Done last week (20160821Su - 27Sa)

[mdlbear]

Moderately productive. Two "publishing events".

1. Sex and the Single Link is up on my "formal" website, Stephen.Savitzky.net. This is, despite the clickbait title, an article about the joy of singly-linked lists.
2. MakeStuff is up on GitHub. This the first of several projects I intend to put up there; it's the collection of makefiles and scripts that powers all my websites. You can see it in action here.

Apart from that, and a bunch of Quora answers, not a whole lot going on. One my Quora answers led to a good discussion on the comment thread. Fairly prodctive at work, though as usual not quite as much as I wanted to be.

One particularly interesting article for the programmers in the audience, Developer Differences: Makers vs Menders, which seems to describe me fairly well.

Also of note, the first episode of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Podcast: Ordinary Women by Heather Rose Jones (hrj on LJ) is up.

Notes & links:

0821Su
  * Up 6:15; W=204.2, P=112/91, p=68; shower
  @ Space Emerging from Quantum Mechanics | Sean Carroll interesting
    "  The claim, in its most dramatic-sounding form, is that gravity (spacetime curvature
       caused by energy/momentum) isn’t hard to obtain in quantum mechanics — it’s
       automatic! Or at least, the most natural thing to expect. If geometry is defined by
       entanglement and quantum information, then perturbing the state (e.g. by adding
       energy) naturally changes that geometry. "
  * Writing:  339 words on Quora: What do you love about being a programmer? - couldn't resist that one.
  @ The Cubli: a cube that can jump up, balance, and 'walk' - YouTube
  @ ysabetwordsmith | Poem: "Tidefeel and Undertowen" deep and beautiful; the most
    intensely moving thing I've read in weeks.
  @ Developer Differences: Makers vs Menders Hmm.  Sounds a lot like me.
    " The blue-sky thinking and deadline driven project management that motivates a maker
      is often stress inducing for a mender. What they may lack in excitability, they make
      up for in consistency. A mender is an ideal person to tackle technical debt, fix
      bugs, fine tune features, create a style guide, and monitor support tickets. Unlike
      their maker friends, menders do best when their work is steady and relatively
      predictable. "
  * Writing:  780 words in Sex and the Single Link
  % P=124/93, p=60

0822Mo
  * up 6:05; W=203.0, P=120/79, p=65; laundry, dishes
  % 7pm: P=129/89, p=61
  * family dinner:  Zabar's.  Emmy and Martin are here -- they have something going on
    tomorrow -- and ordered Italian.  Kat and Rabbit also had something else.  So there
    were cold cuts enough to go around.

0823Tu
  * up 6:15; W=203.6, P=109/90, p=55; dishes
  * Electric bill (overdue)
  % 6:48pm P=139/85, p=67
  : PortableConfig and MakeStuff?

0824We
  * Up 6:15; W=202.6, P=117/68, p=68; dishes
    first reading was 139/121; probably something wrong there.
  % 8:13pm P=148/76 p=80
  @ (3) Steve Savitzky's answer to Is it possible to combine coding, writing, singing and
    curating public speaking events in one ordinary adult life? - Quora interesting
    exchange on the comment thread.

0825Th
  * up 6ish; W=204.6, P=114/80, p=56; dishes, laundry
  @ Want to be a good trans ally? Forget bathrooms. Offer to take us clothes shopping. –
    Medium f(Elliott Mason)
  @ Response to Those Who Don’t Understand Why I’m Smiling and Sick | The Mighty
    " The problem with so many people who live in my world of chronic illness is that we
      never fake being ill — but we’re masters at faking being well. "
  % 8:16pm P=137/79, p=72
  @ answer to Can you give examples for why I should learn to program? - Quora
    Config and Tools as examples of programming as a hobby, which was what the question
    seemed to be asking for

0826Fr
  * up 4:35; W=204.6, P=125/83, p=61; dishes
  % When I woke up I discovered that not only had Ticia snuggled up next to my left
    shoulder as usual, but she'd brought her stick up with her so I could play with her
    when I got up.  How could I not.  ("her stick" = plastic rod with a piece of
    multicolored fabric dangling at one end)
  * Yet another Mexican restaurant team lunch -- this time at the place in Chandler's
    Cove, the name of which I forget.  I had grilled cod tacos.  Can't really recommend
    the jalapeno mango margaritas.
  * sold 26 shares of $A stock.  Should be enough for repairs and a bit of a cushion.
    I should be getting a check next week
  & spoke with a couple of people at Beer:30 who were interested in learning guitar.
  = rode the  bus home with Ylena again.  Fun.  She's going to look up my music.
  @ King County's incredibly cheap answer to the EpiPen | KUOW
  % P=157/125, p=56; P=125/79, p=80  I'm inclined to doubt the first, but it's still
    troublesome.  This meter seems more sensitive to band position than my old one.
  ^ Still mulling names, but I think Tools -> MakeStuff is winning that one.  Not sure
    about Config.  DotConfig?  Dottie?  (There is no Debian package by that name, but I
    don't like it much.)

0827Sa
  * Up 6:15ish; W=204.6, P=110/79, p=61; shower, dishes
  @ What Happens to Men Who Can't Have Sex f(Deirdre Saoirse Moen)
    subtitle:  Inside the often disturbing world of "involuntary celibacy"​
    More interesting than the click-bait title would suggest, but "can't" is still the
    wrong word.  The main problem appears to be not putting in the work.  Still awfully
    familiar, though.  That was me 45 years ago, before Colleen.
  @ Casual Movements Women's Plus Size Turtle Swimsuit Coverup Turquoise/Purple
    purple.  turtles.  How could I resist?
  ^ I may need a new tag character for interactions with people.  And maybe another for
    meta-discussions.  (^ seems appropriate for meta)
    -> OK; ^ for meta, = for interactions.  (Thought of using |, but it's harder to type)
  @ Amazon.com: Duro-Med Freedom Series Deluxe Walker only 20" wide; out of stock
    everywhere; presumably no longe in production.  BUT
    Hugo Mobility 770-260 Adjustable Folding Walker appears to be identical.  Ordered
    (found via justwalkers.com - "I Want a Small Walker."; that appears to be old.
  ^ the scooter batteries I ordered are out for delivery, so I made the right call after
    all -- since the far end of the delivery window was 8/30 and I needed them Monday the
    29th, I was afraid they'd arrive too late.  Whew.
  ^ Maybe the new name for Config should include "Setup" instead.  "SSetup"?  SST, from
    SSeTup?  Github has only two sst's.  Quite a few called makestuff, but none seem to be
    camel-cased.  There are a couple of makesite variants as well.  The makestuff packages
    and sites are almost entirely about "maker" stuff, unlike the makesite ones.
  * noon: battery pack together, working, charging.
  @ Home - The Lesbian Talk Show
    (Heather Rose Jones - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast is live!)
  * Drive with Colleen.  We decided to do the Safeway run tomorrow after farmer's market,
    because the scooter is still out of the van.  Went to Metro on the way back; they only
    have one electric cart, but we spotted it while the person using it was on their way
    back to their car.  $75.
  * MakeStuff (Tools) pushed to https://github.com/ssavitzky/MakeStuff.git -- please enjoy
  * next it needs README.md
    -> install pandoc; recommends texlive-latex-recommended; maybe just because no texlive
       on snowflake -> yup.  That.  We find in the process that HEADER.html is grossly out
       of date, so that will have to be fixed too.
  % P=116/82, p=64
  ^ Could have used MakeStar; that would have gone with DotStar.  But that's ok.

Comments

[alatefeline]

I very much enjoyed the Quora link and the Makers vs. Menders article. I've bookmarked the lesbian history podcast for later. Thanks. Go you!

[mdlbear]

Thanks!

[alatefeline]

:)