Done Since 2021-12-26

[mdlbear]

It was a long month last week. And not a particularly good month, either.

On the plus side, I was busy getting the Going Sideways travel blog ready to roll out. Which it did, on schedule, yesterday. The experience confirmed my loathing for WordPress and my deep distrust of so-called web designers. It still isn't quite right, especially with regard to accessibility, but it'll do -- go take a look. Or see the previous post for details.

The bad side of that is that everything else got sidelined, including $writing-gig-6. Oops!

I went up to Whidbey on Wednesday rather than my usual Saturday, because I wanted to get back down to Seattle in time for New Year's Eve. That didn't go as planned either: it snowed. Getting stuck was my own damned fault for not putting Molly up on the street after she was charged (although there was already enough snow on the ground that that might not have worked either). Finally got out yesterday afternoon, and even then it was dicey, but road conditions were better than they had been on Thursday. So it sort of worked out. (Getting parked in Seattle, on a hill on a narrow side street was another kind of adventure. About all that can be said about that is that it didn't make me late for dinner; it was definitely nasty and uncomfortable.)

On the gripping hand, the amount of aerobic exercise I got shoveling snow was enough to rule out heart problems and COVID. It also confirmed that I don't get enough exercise, but I already knew that. By the way, the correct tool for clearing that last layer of compacted snow and ice under footprints and tire tracks is not a snow shovel; it's a hoe.

The fact that Tuesday was Mom's birthday -- it would have been her 101st -- didn't help anything either. And speaking of grief, my right temporomandibular joint has been been giving me a lot of it lately. Do. Not. Like.

Notes & links:
1226Su Boxing Day, Babbage's Birthday
  & awake 3ish; didn't get back to sleep
  & Awake 4:29; S=4:30;
  : Panther is in really bad shape.  Have to get that fan fixed.
  @ Scones Recipe
    Scones | King Arthur Baking
  : 7:20am snowing.  About an inch on the ground; still coming down.
  : 12:20pm still snowing.  People are skiing and snowboarding down the street.
  @ How to Cope with Grief in a Healthy Way: A Practical Guide [2021]
    " There are many stereotypes when it comes to grief, and one of the strongest is
      crying. While it’s quite common to cry—often very much—during the grieving process,
      it’s not required for healthy grieving. "
  * wrote draft of new-years-eve post.
  * Work on $GS continues apace.  Goes live on 1/1, which is THIS FRIDAY.
    Quick Edit is absolutely the right way to fix title, slug, etc. problems.

1227Mo
  & awake 3:45; got something in my right eye.  also cold.
  : had to restart Panther several times -- it's gotten worse lately
  * up 8am; S=6:58;
  * 15min: dishes -> back pain ~4.5 -> heat
  @ So, at this
    point, how come EVERY web browser in creation has not yet implemented built-in FORCE
    ENABLE of paste and built-in FORCE ENABLE of right click? (@sbisson)
    " In Firefox open "about:config" & set both dom.event.contextmenu.enabled and
      dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled to false. "
  @ What if the Flu isn’t “just the Flu?” - by Jeremy Chrysler
    " The true death toll of flu points to the vast challenges of endemic Covid. "
  @ sreegs — alright let's talk about Apple and Tumblr's...
  @ Google's Latest Tracking Nightmare For Chrome Comes In Two Parts
  * GoPro lesson (with N) - over Zoom
  @ CDC cuts isolation time recommended for people with asymptomatic coronavirus
    infections - The Washington Post
    " recommended quarantine time to five days for those exposed to coronavirus who are
      not yet boosted. It recommended such people wear masks around others for an
      additional five days.
      The agency said those exposed to the infection who have received booster shots do
      not need to quarantine, but should wear a mask for 10 days."
  * fix GS posting dates
  ~ should have done laundry :P
  & took Delta out to the studio -- panther is in really bad shape.
  : Delta doesn't have 5GHz, but seems to be more sensitive 2.4.  Not complaining

1228Tu  Mom's birthday
  & awwake midnightish; very cold -> put Colleen's cape on bed
  * Up 7am (alarm); S=7:24
  : Delta either has something flaky in its WiFi, or a hrdware switch that I couldn't find
    but apparently flipped anyway.  Weird.  Came back, also without knowing what I did
  & 15min: dishes: unload
  * 10am grief support group
    I think I finally have the mics positioned properly.  nobody's been complaining.
  @ DuckDuckGo in 2021: Building the Privacy Super App
  @ 2,000 fonts for Debian - Bits from Debian fnt -- like apt for fonts
  * 15min: dishes (load/run)
  * SL $A:  * top sheet  *fuzzy blanket  * gloves
  * 15min: laundry (which of course I left for too late - probably up til midnight)
  @ First 3-D printed Habitat home in US arrives - CNN
  * Singing:  inst. Wheelin'; sang a verse of For Amy.  -> Delayed reaction
  % meloxicam (probably)

1229We (weather permitting)
  * up 7am (alarm); S=6:14;
  @ Stonekettle Station: Recap: December 28, 2021
  * leave early -- preferably on the early side of btw. 8 and 9.
  * take old ceramic skillets -- better than what I have at RE
  * before leaving RS collect:  night guard, drugs, CPAP (leave humidifier tub); Sable
  x on the way up, check S's mailbox -> took I5
  * Back on Whidbey:  let N know that I'm home.
  * SL:  candied ginger, coffee (bulk, breakfast blend), Tums,  x docusate
  * mail for c in backpack
  * after arrival:  * water orchids  * sort mail
  * pack  * large nitrile gloves for G  * shot glasses,  * good chopsticks (the box with
      chopsticks and ceramic rests is probably in a box or gone)
    * alcohol preps,  * x230 screw kit -> in glasses case
  % pain around left eye; possibly sinuses
  $ C Carleton $100 AX via PayPal
  $ C Human Rights Watch AX
    * Carleton  * human rights watch  * surety pest control
  ~ forgot meloxicam

1230Th
  * up 6:30; W=206, S=6:49, BP=128/76, P=65; naproxen
  @ Watch the Celebrity-Filled Fan-Film Version of The Princess Bride | Vanity Fair
    The Princess Bride Home Movie FULL - YouTube (#filkhaven)
  % pretty loud TMJ crunch.  Do. Not. Like.
  & stuck on the driveway.  feeling stupid for not putting Molly on the street..
  % Did a little shoveling, with the thought of getting the ramp cleared.  Didn't work;
    gave up after a couple of minutes.  But I was okay with that amount of exercise, which
    is reassuring.  Puts to rest any worries about potential heart trouble
  * make a payment or do other paperwork -> xmas checks for kids
  * GS: make social media posts.  -- twitter, FB
  % ??scared? about something?  Reading
    ysabetwordsmith |
    Poem: "A Desire to Be Deeply Known" but I dont think that's it.  Or maybe I'm just
    cold.  Thermometer says it's 71 in here, and my body temp is 98.6, so damned if I know.
  % docusate, naproxen

1231Fr  * litter boxen
  & Awake 1:35.  Probably woken by...
    % more TMJ trouble ... down 2:40ish; give up 3:43.  Maybe try 4:30 or 5
  * up 7:40; S=5:53; naproxen
    % a twinge or two from TMJ, mostly a dull ache, p=2.5-3, able to chew soft things
  * `make pre-post`, then append word count summary before posting good-riddance-to-2021
  * made another attempt at the driveway after c shoveled most of the way up.  Stuck
    before that point, but hopefully can get past it.  On my advice, c snagged a ride from
    our across-the-street neighbor, who was on the street clearing off her car.
  * two attempts (using cardboard for traction) got me up to the trees.
    -> called AAA, but they won't come unless the driveway has been cleared.
  : GS home page appears to be good now.  There's a lot of greyed-out crap on the edit
    page, which confuses the heck out of me.
  % very congested  I'll need a third nose-watering this evening
  % naproxen, benedryl

0101Sa
  * up 7:30; S=8:07; 
  * post  *rabbit-rabbit and  * new-years posts
  ~ check GS; make sure the "coming soon" page is gone -> it isn't
  * watch Rose Parade?  -> KTLA
  @ Public Domain Day 2022 | Duke University School of Law
  @ GoingSideways.blog goes live!
  @ [conspire] COVID at the end of 2021
    Do you have a cold, the flu or COVID-19? Experts explain how to tell the difference –
    Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News 
  * Singing: For Amy, Eyes Like the Morning.  % More tears (though not many) for Amy
  * packed our last bottle of Glenlivet for Monday.  Considering the cat bottle -> no
  * 1:20 cleared tracks up the driveway using the triangular hoe.  Temp = 34
  * 2:40 took BD Veritor COVID test because of last night's severe congestion -> negative
    (test expired because I was unable to get a good scan, but 2 lines = negative so ok)
  & took a bit more scraping, but I finally got out.  Skid stopping at Skybird; pretty
    clear from there until I got to Seattle.  88th is solid ice.  Crappy parking job, but
    I'll take it.  On the left, and I couldn't even go around to the passenger side for my
    luggage.  Too slippery.
  : My bite guard isn't down here, so I must have packed it.  Somewhere.  Wish I'd known.
    -> neither.  It was sitting on one of the shelves over the toilet.  WTAF?
  : Sable has developed an annoying habit of not sleeping when I tell it to.  Growf.
  * launched GoingSideways.blog.  See
    Signal Boost post.
  : WP has some kind of caching that I can't figure out how to clear
    -> proxy-cache-purge plugin
  % meloxicam

Comments

[scrubjayspeaks]

Oh, Wordpress... It's gotten slicker over the years of my using it, and I say that in the least-pleased way possible. I just had to go into my site and tweak things yesterday.

Curse me for a fool for trying to modify pages--I get to enjoy giant text shrieking at me to choose a block. Block? Hush, just let me type, you maniacs, I was handling my own HTML before you were founded. Why is it, everything sites and computers do to make things easier just seems to make it harder for anyone who grew up doing it for themselves? *grumble grumble*

The GS site looks nice, though, and I love the concept.

[mdlbear]

One of the next plugins I'm going to add is one that takes markdown for content. And then I'll look into a command-line client (not that I expect to be doing much writing, but I'd like to get what little I do integrated with my primary CMS, which is based on make and ssh).