Done Since 2018-11-11

[mdlbear]

I have, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, kept up my daily posting schedule. Some of the posts have been random babbling, of course. You'll find the stats at the end of the notes.

Wednesday L noticed that the fluid-filled cyst on Desti's shoulder had apparently drained itself -- I made a vet appointment for that afternoon to have it checked. She has another appointment a week from Monday to get it removed. Wish us luck.

Thursday Colleen had labs done in preparation for her urology appointment tomorrow; Friday her doctor called and told her to get to her nephrologist ASAP. It looks like she may need dialysis. So Monday's appointment will be with the nephrologist instead. Bletch. Friday we were both kind of in shock. N came up Friday evening to help us deal with it -- my little sister is wonderful.

That's also why I posted The Mary Ellen Carter under s4s yesterday.

Following up on Friday's post about the Kilogram, I posted a couple of haiku yesterday as my contribution to the Crowdfunding Creative Jam. And if you want to dig deeper, NIST has put up a detailed write-up on the SI redefinition. It's a lot more readable than either my post or the Wikipedia articles I linked to.

Notes & links:

1111Su Veterans Day
  % awake ~2-3am
  * up 7ish; S=5:59; shower
  @ Introducing Python 3.7's Dataclasses | Linux Journal Lombok for Python, basically
  @ iPhones are Allergic to Helium | iFixit MEMS clock chip.
  @ coldhead/kaleidos: CSS3 Kaleidoscope Effect but how does it clip to the segments?
    css3 - How do CSS triangles work? - Stack Overflow 
    It uses the method of #224 - rotate image relative to a clipping rectangle.  The image
    is rotated once, to clip it; then the resulting div is rotated and flipped
  % horrible tickling at the back of my throat that simply won't go away.  coughing helps
    very temporarily.
  * worked on the multitasking curmudgeon post.  Wants some going-over.  Maybe tomorrow.
  * guitar - run-through of Mother I Climbed.

1112Mo Veterans Day (obs)
  * up 6:50; W=198.4, S=5:48;
    % no back-of-throat irritation this morning (just after nose-watering).  We'll see how
      long it lasts. => may be coming back a little ~8:15.
  * music - run-through of Mother I Climbed; guitar and (soft) voice.
  : V not coming today - holiday.  C will try to get her Fr.
  @ Mental
    Health Resources: 81 Awesome Resources When You Can’t Afford a Therapist (ysabetwordsmith)
    Home | MentalHealth.gov
  * Payless.  With L, who also needed RiteAid
  * SL: distilled water, blue cheese dressing, Garard's Italian dressing, 2 cans clam
    juice, 2 cans clams, 9 baking potatoe, tofu, smoked gouda, (puffy, not
    crunchy)cheetos, hothouse cucumber, juice, chicken, mushrooms, sour cream, yogurt,
    strawberry preserves (real sugar), eggs, english, sausage, italian sausage (hot, on
    the side), lettuce, celery (small bunch), garlic, grated cheddar, milk, cereal; 
    x probiotic, B12,
  % 1:30 the throat thing is back
  % one of the usual conflicts with C because she says paratransit is coming tomorrow, but
    what I have written down is the 15th.
  * posted Multitasking
    2035 words, by far the longest post this month.  By a factor of 3 if you don't count
    the done since posts
  % 5ish some pain on the right side of my neck.  Heat.
  : L making dinner.
  @ G. K. Chesterton: "The Last Hero" ysabetwordsmith | Moment of Silence: Stan Lee
  % my voice sounds quiet and distant to me.  WTF?
  @ Surprisingly Turing-Complete - Gwern.net

1113Tu
  * Up 6am; W=199.8, S=5:52;
  * C thinks paratransit is coming today, and it was.  Why did I have it on the 15th?
  * schedule phone screen with Rupa Saumil at Crowdstrike
  * 4pm singing lesson - Ripple, Lord of the Buffalo.  Both times I had some trouble
    finding the melody at the start.  Odd.  Partly, not knowing what the starting note was
    -- I need to go back to working it out beforehand.  Both times I suddenly found my
    confidence -- if that's what it is -- and got back on track.
  % 6:15 and I don't have any ideas for a post.  Growf.
  o How do we make remote meetings not suck? – Chelsea Troy
    => worth riffing on this and the moderation that goes on in filk circles.
       follow up on #iwrotesomething

  o AMEX (due 1118)

  o long-handled pruner -- trim trees.  Check the garage first
  
1114We
  * up 5:45; W=201.4, S=6:32;
  @ Black MIDI - Wikipedia
    The Impossible Music of Black MIDI | Rhizome
  * 8:30 call from Rupa Saumil at Crowdstrike
    -> we'll proceed with a talk with the hiring manager early next week
  : T and C re-arranged the kitchen to get more counter space.  Some of their decisions
    about ingredients didn't make sense.  Working on it.
  * Rails tutorial: Chapter 5, filling in the layout
    Chapter 5: Filling in the layout | Ruby on Rails Tutorial (Rails 5)
  : form email from Boeing.  "click here to update information" 404  suspicious.
    probably shouldn't have clicked on it without checking first.
  * 4:20 SWAC Destra - cyst seems to have partially drained since yesterday; want to be
    sure it's okay.
  % having a lot of trouble breathing this evening.  Discovered that I'd forgotten to take
    my morning meds; not having nose-watered this morning may have something to do with it
  % 8ish very sleepy.  A little less so at 8:49, but still

1115Th
  & Awake 5:15.  Cats on bed and recliner; neither shows any sign of moving.  in LR.
  * up 8:10; S=6:53;
  & switched to a small mask insert; we'll see which gives me better fit
  @ Robot Hugs - Fwoosh I've had weeks like that...
  @ Keb' Mo' - Put a Woman in Charge feat. Rosanne Cash (Official Music Video) (acelightning)
  * 1pm C Freeland Clinic Dr. Rochier
    -> took over an hour to get her labs done.  They took the footrests off all their
       wheelchairs -- deliberately -- which makes them almost useless for C.
  @ Why Git is worth the learning curve | GitLab
  @ The future of SaaS hosted Git repository pricing | GitLab tl;dr: unlimited repos
    free for everyone -- they make their money on Enterprise Edition at $39/user/year
  @ Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis - NYT 
  @ Explaining the Features of my Hurdy Gurdy! / PATTY GURDY - YouTube
    Patty Gurdy - YouTube
    fayanora | The Longing
    Omen - Guilhem Desq (Hurdy Gurdy) - YouTube
  : request for phone screen from Netlify
  " QOTD: We grieve how we grieve "

1116Fr
  * up 6ish; W=200.6, S=7:53; shower
  @ A massive change: Nations redefine the kilogram - The Washington Post
  : OH CRAP.  C is going to need dialysis.
  : Damn Laura Gerling - obit:  Phillip Wayne
    Rowan Fairgrove - I met Phil Wayne in 1981 at a Forever Forests...
  : N coming up this evening.
  & The Mary Ellen Carter.  C asked for Lily et.al. -- later.
  * 7:10 Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts
  : ice maker appears to be broken.  Grump.  Manual doesn't help.
  @ posted mdlbear | Weighty Matters

1117Sa
  * Up 5ish; W=200.6, S=6:03;
  @ crowdfunding Creative Jam:  Empowerment
    => Power Balance
    A watt balance weighs
    The old standard kilogram.
    Planck's Constant defined.
    \\
    A lump of metal
    Finally is replaced by
    Something eternal.
  @ The Kibble balance : Educate + Explore : National Physical Laboratory
  @ Kilogram: The Kibble Balance | NIST part of a series: SI Redefinition | NIST
    Redefining the Mole | NIST
    Kelvin: Introduction | NIST
    Ampere: Introduction | NIST
    Meet the Constants | NIST
  * V coming (Holiday Mo, Dr app't Th, Careage Fr)
  * reorder meds
  * finished Chapter 6: Modeling users | Ruby on Rails Tutorial (Rails 5) | Softcover.io
    out of 14, so I'm just short of halfway through the course.
  @ posted Songs for Saturday: The Mary Ellen Carter

NaBloPoMo progress:
    489 2018/11/01--nablopomo.html
     89 2018/11/01--thankful-thursday.html
    617 2018/11/02--learn-enough-to-be-dangerous.html
    340 2018/11/03--s4s-ripple.html
   1880 2018/11/04--done-since-1028.html
    479 2018/11/05--random-words.html
     73 2018/11/06--signal-boost-poetry-fishbowl.html
    246 2018/11/07--music-with-my-family.html
    117 2018/11/08--thankful-thursday.html
    399 2018/11/09--meta-sticky-post.html
    346 2018/11/10--s4s-mary-omeara.html
   1522 2018/11/11--done-since-1104.html
   2042 2018/11/12--multitasking.html
    814 2018/11/13--taking-turns.html
    179 2018/11/14--more-randomness.html
     91 2018/11/15--thankful-thursday.html
    844 2018/11/16--weighty-matters.html
    143 2018/11/17--power-balance.html
    295 2018/11/17--s4s--mary-ellen-carter.html
   1433 2018/11/18--done-since-1111.html

NaBloPoMo stats:
  12445 words in 20 posts this month (average 622/post)
   1433 words in 1 post today

Comments

[patoadam]

Good luck to Colleen! I know two people who recovered from temporary kidney failure. I hope Colleen recovers, and quickly.

[mdlbear]

Thank you!

[jesse_the_k]

My condolences on a hell of week, where you managed to get a lot done amid the bursting-into-flames bits.

[mdlbear]

Thanks.

[archangelbeth]

Good luck to Coleen! (At least she is not a cat; cats get subcutaneous fluids, usually delivered between the shoulder-blades.)

[mdlbear]

Thanks!