mdlbear | Done Since 2022-01-23 (Reply)

Despite a string of very rough nights because I stupidly left my CPAP on Whidbey, a lot of TMJ trouble, the first of two 2-hour deep cleaning appointments at the dentist, and the anniversary of the Challenger disaster, I seem to have made it through the week. If not okay, then at least not not okay. (Okay-ness appears to be non-binary.)

Adding to the overall strangeness was the Lamplighters' streamed performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Grand Duke, from 2015. It's performed very rarely -- 2015 is the Lamplighters only performance of it -- and is the only G&S operetta that Colleen and I never got to see live. She would have loved it.

There are two new posts on GoingSideways.blog -- Trip Diary: Where Are All the Elephants? and Trip Diary: So This Is the Delta (which answers the previous question). I am, gradually, getting WordPress under control, but it's difficult.

Notes & links:
0123Su
  * awake 4ish; S=5:30; down 5:30
    % itching.  Hydrocortisone ointment helped some
    % felt somewhat overheated.
  * up 8:30ish; S=8:39; slept through alarm again
  @ Do Cheetahs Prefer Cold Hard
    Concrete Or Warm Blankets Pillow & A Friend? | Three BIG CAT Night - YouTube
  @ Cover art design tips to ensure your music goes live | DIY Musician
  & retrieve sake bottle and 4 cups from garage.
  * Lamplighters: The Grand Duke Stream - January 23 at 4PM PT
    The only G+S that Colleen and I never got to see.  And now I'm seeing it without her.
  : and according to an email from Skyline West, we have a water leak.  Again.

0124Mo
  * up 7am(alarm); S=7:54;
  * download text and photos for Friday's GS post
  : AKG Lyra USB mic arrived.  Sensitive; wants both better isolation and some EQ.  The
    onboard monitor is extremely useful.  Picks up both keyboard and background fan hum.
    -> turns out a lot of it was coming through the USB and headphone _cables_
    @ Tutorials
  * check for water leak  -> needle didn't appear to be moving
    -> took photos at 12:16, 12:39, 13:16
  * charge Molly
  * Laundry
  @ A Bug in Early Creative Commons Licenses Has Enabled a New Breed of Superpredator |
    by Cory Doctorow | Jan, 2022 | Medium tl;dr:  Upgrade to CC 4.0 to stop trolls
    -> find . -type f -exec grep -l 'BY-SA' {} ;  # courtesy of Rick Moen

0125Tu
  & awake 1:55; S=3:11;
  * up 6:30; S=6:54; 
  * fix markdown italics in post
  @ Parade will turn your ratty old undies into furniture and bedding
  @ Trip Diary: Where Are All the Elephants? - GoingSideways.blog posted.
  * 10am support group-> how we met; pictures.
  * make a payment or do other paperwork  -> re-send card to E, this time with address
  * Finish book: The Annotated Old Fourlegs
  * start the next post, for 02/01.  Draft in .draft.next
  % 9ish - I've been having trouble breathing for the last couple of hours.  Need to water
    my nose.  Bed in maybe 45 minutes?
  % G_D EFFING DAMMIT - left my CPAP on the island.  First time I've done _that_.
    Hopefully the last.  Got distracted by Ticia, is what happened.  GROWWWWF
  % meloxicam?
  
0116We
  & awake 5ish (briefly)
  * up 7am (alarm); ;
    % Appear to have slept more-or-less okay thanks to pillows and side-sleeping
    % earworm for the last two days: Rosy Dawn Day (mixed with R.D.D. of the Dead)
    % headache p=4.5
  @ Revisiting masks: Here’s how different face coverings perform against COVID-19
  % 1:13 very low energy.  Even after 2 cups of coffee and fried rice for brunch ~11:30
    also lots of TMJ clickage when I chew
  * work on `make entry.d` -- not perfect but usable enough.
  : "save image as" on a Google Photos page saves the SCALED image on the screen, not the
    original.  Use "Download" (Shift-D).  Renaming is probably best done with a shell
    alias so you can paste in the filename from the email. 
  % meloxicam with pm drugs
  @ MyIR Mobile-COVID-19 Vaccination Certificates
  % forgot the damned bite guard again.  It was RIGHT THERE.

0127Th
  % awake 3ish for bathroom break.  Dreamed about Colleen a little.  erotic.  rough night
  * walk: up to end of block
  * up 7:17; ; really hard to get up again
  * Guitar: Bad Guys.  Probably ought to be called Bad Man Medley, but...
  @ Best password manager to use for 2022 - CNET Bitwarden
    " Bitwarden leads the list of the best password managers for 2022 thanks to both its
      open-source roots and its unbeatable -- and unlimited -- free version.    
  * 10:20 Leave for 11am dentist (GMaps says 23min; allow 40)
  * 11am dentist 2 hours for deep cleaning -> done by ~12:40; painless.
  & wikipedia dive starting at naginata and ending with pit-brow lasses and Euler
    characteristic via Pair of pants (mathematics), passing through various pole weapons and Kamakura
  @ PulseAudio - ArchWiki
     pactl load-module module-equalizer-sink; pactl load-module module-dbus-protocol
     qpaeq # pulseaudio equalizer.  Not clear how well it will work with the Lyra
  @ How To Fix WordPress Mobile Image Alignment & Text Wrap Problems • GigaPress
        @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) { /* add to custom CSS */
            figure.alignleft, img.alignleft, figure.alignright, img.alignright {
            float:none;
            display:block;
            margin-left:auto;
            margin-right:auto;
            }
        }

0128Fr  Challenger+36
  & awake briefly 2ish, 5ish
  * up 7am; ;
  * post Trip Diary: So This Is the Delta - GoingSideways.blog
  * walk: up to end of block
  % 9am there's still frost on the grass
  & tried adding the fix for image alignment to WP's "custom CSS". Not clear that it works
  * Trifilkta (virtual Conflikt/GAFilk/TotLR) Did not stay for circles.
  @ How to Align Images And Text In WordPress Gutenberg Without Woes also fails
  : studio toilet blocked -- I'll have to grab the snake tomorrow
  % also, both sides of my jaw are acting up now.
  @ Space Shuttle Challenger - Wikipedia

0129Sa
  & awake several times.  The last time, threw the scooter cape on because cold
  * up 6:50; ;
  @ A 25-Year-Old Bet Comes Due: Has Tech Destroyed Society? | WIRED
  * Trifilkta -- came in ~2:30 in the middle of Dave Clement's set