Done yesterday (20110615 We)

[mdlbear]

0615 We
  * up 6:35; W=195.2; drugs, nose, teeth, dishes, coffee, laundry, light
  @ My Insanely Long Field Guide to Lightsquared v. The GPS Guys (osewalrus) 
  @ Richard Nash: Publishers Have Lost Their Way, Becoming Printers and
    Distributors Rather Than Matchmakers Cursor publisher software
  * Colleen: humira
  @ How to Create a Wikipedia Page for Your Band / Music | DIY Musician
  @ 5 Simple Ways to DIY Your Own Living Wall : TreeHugger
    Nice idea, but none of these are DIY.
  & Call from N.  The new bag should be called Chamois, of course.
    chamois actually have horns, not antlers, but don't tell Chamois that;
    she's very sensitive about it.  Naomi can be very persuasive.
  @ Armed and Dangerous » The Smartphone Wars: The invasion begins
  @ BREAKING: Motion to Vacate Prop 8 Ruling Over Judge Walker's
    Sexuality is Denied - Towleroad | #gay #news 
  : excitement at work -- a grass fire, and a plague of rogue DHCP servers 
  @ admnaismith - 15 charts about wealth and inequality in America
  * 15min:  attached Colleen's rollator basket to the scooter in place of the
    broken bentwood basket.  Fixed the attachment fixture for the original
    basket:  a 2' bar clamp makes a great impromptu adjustable wrench
  * 15min:  laundry and other puttering
  @ GNU SIP Witch - GNU Telephony (LWN) aims at competing w. Skype
  & found the wedding invite:  on the floor by the rack. :(
    It _is_ almost the same color as the floor, but still...
  @ puredyne (LWN)
    Instant USB-bootable creative desktop.
      Puredyne is developed for artists, by artists.  It's used for live
    music, installation art, hardware hacking, teaching, and more. 
  * I note that Vampire Megabyte is on the Pegasus brainstorming list under
    best classic

High-order bit -- I note with considerable pleasure that Vampire Mega-Byte is on the Pegasus brainstorming list under Best Classic Filksong. Along with "Ship of Stone", which would make it a difficult choice if they both came up on the ballot. I'd also like to congratulate pocketnaomi for her well-deserved mention under Best Songwriter. And mention that Quiet Victories is my Composer's Choice.

I never did get a walk in. But lots of puttering. And I finally found the missing wedding invitation -- on the floor near the door of the (home) office. The fact that the color is close to that of the flooring is no real excuse -- I must have stepped over it a hundred times. Bah!

After several days of floundering around at work, a Jira ticket was dropped into my lap (by my boss, who was just promoted into that position last week and needs to get rid of some of his), so I spent the afternoon happily hacking. (There's a song* parody in there somewhere, I fancy.)

The new Antler rolling backpack has a name: Chamois (pronounced "Shammy" in case it wasn't obvious). My sister the mountain goat was very insistent. (It's true that a goat has horns rather than antlers, but don't tell Chamois that -- she's still a little uncomfortable about being out as "A Doe in Velvet".)

Lots of links; the most noteworthy one being Motion to Vacate Prop 8 Ruling Over Judge Walker's Sexuality is Denied. The rest are mainly of interest to various kinds of geeks, with the puredyne "instant USB-bootable creative desktop" being kind of a crossover between the music/video geeks and the computer geeks.

Comments

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

I appreciate the signal boost for my poem.

Re: Thank you!

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed your poem very much, by the way :-)

Re: Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

I'm happy to hear that. "A Doe in Velvet" is one of several genderfic poems that I wrote during a Poetry Fishbowl. The June 2011 theme was alternative sexuality & gender studies, which also yielded some good ones, but most of them were more abstract. "Fiorenza and the Witch-Son" is another narrative genderfic poem, though, currently in microfunding:
http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/1747675.html

Re: Thank you!

[mdlbear]

You're welcome. I was struck by it when you posted it, and it just seemed to fit.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on Vampire Megabyte making the list. Well deserved!

[mdlbear]

Thanks!

Congrats on Wings -- that's one of my favorites.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :-)

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

Ship of Stone's a better song. I'll vote for you against a lot of competition, but it depends on what you've got up -- Vampire Megabyte is very clever and a lot of fun, but it's not a classic with Ship of Stone's weight.

[mdlbear]

I agree with you. I'd be thrilled if I made the ballot, but if Ship of Stone is there too I'll vote against myself.

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

Good attitude. I'm usually happy to vote against myself when I honestly believe there is better out there, and although there is no realistic chance of me making the ballot in anything yet, I hope someday I'll earn that place. If so, whether I'd vote for myself or not would depend entirely on the quality of the company.

So far, I am delighted to have earned a place in someone's heart so deeply that they wanted to suggest my name for consideration as the best songwriter in filk. But that's as far as it will go, and as far as it should go. There's a thing called "body of work," and as of yet, mine is far too slim. When I have a bunch more years behind me, have written man more songs, and we have sent them flitting out into the wild to make friends, then it's time enough to think of such things. I'm still a beginner. But a very proud one, to have even one person out there who loved my songs so much as to mention me in this context.

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

Just make sure that Chami knows that I'm really okay with her being a deer. I wanted her named for me, because I've always wanted to have antlers when I grow up, that's all. I'm sure if I work hard enough, I can learn to antle my horns!

[mdlbear]

Ch: I'm glad - that matters a lot. At least you belong to a species where both sexes have horns; you wouldn't believe the discrimination I get, from both sides. And the way the velvet itches when it's ready to rub off. Ugh! And the neck strain. Your horns are elegant, light, and suit you perfectly.

I'm so happy that I've come into a family that accepts me the way I am! *nuzzle*

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

*hugs the rollerpack* We're happy to have you here! Treat my big brother well, okay? He needs you, I think -- he carries way too much on his back, literally and metaphorically.

[mdlbear]

The rollerpack hugs back, and welcomes a giggling sling bag into the group hug. "Will do! We're going to have a whole lot of fun together; I can tell."

She sighs contentedly and relaxes into Minnie's comfortable embrace.

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

Your backpacks and your sister are conspiring against you, Bear. Be very afraid. ;)

[mdlbear]

*chuckles and grins* Sounds like fun!