Done last week (20160814Su - 20Sa)

[mdlbear]

Moderately productive this week. And I've been doing quite a lot of writing, mostly on Quora. Which is seriously addictive. One of the reasons I like it, I think, is that it demonstrates to me that I know more about people and relationships than I give myself credit for. It also inspired me to get started on the article about singly-linked lists that I've been meaning to write for months. (The draft can be found here, but be advised that it's only about half finished. Look again on Tuesday or thereabouts, or wait for me to post it here.)

That raises a question: If it ends up being long (currently at a little over 1000 words), do you have a preference for long posts under cut tags, or shorter installments without cuts? What's a good length for installments? (For comparison, my current weekly posts seem to be running 250-500 words before the cut, and I haven't heard any complaints.)

I'm not even going to try posting my Quora answers here or on Facebook; I am cross-posting most of them to Twitter (@ssavitzky) -- the bandwidth there is so high that nobody is likely to feel as though I'm spamming their feed. I do link a few of the more interesting answers in the notes, so you can see for yourself.

Anyway... Moderately productive at work, though meetings have eaten up a lot more time than I allowed for. Only a couple of overloads at home. Blood pressure higher than I like, but my doctor isnt worried yet. More in the notes.

Notes & links:

0814Su
  * Up 6:05; W=202.4, P=120/79, p=59; dishes
  * Writing: 513 words in the weekly post.  It's a nice target to shoot for; I seem to be
    able to hit it more often than not, and I expect it makes my posts more interesting to
    read. 
  * Bagels and lox for brunch.
  * Writing: 320 words on Quora, on language efficiency.  Really need to write the article
    on singly-linked lists that I keep thinking about writing.
  * Farmer's Market with Colleen and Kat.
  % 3:59 Damn.  Severe headache on the right side.  Apparently transient, because it seems
    to be going away now, but ouch!  Pain about 4.5.  P=123/79, p=71, so that's not likely
    to be the cause.  Hooray for that, at least.
  * Sous-chef to Colleen.  I'm not the best possible assistant:  I can't stand for very
    long either.
  % I have to work on being more patient and gentle when working with Colleen.  It's true
    that I need to either speak louder or get closer, but I don't need to sound like I'm
    annoyed or impatient.
  % 5:38 sleepy(!?) Along with my other problems, I am probably chronically underslept.
  * Writing:  350 words on Quora about git.
    @ My answer to a rather confused question about git.
  * Writing:  330 words on Quora about relationships.
    @ My answer to How can I turn FWB into a relationship?
    I'm really hesitant to post that kind of answer on FB, as I've been doing with a few
    of the more technical ones.  I don't want to spam people with something that isn't of
    -general- _professional_ interest.
    -> Arguably the tech stuff has a narrower audience, but it doesn't feel like spam and
       the relationship stuff does.  Will have to query my readers.  And possibly adjust
       my filters, because I think I've blocked N's Quora posts.
    -> Twitter would be a better venue: I never read twitter anyway, and it's not intrusive

0815Mo
  * Up 6ish; W=203.2, P=147.88, p=69; laundry, dishes (BP after coffee, but still...)
  * payday for G'
  @ My answer to What is the most interesting programming language? - Quora 
  ~ 11am Colleen dentist
  % 9:29pm  P=136/77 p=73
  
0816Tu
  * up 6:15ish; W=202.4; laundry -- turns out I'd forgotten; had to fill this in from
    memory after I got home
  * Colleen - UNW
  * 2:15 Zoka Coffeehouse - Lucas Havens from Carleton
    -> good conversation
  @ Strangers Wrote Their Biggest Regrets…They All Used The Same Three-Letter Word.
    -> " Do the things you'll regret not doing " -> um... yeah.
  @ Dying Woman Throws A Party For 30 Guests And Kills Herself At The End
    Not a bad way to go.  f(France Andrews Zeve)
  % 10:59pm P=136/80, p=72

0817We
  * Up 5ish; W=203.6, P=115/76, p=60; laundry, dishes
  * Took one of my thinkpad keyboards in to work.  They are, unfortunately, getting hard
    to find online.  Although I've seen at least one place selling them in quantities of 2
    or more, for about $78 each.  Given that the price I've seen on $A is five times that,
    it's tempting.
    @ Lenovo Thinkpad SK8855 SK-8855 USB Keyboard US original $87; 2-4 $78.30 each
  * Writing:  I haven't been counting words on Quora.  Fairly high, though.
  % 9pm P=125/72, p=73
  * Switched the license for Tools to MIT.  Tagged.
  * Tools really wants a better (i.e. less generic) name.
    Site-Tools? StarTools? StarMake? ToolStar?  MakeStar?  The ones with Tool in them are
    of course closer to the original.  *Tools or ToolS, perhaps.  SiteMake(r)?

0818Th
  * Up 5:55; W=204.2, P=120/79, p=61; laundry
  @ She Who Was The Helmet Maker's Beautiful Wife (Celle qui fut la belle
    heaulmière) (Stardancer News )
  @ Some aphorisms on software development methodology | esr
  * I have a title for the article I want to write:  Sex and the Single Link
  @ 15 Incredible Cat-Friendly Furniture Designs That'll Make You Wish You Were A Cat -
    Dose - Stories Worth Sharing f(France Andrews Zeve)
    The Ultimate Dream House Remodel for Cat Lovers - Meet Peter Cohen of Trillium
    Enterprises and His 18 Rescue Cats | Zee & Zoey's Cat Chronicles
  % 8:23 P=151/125, 150/78, 161/127 DO NOT LIKE
    Could be anxiety; could be salt.  I'll test again before bed.  Either way, I need to
    call/email in the morning.
    8:54 P=141/77, p=79 (after going upstairs for a bathroom break) But still.
  % close to tears at one point, around 9:10.  Even now, at 9:18; I feel as though I
    have been crying.  might have been the poem I was reading.
  : 9:30ish - kids home.  There have been pounce-hugs.  This is good.
  % 9:51 P=143/81 p=80

0818Fr
  * up 6:05; W=203.6, P=122/78, p=64; laundry, dishes
  * Writing: 505 words on history of programming languages on Quora:
    @ Who writes the software used to write other software? - Quora
  * 5:57pm P=135/78, p=81
  * collect BP readings, re-sort, send to Dr. Chopra's office. ~ Follow up with a call.
  @ schillinghardcider | OUR CIDERS London dry cider, at Beer:30
  : Colleen made delicious matzoh-ball soup, with a little help from G'.  Family dinner,
    to celebrate the kids being back.
  % developing tiny blisters on a couple of spots on my hands, mostly the right.  Kind of
    weird, because I don't recall anything that would have caused it.  Palm right at the
    bottom of the V between my first and second fingers.  Some itching on the left hand,
    but not clear whether it's related.  Palm just below the first finger.  (Of course,
    now that I'm thinking about it, I'll be feeling itches everywhere.)

0819Sa
  * up 6ish; W=205.4, P=127/82, p=61
  @ Hakyll - Home static web sites in Haskell
  % P=144/78, p=70
  @ NixOS Linux With declarative package manager (Nix: The Purely Functional Package Manager), and a
    cloud deployment system (NixOps).
    Haskell-based, of course; the build system seems to have many of the advantages of the
    one $A uses.  NixOps appears to require NixOS, but maybe just the package manager.
  @ My experience of using NixOps as an Ansible user - We Are Wizards Blog
  * Safeway with Colleen.  $145, which was about 50 less than I was expecting to spend
    % got seriously overloaded on the way home - a firetruck was in the lane of Genesee I
      was expecting to turn into; Colleen tried to give me advice at the same time I was
      concentrating, and I never really recovered.  Snapped badly when I swore at
      discovering that some things hadn't been put away, and she jumped in again.
    % 3:06 P=125/87, p=61 which is a lot less than I expected given the overload.  No
      correlation?  Weird.
  @ lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job: A curated list of awesome remote jobs and
    resources. Inspired by https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python
  * Writing:  245 words on Quora.  Seveal shorter answers elsewhere.
  * Writing:  1024 words on singly-linked lists (Sex and the Single Link)

Comments

[thnidu]

Cut tags, please.

[alatefeline]

Glad to hear it's been a productive week, and that you've found a place to write that also makes you feel positive about yourself!

[danceswithlife]

"One of the reasons I like it, I think, is that it demonstrates to me that I know more about people and relationships than I give myself credit for." It also seem to me to demonstrate that you are able to express that knowledge to others in an open, kind, but no nonsense way.

[mdlbear]

Thank you.

[danceswithlife]

Do you follow elfs here on LJ? You might find his post today interesting:
http://elfs.livejournal.com/1612627.html

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

VERY addictive. And that's why I have effectively dropped out of it.

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

Wow! Congratulations!