Done yesterday (20110905 Mo)

[mdlbear]

0905 Mo
  * awake 6:30; nice snuggle
  * up 6:50; W=198.2; drugs, nose, teeth, Exercise, 
  @ Student Runs Secret Banned Books Library From Locker | Care2 Causes 
    via G+; tweeted on ssavitzky.  There may be a QV verse in here.
  @ Drainspotting: 61 Amazing Manhole Covers from Japan | gwarlingo (ysabetwordsmith) 
      My name is Michelle Aldredge. Im a writer, photographer, and the creator
    of Gwarlingo. 
      Gwarlingo highlights some of the most inventive work being made today in
    music, writing, film, performance, and the visual arts. It is also a place
    where creative people can connect, explore, and share ideas and
    resources. Whether youre an artist yourself, an arts lover, or someone
    who wants to be more innovative in your job or personal life, I trust
    youll find Gwarlingo a useful and inspiring resource. 
  @ How To Fix Your Neck, Shoulder, and Upper Back Pain
    Fix Lower Back Pain  Don't know whether this stuff is right or not. 
  @ FDA Orders Suicide Risk Warning for Common Back Pain and Migraine Drugs,
    and Others   
  @ Crohn's Disease Diet, Foods & Nutrition | Healthline
    Foods that commonly aggravate the symptoms of Crohns disease:
      Alcohol (mixed drinks, beer, wine, liquor)
      Oils, mayonnaise, butter, and margarine
      Carbonated or caffeinated beverages such as soda, coffee, or tea
      Chocolate
      Dairy products (if youre lactose intolerant)
      Fried foods
      Whole grains, bran, and foods high in fiber
      Gas-producing foods such as onions, broccoli, cabbage, and legumes 
      Nuts and seeds
      Raw fruits and vegetables
      Fatty meats such as some red meat and pork
  * 15min:  brought some stuff in from car; some cleanup in the back closet  
  * 10:30 walk: 2x around Rose Garden (~3mi)
    % some incipient spasming in the right calf.  Ugh.
  * the EIDE cable I took out of stargate had crumbling insulation.
  @ The Wordsmith's Forge - Mike Lofgren leaves 'the cult'
    Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult 
      It should have been evident to clear-eyed observers that the Republican
    Party is becoming less and less like a traditional political party in a
    representative democracy and becoming more like an apocalyptic cult, or
    one of the intensely ideological authoritarian parties of 20th century
    Europe. This trend has several implications, none of them pleasant. 
    Political Animal - Mike Lofgren leaves the cult 
      For much of the American mainstream, theres very likely an assumption that
    voters can choose between a center-left party and a center-right party,
    because this assumption was generally accurate for several
    generations. Its past time for the mainstream to realize this is simply no
    longer true.      
  * 15min:  tossed some old boxes from the back closet; did some chisel work
    on the sticky deadbolt on the side garage door.
  * started a "mkfs -c -c" on the old backup drive.  It will take several
    days to do the multi-pattern check, but at the end I'll know whether the
    drive is salvagable.  Or at least have something that's wiped well enough
    to recycle.
  @ lasagne in 15 minutes? almost.
  * finished working out chords for LC -- easier than expected.  For example,
    F7b9 is just a Co with the open A string and a thumb-bar on the low E at
    the first fret.  Bo and Em9 are two fingers each.  Email to TGl.
  @ Crowdfunded Creativity - Types of Perks
  @ Freaky field guide: Tokyo's top 10 mythical beasts | CNNGo.com 
  @ Dutch authorities report that Diginotar hack issued hundreds of bogus
    certs for CIA, Google, Twitter, and other giants - Boing Boing 
  = mkfs -c -c:  14 hours/pass on a 1.5TB drive; 4 passes.  So minimum 56h,
    more if "testing" just means writing the pattern, and there's a second
    read pass. -> the whole system froze ~55% through.  I'm going to butter
    that drive and declare it toast.
  * chorded out LC.
  @ Uncommon Sense Security: Social Media Devolution @snipeyhead
  @ DNS hack attack mutilates multiple Web sites | ZDNet @snipeyhead

Lots of puttering (though not much visible), and a good walk around the Rose Garden. Nice, relaxing day at home.

Finished looking up, and started learning, the chords to a song -- I'm being deliberately vague here because we want to surprise people with our next concert, at Conflikt. It'll be... different.

I officially declared the old backup drive toast when mkfs with extra checking crashed my system halfway through the first pass.

Lots of links, of course, including Crohn's Disease Diet, Foods & Nutrition (I copied the list of bad-for-you foods in the notes; naturally it includes a lot of Colleen's favorites) and the excellent Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult (plus a link to some commentary). That's scary, but maybe now a few more people in the media and the Democratic Party will pay attention. What's even more scary is that they probably won't.

I set my mood as "good", but actually a lot of things are looking kind of bleak.