Done the past few days (20110329 Tu - 0401 Fr)

[mdlbear]

0329 Tu
  * up 6:30; W=195.8; drugs, nose, teeth, dishes, coffee, light, C
  @ cookability accessible cooking, on DW
  @ World's Largest indoor Photo: Strahov Philosophical Library, Prague
    - 40 Gigapixel 360 Panorama via techcrunch  Yummy, droolworthy.  Yes, you can read the titles.
  @ Getting Your Self Published Book in a Library: The Series
  * bank:  get cash
  @ The
    Wordsmith's Forge - Grass-fed vs. Grain-fed Beef The grass-fed vs. grain-fed beef debate - CNN.com 
  @ How Loud was the Big Bang? via gmcdavid - Fun with cosmology
    (maybe not as loud as you might have expected)
  * Avoiding.
    ->Avoiding something feels worse than actually doing it.  Plus you get a
      sense of accomplishment rather than a sense of failure afterward.
    ->develop ways of rewarding yourself.
  @ The Untapped Power Of Smiling - Eric Savitz - Forbes
  * added Shuttle Express' phone number to travel notes (from Avoiding notes)

0330 We
  ! awake 4:30 with financial worries; couldn't get back to sleep
  * up 5am; W=197; drugs, coffee, nose
  $ HSX mr $23.75 ordered copy of Drunken Angel, since I can't find the CD.  
    Probably just remembering having the tape. :(  Overpriced.
  * TGl lyrics downloading
  : 8am LJ has been down all morning.  Kinda refreshing, actually.
  & Thai for lunch (corner of Lundy and Murphy) with Jake and Hirshol
  ! annoyance, frustration -> wry amusement.  I have to remember that I'm
    teaching software management and software development to beginners here.
  * a pretty productive day, when I wasn't in meetings.
    % Several people told me I looked better than Monday and Tuesday;
    ! I certainly _felt_ better, and it may have boosted my mood some.
  @ Law Prof by Day, Songwriter by Night via meltatum: Univ of Arizona newsletter story 
  @ Riseup Labs!

0331 Th
  * up 6:45; W=196.6; drugs, nose, teeth, laundry, coffee, dishes, light
  @ Branding & Logo Design: Choosing Your Graphics Designer
  @ World Backup Day 2011 - March 31st @snipeyhead
  * cleanup merge from Tuesday evening's push to dsl from barnard
  * 15min:  to.do cleanup pass for lyrics-related items
    * moved some to.do items to users/tg/Lyrics/TGl.do; marked some x or *
  * walk: to Skyport.  Rewarded myself with a bag of potato chips
    ! felt good, and noticed that at the time.  My mood may have even more
      weather dependence than I thought.
  : Peter Hart steps down after 20 years as Chairman of RII -- end of an era
    @ www.peterhart.net
  * date night: El Torito.  Drive (Palo Alto via Central, back Foothill
    Noisy, and the service was slow.  But we had a good time regardless.
  * laundry
  * Bills
  * bed 11:50ish

0401 Fr
  % slept badly; BPH? 
  * up 7:25; W=196.6; drugs, nose, teeth, dishes, coffee, light
  @ Now You Can Do 3-D Printing Out of Sawdust : TreeHugger
  @ Marriage and Musicians - Should We Even Try? | L2P Network @sooj
  & very busy day at work.  Moderately productive, but no walk at lunchtime
  * buy: pantsu
  * power outage at the Starport.
  ~ need UPS for phone base station.  separate or, better, from the rack. 
    as it turns out, it's already on one.  500W; good for several hours.
    annoyingly noisy, though -- it's an old one.
  & cooked salad and shrimp with mushrooms in the dark  power came back
    in time to zap some cauliflower.
  * $370->YD.  allowance, cleaning + bus pass
  @ 8 Reasons Why Geeks Are Better Lovers | Bit Rebels @snipeyhead
  * sorted tax statements into income and deduction piles
  ! happy (about IM from a happy N)  (OK, it's mudita rather than happy.)
  * bed ~midnight

A very productive four days at work, having gotten over last weekend's case of the plague. I even went out for a walk on Thursday. Still nowhere near back in shape, and not exercising nearly enough. But the walk felt good, and I realized that my mood must depend more on the weather than I thought. Not so much hours of sunlight -- if the SAD light's having an effect it's a subtle one -- as whether it's sunny or gloomy during the daytime. Hmm.

Friday also represented the end of an era at work, as Peter Hart stepped down as Chairman of RII on the 20th anniversary of his start date there. He's the one who hired me 18 years ago. It also makes me the oldest person in the company. Ouch!

I found it oddly liberating Wednesday morning when LJ was down with its DDOS. Suddenly there was time to putter, mostly downloading lyrics for Tempered Glass. Hmm.

The power outage yesterday evening was somewhat helpful in terms of puttering, and I found myself making salad and shrimp by LED light. Power came back in time for me to zap the cauliflower. It then took an hour or so for the fileserver to fsck itself, which was annoying.

Large partitions ought to be fsck'ed on a regular schedule, I guess. Especially the one that hangs off the router -- the last thing I need is that taking half an hour to come back! More on that in a separate post upwhen.

A decent collection of links under the cut, as usual. Check out the World's Largest indoor Photo: Strahov Philosophical Library, Prague - 40 Gigapixel 360 Panorama. Try not to drool on your keyboard.

Comments

[aldersprig.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the signal boost!

[mdlbear]

Most welcome!

[pondside.livejournal.com]

we feel your pain on the "oldest" front. Before D lost his job with the company that is now contracting him (don't even ask) he had been the oldest employee there for 5 years.

[joecoustic.livejournal.com]

I've discovered that my moods are (or at least are now) very weather, sunlight, and temperature dependent - though the second and third are more important. Getting positive input from these can affect the rest of my day and night.

[mdlbear]

Hadn't thought much about temperature; I'll have to add that to my list of things to keep an eye on.