Done Since 2018-05-08

[mdlbear]

The high-order bit for this week is that I've put in three job applications for assorted remote positions, and gotten a response from one of them -- I'm getting a phone screen sometime this comimg week. We'll see. It's not a great fit.

I have a bit of a problem with both front-end jobs, which almost all require knowledge of some specific JS library (usually React) and backend jobs, which mostly require familiarity with databases and often either Ruby or Python. I'm working on the front-end stuff, but I got started late and it'll be a while before I'm fully comfortable in that space.

I did get in a couple of walks; about a mile each (which isn't much but I'll take what I can get). And the drywall is up in the garage -- it should be possible to start moving boxes and other stuff back into it sometime this week. I may actually be able to get back into doing some woodworking, if I can keep the clutter down.

I totally missed my music lesson Wednesday because it felt more like Tuesday after RainbowCon last weekend. Oops!

Notes & links:

0507Mo
  * up 6am; W=202.6, S=6;
  * 630ish G to ferry
  * pick up cats from Bayview Pet Resort
  * ~11:30 trailer pickup
  * (V) Cat's flight is 3:10, so has to be at airport about 1pm.  Leave around 10:30?
  * secure house (inc. N's room) N will be back with m around 3pm
    2:15 only thing left is final lockdown.
    2:45 locked down.
  * Finally fixed xmonad -- wanted desktopConfig instead of defaultConfig.
  : ice maker all clogged up with ice -- had to "defrost" it.
  % 7:30 exhausted, frustrated, very depressed.
  @ Why Silicon Valley can’t fix itself | News | The Guardian (ysabetwordsmith)
  * fixed broken links through git/Tools on DH -- I'd moved something, and broke the
    post-update hooks, most of which are symlinks.  Need to figure out something better.
  % 9:30 sleepy

0508Tu
  * up 5ish; S=5:50;
  @ Surge (via GatsbyJS) free static web hosting for front-end developers
    If you want your own domain, redirecting to HTTPS, etc. it's $15/month, at which point
    you're much better off with, e.g., Dreamhost or Hawkhost.
  & spoke to the person prepping for drywall;
    -> had T' move a row of boxes
  @ Mental Health Support, Resources & Information | HealthyPlace
  & figured out why spam referring to my DW was getting to N.
    -> obfuscated email addresses.  (all 3 of) Mine have s.net as the domain.  If anyone
       sends spam to that, it's not my problem.
  @ greglobinski/gatsby-starter-personal-blog: A ready to use, easy to customize Gatsby
    starter. Some functions: markdown posts, pages and fragments, contact form, searching,
    filtering by category, pwa (100%), favicons generator, rss, sitemap, FB comments,
    social sharing ...
    -> the relevant thing is that you can use FB to handle comments on a static site.
  & finally got back to the cover letter for the Sr. Eng. position at SunBasket, but it
    had disappeared and there don't seem to be any other remote ones.  It was never a
    close fit, though.
    -> 0510 it seems to be back.
  @ As I walk back to coding, I see my footprints – Hacker Noon
  & walk with m
    % being tired and having my timing thrown off made for a mad rush to make some kind of
      dinner.  Managed, but barely.
  * add part-time middle-school teacher (science/math tutor?) to resume.

0509We
  * up 6:15; S=7.5, W=202.6;
  * teaching today
  * fixed my standard post-update hook and the set-hooks script.  Added tests.  Impressive
    the way I almost always find bugs when I write tests

0510Th
  * Up 5:30ish; W=202.6, S=6:43;
  * add missing post-update hooks
    for f in `find . -name \*.git -prune -print`; do \
        [ -d ../vv/${f/.git//} -a ! -e $f/hooks/post-update ] && echo $f; done
    -> ./users/steve/Doc-WIP.git ./prj.git
  & turned off soaker hose, which had been left on all night.  V had said that she'd turn
    it off when she left, and I'd noticed it last night, so...
  * signed up for reunion next year.  On-campus housing is full. :P  Added C; not clear
    whether she'll want to go, but we'll see.  Book/CD signing Saturday - bring stock.
  * added post-deployment targets in */Songs, */Lyrics* (not tg, because no Songs dir)
  * updated must.do and admin.to.do
  : The drywall has been installed in the garage.  We'll probably have to wait until
    they've done the taping before we can start to move stuff back in.
  * get rid of old references to Tools; fix links that went through users/steve.
  * fix many, but not all, links on nova.  There's still some in users/record
  * applied for job at Zonar (by way of an email to someone I'd met at RainbowCon)
  * applied at SunBasket, since the job I'd noticed there seems to be back.
  * guitar:  a little noodling
  * green tortellini with mushroom cheese sauce (not successful) and pesto.
    The cheese sauce tried to use jack cheese and milk, and didn't mix properly.
    % left arm hurts from stirring.
  @ Issue Explorer | Gitcoin Hmm.
  @ NoRedInk – Picking Dates with Elm Elm datepicker -- I'm going to want that.
  * Applied at NoRedInk.com.
  @ The epic mistake about manufacturing that's cost Americans millions of jobs (siderea)
    tl;dr the computer sector's enormous growth masks a sharp decline everywhere else.

0511Fr
  * Up 4:04; S=5.6, W=202.6;
  @ ​Linux comes to Chromebooks | ZDNet
  @ Netlify CMS | Open-Source Content Management System git backend.  Hosted.
    Needs a host you can run the backend on.  Could it use gitweb?
  * RiSource.org is now owned by a psychic
  * move Quest from S.S.net to Private
    git clone Stephen.Savitzky.net/ q; cd q
    git filter-branch --subdirectory-filter Quest -- --all
    cd .../Private; git remote add q ../../../web/q
    git subtree add --prefix=Quest q master
  @ Auto-deploying built products to gh-pages with Travis
    Travis for Jekyll on GitHub Pages | Jaime Caballero
    How to create a website ... using Hugo, Travis CI, and GitHub Pages 
  * 5ish went out to check on progress in the garage.  It's been taped, so it should be
    possible to start moving stuff back in as long as it doesn't block access to the
    things they're still working on.
  & reading Return of the Black Death; library book that m wants returned, so
    it went to the top of the list.
  * Also reading Marilyn Hacker's Love, Death, and the Changing of the
    Seasons.  That one's been on my reading list for years.  Sexy and brilliant.
  * 9:45 finished Black Death.
  % With N and the kids gone for the weekend, the house feels empty.  Foretaste.

0512Sa
  * Up 5ish; W=203.4, S=6.3;
  @ Preact:
    Fast 3kb React alternative with the same ES6 API. Components & Virtual DOM.
    developit/preact-cli: Your next Preact PWA starts in 30 seconds.
  @ ReactJS E-Commerce With No Backend Using Snipcart & Gatsby - Snipcart
    Static Forms, Auth & Serverless Functions (Gatsby + Netlify Demo) - Snipcart
    Shopping Cart Platform for Any Website - Snipcart
  * shopping: mostly cat litter and seafood (clams, mussels, snapper).
  % still dithering over whether to buy gin.  I'm the only one in the house who drinks
    these days -- whole household except for the little G drinks.
  * Changed litter boxen.  From now on, get smaller boxes of litter -- the big ones are
    too heavy.
  * replace filters on CPAP; clean * humidifier  * mask  o hose
  * Remove S.S.net/Quest (job search notes) from history with git filter-branch or BFG
    BFG Repo-Cleaner by rtyley
    The objective is to make S.S.net into something we can put on GitHub.
    -> GitHub may not be worthwhile, given that the stuff from Ricoh is still under CVS.
       Of course, it could simply be linked to.  Quest is worth moving in any case.
    -> did the deed on cygnus, push to a clean repo on savitzky.net
    -> cloned into web dir; moved TLS cert (.well-known); cloned on Nova.
  * walk D=1.2mi to the other end of Skyline.  Picked up mail on the way back.
  * Dinner steamed clams, mussels, and corn; Screaming Banshee baguette.  YUM!
  @ First experiences with React Native: bridging an iOS native module...
    First experiences with React Native: bridging an Android native module...
  % 8:48 tired, sleepy; headache.  Also I suspect I ate too much.
  * fix post-update hooks (go through ~/git; install hook if vv/... exists)
    because set-hooks checks for the existence of the target directory,
    -> cd; find git -name \*.git -prune -exec MakeStuff/deployment/set-hooks {} \;
    Songs isn't getting rebuilt on s.s.net, though.  Not clear why not.

Comments

[solarbird]

Well, good luck anyway. Maybe it'll work out!

[mdlbear]

Thanks!

[catsittingstill]

Well done on the job applications, and may that get less overwhelming for you as you get more into the process!

And I hope the fit on the job in question is better than you fear.

You don’t get very specific on the cheese sauce but I’ve had some luck by frying a half teaspoon or so of flour in a little butter till it turns slightly brown, then adding a cup of milk slowly while stirring constantly, and a cup of shredded cheese when the butter/milk/flour mix is bubbling.

[mdlbear]

Thanks!

Sounds like a better recipe than the one I consed up (melt butter, add cheese, then add milk or cream). Cream seems to work better as an emulsifier than the milk I had to use because there was no cream in the house.

I should note, however, that what was left in the saucepan solidified nicely, and goes very well melted over toasted rye bread.

[kellan_the_tabby]

UGH now I want tortellini *cries*

good luck with the jobsthing & well done for applying to three of em, that shit is HARD

[mdlbear]

Sorry about that.

Thanks!

[kellan_the_tabby]

Nahh, 'sall good, I'll just whinge a lot & then buy some tomorrow.