Done the last two days (20101027 We - 1028 Th)

[mdlbear]

1027 We
  * up 6:50; W=194; drugs, nose; dishes, coffee, laundry, breakfast
  * walk: First to Skyport and back on Technology Dr.
  * work: software in pretty good shape at 
  @ solarbird: Oh good, look what Apple's endorsed
    maellenkleth - A new low in Internet marketing, apparently.
    Ordinary Day - Apple, this is not even remotely acceptable
  @ Land of Lisp - O'Reilly Media
  * conversation with Carole; a little deeper than usual.
    asked if I feel I've been getting enough "validation".  mildly baffling.

1028 Th
  * up 7; W=196; drugs, nose, teeth; dishes, coffee, laundry
  ~ bring some more CDs in to work (loaded into backpack; left it home :P )
  * Su's Mongolian BBQ for lunch
  * party invites at work
  * flu shot at Kaiser
  * 4:30 YD app't in opthalmology
  * red snapper pan-fried in butter, with kasha and salad
  @ another signalboost for applefail with phone# and web feedback info
  @ osewalrus: Why it would be nice if reporters did math
  @ autographedcat - The new barbarism: Keeping science out of politics
  @ Climate Change: Evidence
    via The Wordsmith's Forge - NASA Explains Climate Change
  @ Andrew M. Crockett's 2010 California Midterm Voter Guide
  @ Occasional kvetch - * "It doesn't get better" -- 
    * "Hardwired to fear the paranormal"
  @ Niacin
  * grand-central-starport.org up by virtue of being linked to thestarport.*
  @ Peekaboo Tranny! | The Bilerico Project - has Apple's phone #
  @ Apple feedback link
      It has come to my attention that the iTunes store carries a particularly
    repulsive application called "PeekABooTranny".  If the iPhone were an open
    device, and the iTunes store were a free marketplace, I would not be
    writing this note.   
      However, they are not: Apple exercises tight editorial control over
    which applications are allowed to be sold.  So the obvious conclusion is
    that Apple somehow *approved* an application that pokes malicious "fun" at
    transgendered people.
      I consider this reprehensible.  I have occasionally considered buying an
    iPhone.  Never mind; I'll go get myself an Android-based device, from a
    company that doesn't pretend to censor applications.
  * practice.  October Country, Where the Heart Is
  % afrin again; the timed-release guaifenisen/phenylephrine wasn't working.

A busy couple of days at work; combined with heavy nasal congestion and a corresponding need for too much sleep, I haven't done much besides working and keeping up with LJ. A little practicing, but only a little.

An odd conversation with Carole Wednesday night, where she asked me a couple of questions I didn't know how to answer. One was whether I was getting enough "validation" from other people. Isn't validation something you do with your parking-lot receipt at a restaurant?

Made yummy red snapper pan-fried in butter (and a little black pepper) for dinner last night. One fillet, about 3/4 lb, did quite nicely for the two of us.

The links mostly consist of commentary on Apple's latest fail, an iPhone application called "PeekABooTranny". If the iTunes app store were an open marketplace, I wouldn't have a problem with this. But it isn't; Apple goes so far as rejecting dictionaries that have "bad words" in them. The full text of my feedback is under the cut.

I'm going to be giving them more feedback today. This morning I realized that, although I don't have any Apple products at home, and don't expect to as long as iTunes doesn't run on Linux, I'm a musician who sells an album through iTunes. For the moment.

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[mdlbear]

I guess I'm somewhere between muddling by and ok, so I must be doing something right. I've improved a lot since nearly two years ago, when I was falling apart, and I'm much better at finding the support I need. Even though I'm still very fuzzy on a lot of the things that other people find obvious. Lots more to work on.

Thanks again.