{"id":378,"date":"2015-10-21T08:39:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T12:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/altimac.com\/?p=378"},"modified":"2019-07-25T15:19:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T19:19:01","slug":"compel-capitan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altimac.com\/2015\/10\/21\/compel-capitan\/","title":{"rendered":"Compel Capitan"},"content":{"rendered":"

THAT\u2019S MY PET NAME for the newly-arrived Mac OS X 10.11<\/a> (aka \u201cEl Capitan\u201d), given how one is virtually bludgeoned into upgrading with incessant App Store notifications. Even as cautious an early adopter as I took the plunge the day 10.11 was released, but only because 1) I was curious to test Apple\u2019s assessment of this upgrade being a straightforward \u201ctune-up\u201d and unlikely to cause any serious heartache for those choosing to live on the bleeding edge of Mac OSs, and 2) I was fully Time-Machined in the event of disaster.<\/p>\n

To my surprise, life after Yosemite has been markedly uneventful, to the point where I\u2019ve had to set my desktop to the default El Capitan image to remind me that I\u2019m no longer working in Yosemite. Then again, the new features are so underwhelming this time around that your everyday computing experience will be little changed; the most compelling new feature could be the ability to locate a \u201clost\u201d cursor by shaking your mouse to temporarily enlarge the pointer. Seriously.<\/p>\n

Yes, the Notes app has been upgraded with to-do lists and the ability to attach an image or link, and Safari now has pinned tabs, although its implementation is somewhat flawed when compared to the Chrome browser, which has had this feature for ages (in computer terms, anyway). Beyond that, toss in some increased performance and stability, a few Spotlight improvements and the ability to sort albums in Photos by something other than the title of the image, and that pretty much covers it.<\/p>\n

NOW WE KNOW why Apple kept virtually mum about El Capitan at their September 9 event<\/a>. Fact is, I had planned on devoting a lot of keystrokes to the OS X 10.11 experience, but I think that about covers it. Other than, of course, whether you should take the plunge yourself at this point.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my advice, for what it\u2019s worth. If you have not already done so, wait for OS X 10.11.1<\/a>, which should be arriving in a month or so. That will give Microsoft and Apple time to work out the Office 2011\/2016<\/a> crashing issues, in particular with the Outlook mail app (which hopefully none of you are forced to use), and address the most egregious bugs that a few users have reported.<\/p>\n

Now, on to more compelling stuff:<\/p>\n

\n

Only a few feathers short (for now)<\/h3>\n

\"ddg\"
\nThere\u2019s no danger anyone\u2019s going to make a verb out of using it (\u201cjust DuckDuckGo it\u201d?), but even Google might be more than a little concerned about the upstart search engine DuckDuckGo<\/a>, The Search Engine That Doesn\u2019t Track You, as its landing page proclaims proudly.<\/p>\n

Right from the get-go, DDG was on a mission to not profile its users, and prides itself on not altering its search results based on what it knows about the searcher, practices in which Google has been actively engaged since at least 2009.<\/p>\n

DuckDuckGo uses data from Wikipedia and from other search engines like Yahoo! and Bing (with their consent), so it\u2019s not as thorough or accurate as Google, and lacks some of the higher-end features like the search giant\u2019s Knowledge Graph, currency conversions and other calculations, flight info, etc. It can, however, perform a few nifty tricks<\/a> that Google can’t.<\/p>\n

But the real lure of DDG is that it provides uniform results to all; in fact, that\u2019s all it can do because it doesn\u2019t track your browsing history, and therefore has nothing to go on when it comes to custom-tailoring your search results. Should you find yourself so inclined to Google \u201chow can I stop Google from tracking me on the web,\u201d you\u2019ll notice more than a few references to DuckDuckGo.<\/p>\n

Thanks to its emphasis on personal privacy, DDG suddenly found itself on a relatively level playing field last year when Apple added DuckDuckGo to Safari (and Mobile Safari) as an optional search engine in September 2014. Mozilla (Firefox) followed suit soon after. Tip: Don\u2019t hold your breath waiting for the Google Chrome browser to add DDG (although a Chrome extension for DuckDuckGo does exist<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Is it worth taking a flyer on this upstart search site? I\u2019ll let you folks decide. On your Mac, go to Safari–>Preferences–>Search to set DuckDuckGo as the default search engine; for your iDevice(s) it\u2019s Settings–>Safari–>Search Engine. Who knows? Maybe you\u2019ll find that Google just isn\u2019t all it\u2019s quacked up to be, and should that be the case, DuckDuckGo might just\u2026 fit the bill.<\/p>\n

\n

More, more, more<\/h3>\n

\"maxresdefault\"
\n<\/a>DID ANDREA TRUE\u2019S 1976 disco classic<\/a> predict Apple\u2019s own October surprise of last week, what with the wizards of Cupertino announcing more, more, more new gizmos only a month after September\u2019s iPhones, iPads, Pencils and Smart Keyboard?<\/p>\n

OK, probably not, although given that the history of this tune involves a porn actress, former Jamaican prime minister (and Castro sympathizer) Michael Manley, and a 2011 Honey Bunches of Oats commercial<\/a>, I couldn\u2019t resist conjuring one of my usual tortured references here. But honestly, I suspect \u201cmore, more, more\u201d most appropriately describes the amount of cash you\u2019ll need to get your hands on any of these gadgets:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Peripheral<\/td>\nMagic Mouse\u2013><\/strong>
\nMagic Mouse 2<\/strong><\/td>\n		Wireless Keyboard<\/strong>\u2013><\/strong>
\nMagic Keyboard<\/strong><\/td>\n		Magic Trackpad<\/strong>\u2013><\/strong>
\nMagic Trackpad 2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Was<\/strong><\/td>\n$69<\/td>\n$69<\/td>\n$69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Now<\/strong><\/td>\n$79<\/td>\n$99<\/td>\n$129<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Which is…<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nMore, <\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nMore, <\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nMore…<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The Magic Trackpad has Apple\u2019s new Force Touch and a larger surface area, the Magic Mouse 2 is lighter with fewer moving parts, and the Magic Keyboard is\u2026 well, it\u2019s the Magic Keyboard and not the Magic Keyboard 2, because the previous model was technically known as the Apple Wireless Keyboard, as opposed to the Magic Keyboard. This new one has, uh, keys and a spacebar and stuff. And now, it\u2019s officially magic.<\/p>\n

These pricey new peripherals<\/a> finally(!) do away with the need to keep a stockpile of AAs at the ready, since all three use lithium-ion batteries that reportedly charge fully in just a few hours via a Lightning to USB cable (included), while squeezing about a month of average use from a single charge.<\/p>\n

Before you decide to experience all this magic for yourself, you should know all three of these doodads require you to be running the brand spanking new OS X 10.11 El Capitan operating system on your Mac of choice. Furthermore, that Mac must be Bluetooth 4.0 capable<\/a> (meaning 2012 or newer models, give or take a few months).<\/p>\n

What\u2019s that, you say? You\u2019re saddled with the virtually prehistoric \u201cmid-2011\u201d iMac? Or perhaps an Industrial Revolution-era \u201clate 2011\u201d MacBook Pro? No worries, Apple\u2019s got your back with\u2014what else\u2014more iMacs, with more pixels, for more money<\/a>! The new 21.5\u201d 4K \u201cRetina\u201d iMac, at $1499 ($400 more than the previous model) has four times more pixels (~9.4 million; 4096 x 2304) than its $1099 cousin (a paltry 2 million or so).<\/p>\n

Still not enough pixels for you? The $1799 27\u201d 5K iMac\u2019s display offers a staggering 14.7 million pixels (5120 x 2880), which, at a mere $0.0012 per pixel, just might qualify as the bargain of the century. To say nothing of the fact that you get a \u201cfree\u201d Magic Mouse 2, Magic Keyboard and Lightning to USB charging cable in the box!<\/p>\n

Need I say more\u2026 more\u2026 more?<\/p>\n

\n

The password is\u2026 not?<\/h3>\n

\"yahoo-account-key\"<\/a>
\nAND NOW, HERE\u2019S some wonderful news for those of us whose \u201cthings I really, really hate a lot\u201d lists read something like this:<\/p>\n

Things I Really, Really Hate A Lot<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Passwords<\/li>\n
  2. Stuff that needs passwords<\/li>\n
  3. Password managers<\/li>\n
  4. Password managers that need passwords<\/li>\n
  5. The 1-877-KARS-4-KIDS jingle<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Squirrels<\/li>\n
  7. Anything that seems even vaguely French<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Assuming your #1-#4 are similar if not identical to mine, Yahoo! is coming to your rescue here, with a radical new authentication option for Yahoo! Mail they call Yahoo! Account Key<\/strong>. I\u2019ll spare you the technological mumbo-jumbo about two-factor authentication and get right down to the nitty gritty: Account Key enables you to log into your Yahoo! email in a Web browser just by receiving a notification on your mobile phone and touching \u201cOK.\u201d No fuss, no muss\u2014and no password!<\/p>\n

    Is it secure? Yes. Is it easy to set up? Yes. Does it work for anything else besides Yahoo? No. Not yet, anyway. But the hope is that others (Apple, Google, etc.) will soon follow suit. The predecessor of Yahoo Account Key, the aforementioned two-factor authentication<\/a> (2FA), requires that you enter a password and a temporary PIN code, typically supplied by a notification or SMS (text) message on your cellphone.<\/p>\n

    YOU CAN USE 2FA right now with your Apple ID<\/a>, Gmail<\/a> and a host of other services, but most of us would prefer to make it easier to access our online properties, as opposed to harder\u2014even if setting up and using 2FA does make things quite a bit more secure than passwords alone. And if you don\u2019t have a mobile phone, well, then it\u2019s time to start learning the ins and outs of your password manager of choice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    For more info, check out Glenn Fleishman\u2019s take<\/a> on Yahoo Account Key at Macworld.com, as well as the official announcement<\/a> from Yahoo.<\/p>\n

    \n

    October surprise<\/h3>\n

    NO, I\u2019M NOT REFERRING to that kind of October surprise<\/a>; we\u2019ll have to wait a year or so to see what may be lying in wait\u2014and for whom\u2014in the weeks leading up to the 2016 presidential election. I\u2019m talking about a very gratifying surprise for me personally, which just happened to occur on October 10 when I completed a 60-mile bike ride from Piscataway to Ortley Beach with relative ease, and with no ill effects.<\/p>\n

    I\u2019d done this annual \u201cTour de Shore\u201d ride at least a dozen times since the 1990s, but was forced to place myself firmly within the \u201cmaybe next year\u201d category ever since a July surprise of 2011, when a routine blood test showed I had virtually no platelets. That was followed by a diagnosis of acute myeloblastic leukemia one year later, and finally by a Halloween 2012 stem cell transplant.<\/p>\n

    Due to the aftereffects of the chemo regimens, and the chronic graft vs. host issues that followed the transplant, I had become pretty much resigned to the idea that I should feel blessed merely to be able to make it from the bedroom to the living room without passing out, and set aside even the slightest notion whatsoever of engaging in any long-distance cycling activity.<\/p>\n

    BUT MODERN MEDICINE seems to have no shortage of miracles these days, and I\u2019m happy to report that since then my overall health and vigor have gradually returned, particularly over the past year, defying my own assumptions that I\u2019d \u201cplateau\u201d at the point where I could perhaps manage a walk around the block, but little more. Cycling, on the other hand, would be an activity heretofore banished to the \u201cthings I used to do before the transplant\u201d category.<\/p>\n

    That\u2019s why completing this year\u2019s ride really did come as a surprise to me, especially given that I truly was not physically capable of completing it only a year ago. This time around, in spite of being a full year older, I felt I could have endured even a few more miles at the end of the ride.<\/p>\n

    What\u2019s also been surprising to me\u2014though it probably shouldn\u2019t be\u2014is the degree of support and good wishes I\u2019ve received from so many of you since this whole ordeal began. So thanks again to family, friends and all of you out there for your positive thoughts and your encouragement along the way.<\/p>\n

    It\u2019s been quite a ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    THAT\u2019S MY PET NAME for the newly-arrived Mac OS X 10.11 (aka \u201cEl Capitan\u201d), given how one is virtually bludgeoned into upgrading with incessant App Store notifications. Even as cautious an early adopter as I took the plunge the day 10.11 was released, but only because 1) I was curious to test Apple\u2019s assessment of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"THAT\u2019S MY PET NAME for the newly-arrived Mac OS X 10.11<\/a> (aka \u201cEl Capitan\u201d), given how one is virtually bludgeoned into upgrading with incessant App Store notifications. Even as cautious an early adopter as I took the plunge the day 10.11 was released, but only because 1) I was curious to test Apple\u2019s assessment of this upgrade being a straightforward \u201ctune-up\u201d and unlikely to cause any serious heartache for those choosing to live on the bleeding edge of Mac OSs, and 2) I was fully Time-Machined in the event of disaster.\n\nTo my surprise, life after Yosemite has been markedly uneventful, to the point where I\u2019ve had to set my desktop to the default El Capitan image to remind me that I\u2019m no longer working in Yosemite. Then again, the new features are so underwhelming this time around that your everyday computing experience will be little changed; the most compelling new feature could be the ability to locate a \u201clost\u201d cursor by shaking your mouse to temporarily enlarge the pointer. Seriously.\n\nYes, the Notes app has been upgraded with to-do lists and the ability to attach an image or link, and Safari now has pinned tabs, although its implementation is somewhat flawed when compared to the Chrome browser, which has had this feature for ages (in computer terms, anyway). Beyond that, toss in some increased performance and stability, a few Spotlight improvements and the ability to sort albums in Photos by something other than the title of the image, and that pretty much covers it.\n\nNOW WE KNOW why Apple kept virtually mum about El Capitan at their September 9 event<\/a>. Fact is, I had planned on devoting a lot of keystrokes to the OS X 10.11 experience, but I think that about covers it. Other than, of course, whether you should take the plunge yourself at this point.\n\nHere\u2019s my advice, for what it\u2019s worth. If you have not already done so, wait for OS X 10.11.1<\/a>, which should be arriving in a month or so. That will give Microsoft and Apple time to work out the Office 2011\/2016<\/a> crashing issues, in particular with the Outlook mail app (which hopefully none of you are forced to use), and address the most egregious bugs that a few users have reported.\n\nNow, on to more compelling stuff:\n\n

    \n\n

    Only a few feathers short (for now)<\/h3>\n\"ddg\"\nThere\u2019s no danger anyone\u2019s going to make a verb out of using it (\u201cjust DuckDuckGo it\u201d?), but even Google might be more than a little concerned about the upstart search engine DuckDuckGo<\/a>, The Search Engine That Doesn\u2019t Track You, as its landing page proclaims proudly.\n\nRight from the get-go, DDG was on a mission to not profile its users, and prides itself on not altering its search results based on what it knows about the searcher, practices in which Google has been actively engaged since at least 2009.\n\nDuckDuckGo uses data from Wikipedia and from other search engines like Yahoo! and Bing (with their consent), so it\u2019s not as thorough or accurate as Google, and lacks some of the higher-end features like the search giant\u2019s Knowledge Graph, currency conversions and other calculations, flight info, etc. It can, however,\u00a0perform\u00a0a few nifty tricks<\/a> that Google can't.\n\nBut the real lure of DDG is that it provides uniform results to all; in fact, that\u2019s all it can do because it doesn\u2019t track your browsing history, and therefore has nothing to go on when it comes to custom-tailoring your search results. Should you find yourself so inclined to Google \u201chow can I stop Google from tracking me on the web,\u201d you\u2019ll notice more than a few references to DuckDuckGo.\n\nThanks to its emphasis on personal privacy, DDG suddenly found itself on a relatively level playing field last year when Apple added DuckDuckGo to Safari (and Mobile Safari) as an optional search engine in September 2014. Mozilla (Firefox) followed suit soon after. Tip: Don\u2019t hold your breath waiting for the Google Chrome browser to add DDG (although a Chrome extension for DuckDuckGo does exist<\/a>).\n\nIs it worth taking a flyer on this upstart search site? I\u2019ll let you folks decide. On your Mac, go to Safari-->Preferences-->Search to set DuckDuckGo as the default search engine; for your iDevice(s) it\u2019s Settings-->Safari-->Search Engine. Who knows? Maybe you\u2019ll find that Google just isn\u2019t all it\u2019s quacked up to be, and should that be the case, DuckDuckGo might just\u2026 fit the bill.\n\n
    \n\n

    More, more, more<\/h3>\n\"maxresdefault\"\n<\/a>DID ANDREA TRUE\u2019S 1976 disco classic<\/a> predict Apple\u2019s own October surprise of last week, what with the wizards of Cupertino announcing more, more, more new gizmos only a month after September\u2019s iPhones, iPads, Pencils and Smart Keyboard?\n\nOK, probably not, although given that the history of this tune involves a porn actress, former Jamaican prime minister (and Castro sympathizer) Michael Manley, and a 2011 Honey Bunches of Oats commercial<\/a>, I couldn\u2019t resist conjuring one of my usual tortured references here. But honestly, I suspect \u201cmore, more, more\u201d most appropriately describes the amount of cash you\u2019ll need to get your hands on any of these gadgets:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Peripheral<\/td>\nMagic Mouse\u2013><\/strong>\nMagic Mouse 2<\/strong><\/td>\nWireless Keyboard<\/strong>\u2013><\/strong>\nMagic Keyboard<\/strong><\/td>\nMagic Trackpad<\/strong>\u2013><\/strong>\nMagic Trackpad 2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Was<\/strong><\/td>\n$69<\/td>\n$69<\/td>\n$69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Now<\/strong><\/td>\n$79<\/td>\n$99<\/td>\n$129<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Which is...<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nMore, <\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nMore, <\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nMore...<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nThe Magic Trackpad has Apple\u2019s new Force Touch and a larger surface area, the Magic Mouse 2 is lighter with fewer moving parts, and the Magic Keyboard is\u2026 well, it\u2019s the Magic Keyboard and not the Magic Keyboard 2, because the previous model was technically known as the Apple Wireless Keyboard, as opposed to the Magic Keyboard. This new one has, uh, keys and a spacebar and stuff. And now, it\u2019s officially magic.\n\nThese pricey new peripherals<\/a> finally(!) do away with the need to keep a stockpile of AAs at the ready, since all three use lithium-ion batteries that reportedly charge fully in just a few hours via a Lightning to USB cable (included), while squeezing about a month of average use from a single charge.\n\nBefore you decide to experience all this magic for yourself, you should know all three of these doodads require you to be running the brand spanking new OS X 10.11 El Capitan operating system on your Mac of choice. Furthermore, that Mac must be Bluetooth 4.0 capable<\/a> (meaning 2012 or newer models, give or take a few months).\n\nWhat\u2019s that, you say? You\u2019re saddled with the virtually prehistoric \u201cmid-2011\u201d iMac? Or perhaps an Industrial Revolution-era \u201clate 2011\u201d MacBook Pro? No worries, Apple\u2019s got your back with\u2014what else\u2014more iMacs, with more pixels, for more money<\/a>! The new 21.5\u201d 4K \u201cRetina\u201d iMac, at $1499 ($400 more than the previous model) has four times more pixels (~9.4 million; 4096 x 2304) than its $1099 cousin (a paltry 2 million or so).\n\nStill not enough pixels for you? The $1799 27\u201d 5K iMac\u2019s display offers a staggering 14.7 million pixels (5120 x 2880), which, at a mere $0.0012 per pixel, just might qualify as the bargain of the century. To say nothing of the fact that you get a \u201cfree\u201d Magic Mouse 2, Magic Keyboard and Lightning to USB charging cable in the box!\n\nNeed I say more\u2026 more\u2026 more?\n\n
    \n\n

    The password is\u2026 not?<\/h3>\n\"yahoo-account-key\"<\/a>\nAND NOW, HERE\u2019S some wonderful news for those of us whose \u201cthings I really, really hate a lot\u201d lists read something like this:\n\nThings I Really, Really Hate A Lot<\/strong>\n
      \n \t
    1. Passwords<\/li>\n \t
    2. Stuff that needs passwords<\/li>\n \t
    3. Password managers<\/li>\n \t
    4. Password managers that need passwords<\/li>\n \t
    5. The 1-877-KARS-4-KIDS jingle<\/a><\/li>\n \t
    6. Squirrels<\/li>\n \t
    7. Anything that seems even vaguely French<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\nAssuming your #1-#4 are similar if not identical to mine, Yahoo! is coming\u00a0to your rescue here, with a radical new authentication option for Yahoo! Mail they call Yahoo! Account Key<\/strong>. I\u2019ll spare you the technological mumbo-jumbo about two-factor authentication and get right down to the nitty gritty: Account Key enables you to log into your Yahoo! email in a Web browser just by receiving a notification on your mobile phone and touching \u201cOK.\u201d No fuss, no muss\u2014and no password!\n\nIs it secure? Yes. Is it easy to set up? Yes. Does it work for anything else besides Yahoo? No. Not yet, anyway. But the hope is that others (Apple, Google, etc.) will soon follow suit. The predecessor of Yahoo Account Key, the aforementioned two-factor authentication<\/a> (2FA), requires that you enter a password and a temporary PIN code, typically supplied by a notification or SMS (text) message on your cellphone.\n\nYOU CAN USE 2FA right now with your Apple ID<\/a>, Gmail<\/a> and a host of other services, but most of us would prefer to make it easier to access our online properties, as opposed to harder\u2014even if setting up and using 2FA does make things quite a bit more secure than passwords alone. And if you don\u2019t have a mobile phone, well, then it\u2019s time to start learning the ins and outs of your password manager of choice<\/a>.\n\nFor more info, check out Glenn Fleishman\u2019s take<\/a> on Yahoo Account Key at Macworld.com, as well as the official announcement<\/a> from Yahoo.\n\n
      \n\n

      October surprise<\/h3>\nNO, I\u2019M NOT REFERRING to that kind of October surprise<\/a>; we\u2019ll have to wait a year or so to see what may be lying in wait\u2014and for whom\u2014in the weeks leading up to the 2016 presidential election. I\u2019m talking about a very gratifying surprise for me personally, which just happened to occur on October 10 when I completed a 60-mile bike ride from Piscataway to Ortley Beach with relative ease, and with no ill effects.\n\nI\u2019d done this annual \u201cTour de Shore\u201d ride at least a dozen times since the 1990s, but was forced to place myself firmly within the \u201cmaybe next year\u201d category ever since a July surprise of 2011, when a routine blood test showed I had virtually no platelets. That was followed by a diagnosis of acute myeloblastic leukemia one year later, and finally by a Halloween 2012 stem cell transplant.\n\nDue to the aftereffects of the chemo regimens, and the chronic graft vs. host issues that followed the transplant, I had become pretty much resigned to the idea that I should feel blessed merely to be able to make it from the bedroom to the living room without passing out, and set aside even the slightest notion whatsoever of engaging in any long-distance cycling activity.\n\nBUT MODERN MEDICINE seems to have no shortage of miracles these days, and I\u2019m happy to report that since then my overall health and vigor have gradually returned, particularly over the past year, defying my own assumptions that I\u2019d \u201cplateau\u201d at the point where I could perhaps manage a walk around the block, but little more. Cycling, on the other hand, would be an activity heretofore banished to the \u201cthings I used to do before the transplant\u201d category.\n\nThat\u2019s why completing this year\u2019s ride really did come as a surprise to me, especially given that I truly was not physically capable of completing it only a year ago. This time around, in spite of being a full year older, I felt I could have endured even a few more miles at the end of the ride.\n\nWhat\u2019s also been surprising to me\u2014though it probably shouldn\u2019t be\u2014is the degree of support and good wishes I\u2019ve received from so many of you since this whole ordeal began. So thanks again to family, friends and all of you out there for your positive thoughts and your encouragement along the way.\n\nIt\u2019s been quite a ride.","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/altimac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/altimac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/altimac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altimac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altimac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/altimac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altimac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/altimac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altimac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altimac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}