Done Since 2021-10-17

[mdlbear]

I've been sleeping more this week; I think that's supposed to be good. N said she noticed an improvement in my mood, but I'm skeptical. Although, with a cat purring in my lap as I type this, it's hard to be too skeptical. Note that I've listed my mood as "fair" -- I don't seem to have used it much on DW, but there was a period when it was my standard answer to "how are you?" when I didn't really know.

Meanwhile, as of the end of Episode 5 of Appple's Foundation series, it's clear that people were right in saying that the series is unfilmable, and that Apple has stopped trying. I may watch one more episode (since #6 came out Friday and it's already queued up). Depends on whether I think my blood pressure will take it.

According to Verge, kids who grew up with search engines have trouble understanding the concept of files and directories. I find that rather disturbing. Professors started noticing the trend around 2017.

... and in more news of the stupid, Governor's PAC Releases Bizarre Ad Over 'Hacking' Scandal. You may remember from last week that said "hacking" consisted of pressing Ctrl-U. As the old adage goes, "it's better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt".

Notes & links:
1017Su litter boxen
  & Awake 4am; S=4:30ish; heat -> down 5am; couldn't get back to sleep
  * up 6am; S=5:35;
  @ Git - hash-function-transition Documentation
  @ Watch a marble drop through 100 animated scenes (andrewducker)
  * c wants to make a round trip to Seattle to get stuff from storage unit
  * start watching Ep. 5 of Foundation.  Visually stunning; nothing to do with the books.
  * start reading Prelude to Foundation
  % 7pm sleepy.  Not really surprising given how much sleep I didn't have.
  % meloxicam 9:25
  % spent much of the day with Desti on my lap.
  * laundry.  go to bed after starting the dryer

1018Mo
  * up 7:45; S=8:35;
  @ Real Names: the wrong tool for the wrong problem – Paul Bernal's Blog
  @ Félicette - Wikipedia First cat in space Félicette to get memorial statue after successful crowdfund
    Félicette, the First Cat in Space, Finally Gets a Memorial | Smithsonian
    A statue to Félicette, the first cat in space.» Félicette has landed 
  * before leaving:  * order bagels  * remove CPAP humidifier tub
  * before leaving RE collect  * night guard  * drugs  * CPAP  * bag for V
  * Bagels: 4 salt, 2 everything, 1 cinnamon raisin. 6 plain 2 tubs plain cream cheese
  * deliver grab bar and bag of distractions to V on the way down - directions in phone
    : she gave me a copy of The Meaning of it All by Richard Feynman
  @ Microsoft's very bad year for security: A timeline | CSO Online
  : foundation at 10:16 before reboot
  : braided elastic belt arrived.  Seems to work.
  : more Foundation.  Math doesn't work like that.  And the scrolls!  Unable to suspend
    enough disbelief to get past the idiocy.
  % meloxicam 9:30 with pm drugs

1019Tu
  & awake 2:24; S=4.0;
  * up 7:45am (alarm); S=8:20;
  @ Accommodation and Compliance: Depression
    Accommodation and Compliance: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 
  @ Kids who grew up with search engines could change STEM education forever - Verge
    " the concept of file folders and directories, essential to previous generations’
      understanding of computers, is gibberish to many modern students. "
    " Professors have varied recollections of when they first saw the disconnect. But
      their estimates (even the most tentative ones) are surprisingly similar. It’s been
      an issue for four years or so, starting — for many educators — around [...] 2017. "
  @ Cat-In-The-Bag – The Best Cat Carrier! (susandennis)
    ordered 2 blue large from $A (other colors were slower)
  @ sebhc/readme.md at master - ZILOG MCZ 8 BIT COMPUTERS
    Zilog MCZ 1/20 Z80 system
    Captain Zilog Online Comic
  : meloxicam 9pm with pm drugs

1020We
  * up 7:30; S=8:58 BP=127/83, P=60; 
    % I've been sleeping a lot recently - way more than my usual.  (Sometimes)
    -> N says that I seem to do better ("more alive") after sleeping late, rather than
       more tired and sluggish (which would be a sign of oversleeping).
  @ Millennials Are Killing List
    (Analyzing Relationships Between ESG Data and Stock Performance – Chelsea Troy)
  : The cat bags arrived -- one-day delivery in Seattle, at least for color=blue.
  % meloxicam 10:15ish with pm drugs

1021Th
  & Awake 4am; S=5.0;  down 5:20 -> didn't get back to sleep
  * up 6am; S=6:05;  * short-sleeved shirt for flu shot appt
  * 2:25 leave for... (10m per gmaps)
  * 2:45pm Flu shot  Walgreens Store number : 3788 14510 AURORA AVE N
  @ Facebook's Name Change Won’t Fix Anything | WIRED
  # CDC signs off on Moderna and Johnson & Johnson boosters and says people can get a
    shot different from their original one - The Washington Post
  @ Internet Archive 25th Anniversary – Universal Access to All Knowledge
    Internet Archvie 25th Anniversary / Twitter why are there only 10-25 viewers?
    I suppose there may be another venue
  @ The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity: Graeber, David, Wengrow, David
    Review: ‘The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity’ - The Atlantic
  @ If Dracula had a cat. - )
  @ StackExchange/blackbox: Safely store secrets in Git/Mercurial/Subversion
  & order 6 10oz corelle bowls for RS
  % apparently I have trouble keeping my balance when I can't see.  Not enough to fall,
    but enough to wobble and worry
  % meloxicam 10pm with drugs

1022Fr
  * up 6:15; S=7:48;
  @ Facebook's Fall From Grace Looks a Lot Like Ford's | WIRED
  * up to Whidbey to fetch S - leave immediately after breakfast -> charge Molly ~1h
  * mail for c in backpack
  * pack: mickey-mouse cord for charger
  & out to Freddie's for a bag of ice
  * finished Ep 5 of Foundation.  No relationship to the books _AT ALL_
  % meloxicam 9:50 with drugs.  quite a lot of back pain this evening
  % slightly whimpwery -- don't know why.  Suspect pain is only part of it

1023Sa
  * up 6am; S=7:27;
  @ Haugen claims backed by new Facebook whistleblower filing with SEC -  WaPo
  * submit estimates for $writing-projects (3, 3, and 4 weeks for -gig-{4,5,6})
    I also have to work on the WP site I'm doing with N.
  @ The 10 books needed to re-start civilization - FirstRand (ysabetwordsmith)
    The Seven Essential Books for Rebuilding Civilization – DonnyFerguson.com
    The 20 Most Important Tools Ever - Forbes.com - The 20 Most Important Tools 1 Knife 2 Abacus 3 Compass 4 Pencil 5 Harness 6
    Scythe 7 Rifle 8 Sword 9: Eyeglasses 10 Saw 11 Watch 12 Lathe 13 Needle 14 Candle 15
    Scale 16 Pot 17 Telescope 18 Level 19 Fish Hook 20 Chisel
  * before leaving RS collect  * night guard  * drugs  * CPAP
  * Back on Whidbey:  * let N know that I'm home.
  : Desti on my lap for an hour and a half
  * after arrival: ~ water orchids  * sort mail  * make a payment or do other paperwork
    -> I'm pretty sure I paid Surety for last month, but got a bill for 2 months.  ?
  * install mint/MATE on Sherman.  Screen okay assuming 1024x800 is right
    -> ought to take gnome stuff out of Mathilda/bootstrap.sh if not on Ubuntu
  @ A new Facebook whistleblower has come forward with more allegations - The Verge
  @ Governor's PAC Releases Bizarre Ad Over 'Hacking' Scandal
  @ Foundation: Death and the Maiden Betrays Asimov's Sci-Fi Books
    " Foundation has so often been referred to as unfilmable, and apparently why Apple’s
      Foundation TV series has completely stopped trying. "
  % meloxicam with pm drugs
  : install mint on Sherman; something is seriously wrong with the setup.  Weird.

Comments

[spiffyvoxel]

Those Captain Zilog comics were fun, makes me miss TurboMan, who did similar advertising work for Borland back in the day.

[mdlbear]

I abandoned my stash of Captain Z comics and posters a couple of moves ago. There may be a few comic books in a box somewhere. Haven't looked.

[madfilkentist]

"Death and the Maiden." What can I say but "Vorüber, ach, vorüber!"