Done this month (21040601 Su - 07 Sa)

[mdlbear]

The big news for this week is that the Starport is up for sale. You can see it at 343LeighAve.com/ (which immediately redirects to 343leighave.isnowforsale.com, but it's kind of cute anyway), here on Zillow, and likewise here, here, and here. Make me a high enough offer and I'll throw in theStarport.com.

Um... maybe I should update that site?

The miserable headache I had last night turns out to have been due to dehydration. I need to drink more. Water, that is. I probably don't need to drink more coffee or gin. Beer?

Comcast has been giving us trouble all week; first a widespread outage in our area on Tuesday, then video flakiness yesterday. Thinking seriously of dumping them and going to CenturyLink and Dish. Tempting.

Work has been fairly interesting; I'm starting to work on a new (internal) service. Which means learning new things, which is fun even while being frustrating.

I've been doing a lot of puttering, including some yardwork. I hate yardwork. Grumpy bear. For some reason I like putting dishes into the dishwasher, but not putting them away after they're clean. Why, yes, I am avoiding paperwork. I disappoint myself frequently.

The usual hodge-podge of links and random notes below.

0601 Su
  * up 6:45; W=210.6; d, n; shower
  * Mostly puttering.  Determined that the Dell work laptop fits in my REI shoulder bag,
    so may well go back to that.  The Jansport just isn't working well.  Wish I could find
    something that works well as both a shoulder bag and backpack, but...  Oh well.

0602 Mo
  * up 6:05; W=210.6; d, n
  @ 6 Ways to Clean House When You're Depressed - EverydayHealth.com (ysabetwordsmith)
  * now commuting with N.  This occasionally gives me an excuse for leaving a meeting
    promptly at 5pm, as it did today.

0603 Tu
  * up 6:30; W=210.6; d, n
  : Comcast outage in the area.  Grouch.  ...a n d  AT+T mobile hotspot is having a
    "temporary network problem".  Hmm.  

0604 We
  * up 6:15; W=210.8 ; d, n
  @ These Medieval-Style Tolkien Illustrations Are Like Nothing We've Seen (thnidu)
  & Had an interesting problem at work:  managed to make both an alias and a function with
    the same name in zsh, which had the effect of throwing it into a tight loop that ate
    100% of the CPU.  Had to power down the VM, ssh in before login, and rename .zshrc.
    Bears are easily entertained.
  : The keyboard/case I ordered for my tablet doesn't fit -- too big; apparently for an
    earlier model.  Do I send it back, or hack?  It was fairly cheap.

0605 Th
  * up 5:30; W=210.8; d, n
  @ A look at FreedomBox 0.2 [LWN.net]
  : YD seriously upset.  No info.
  @ Uncle Tommy, My Patron Saint Of Sick Children | Ferrett Steinmetz moving

0606 Fr
  * up 6:31; W=209.8; d, n
  @ New Harvard Study Proves the Reason Why Bees Are Dying neonicotinoids (siliconshaman)
  @ Identifying, Naming and Recognizing Your Feelings (A New Resource) (ysabetwordsmith)
  * Dinner with Colleen at BJ's brew pub in Southcenter.  Appetizers and desert.  Good
    beer, so-so food, noisy.

0607 Sa
  * up 7:07; W=210.2; d, n
  % very stiff; painful joints in fingers, etc.
  @ Genetic Engineering Actually INCREASES Pesticide Use, DECREASES Crop Yield, And May
    Be Dangerous to Your Health (gmcdavid - GMOs: The real problem)
    You're Worrying About GMOs For the Wrong Reasons 
  @ Secrets you should have learned before your first programming job
    +Christopher K Davis -- of course, when *I* started, half these things didn't exist
  * 15min: puttering
  @ Reset the Net (Boing Boing) (Well, 2 days ago, actually)
  * Helped Colleen plant a rose.  Watered the plants and the lawn.
  @ Chrome Is Now More Popular Than Internet Explorer
  & Managed to drop one of the small blue plates.  In the kitchen.  Onto the tile floor.
  ! clumsy and stupid.
  ! mood volatile? but mostly down.
  & brought up a book box for Colleen to sort.
  % headache.  OK, so I'm able to notice how/what I'm feeling.  Not clear this is
    necessarily a good thing.  Probably why I don't do it that often.
  % As it turns out, the headache was due to dehydration.  Silly bear.
  : Some very nice lap time with Curio.