Done yesterday (20100326 Fr)

[mdlbear]

0326 Fr
  * up 6:30; W=199.8; drugs, nose, teeth
  * call YD in sick - stomach ache
  @ Chit-chat, Happiness and You - the importance of deep conversations
    (from haikujaguar)
  @ The Introvert's Corner | Psychology Today may need to follow this
  * A couple of hours of testing prove that something somebody put in their LJ
    is breaking the navigation (middle mouse button, arrow keys) on my friends
    page!  DO NOT LIKE, but now at least I know it's probably temporary.
    Chrome doesn't have the problem, but it also doesn't have copy as html.
  @ The Battle Over Bottled Water - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com
  @ Introversion vs. Shyness: The Discussion Continues 
    Doesn't matter much: I'm clearly both.
  @ The inside scoop on your introvert friends
  * walk: 5x around pond
  @ ACTA Raising Serious Constitutional Questions
  @ As Expected Digital Economy Bill To Be Rushed Through With No Debate
  @ Wishful Thinking And Misinterpreting Surveys Won't Save The News Business
    Perhaps the most common mistake that paywall supporters make is forgetting
    that people haven't paid for the news in 180 years. Newspaper readers used
    to pay for paper, ink, trucks and delivery boys—and often barely paid
    enough to cover that bill. Now they pay for internet connections
    instead. Then and now, the reader only pays for access—advertising always
    has and will continue to pay for everything else.  
  * verify that insurance payment got through
  % I HATE ZIMBRA
    In particular, there's no way to find out what other users are willing to
    share with you.  Drop the invitation email on the floor, and it's gone.
  % the next month is going to be filled with paperwork crap.
    (brought on by the benefits screw-up)
    ! frazzled, drained, despairing 
  : tasty soup and salad by the YD and her BF
  @ How you know your Free or Open Source Software Project is doomed to FAIL
  @ Can truly great design be done the open source way? | opensource.com
  -* heard back from $friend [shadowe] re: room at the con rate.  Yay!
     Of course, it means yet another go-round on the phone.  Blargh.
  @ The future of web publishing, part seventeen million and six.
    (from Crowdfunded Creativity - Crowdfunding a Shared World)
  @ A long-delayed missive on "childhood obesity", from a onetime obese child.
    (from the cat & dragon rag - Growing up fat)
  * practice.  Lock Keeper, Rosie, Eyes Like the Morning...
    chords for Landscapes.  Getting more comfortable with Bm.
  * put 2009 T receipts into folders; start sorting 2010
  * start sorting 2010 receipts.
  * bed ~11pm; snuggle

Another day that turned out to be more tiring and unproductive than expected. And I can already see that the next month is going to be full of more of the same: distressing paperwork, difficult phone calls, expensive deadlines, some of them likely to be missed because things fell off the queue. It would be good if I can find my way to a "just do whatever you have to" space that enables me to slog through it all without too much damage.

I did get in some practicing; I'm getting a lot more comfortable with Bm now. About time. And I'm re-exploring a more bass-heavy picking style that works well with some of the Norwescon material.

And I made some good progress on sorting receipts.

I spent quite a lot of time fighting web applications. I HATE ZIMBRA! And something embedded in my LJ friends' page broke the user interface -- navigation keys didn't work, nor did the middle mouse button. Wasted a couple of hours debugging it; it was gone by evening, as things fell off the end.

Good links under the cut. Go read.

I'm probably going to have to start following The Introvert's Corner on Psychology Today. The post that got me started was "Chit-chat, Happiness and You", on the importance of deep conversations.