Done Since 2018-07-29

[mdlbear]

It's been a week. There were some good parts. Music Under the Trees, yesterday at Betsy Tinney's, was one of them, even if we did have to leave early because Colleen was flagging. (I didn't object, because to be honest I'd been dreading driving home in the dark after three nights of not enough sleep. But still.)

Another was getting the rest of the bed box installation done, which happened last Sunday. It's awesome. N got to try it out Saturday night; it was complete enough for sleeping in at that point.

A third good thing wa a very nice visit to the southern end of the Rainbow Caravan, to spend a day with N and the kids. We will get our household back together. It may take a while.

And I got a very preliminary version of my "Consulting business" website done, as a GitHub Pages site. Last week N and I had picked a theme: Read Only, by HTML5 Up. It's cool - big banner across the top of the text, and a neat circular image (which it turned out was masked out by setting the enclosing box's boundary radius to 100%). Only one problem.

GitHub Pages are a snap to set up; you can do it in five minutes if you accept all the defaults. And it uses a nice static site builder called Jekyll which has themes that are pretty easy to set up. The devil's in the details, as usual. Because although we found "Read Only" through a gallery of Jekyll themes, it turned out that it wasn't a theme at all, just a mock-up. And although I eventually found a Jekyll version, it wasn't particularly usable.

I now know how to roll my own Jekyll theme, and I can consider myself an advanced beginner at the – Liquid template language and CSS stylesheets. By the way, the MDN Web Docs (MDN stands for Mozilla Developer Network, BTW) are awesome. They have tutorials on all the important web technologies: HTML, Javascript, and CSS, plus some more obscure ones. And when you get to the edge cases, they have reference docs.

It took me, basically, all week, with a huge amount of frustration along the way.

We appear to be getting into the bad parts of the week, don't we? Right.

I believe I mentioned that I'd been dreading going home from Betsy's late at night (I'm nowhere near as good a driver as I was at 50, and I know it). My guess is that that was at the root of the anxiety attacks I had Saturday and Sunday. (Panic attacks are intense, and supposedly last for only a few minutes to an hour or so. Anxiety attacks can -- and in my case, do -- last all day.

And I have "Trigger finger" in my left thumb. It's been getting worse, not better, in spite of the brace I'm wearing, which incidentally makes it almost impossible to type because my thumb keeps hitting my laptop's trackpad and left button. Anyway.

Aaaaaaand, I've been spending almost all my time grappling with Jekyll and CSS, and not getting any job applications done. Bletch.

Notes & links:

0729Su
  * up 5:30; W=199, S=6:38;
  * set up GitHub site (which takes longer to write about than to do).
  : as it turns out, read-only isn't exactly a jekyll theme.  And in particular, it isn't
    hosted on GitHub, so it can't be trivially chosen.  Of course, I could put it there.
    I'm wondering whether it might be simpler to apply it directly to s.s.net.  Still want
    to learn Jekyll, though -- it'll simplify things.
  & writing up the process of building a GitHub site.  I do it somewhat differently.
  : N went home.  Discussed giving Rosie to Chaos and Rabbit, with Mom paying for the
    repair.  Would save her a bundle, and keep a van in the family in case we need it.
  * Lots of work on Mary O'Meara
  @ github.com/github/pages-gem
    Keeps your ruby/jekyll environment in sync with GitHub Pages.  Versions Ruby and
    Bundler as well as Jekyll.
  @ 79 Websites To Get Freelance Jobs Fast
  * buy tickets for Music Under the Trees
  ~ Emailed Mom and Chaos about the van -- Chaos replied saying that it's too old for what
    Alex needs, driving for Uber.  
  * install markdown-mode and the modes for jekyll markdown and html.
    packages markdown-mode, jekyll-modes.  Currently using markdown-mode
  * An ill-tempered (and frequently old) person full of stubborn ideas or opinions.

0730Mo
  * up 5ish; W=199, S=5:57; cuddle from both C and Ticia
  * install emacs modes for js/jsx and markdown
  @ How to Become a Curmudgeon
  * 8am go down to Rest Stop - need to get there by 11
    -> going to be early - stop and get coffee?
    -> the coffee on the ferry isn't great, but at least it's reasonably fresh
  * worked on hire-me and about-me.  (hence, markdown-mode)
  ~ S.S: what's currently on the front page belongs in "About Me" -- the front page
    should be a blog.  There needs to be a "hire me" link at the top pointing to Contact.
  : Just noticed that Lubuntu is recognizing the Bluetooth radio on Cygnus.  Finally.
  & stayed for dinner.  C asked for Kashmiri naan from Saffron.
  * arrived home at 8:50ish.  Exhausted.
  & got a new thumb brace at Walgreens on the way home.  Remains to be seen - works a
    little better but seems pretty tight around the thumb -- without imobilizing the last
    joint well enough.  Though (9:50) that does seem a bit better.  (I'd put it on at 8,
    on the ferry)
  * got to bed after 11
  
0731Tu
  * up 7ish; W=197.8, S=7:24;
    % the new brace definitely seems to have helped.  Definitely clumsier, though.
    : does a better job of keeping my thumb from hitting the trackpad on Cygnus,  Yay!
  @ All Contributors
    " This is a specification for recognizing contributors to an open source project in a
      way that rewards each and every contribution, not just code. "
  @ Template::Liquid - A Simple, Stateless Template System
    This doesn't have the include tag at all.  Jekyll has include-relative
  & (with T') move C's sewing table under the window; add lower shelves
    & required setting up the table saw
    T also moved the shelf units back down.
  : Interesting.  bash completion works on "." when you run it from ssh or a Linux
    terminal, but not when you run it from an X terminal window (of any type)
  : via email from BECU
      Proper endorsement format for Mobile Deposit:
      John Doe (your signature)
      For BECU Mobile Deposit only
  @ 79 Websites To Get Freelance Jobs Fast -> actually the only way to make it
      readable was to download it and take out everything but the actual content.
  % 9:40ish drifty
  % 10pm and Ticia is pawing at my leg.  Must be bedtime.

0801We
  * Up 6ish; W=199, S=7:14;
  @ siderea | [healthcare, socjust, labor, Patreon] Means Tests and Self-Employment
  @ Foreword - The Rust Programming Language (LJ)
    The Rust Programming Language
  @ Lubuntu 18.04 Review: Stable and Dependable As Always | It's FOSS
  @ 9 Lightweight Linux Applications to Speed Up Your System | It's FOSS
  " "Clippy and the Brain Weasels" S(L)
  : installed Chrome, mainly so that I could export the bookmarks.  Slow as molasses.
  % Having a lot of trouble focusing, to the extent that it's coming out in weird
    behavior.  No idea what's going on.  Partly caused by the trouble I've been having
    with my website theme, and partly by suddenly realizing that I hadn't  madethis
    month's car payment.  I am _not_ okay.
  ~ N''s dog has to go to the vet; rescheduled to Monday.
  % giving up on using Cygnus's keyboard with my thumb brace on.  Curenly wired.  Hmm.
    actually there appear to be problems with the buttons as well; that's more
    problematic.  Will mitigate for now by moving pointer into a corner.
  % also feeling physically somewhat weak and unsteady.  Aftermath of an anxiety attack?
  * got ssavitzky.github.io pushed, with
    (very) preliminary copy and the default style because there isn't a usable version of
    the one I want to use.
  * Humira

0802Th
  & woke ~3; back to bed; woke again ~5:30 but stayed in bed for an hour or so
  * up 6ish; W=188.8, S=5:12;
  @ Scutoids are a geometrical solution to three-dimensional packing of epithelia |
    Nature Communications (ysabetwordsmith Scutoids)
    New geometric shape used by nature to pack cells efficiently -- ScienceDaily
    We Are All Scutoids: A Brand-New Shape, Explained (New Yorker)
  * javascript - How does Firefox reader view operate - Stack Overflow (via Siderea)
    mozilla/readability: A standalone version of the readability lib
  * tried my logitech BT mouse.  The extra button is mapped to L-Super, which is pretty
    useless in my case.  Wonder whether one can fix that.
    -> not with the lxvt preferences, anyway.
  @ Creating Gem Based Themes For Jekyll | Chrisanthropic 
  * made appointment about thumb.  4pm tomorrow.
  * giving up, for now, on making a theme.
    For all I know I could be close, or I could be somewhere out in the boonies.
  % some chest pain most of the day.  Acting like gas.  Ulcer?  Ugh.  Took an extra
    aspirin anyway.
  : Dreamwidth doesn't have an up-to-date Ruby.  However...
  @ osteele/liquid: A complete Liquid template engine in Go incudes cli 
    osteele/gojekyll: A fast clone of the Jekyll blogging engine, in Go
  @ The world’s fastest framework for building websites | Hugo nice templates
  & to bed after midnight
  o honda 2008 odyssey from kbb.com private party value $6,058 range: $4,470 - $7,645
  
0803Fr
  * up 5ish; W=196.8, S=4:56;
    % no chest pain, so probably either gas or a muscle spasm.
  * 10:45 C Dr. Rochier - wake C around 9:30
  ~ 4pm -> 10:45 S Dr. Rochier
    Will get referral to orthopedist
  & shopping on the way home, since we had to stop at Rite Aid for C's prescriptions.  Saw
    that the bakery section of Payless had Screaming
    Banshee bread, which I'd read about somewhere.  Grabbed a baguette.  Excellent.
    I rarely see it because it sells out almost instantly.
  & spent the *entire damned day* chasing layout and template bugs in the sidebar.
    Finally beat _most_ of it into submission.  Almost all were misplaced punctuation
    (e.g. missing $ in front of SCSS variables) and prefixes (e.g. sb-)
  * to bed 11:45 -- want to make sure I can stay awake tomorrow night.
  
0804Sa Ame's day
  & awake 4:30ish; not clear I ever got back to sleep.
  * up 5:45ish; S=5:51;
  : morning; a beautiful light mist putting the trees in soft focus.  Pretty.
  * yet another attempt at fixing the site layout.  it shouldn't be thit difficult.
  @ Music Under the Trees 2018 Aug 4 2:30 - 10pm
  & managed to bend one of the front fork on the transport chair.  I'll order another.  It
    got hung up on one of the joints between the flagstones on Betsy's front walk
  : We had the whole family - N, G, and the kids.
  ! only thought about Ame a couple of times; once in the morning, and a few at odd
    moments during the concert.  I'm okay.
  & Colleen was flagging by 4pm; we left around 6 toward the end of the dinner break.
  % Somewhat relieved to be leaving when we did -- I'd been worried about driving back
    late at night, in the dark, after not enough sleep.
  * Got the sidebar layout working.  It still needs the layout and some work on the
    responsiveness.  But the layout works, and resizes the way I want it to.

0805Su
  * up 5:30ish; W=197.7, S=5:20; lots of cat cuddle
  @ 405 | depression comix
    " Friend:  Depression lies...
      Jacana:  ... it speaks the loudest when you're most vulnerable, and no matter how
      stupid its bullshit sounds it's going to repeat until you believe that you're as
      worthless as it says you are.
      Friend:  Sounds like an abusive relationship.
      Jacana:  Yeah, and it's an abusive relationship with *yourself*.  How do you leave
      *that?* 
  * sidebar image working
  * banner image... not working the way I'd like it to.  Really ought to include a
    banner in html rather than trying to cons it up out of metadata.