Done last week (20150503Su - 09Sa)

[mdlbear]

Hmm. Long week. The week included a lot of moving stuff around setting things back up after the wedding; that's probably what's behind my current back problems. (See QOTD from yesterday.)

My loaner project at work is winding down, though not as quickly as I'd like. Not feeling very good about work right now.

On the gripping hand, the Great Room looks fantastic, with much more room in its new configuration (blue couch in the SE corner). And Colleen's new baker's rack nightstand has been installed, and looks great. And I upgraded Nova to Debian Jesse, which rocks. (Not entirely clear what I'll do with the extra monitor space; possibly mostly devote it to the to.do file, which I usually edit on Nova anyway when I'm at home. x2x rocks, too.

I have to tell you about x2x(1). (For those of you still stuck on legacy operating systems, the equivalent is synergy or, if one of your machines runs linux, x2vnc.) It's the exact opposite of a remote desktop application (which you get for free in Linux) -- it lets you share a mouse and keyboard between multiple computers. You just sit their displays side by side, tell x2x which edges are next to one another, and your mouse slides smoothly between them, taking the keyboard with it. Cut and paste work perfectly. Indispensable. I also set it up at work, between my desktop and laptop.

Links in the notes, as usual.

0503Su
  * up 5:40ish; W=207; laundry
  : Colleen's catheter is apparently coming out again :P
  @ Stonekettle Station: Jade Helm: The Insanity that Ate Texas 
  @ Everything Is Awful and I’m Not Okay: questions to ask before giving up
    I don't agree with many of these things, but some could work for me.  YMMV.  
  @ It's Your Right to Film the Police. These Apps Can Help | WIRED
  * Advice at UW said it sounds like the catheter is just blocked.
    -> looked for an open urgent care place, but also tried a little back-pressure, which
       seems to have fixed the problem.  For now.  Really need to drain the crud out.
  * 15min:  putting food away, clearing out the rental chairs and glassware.
  * 10:30 falling asleep.  Going to bed.

0504Mo May the Fourth be with you
  * up 5:45; W=207; laundry, dishes
  * 15min:  Glenn and I took down the rented arch.
  * Glenn and Rika, with a little help from me, brought in everything but the klik-klaks
    and the porch swing from the balcony, since rain is predicted.
  * 8:40 I'd have lasagna if I'd turned on the oven that actually had the lasagna in it.

0505Tu Cinco de Mayo
  * up 6:15; W=207.6; laundry
  * remind the kids that they're coming home on the bus today
  ~ -Leave work at 4- _WFH_
  * leave ~5:30
  * 7:00 Heather Dale at Soul Food
  : At Soul Food Books.  Crappy WiFi connection, but I eventually managed to get synced.
    Keeps dropping.  Not worth wasting mental bandwidth on at this point.
    The Heather Dale Band concert was, of course, wonderful.

0506We Revenge of the Sixth
  * Up 6:00; ; laundry
  % I've been sneezing much of the day.  :P
  @ Why Atheists Terrify Believers - Pacific Standard f(Dominic Elemirion)

0507Th
  * up 5:55; W=207.6; laundry, dishes
  * Closed the loan account that System Pavers "helpfully" opened for me. :P
  * Pay bills.  Seattle Public Utilities was overdue. :P
  * Putting Colleen's baker's rack together.
  * 9pm rack set up, nightstand to YD, air conditioner set up and running.  Tired bear.
    The rack was moved in with Emmy's help -- it's big.

0508Fr
  * up 6:15; W=209.4; 
  @ Backed In Their Own Worlds by J.R. Blackwell — Kickstarter ($20)
  * Got x2x working between my desktop and laptop at work.
  * The new control pendant arrived, so I fixed Colleen's Pride lift chair.
  % My back (probably QL muscles) is very hurty.  Took methocarbamol a little while ago;
    should help eventually.  -> helped a lot, and fairly quickly.
  @ 10 Houseplants That Ease Stress, Purify Your Home, And Are Impossible To Kill
    Note, however, that some are toxic to cats, and the article doesn't say which.

0509Sa
  * up 5:55; W=210.6; shower, laundry
  % Back still pretty bad (4-5) - and that's how it's _starting_.  Took methocarbamol, but
    it's not helping as much as it did last night.
  " me:  I keep reminding my back that when I told people I was going to spend this
    weekend recovering from last weekend, I meant it as a joke.  My back isn't listening.
    I think it's related to a cat. "
  * Upgrade nova to Jessie.  See Chapter 4. Upgrades from Debian 7 (wheezy)
    (now editing to.do, etc. on trantor, because git is awesome)
    -> done.  With x2x running, so I have an extra display.  My ctwm config doesn't work
       too well on what is now a rather small display.  Probably worth experimenting with
       gnome-shell.  Took a couple of hours, but only minimal interaction.
  : Curio, silly cat that he is, vanished.  I found him after hours of on-and-off looking,
    in the far corner of our closet, behind a box and under Colleen's dresses.  Cat.
  : Gnome shell sucks -- too much like Unity.  x2x seems to be unreliable.  Getting rid of
    the laptop stand, necessary in order to move the other monitor forward, frees up a lot
    of desk space, which I'm currently using for a compact keyboard and mouse.
  : Gnome wasn't actually installed.  Not really surprising -- nova's traditionally been a
    server, not a desktop.  But since it's reliable and isn't as essential now that I'm
    using git for almost everything, it's ok to run a desktop on it.
  * Installed gnome and xfce.  x2x seems more reliable when run from an ssh shell prompt.
  * Short walk - to the north end of the block and back down the alley.  
  * Dinner from Jones Barbecue.  Came in a lot closer to what I had in my wallet than I
    expected--cash only, and I didn't have the $20 I thought I did.  Made it, but barely.
  & Spent several hours in the Rainbow Room listening to music with Colleen and reading
    Science.  (Because there wasn't anything new on the net.)    
  @ Mother's Day Turns 100: Its Surprisingly Dark History (Google main page)
    Mother's Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  * 15min:  recycled some of the accumulated receipts and other clutter on the "makeup
    table" in our bedroom.

Comments

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

It sounds as if you got an awful lot done.

[mdlbear]

Well, that's kind of the idea behind these posts, to remind me that I'm not as useless and unproductive as I feel.

Thanks.

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

:) I consider myself reinforcement on the hoof.Or via the retina.

[mdlbear]

:)