Done recently (20101205 Su - 1209 Th)

[mdlbear]

1205 Su
  * backups:  2010-12-05T04:10:01-0800 - 2010-12-05T04:54:36-0800
    /dev/sdc5            1349854392 478908468 802377296  38% /media/bak
    Note:  backups are now done automatically every night.
  * up 8:15ish; W=196.2; drugs, nose, teeth; dishes, coffee
  @ YouTube - Dead Drops: When US Cyber Command Pulls the Net 
    from comments on elf: The future of the internet -- Impractical, but amusing.
  @ The Freenet Project
  @ Secure pre-caching through local superdistribution and key exchange
  @ Grand Illusions
  @ One Hundred Months: A technical note; One Hundred Months via Toad's Flog 
  @ RippleWiki p2p money
  @ Tension grows between Calif. Muslims, FBI after informant infiltrates
    mosque via wcg - Intergrity, what's that?
  @ Black ballet: Pointe break | The Guardian via ysabetwordsmith via politics | Ballet for the people!!! 
  & attempted to change headlight.  Inaccessible.
  * drive:  SR9 to Santa Cruz, back via SR17; with E and N
    Stopped at Cosentino's on the way back, for provisions.
  * buy: loperamide, Centrum Cardio
  * buy: chili-garlic sauce, black bean sauce
  @ Exclusive: TSA frisks groom children to cooperate with sex predators,
    abuse expert says via madfilkentist 
  @ ebonypearl: Boeuf Noir Recipe marinated roast.  Yum.
  % Leaving for NC a week from today!  Gleep!
  @ 
    What Is Wabi-Sabi? via ysabetwordsmith 
    -> Nobleharbor Tea info
  % 10:00 cleanup, kitchen + bathroom garbage, Walgreen's, move van
    ! drained, very grumpy.  Kept the lid on, but barely.
  * buy: glucosamine/condroitin
  * 10:40 bath, bed, snuggle

1206 Mo
  * up 7:30; W=195.8; drugs, nose, teeth; dishes, coffee, laundry
  @ Gowalla 3.0 Unifies Check-Ins, Places With Facebook, Twitter, And Yes,
    Foursquare 
  * massive debugging session with (contractor and new dad) Seth
  & wearing my shoulder bag outside my (leather) jacket is a big win.
    the extra padding definitely helps prevent shoulder pain
  & cooked the latkes, since the YD was having trouble standing.  So was I.
    ! hit a bandwidth bottleneck at one point and simply didn't have words.
      Was able to unpack "out of bandwidth" later.  Twice, once for the YD and
      once for Colleen.  "I can get peopled out in five seconds flat in the
      kitchen with only one other person.  Does that make sense?"  Not really.
    : Colleen was crying when I explained.  "With relief -- I thought I'd done
      something wrong."  Still made it hard.

1207 Tu
  * up 6:40; W=196.8; drugs, nose, teeth; coffee, dishes
  @ lioness vs. pangolin via ysabetwordsmith
  @ Tech Specs - Nexus S Want.  "After December 16, Nexus S will be sold
    unlocked and carrier-independent initially through Best Buy stores in the
    U.S. and after December 20 at Carphone Warehouse stores in the UK."
  @ Voynich Manuscript
  @ Rules for Anchorites - Two Things I Love wine pairings for poems
  $ HSX: personal use: gift to T from Avoiding group.
    Gave CD to T -- she's flying to Taiwan on Friday.  "That's so sweet", she
    said, and asked me to sign it.  
    ! very happy all the way home.
  * bed ~11:20; long snuggle, tight hugs.  laundry, snuggle
    ! happy.  loved.

1208 We
  % 5:45 TIA? numbness L arm, R side of face; mostly gone in 10min.  
    CAT scan showed nothing abnormal.  returned from Kaiser ~9:30
  * drugs, nose; coffee, dishes...
  @ Darwin Man Killed in Face-Palm Accident | Gather 
  @ osewalrus: Link harvest: EU Gets It's "Whitacre" Moment
    "May I say how utterly delighted I will be when EU telecom providers start
     charging big American content providers squindoodles of money in new
     charges. Ain't economic karma a bitch."
  % current facial sensations seem to be mostly if not entirely due to a
    clenched jaw muscle.  Not surprising, really.  I'm going to be chasing
    nonexistent symptoms all day.
  " (11:25:01) mdlbear: I woke up at 5:45 with my left arm and the right side
    of my face numb.  It all went away after about 15 minutes, but I called
    Kaiser and ended up going to the ER for blood work and a CAT scan anyway.
    Nothing abnormal, so they sent me home.  Got back about 2 hours ago. 
  "
  % N. suggests lack of blood flow.  Sleeping on my R side (unusual for me)
    and pinching something when turning over could have done it.
  * requested vacation for 20110113-17 (Las Vegas)
  * check with Colleen about Zumanity -> yes 
  @ Large file management with git-annex
    announcing git-annex git-annex mr 
  % 11ish - sleepy

1209 Th
  * up 6:45; W=195.8; drugs, nose, teeth; laundry, dishes, coffee
  * 3ish: sleepy
  @ cringelydotcom: Cyber Rumble 
  @ gfish: Wikileaks hysteria
  @ Why the technical "standing" issue properly decides the gay
    marriage appeal. - By Walter Dellinger - Slate Magazine via ysabetwordsmith
  @ US Military Bans Physical Media To Curb Leaks 
  @ Harold Feld: The Fox TV/Cablevision Fight, and How The FCC Can Find Its
    'Man Pants.' 
  * bed ~11:30; snuggle

Good grief! I've heard that time flies when you're having fun, but that's not exactly how I'd describe a week that included stress at work and at home, back pain, a couple of out-of-bandwidth moments, bizarre symptoms, and a trip to the ER before breakfast.

On the other hand, it also included a really nice drive on Hwy 9 to look at the redwoods in the rain, the madness of unexpected trip planning, the joy of giving one of my CDs to a lovely young woman, and the relief of having it confirmed that the temporary numbness in my left arm that woke me up at 5:45 in the goddamned morning was almost certainly due to sleeping on it the wrong way, and not a mini-stroke. (The extravagant bill for the ER visit and CAT scan won't hit until sometime next year.)

Quote of the week, when explaining a bandwidth overload to Colleen: "I can get peopled out in five seconds flat in the kitchen with only one other person. Does that make sense?" It probably didn't. It made her cry, though she said it was "... relief -- I thought I'd done something wrong." Oh.

Some links.

Comments

[marypcb.livejournal.com]

Zumanity is fun but they spend a lot more time going 'oh, look at how risque we're pretending to be' and not as much time doing amazing cirque things. it's better than the Cris Angel show but not as good as Love (and not a patch on O and Ka). IMO ;-)