Done last week (20141028 Tu - 1101 Sa)

[mdlbear]

Kind of a rough week? I'm not really sure.

On the plus side, we got the washer repaired (a little over $320 for a new drain pump), and I switched the network over from Comcast to CenturyLink. Which was exactly as easy as I expected it to be: swap the router and the extension WAP, and it's done. Sometime I should swap SSIDs back, but it doesn't matter all that much much.

Our group moved over the weekend; the move puts us in the center of $A's main campus (with a nice small caffeteria next door, and the main one only a block away). My hard drive didn't survive it. All my code was backed up, but that still left a huge amount of configuration that should have been but wasn't. Fixed now.

Tapered off my antidepressant. Not much of an effect on my mood; not clear whether it has affected my supply of cope or my weight.

Kind of late, but I've started practicing for Orycon. Not entirely clear what's going into my set -- Millennium's Dawn, Keep the Dream Alive, and QV for sure. That may actually be almost enough, since it's only a half-hour set.

1028 Tu
  * up 7:20; W=214
  @ Positive thinking fools our minds into perceiving that we’ve already attained our
    goal, slackening our readiness to pursue it. (gmcdavid)
    "What does work better is a hybrid approach that combines positive thinking with
     “realism.” Here’s how it works. Think of a wish. For a few minutes, imagine the wish
     coming true, letting your mind wander and drift where it will. Then shift gears. Spend
     a few more minutes imagining the obstacles that stand in the way of realizing your
     wish."
  * 10am Call from Tom
  * 2-4 washer repair -> bad drain pump

1029 We
  * up 6:30; W=213.4
  * 2-4 washer repair -- went to work and left Emmy to deal with it.  (after leaving a
    check)

1030 Th
  * Awake 3:30
  * up 4:05; W=214; dishes
  * swapped RE and RE West routers; we're now up and running with CenturyLink.  It really
    was exactly that easy.
  @ A "highly critical public service announcement" from Drupal [LWN.net]
    "Automated attacks began compromising Drupal 7 websites that were not patched or
     updated to Drupal 7.32 within hours of the announcement of SA-CORE-2014-005 - Drupal
     core - SQL injection. You should proceed under the assumption that every Drupal 7
     website was compromised unless updated or patched before Oct 15th, 11pm UTC, that is
     7 hours after the announcement."
     -> Advisory 01/2014: Drupal - pre Auth SQL Injection Vulnerability 
     Impressive, and due to a PHP "feature".  Right.  cf Dad on locked cars.
  @ This Is How We Imagined Aerial Warfare 120 Years Ago (ysabetwordsmith)
    The angel of the revolution : a tale of the coming terror : Griffith, George Chetwynd
    : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive
    Olga Romanoff : Griffith, George Chetwynd : Internet Archive

1031 Fr - halloween
  * up 7am; W=215.2
  @ Find
    the Perfect Word for Your Feelings with This Vocabulary Wheel +Jim Dennis
    Has some problems, but may be useful.
  % 9:29 feeling a bit drifty.
  * Practice - Millennium's Dawn (inst), Bad Man Medley

1101 Sa
  * up 7:15; W=215.2
  * 11 Jack Firestone
  ! 2:30 restless
  * 4ish - Costco run.  A shade over $200, but pretty much all staples.  (For values of
    staples that include nuts and gin.)
  * Chili from scratch for dinner.  Onions, garlic, and bacon fat; a bit over 3lbs of
    ground beef; chipotle, cumin, cayenne, paprika, cinnamon, and oregano; a large can of
    hominy; and white wine.  (Plus two Oxford commas and an Oxford semicolon.)
  * 15min:  re-arranged shelves in the garage - there are at least three clear now. 
  * Practice:  Millennium's Dawn, Keep the Dream Alive, Ship of Stone.