. Target and Walgreens, too.

How does showing things you donʼt have benefit a customer?

It seems that my choices are to:

• Add a credit or debit card
• Add a credit or debit card
• Add a personal checking account
• or add a personal checking account

Maybe Iʼll enter my personal financial information later, when Amazon.comʼs system is a little more stable.

This is what happens when you move from a state with a COVID notification app to a state that lacks a COVID notification app.

The New York Times app sure knows how to load ads.

Too bad it doesnʼt know how to load the news that I pay for.

iOS Apps are not allowed to use push messaging for advertising. Unless itʼs an Apple app. Then itʼs perfectly fine.

Today I got hazed by my weather app.

How does Appleʼs Home app not have a Christmas tree icon?

That seems like a pretty basic thing for a remote-controlled light switch.

I had this app when I lived in Chicago, too. But itʼs much more interesting to use it here in Nevada.

The New York Timesʼ 500 page is 404.