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mdlbear(I'm a day late posting this -- I pretty much fell over last night. Onward!)
The reason I didn't post this on Sunday as I usually do is that last weekend was RainbowCon 2.1. The dead dog (just the family, Gwen, and Cat) ran until about 11pm Sunday night. The whole week was wonderful.
For those who only tune in occasionally, RainbowCon is our household's mini-convention. RC-0 was Glenn and Naomi's wedding; it was so much fun that we decided to do it every year. There are two tracks, filk and gaming, with filk being the main one. It's always held within a week or two of May 1st, and features a maypole dance on Sunday.
The guests arrived early in the week: Gwen Knighton Raftery on Monday and Cat Faber on Tuesday, which gave us plenty of time to hang out and plan the con. Being small, we can get away with doing our planning at the last minute, including having the members brainstorm workshop ideas and voting on them Friday night by dropping poker chips into paper bags. It's also small enough that we can make last-minute scheduling changes and let everyone know about them.
We had about 25 people, which (surprisingly) was about the same number we had at RC-1 in Seattle. That included some people we didn't know directly; hopefully word will get around. Everyone loved the venue -- it's beautiful and quiet. We boarded the cats, at Bayview Pet Resort (which I can recommend), and rented an RV for extra sleeping space. It was used mainly by Cat and j.
Colleen and here caregiver, Vivian, did an amazing job with the "con suite", which included round-the-clock snacks and dinner on Friday and Saturday. Sunday we went out for a dinner run, to Christopher's in Coupville. The specialize in seafood, and especially Penn Cove mussels. Coupeville is located about a block from the Penn Cove waterfront.
This post is already late enough that I'm not going to go into detail on the concerts and workshops. See the notes for a little more.
0429Su
* Up 3:30ish; S=3.9ish;
got to 4:22 therapy hours by going back to bed; getting up at 3:00. Cheating.
% cuddled between C and Ticia. Nice, but not conducive to sleeping
* Tried to troubleshoot gnome flashback on Raven, with little success.
Something spins for a long time, then at the point where it would normally show the
panel it crashes. Some window managers crash instantly. ssavitzky works.
xmonad (sometimes?) doesn't avoidStruts. This may be a problem in Wayland.
* take scooter out of Rosie
* N will drive down to mtg about m, stay at G's
* install elm-mode. Once a package is installed it pretty much takes care of itself.
$ $1040.82 property tax, paid by EFT
* SL: Silverware divider, unflavored lactaid, peanut oil, corstarch, quilted 3-ply
TP, oxy bleach pods, pretzels, distilled water, 12~6 lemons, sliced olives, 2 each
pecan and almond nut thins, stoned wheat thins, ackmak, whole wheat crackers, water
crackers, 2doz eggs, grated sharp cheddar, 3lbs bacon, 3 cans navy beans, 6 cans
garbanzo beans, olive oil, 6 boxes veg. broth, rolled oats, 2~1lbs feta
& great chat with the YD, who is setting up a drop-ship business via shopify. Hmm.
* re-filled my fountain pens, mainly because I needed to write a check and couldn't find
a ballpoint. Had to keep watching out for cats.
* manoevered the kittens into N's room, so that I won't have to worry about keeping
them in when the RV comes early tomorrow
0430Mo
* up 5:30ish; S=6:51;
* 6am: RV arrives
-> actually more like 7am. Only problem is that we should have had it back a few more
feet -- it's too tight to get a car in, so Colleen may have to either do some more
walking, or use the scooter.
~ 9am wake Colleen
@ The Strange, Uplifting Tale of “Joy of Cooking” Versus the Food Scientist | The New
Yorker (thnidu | Fighting fake news about my favorite kitchen reference book)
: N will pick up Gwen and j, arriving early afternoon
@ Woodworking for engineers (G via email)
@ signing up with LocalSolo Freelance
cold email from someone who had seen s.s..net
-> stupid goddamn browser lost my profile information -- it hung and I turned off
Privacy Badger, which reloaded the page. Trying again on Firefox. And using Emacs
-> done
* little smokies, parmesan cheese, garlic, pesto, cream, miconozole
* C and V made C's maple "baked" beans -- actually more like bean soup when made in a
crock pot, but yummy as always.
0501Tu
* up 6:15; S=6:15;
@ xkcd: Python Environment
" My python environment has become so degraded that my laptop has been declared a
superfund site "
$ send $400 from the 529 college fund to YD
* stopped weekly transfers to the kids. Shortfall down under 1500 (except that my
estimates for power, food and drugs are almost certainly low, and there's no allowance
for purchases.)
* 10ish drive down to Seatac to pick up Cat; Delta Flight 2580 from Atlanta 2:20pm
-> used hardly any power on the way down; at one point the estimated range was 250.
@ The Brain: "Ringing in the Ears" Actually Goes Much Deeper Than That
* started upgrade to 18.04 on Raven
* down ~11
0502We
* up 6:30; W=202.8, S=6:24;
: upgrade on Raven worked perfectly. Still not avoiding dzen2 -- apparently you need
the -dock option. gnome flashback still seems to be somewhat broken. The panel got
reset, which is good, but there may still be other problems.
@ The GDPR Takes Open Source to the Next Level | Linux Journal
* drywall supplies arrive - gets hung sometime next week.
* SL: imo, 2doz eggs, 3 boxes frozen spinach, large bag frozen onions, carrots, celery,
green beans, peas, peppers, 3 roasting chickens, buttermilk, tahini, barley, kosher
onion soup, buttermilk, ground beef, dried cherries for cookies, bathroom soap, ecover
dish detergent, disposable plates and bowls, monterey jack, mild cheddar,
paper lunch bags - not needed; we have 40
: the last upgrade on Raven left X broken. Hangs after "Started GNOME Display Manager"
The problem is definitely X; works fine if booted into console mode; X doesn't run.
0503Th
* up 6:55; S=6.9;
* did a clean install of Bionic Beaver on Raven. Works. Now how to find the best way
of merging it with the old home directories.
: YD is eating solid food again. She also asked me for moving tips.
@ Why You Should Decisively Reject Using Wix - CMS2CMS (LI)
Caution: pop-ups and trackers. Also, not written by native English speakers.
Static HTML vs Dynamic CMS: Choosing the Right One
The site the article is on is promoting a migration tool, but its points are valid.
Only transfers content, not themes or layout. They only support migrating _out_ of
static HTML; the thing is meant to appeal to non-techies.
@ GIMP - GIMP 2.10 Release Notes
: YD ate a sandwich! Turns out that, if you're having issues with swallowing things,
the person to go to is a _speech therapist_. Who knew?
* got ssavitzky and steve accounts right on Raven. For ss, had to
apt-get install ecryptfs-utils python-ecryptfs
Next step would be to move stuff from steve.orig without messing up the gnome config
* started job app for SunBasket; this set off a cascade of changes to my portfolio and
resume.
0504Fr May the Fourth be with you, RainbowCon 2.1
* up 5:50ish; W=201.2, S=5.9;
* more work on resume
* take cats to Bayview Pet Resort. Getting an extra carrier from V
-> two trips because Cricket hid under the bed. She meowed most of the way there,
except when I was singing. Radio didn't work - maybe she's not a deadhead.
* 4pm RainbowCon programming starts
* Excellent chicken soup. Lots of food, thanks to C and V
* 7:30 Cat's concert. Hopefully recorded.
0505Sa Cinco de Mayo, RainbowCon 2.1
* up 4:30ish; S=5.1, W=202.4;
: xmonad still not avoiding dzen2 (even with -dock) and gnome-panel. Maybe don't
ignore?
@ Privacy Is Still Personal | Linux Journal
% one advantage of a house con is that I can use my own desk. At least as long as the
chair hasn't been rolled over to the circle.
* started working on the recording I made of Cat's concert last night.
# Deborah pointed out that "part-time teacher" should go on my resume.
: Paper Bag Workshop - Cat - How to write tunes when the muse has stood you up.
Doing it in D Dorian (notes from C scale) Dm and G. Root of the chord on downbeats.
first and last downbeat on D; song will end on D downbeat.
Building blocks: 3-note phrases inside chords: arpeggiate chord up or down, scale 3
up or down half steps btw notes in the chord (suspensions). Skip a note from the 5th
to the 8ve. you can write an entire song with scale 3 up or scale 3 down
* 12-2 jam (Sunnie)
* 4pm Serenade circle (people singing the guests' songs _to_ them) Things (with N)
* 5pm ZenTangle (Sunnie)
zentangle « TanglePatterns.com
Zentangle
* Gwen's concert
* Last Performer Picks circle. Nancy came in shortly after it started, having been
misled by her GPS. Sang Rambling Silver Rose, Lock Keeper. May have been another
0506Su
* up 5:30; W=201.6, S=5.5;
% left arm hurting, near the elbow.
@ Weekend Reading: Qubes | Linux Journal
Software_compartmentalization_vs_physical_separation.pdf
: N raised the issue of not having a website for RC. Deborah offered -- she does WP.
* Ecumenifilk. Sang Gentle Arms of Eden, Rocket Rider's Prayer, Lord of the Buffalo(?)
Gwen told the story of the harp.
* 3:15 teaching/request circle moved up.
* lyrics.txt should have chords -> lyrics.chords.txt
* Dinner run to Christopher's, in Coupeville. Yum. Seafood, including Penn Cove
mussels that were probably living happily _in_ Penn Cove less than 20 hours before.
% left arm hurts from carrying stuff; very tired.
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Date: 2018-05-09 06:52 pm (UTC)RainbowCon sounds like my ideal con--small with a musical focus.
Left arm issues from too much guitar?
Thanks for the fascinating tinnitus article.
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Date: 2018-05-10 03:53 am (UTC)My massage therapist sister suggested putting it in a sling to keep me from using it for a couple of days. Fat chance.
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