mdlbear | Done Since 2022-02-13 (Reply)

Valentine's Day came and went without Colleen. I sang Eyes Like the Morning -- has that become a kind of a tradition? Probably. The cats came over to keep me company.

I did Some Things: four DW posts. Three Going Sideways posts, with associated signal boosts. Called the Chevy dealer about the battery recall on Molly (and got on the queue). Second of three dentist appointments. Found another leak in the back bathroom, again due to loose fittings on the toilet (and maybe fixed it, but I said that last time too).

That's an average of less than two Things per day, with most of them not very Important Things, so it still doesn't feel like I'm getting anything done.

Notes & links:
0213Su superb owl; * litter boxen
& Awake 4am; S=4:58; down 5am
* up 7am; S= ; shower coffee @7:45;
* moved AKG mic to a gooseneck attached to a shelf -- greatly reduced vibrational noise
@ Photos: Superb Owl Sunday VI - The Atlantic
: N on the ground in NY
* laundry
@ The ten greatest ideas in the history of science - Big Think
@ When ‘The Day After’ Terrorized 100 Million Viewers With a Vision of Nuclear War
The Day After - Wikipedia
Threads (1984 film)
I saw both of these when they were released, in 1983 and 1984 respectively.
% meloxicam with pm drugs, ~10:55

0214Mo Valentine's Day
& awake 3ish
* up 6:30ish; S=6.47;
@ Consent, GDPR and Google Analytics : Development & Analytics
@ Earth Restored — Toby Ord (via this comment)
" Only 24 people have journeyed far enough to see the whole Earth against the black of
space. The images they brought back changed our world.
Here is a selection of the most beautiful photographs of Earth — iconic images and
unknown gems — digitally restored to their full glory. "
What does Earth really look like | Astronomy.com
* */15 pay AX cards, Molly
* Call Bill Pierre about recall battery replacement. They put me in the queue; probably
2-3 months out.
: Yet more leakage around back bathroom toilet. The supply line, this time. It'll have
to be taken out, have the area cleaned up, and probably replace fittings.
-> managed to tighten the fitting, so maybe that will fix the leakage.
* Singing: Eyes Like the Morning. Desti came over to listen, and Ticia came in
as I was finishing -- after dropping a crinkle ball somewhere. Tears.
-> posted in DW and FB
: My ORCA card seems to have gone missing -- again. It may turn up in some obscure
corner in Molly, but...
* added alt text to the images in tomorrow's GS post. Tried to make them descriptive
rather than simply duplicating the captions.
& rabbit-hole starting with Raven Paradox - gets into second-order arithmetic and Ramsey theory. At which
point it runs into TREE(3) and the rabbit disappears without a trace.
% meloxicam with pm drugs ~10:15
* */15 CPAP: change paper filter, wash tub

0215Tu
% dream ending with trying to take a train to NYC from somewhere west or midwest, except
that it looked more like something between a commuter train and a schoolbus
* Up 7am; S=8:02, ;
* post Bushman’s Holiday - GoingSideways.blog
-> next time remember to put in hashtags before posting, esp. on tw
@ Starship: Cross-Shell Prompt
Customize your Bash prompt on Linux with Starship | Opensource.com
@ The Fascinating and Complicated Sex Lives of White-throated Sparrows
Supergenes and Sparrows with Four Sexes (siderea)
* 1:20 leave for dentist
* 2pm dentist fillings
* load backpack first aid kit: Tums - could use aspirin and guaifenesen, but not urgently
% 17:50 getting nothing done. choice paralysis? comfort scrolling? whatever.
: From FB memories -- 9 years ago today our mortgage for Rainbow's End came through.
% cold; ??tense. Can't tell if it's just air temp. or part of an anxiety attack.
@ THE WOLF LULLABY - Original Nordic Song - Harp Twins - YouTube (via a comment by
acelightning73 on siliconshaman | Darkness Hunting), from Nordic Celtic Harp Duo | Harp Twins
@ ALSO: THE DAEMON LOVER (Scottish Sea Song) - Harp Twins, Camille and Kennerly

0216We
& Awake 3am; S=4:05; down 4:30
* up 7:56ish; S=7:01 BP=123/78, P=67;
% dream involving a ?school with a huge room filled with an array of swimming pools,
Took an elevator down from my room; then leaving the elevator twisted and fell over
on its side -- presumably the building had collapsed ?(in an earthquake) and I was
trapped. But later (after having woken up and dozed) I was back in the pool room,
discussing food with some people -- mostly women. We were planning some event.
& stayed in bed another hour before getting up/dressed/etc.
@ Danny Garcia
on Twitter: "Dear infosec twitter: seen a lot of posts about the necessity (or lack
thereof) of locking your computer when WFH. but im here to tell you, we haven't
factored in all the risks. we forgot about cats. https://t.co/XvPR2rn8dr"
@ Scientists have done the “impossible” by polymerizing a material in sheets
: phone updated itself to Android 12
% meloxicam with pm drugs 10:25
* caught up with dialecticdreamer. Fiction: Peacemakers (part 14 of 40)

0217Th
* up 6:10; S=6:30, BP=120/79, P=63;
% tried to get back to sleep after a bathroom break ~6; started thinking about taxes
@ Zoom might pay you $25 as part of a class-action settlement - The Verge
Zoom Video Communications Litigation - Submit a Claim Instructions
@ 'Worry Burnout' is real - 5 Signs of 'Worry Burnout' - The New York Times
" You avoid the news. You feel numb. You’re tired all the time. You’re hopeless.
You’re angrier than usual. " (anger is the only sign I don't seem to have)
: N back from trip; G will fetch N; the kids will be delivered by M or J
@ Live Jelly Cam - Monterey Bay Aquarium - YouTube
(via To Start a New Habit, Make It Easy - The New York Times)
% today's rabbit-hole ->
@ Things I Won't Work With: Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane | Science | AAAS
" Yes, this is an example of something that becomes less explosive as a one-to-one
cocrystal with TNT. Although, as the authors point out, if you heat those crystals
up the two components separate out, and you're left with crystals of pure CL-20
soaking in liquid TNT, a situation that will heighten your awareness of the fleeting
nature of life. "
Things I Won't Work With: Dioxygen Difluoride | Science | AAAS AKA FOOF
" At _seven hundred freaking degrees_, fluorine starts to dissociate into monoatomic
radicals, thereby losing its gentle and forgiving nature. "
% meloxicam with pm meds. down ~11:40

0218Fr
& awake 3ish; S=3:23
* up 7:10ish; S=7:05;
: call/email from Norco/ResMed - time to order CPAP supplies -> done
skipped mask and tubing, but ordered headgear, nosepiece, and paper filters
* post GS (two posts: Transitions and Postcard)
@ Transitions, Postcard - GoingSideways.blog
@ You’ll need a Microsoft account to set up future versions of Windows 11 Pro | Ars
& logistics discussion for the weekend (getting c down to RS)
% meloxicam with pm drugs

0219Sa
* up 6:30ish; S=6:53; exercise (just sitting stretches)
& out of bed 7:30 after am bookmark folder
@ Dad takes down town's internet by mistake to get his kids offline using a jammer
* Guitar: Millennium's Dawn - had to stop, because...
% The tip of my left pinkie hurts. Had to stop playing. WTAF?? Feels somthing like a
sliver but nothing visible, maybe slightly swolen. Pressure sensitive.
@ The Hidden Image Descriptions Making the Internet Accessible - The New York Times
@ Alt Text as Poetry
% 17:16 pinkie not hurting; may try a tiny bit of guitar tonight before bed.
& adding captions to early posts in GS. Earliest done: 0128
: Got email from someone asking about About Bleeding Time. Discovered that
the symlinks from the official album directories to the directories where the tracks
live had rotted sometime in the last 15(!) years. The links now work -- I don't think
there's much value in keeping them secret anymore, so:
@ About Bleeding Time - Steve Savitzky
@ Coffee, Computers and Song - Steve Savitzky (also on YT and bandcamp of course).