Done last week (20160619Su - 25Sa)

[mdlbear]

Not all that good a week. Continued lack of productivity at work, mainly because of meetings this time, but still... I want to take a vacation after Westercon, but I have goals that I can't meet if I do. Bletch.

I haven't done much writing, either. A reasonable amount on Monday, but only a little after that. Grump. Did do more cooking than usual: chicken tikka masala on Monday, and beef Stroganoff yesterday. That was a real win. Lots of shrooms. I note in passing that while Cash and Carry has great prices, it doesn't have a very big selection, and few if any small packages.

On the plus side, I did a pretty good job of noticing and identifying my mood Friday. On the minus side, the mood in question was despair. Cat therapy helps, but not completely.

A fair amount of computer-related work -- got my raspberry pi up and running, with both Raspbian and OSMC (on different cards). OSMC (Open Source Media Center) looks like it would work well as a music and video player. Being one of the original cards, it doesn't have much in the way of RAM, so it wouldn't work as a desktop with my current workload. I also swapped my desktop machine for one of the two that have been sitting behind my desk ever since we moved in.

Moderate amount of house-project work.

Notes & links:

0619Su Father's Day
  * Up 5:30ish; W=197.8; shower, dishes (well, pans), ... dinner, dishes
  : apparently what you need to get a Raspberry Pi -- at least an old one like mine --
    to boot NOOBS is a card formatted as FAT32, *not* FAT32-LBA.  Also the so-called 4G
    card I had on hand is actually 3.something, which is too small for a straight raspbian
    image, which is a shade over 4G.  NOOBS flaked out on raspbian; might work on the
    small card for one of the media player images.
  & made myself fried matzoh, because Dad taught me to make it (though I used g's recipe,
    but in Dad's format, i.e., not scrambled).
  * add openssh-server and mkdir .ssh/controlmasters to bootstrap
  * the raspbian image worked fine, though.  (Despite having an LBA boot partition)
    -> resized root partition, too.  Based on lxde.  With only what looks like 500MB of
       RAM, it's not going to be much use as a desktop.  however...
    -> Installing OSMC on the 4G card--it's Debian based.  The media player is
  @ Kodi | Open Source Home Theater Software
  @ How to Spot an Abuser Who Claims to be the Victim | A Cry For Justice f(N)
  * 2:30ish - expecting prospective tenant J -> seems like a good match.
  @ mdlbear | Fathers' Day, 2016
    s4s/river post
  @ It may seem frivolous, but when society has denied you dignity, honesty and safety,
    frivolity is all you’ve got. (amaebi)
  @ Open Letter To Alec Satin — Medium absolutely fucking brilliant response to a
    bigot f(N)
  @ How A Cuddle Party Changed The Way I View Consent | Bustle f(N)
  @ Jarvis Skin Showcase | Kodi
  * music:  sang "Stuff that Dreams are Made Of" *sniff* of course.
  * dinner:  pork roast (Penzey's pork chop seasoning), sweet potatoes, and brown rice.
  @ LRC (file format)
  
0620Mo
  * up 6:00; W=196.8; laundry, dishes
  * Commuted with N both ways.  I'd missed that.
  * Good day at work; not extremely productive, but ok, and things have definitely
    lightened up.  Takes a lot of the pressure off.
  * Chicken Tika for dinner -- G' did most of the prep, presumably under C's direction.
  * consider lxterminal, lxpanel for use with xmonad
    -> no; has a lot of ctrl-shift shortcuts that one can't disable with, e.g., gsettings.
  @ Electric Car Answers -- Electric Cars For Sale 2015
  * We (me, N, g, and j) have started reading Tam Lin aloud.  With me providing some
    background, since it's set at a thinly-disguised Carleton.
  : I hear thunder.  I do believe we're about to get some weather.  Or else something blew
    up; kind of hard to tell.  Phone says thunderstorms.

0621Tu
  * up 6:00; W=196.8; dishes
    Some nice cat-nuzzle -- so nice to be able to roll over a little and bury my face in
    her fur, and sink into her purring.  They're right about a cat being an antidepressant 
  * 720 words on xmonad.
  @ mdlbear | I wrote a thing (xmonad, part 1 of several, incomplete)
  * I appear to have decided to go for Westercon.

0622We
  * Up 5:00; W=196.8;
  @ JCPenney Plus-Size Clothing - JCPenney Plus-Size Clothing Commercial
  : Sleepy - not surprising.
  : Have not written anything today :(
  * Moved browser config to Snowflake, tested it.  Not moved physically, but ready to.

0623Th
  * up 5:12; W=198.8; dishes
  * swapping Trantor and Snowflake.  The latter needs DNS and DHCP entries.  Later.
  * move desk back a couple of inches and slide snowflake into the resulting space; retire
    Trantor.
  * come up with a decision on Westercon.  N said she would advise going.  Need to see
    whether we can handle the cost; it'll be somewhere in the neighborhood of $800.
  @ Alfred Browning Parker’s Sublime ‘Woodsong’ House Has Hit The Market (solarbird/a>)
  ~ Unproductive -- too many meetings.  Some were useful, and one was fun, but still.
    Meetings. 
  * pancakes and eggs for dinner.
  & Some time searching back in the River posts looking for "advice on dating a
    neurotypical".  Didn't find much -- apparently giving advice seems like it would be
    presuming that I know how to do that.  And I obviously don't.  Apparently my
    technique, such as it is, is to let the other person start the conversation, and then
    have absolutely no limits on how deep it can go.  I think it's worked twice.  Not a
    good track record.
  * 175 words or so in my Thankful Thursday post.  Not a whole lot, but something.
  : It's noticably quieter with Algol turned off.
  * DVI cable for Snowflake, since it's the one I'll be using the most.
    -> looks significantly better.

0624Fr
  * up 5:35; W=199.4; laundry, dishes
  : The Brexit vote probably means that my RSUs will tank.
  ~ mostly-unproductive day.  Mostly-unproductive _week_ at work.  Advanced on two APIs,
    but not much.  Too many meetings and distractions; it seems to take me way too long to
    get back into a groove.  Found myself at 4pm looking for the form I'd found *last*
    Friday; asked for help after about 45minutes.  Feh!
  : OTOH, I was somewhat surprised to find my checkbook balance still positive after last
    night's transfers.  Just barely, but I'll take it.
  : Obama-related traffic meant that it took me an hour to get home.  Most of it on Lenora
    between Westlake and 3rd Ave.
  : Katy and Jess here; much cooking.  Yummy soup, challah, salad, preserves...
  % caught myself with my face in my hands (not uncommon) whimpering to myself (very
    uncommon).  I don't think I'm completely well.
  : Finished going back over the River posts; apparently they stop at 500.  Which *SUCKS*,
    because I know there were more I'm not seeing.
  * DHCP and * DNS entries for Snowflake 6C:F0:49:94:8C:50
  : 9pm Ticia asleep in the box on my desk.  So glad I made that.
  ! despair.  That's what it is.  Hey, I *noticed*.  Whoopee.

0626Sa
  * Up 5ish; W=198.6; laundry, shower, dishes
  @ Elliott Mason's answer to Is it okay to be gay but also be against gay pride
    parades? - Quora 
  * better (faster) DVD drive for Snowflake - swap in the one from Dorsai
  & experimented with xmonad on Cygnus; apparently bigger monitors are no problem for the
    current version.  (The problem with my work machine, which is running Ubuntu 14.04, is
    that undocking makes xmonad think that the laptop screen has suddenly lost half its
    height.  This may actually be a gnome problem, but it's still a problem.)
  ~ 1pm - 8pm PrideFest Capitol Hill (unlikely to get to this. Loved it the year I went with N)
  @ DIY Tubular-Bell Chimes "Say It With Chimes" (ysabetwordsmith)
    "An engineering approach to wind chime design"
    Includes tables and calculators for musical chimes -- great resource
  * Cash+Carry; Safeway (because C+C didn't have eggs, broad noodles, decent bagels, or
    beef in a size I could afford.  Or even lift.)
  o Beef Stroganoff tonight.  Win.  Fortunately, Kat and Rabbit went out for dinner.
  @ Recipe | SimplyRecipes.com - most seem to want broth.  This doesn't.
  * put the door and shelves on N's bathroom cabinet; marked closet for shelf standards.
    It will need 5' shelves; there are two, which will need cleanup.

Comments

[alatefeline]

>> On the plus side, I did a pretty good job of noticing and identifying my mood Friday. On the minus side, the mood in question was despair. Cat therapy helps, but not completely. <<

You did good things. *offers virtual hug* Sorry that brains suck.

[mdlbear]

*hugs* thanks

[alatefeline]

You're welcome.