Done last month (20151025Su - 31Sa)

[mdlbear]

Home Depot was supposed to have delivered the washer and dryer yesterday. They claim that the truck broke down, and that they will be delivering this morning. We'll see.

OVFF was wonderful, as usual. I even went to the closing jam, and had a great time, mainly because it was loud enough to cover up my many chord flubs. Also of note was Kristoph's guitar workshop, which was mostly about moving chord patterns up and down the neck. He told me that he'd learned about finding the melody in the chords from me, which left me slightly boggled. But... ok. Maybe I am pretty good.

Lots of fun with git yesterday and Friday, splitting up my Lyrics directory to leave only my own songs (plus a couple of PD arrangements) in it. In the process I wrote a Useful Script for making it look like files in subdirectories have always been there, so that their history is complete when you use git filter-branch --subdirectory-filter to make them into their own repositories.

The goal, of course, is to put my lyrics up on GitHub, the way several authors already do with books. It'll be fun.

Moderately productive at work. In part thanks to a nice new set of Bose noise-cancelling headphones, which they're paying for. (Wish I could afford my own set; they're pretty amazing. Though the noise isolating phones I have at home work pretty well, and are better for recording and mixing.)

More links in the notes.

1025Su
  * up 8:45; ;
  : Apparently the hotel is infested with black mold.  That could explain the itchy red
    patches on my hands.  Or else not.
  : ljupdate seems to be stalling; nothing wrong with the connection or the server.  Foo.
    Cut-and-posted from the web UI, which sucks but works.  Probably need to build my own
    client, or use atom.
  $ +27 from the Ropers for 3 copies of CC+S
  * Guitar workshop with Kristoph.  Some new tricks, running A7 and E shapes up the neck.
    (He told me he got the trick of finding the melody in the chords from me.  Slightly
    boggled.)
  : (GRUMP!  a chunk of Sunday seems to have disappeared, and isn't in git.  Will attempt
    to reconstruct.  Possibly a rebase gone bad, but more likely a rogue backspace.) 
  * Had a blast at the closing jam, somewhat to my surprise.  It was loud enough to hide
    all my chord mistakes.
  * Hadn't planned on going to the Dead Dog Mongolian Barbecue, but went anyway because
    the rest of the family was going; sat with strangers and had a good time.
  * Dead Dog circle: sang World Inside the Crystal by request (IIRC).  g sang her terrific
    parody of "Don't Put It In Your Nose".  Cat Faber directed traffic.

1026Mo
  : The OVFF badge holder is great for keeping track of ID, credit card, pen, and other
    travel essentials.  It has two pen holders; I have a short USB cable in one that's
    perfect for connecting the phone for USB tethering.
  * figure on leaving around 11am  
  % minor stuffalanche, mainly business cards, from the front compartment of the rolly
    coming out of the X-ray.  Need to remember to zip the whole thing.  Also, the water
    bottle leaked -- next time use a small drink bottle with a screw cap.
  : additional travel note:  the red hoodie fits very nicely in Plink's case.
  : Cygnus's wifi has been mostly broken all weekend.
  * RETURN OCTOBER 26, MONDAY OCT 26 
      01:50 PM  Depart Columbus, OH (CMH) on Southwest Airlines Flight #277
      02:00 PM  Arrive in Chicago (Midway), IL (MDW)  
      03:20 PM  Change to Southwest Airlines in Chicago (Midway), IL (MDW) Flight #1408
      05:50 PM  Arrive in Seattle/Tacoma, WA (SEA)  
  : The Columbus airport  has power taps, obviously aftermarket, installed under the
    seats.  Midway doesn't.
  : Small world.  The guy sitting next to me on the flight from MDW to SEA is going out to
    visit one of his software vendors -- which just happens to be G's employer!
  * Took the kids home with me in the limo -> home around 6:50.
  : Desti seems to have something wrong with her right eye.  :(
  % kind of lost it when I came upstairs and found a huge pile of dirty laundry sitting in
    front of one of the heaters.  Two socks were seriously discoloured; we're lucky there
    wasn't a fire.  I really didn't handle it well -- dry sobs.  Over it and in bed by the
    time Colleen came upstairs.

1027Tu
  * Up 6:15; W=199; cat cuddle, laundry
  @ The Alan Lomax Sound Archive Now Online: Features 17,000 Blues & Folk Recordings |
    Open Culture f(Kevin Walsh)
  @ https://github.com/wekan/wekan w(Alex)
    https://apps.sandstorm.io/
    https://www.meteor.com/
  % starting to wonder about the rash on my hands.  Something about my pockets?  Maybe
    oxyclean or some other such irritant.
  : Desti's eye is much better this evening.
  : Turns out that I had told Colleen about the laundry needing to be done, but she didn't
    tell Emmy.
  @ My OVFF 2015 - Radio Mondegreen mentions LgF's rendition of Grandfather Clock,
    and my performance of Ship of Stone.  (Among others)
  @ g introduced me to the Friskies "dear kitten" series.  Fun!
  @ Can I touch you? Map reveals body parts that are hands off for men, women -
    SFGate (ysabetwordsmith)
  % 10:10 falling asleep.  Splat.

1028We
  * up 4:50; W=199; dishes
  @ Color Hex Color Codes with CSS sample code
  % 36 open tabs -- that's too many.
  @ http://www.tothepointwriting.net/andreas-productivity-tools-for-writing-keeping-my-butt-in-the-chair/
  @ http://www.blueprintcss.org/
  * accidentally deleted stuff at the top of to.do can be restored with 
    git checkout -p 24a3d883769477995d9721a2bd47bb4342db062a
    Add one to the collection of useful git tricks.  -p stands for --patch.
  & Helped N bring home a dresser from Goodwill.
  : phone and internet intermittent.  Went looking for a hardwired phone I can use to test
    at the demarc.  No dice--it's in a box somewhere.  The soonest the guy in the call
    center could get a tech out was 11/5.

1029Th
  * Up 5:00; W=198.2; laundry, dishes
  * need luggage tags for Rolly, Plink, CPAP
  * Found and deployed luggage tags for Plink and Rolly.  My name's on the CPAP "medical
    equipment" tag, so a luggage tag isn't necessary.
  * WFH
  * 1pm Colleen dentist
  @ Gnuspeech - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) (LWN)
  @ Open source CRM for your mission | CiviCRM (LWN)
  & Music with N.  The Mary Ellen Carter, Lord of the Buffalo, Riverheart, When I Go (by
    myself) Problems with lighting -- really need a music stand light.
  * Rewrote git history in Lyrics to move files' history into the PD, WIP, and Other
    subdirs.  

1030Fr
  * up 6:15; W=196.6;
  @ xkcd: Git
  * Bose noise-canceling phones arrived.  Pretty amazing, though they still don't block
    out voices completely.  It remains to be seen how long I can wear them.  In contrast,
    the CAD noise-canceling earbuds are, to a first approximation, totally useless.
    -> the answer is, pretty much all day, with breaks.
  * Bought a hardwired phone at Radio Shack on the way home, for diagnosing the line.
  * G's desk was delivered.  It's heavy, huge, and blocking the doorway because it was too
    much for N and E to take in.  It's 68" wide.
  * Wrote and tested git-mv-history-to-subdirs -- still wants the ability to pass the
    directory list on the command line, but that can be added later.

1031Sa Halloween
  * up 5:05; W=197.2; Shower, laundry, dishes
  * go to home depot and get furniture dollies or some other form of wheels.
    -> got four of the little 3-wheeled mini-dollies.  Easy.
  @ A new species is evolving right before our eyes — an ultra-successful mix of wolves,
    coyotes and dogs (ysabetwordsmith | Canis Soup )
  ~ 8-12 delivery window for washer -> tomorrow.  Truck broke down.  IDIOTS!
  * More work on Lyrics.  Split and uploaded.  Had to fix the make target, but it works
    now.  (make remote-repo)
  & re-measured for the desk, taking the thickness of the wall next to the sliding doors
    into account.  It will fit, and only be a couple of past what's there already.  OTOH
    getting it in and set up will be a bitch.
  & looking at some of N's loot - trays and tabletops for upcycling.
  % pain around my waist, mostly on the sides.  Mostly QLs, I think.  (On inspection,
    definitely QLs -- they're tying themselves in knots.)  Probably something else, too.
  * Not too many trick-or-treaters; folded up about 9.  Colleen, as usual, was the main
    candy-hander.
  % 9:30 sleepy.  QL pain.  I'll take methocarbamol.