Done Since 2018-09-16

[mdlbear]

Where the heck did this week go? Moderately productive, I guess, though I'm still worried about my ability to keep a full work schedule. The main things were a trip down to Rest Stop (the South end of the rainbow, in Seattle) on Monday, a take-home test for the job I had a phone screen for last week, and a physical therapy appointment Friday. My trigger thumb is, finally, doing noticably better. L is moved in, and most of her stuff is out of the cats' room. That's still going to become the guest room and office.

I made one curmudgeon post, a PSA about the latest Magecart breach, at Newegg. Used that to test cross-posting to computer-curmudgeon.com. Spent most of yesterday working on MakeStuff/page-to-template-data to make the process smoother. The ultimate goal, of course, is a script for cross-posting.

There was quite a lot of link-chasing, researching Javascript, Magecart, and Python; meanwhile I've been trying (with minimal success so far) to catch up on some of the fiction on my (DW) reading list. I try to stay current on the poetry.

The most interesting link other than those was this Linux status report by Linus Torvalds, in which he apologizes for his abusive behavior on the kernel mailing list, and says that he's taking a break from Linux to work on it. The last time he took a similar break, it was to write git.

I'd consider taking a similar break to work on my issues, but the main ones that need work are time-management and procrastination...

Notes & links:

0916Su
  * up 6ish; W=198.2, S=6:46;  L asleep in her recliner in the living room.
  % thumb not triggering when I tested it (once) around 7 this morning.  Slight triggering
    at 9:30.  I'll leave the brace on -- it seems to be working and I don't want to
    interrupt it.  Also, it still hurts sometimes when I use it.
  : It's raining.  Summer is definitely over.
  * Up to Oak Harbor with L, with stops at RiteAid at either end to transfer and pick up
    her prescriptions.  Stopped at T-Mobile, but they were too busy to talk to us.  The
    problem is that L's cell reception here is even worse than N's was, possibly because
    it's a much older phone.  Different bands?  Hmm.  It's a Samsung flip.
  ~ Dean's party - through Sunday -> too few spoons to go.
  * finally hooked up the little yellow gl-inet router/access point/repeater to the laser
    printer.  Cygnus found it right off.

0917Mo
  * up 6:15ish; W=197.6, S=6:50;
  @ Linux 4.19-rc4 released, an apology, and a maintainership note - Linus Torvalds
    Linus takes a break to get his shit together.
  * Rest Stop - Israel pictures, mail; tools; UBOC letter!!  and Mom's check for deposit
    Everything went smoothly except the trip to the bank to deal with replacing the lost
    cashier's check.  The teller had never done it before and had to be coached through
    the process by the manager, who was also a little shaky on it.  Took at least 45m.
  * Put together two bookcases with j.  One's going into m's room.
    % My back hurts.  Needed water, too.
  : ferry terminal had no backup, and I was on the next ferry out.  Outside row top deck
    Driving home in the hour or so before sunset is murderous.  Managed it but I may want
    to plan on going home a bit later.  Should remember to check sunset time!

0918Tu
  * up 7:05; W=196.8, S=7:25;
  @ Don’t drown in email! How to use Gmail more efficiently.
  * caught up in DD's Strange Family! series (the most recent series).
  * dives into JS, Atom, and a little Electron
  * reset ORCA card autofill.  Hopefully that worked.
  * used the last of the gin.  (0918) Last time I noted that I got some was 0727.
    Probably missed one, but it would be great if a bottle did last a month and a half

0919We
  * Up 5:50; W=198.6, S=6:14;
  @ New research says singing daily reduces stress, clears sinuses, and helps you live
    longer - Higher Perspective ((singing teacher)NN)
  * work on c-c.c:  import the single-link article.  Change title from "sex and the single
    link" to "why single links win"
  * 1pm start GitHub take-home. 2 hours.
    went over by 45 minutes, of which at least half an hour was burned up in fumbling.
  : Music lesson pushed to 5:00, which is a good thing.  Gives me time to decompress.
  * Good lesson.  Get Up and Go followed by Mary O'Meara.  Which I was _finally_ hitting
    the right note on, most of the time.  There's often one note in a song that I
    consistently miss; it has more to do with the interval than the pitch.
    % good cooldown after the take-home, which left me tired and on edge. (? whatever you
      call that thing that happens after using adrenaline.)
  : I've been invited to join the Quora Partner Program.  You earn money from ads on the questions you ask.  Bletch

0920Th
  * up 6:30ish; W=197.6, S=7:05; dishes, laundry
  @ Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong - The Huffington Post (thnidu)
    " Since 1980, the obesity rate has doubled in 73 countries and increased in 113
      others. And in all that time, no nation has reduced its obesity rate. Not one. "
    " The problem is that in America, like everywhere else, our institutions of public
      health have become so obsessed with body weight that they have overlooked what is
      really killing us: our food supply. Diet is the leading cause of death in the United
      States, responsible for more than five times the fatalities of gun violence and car
      accidents combined. But it’s not how much we’re eating—Americans actually consume
      fewer calories now than we did in 2003. It’s what we’re eating. "
  @ Xbash Combines Botnet, Ransomware, Coinmining in Worm that Targets Linux and Windows
    - Palo Alto Networks Blog [LJ]
  * cat boxes
  @ 12 Essential Remote Work Tools We're Using at Buffer Every Day
  * Honu: some work on workspace switching and labels
  * walk: just to the end of the block and back; it's fairly cold out right now and I
    didn't bring my jacket.
  @ Talkspace | Emergency Information
    Good list of phone numbers and other info; maybe use with app.
  @ International Suicide Prevention Wiki | Wikia
  * make car loan payment
  @ 20 Best Google Web Fonts some time looking at fonts.  Spectral is a nice serif
    font designed for screen readability, but it doesn't do too well small.  Nice as a
    headline font with Rubik
  * made fried rice for dinner.  Big batch: 4 eggs, 2 small onions, 6 bacon, etc.
  @ NewEgg cracked in breach, hosted card-stealing code within its own checkout | Ars
    Hackers stole customer credit cards in Newegg data breach | TechCrunch
    Magecart Strikes Again: Newegg in the Crosshairs | Volexity
    Another Victim of the Magecart Assault Emerges: Newegg
    Inside and Beyond Ticketmaster: the Many Breaches of Magecart
    The British Airways Breach: How Magecart Claimed 380,000 Victims
    Impacts of a Hack on a Magento Ecommerce Website 
  @ 'A public relations nightmare': Ticketmaster recruits pros for secret scalper program
    | CBC News double-dipping the commission
  : The cats have taken a liking to L's bed.  Soft blanket, probably.

0921Fr
  * up 5:50; S=6:15;
    % after about half an hour without the brace, the thumb is triggering again.  Not
      much, though.
  * 9am Whidbey Performance PT  No triggering at 12:30 after 3 hours with the brace.
  * posted mdlbear | PSA: Data breach at Newegg
  * SL: Bisquick, unsalted butter, old fashioned (rolled) oats, vanilla ice cream, eggs,
    baking potatoes, mushrooms, ginger, apples, cream cheese, beer, 1 bottle stout, stew
    beef, chicken, cat food, bacon;  + juice,pizza meat, almonds
    panties, simethecone, loperamide, probiotic
  * Boboli pizza for dinner.  L wanted meat, no onions; C wanted onions, no meat.  Cheese
    and mushrooms on both.  And I found a (probably expired) can of rolled anchovies to
    add to mine.

0922Sa Autumnal Equinox (6:54pm)
  * Up 5:45ishish; W=200.6, S=6:13;
    % thumb doing pretty well.  No triggering so far
  * work on DW-to-Jekyll conversions.
  % I keep misplacing the damned thumb brace.  It's loose enough that it can slip off, but
    the next size smaller feels too tight.
  @ The 9-to-5 Workday Doesn’t Work For Everyone (And How to Create a Life of Total
    Freedom) Making it in the gig economy.  Maybe?  extract from a (paper) book

Comments

Speaking of time-management and procrastination...

[spiffyvoxel]

I called time on RescueTime (https://rescuetime.com) yesterday. (Pun intended.) It just hasn't been working reliably this last week or so. Focus sessions haven't started or finished when they should, or haven't started at all. (The latter, it turned out, was because IFTTT couldn't get a response from their servers.) I've uninstalled their software, cancelled my subscription, and emailed them to explain why.

I'm now using Freedom (https://freedom.to) which has the significant benefit of being more self-contained, plus (unlike RescueTime) it has scheduling built-in. It doesn't have any time-tracking component, however, so I'm currently testing Timing (https://timingapp.com - Mac-only, alas) for that purpose.

I've started journaling again, albeit privately. It's helping me somewhat to remind myself of what I should be doing, what I've accomplished, and anything good that happens. Caring for my terminally-ill father has caused my mood and personal care to dive the last several months, so I need all the help I can get to keep pushing forward.

Re: Speaking of time-management and procrastination...

[mdlbear]

Sorry to hear about your father -- I remember what it was like for me...

Actually it's the time-tracking aspect of rescuetime et.al. that I need the most. There appear to be a few open-source ones out there that work on Linux.

[liralen]

Good luck with the job and the recovery. I hope all goes well for you.