Done Since 2019-03-24

[mdlbear]

A fairly eventful week: Colleen came home from rehab on Monday, which was also the YD's birthday. Tuesday was the Skype conference call that officially kicked off $GIG (which fortunately I had already made quite a bit of progress on). Additional progress on $GIG (now about half done) and taxes (forms tracked down and sorted out).

Picking up Colleen involved a trip down to Rest Stop on Sunday so as to be at Prestige by 11am, the estimated discharge time. As it turned out, she finally got out somewhere around 1:40. We'd been planning to go to Saffron for lunch, but I'd forgotten to put the scooter in the car; after we got home and retrieved it we found that Charmer's was closed on Mondays, so we ended up at China City. Decent Chinese.

Determined that the battery in S's old laptop is completely dead. The one in L's scooter isn't totally dead, but it's not usable.

Another massive data breach was reported; upwards of 800 million records, including "verified emails, phone numbers, addresses, dates of birth, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram account details, credit scoring and even mortgage data such as amount owing and interest rates being charged." Not enough for identity fraud, but everything one could want for a spearfishing expedition. Yeah; I'm in it too. Obligatory link to HaveIBeenPwned.com.

Apart from that, ... not much.

Notes & links:

0324Su
  & Awake 2:30; back to bed at 3:30 but couldn't sleep
  * up 4:15; S=4.2;
  * 8:30ish refactored $GIG to improve flow
  * installed C's toilet rails.  Didn't install the one on the side by the wall, because
    there's already a grab bar there.  We'll see if one is needed.
  * put socks. phone stand, small lap desk, neti pot, x kleenex, bathrobe(?) in suitcase
    not the bathrobe.  loaded up a bag to take down to RS
  * down to see C.  too much last-minutude, although I'm certain I got more done than I
    would have in equal time at Prestige
  @ 2 Billion Unencrypted Records Leaked In Marketing Data Breach --What To Do Next (marahmarie)
    The actual number after deduplication may be closer to 800M.  detailed records:
    " That detail included commonplace breach data such as email addresses and phone
      numbers, but went far beyond the basics as well. Information such as dates of birth,
      mortgages amounts and interest rates and social media accounts related to the emails
      in question. But it doesn't stop there, you can also throw in basic credit scoring
      data, company names and revenue figures as well. "
    No evidence that it's been exploited, and no passwords or SS#s, but sheesh!
    Everything you need for spearfishing.  Yes, I'm in it.
  @ on the plus side, Phone Companies Will Tackle Robocalls With New Verification System about F'n time
  % having trouble getting motivated to do anything besides read, and I'm out of feeds.
    -> plenty to do; appears to be a combination of choice paralysis and dysthymia
  @ Mueller report: No evidence Trump campaign conspired with Russia, AG's summary says -
    The Washington Post (the URL doesn't match the title)
    What Mueller’s investigation has already revealed - The Washington Post
  @ A Hacker's Guide to Git | Wildly Inaccurate terse, but hits a lot of stuff
  * headed down to RS ~4pm via 99
  * dinner, good conversation.  Forgot the kleenex, apparently.
  % 9pm headache.  Really too early for sleep.

0325Mo E's birthday
  * up 6:40; S=~8?;
  * left RS ~9:15.  Drove up via I5 in part because it looked easier than trying to make a
    U-turn on Aurora.  Off I5 at 175th
  ~ 11am C dscharge from Prestige
  % forgot to bring the scooter, so we'll have to do something other than Saffron
    -> Charmer's.  We'll see when we get home
  : nearly 1pm still waiting for Dr's signoff on warfarin... 1:26... 
  ~ Charmers closed; went to China City.  Pharmacy took over an hour to fill scrips.
  % 7:40 brain kind of fried
  % 8:20 ?exhausted? mentally, anyhow

0326Tu
  & awake 1ish (C assist). Colleen and Ticia cuddles
  * up 7ish; S=8:41; 
  * am verify skype audio -> meeting requires skype for business.
    -> _might_ work on Android -> works
  ~ remind C to make appointents
  * 2pm skype conference re: $GIG
  * read style guide for $GIG
  @ MBTI / Jung Personality Test - Psych Central -> ISTJ
    {Extro/Intro}version 34 Intuitive/Sensing 38 {Think/Feel}ing 69 {Perceiv/Judg}ing 44
    " ISTJ - The Duty Fulfiller -- Serious and quiet, interested in security and peaceful
      living. Extremely thorough, responsible, and dependable. Well-developed powers of
      concentration. Usually interested in supporting and promoting traditions and
      establishments. Well-organized and hard working, they work steadily towards
      identified goals. They can usually accomplish any task once they have set their mind
      to it. "

0327We
  * up 4:30ish; S=4:28;
  * 2ish finished moving stuff around, other mods, and some quality time with git subtree,
    resulting in a pull request.  So that's official.
  & L wanted to know how old her scooter (which she'd gotten from N) was.  After
    unsuccessfuly looking in .ljarchive, I ended up using the creation date of Wheelin'.
  @ jazzyjj | Medical Accommodations (access_fandom)
  % occasional back twinges all through the last few days.  Right QL mostly.
  * music:  longish noodle mostly in G (which C said she liked) and Bells of Norwich.
  @ The Appropriate Men's Attire For Every Occasion - Business Insider (ysabetwordsmith)

0328Th
  * Up 5ish; S=5:44;
  * finally fired up S's old laptop.  Appears to work, despite claims to the contrary.
    The battery won't hold charge--even after several hours, it shuts down immediately
    when the plug slips out.  Showed her how to find passwords in her browser.  Appears to
    be an Acer Switch 10.
  * fixed WiFi limited access on Starlight -- disable WMM on adapter.
    WIFI Icon with a Yellow Exclamation Mark in Windows 8.1 - Notebooks - US
  * put corrected 1subdir-index.mustache into {lgf,kf}/Songs.
    find ~/vv -name \*.html -executable -exec grep -nH '<!--#' {} \;
    SSI is still used for headers and footers just about everywhere else
    find ~/vv -name \*.html -executable -exec grep -nHl '<!--#' {} \;|wc -> 27 
    -> worth noting that TGl's Songs directory is empty, and TGq doesn't have one.
    -> TGl's Albums directory isn't under git control.
  : Either Nova or the connection to it really seems to be hosed.  Weird.
  : reboot didn't help, but savitzky.net is behaving similarly.  WEIRD.

0329Fr
  * up 6am; W=198, S=7:05; shower
  @ Environmental News Network - We Reside Here - Earth is Easter Island (ysabetwordsmith)
  * 3:45 worked most of the day on $GIG.  Will take a short break before tackling taxes.
  * 15min:  sorting papers.  Lots of unnecessary stuff (bank statements, EOBs etc) tossed.
    % standing required, so it hurts and I can only do a little at a time.  Too many
      rabbit holes to fall into in between.
    6ish now Desti is lying on the card table on top of the sorting piles.  Excuse.
  : 6:30 nova seems perfectly ok now.  Possibly bandwidth?  Weird, in any case.

0330Sa
  * up 7am; S=6:48;
  @ Why We Created a Gender-Inclusive Stock Photo Library - Broadly (alatefeline)
  @ The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized & Put Online
    Open Culture is awesome
  * going out for shopping and WiFire; made sure that C did some walking first
    -> WiFire first - turns out they close at 2, and I got there ~1:15.  Mocha and
    choc. croisant (half price with drink) -> % that was -perhaps- excessive
  * SL: garlic powder, bread, English, sorbet, bacon, apples, mg cheerios.
  * checked on my missing ORCA card - it doesn't seem to have been used.  Damned if I know
  : 9:15ish C lost her fucking hearing aid again.  Second or third time this week.  This
    time I can't find it; doesn't even seem to be in the chair mechanism.  Which sucks.
  @ The Ultimate Online Privacy Guide - BestVPN.com via email suggesting I use it on
    computer-curmudgeon.com. 

Comments

[lemon_badgeress]

. . . . this is NOT the appropriate response.

neither of my emails show up as pwned in the Verifications IO leak.

i feel....insignificant, somehow.

[mdlbear]

*chuckle*