mdlbear | Done Since 2022-07-31 (Reply)

Not a great week for memories, even though they don't hurt much these days. Memories of Amethyst and Colleen get tangled up somewhat. At least I didn't go down the Hiroshima rabbit hole this year. So far. But also Nichelle Nichols.

I've been up on Whidbey Island for about two weeks now, modulo a quick round trip to Tacoma to take E home. I like being here; the prospect of downsizing and moving is daunting. And I've let the yard go to weeds; it'll probably cost a small fortune to fix it. And possibly a large herd of goats. (Except that some of it is bamboo, so I may need pandas.) And it means making phone calls and getting bids and hiring people, which is...

I have done a little singing and guitar practice. Not really enough, but I'm trying to ramp up. Similarly a little "exercising" -- really just stretches, but they make my back and hips hurt less so I'm not complaining. Small steps.

Notes & links:
0731Su
* up 7am; S=7:05; exercises, naproxen, shower
@ Long COVID is sidelining millions of workers from their jobs : NPR
@ NASA Marks 25 Years Since Pathfinder Touched Down on Mars – NASA Mars Exploration
@ HEAT.Gov - National Integrated Heat Health Information System
via NOAA introduces heat.gov as climate change worsens - Protocol
CDC's Heat & Health Tracker | Tracking | NCEH | CDC
@ Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social networking era
" Facebook's sunsetting of its own social network could open a new space for
innovation on this turf, where relative newcomers like Discord are already beginning
to thrive. "
@ moonvoice | Expansive Animal Oracle - Iconics is available! :D
available on thegamecrafter.com more info at Wildspeak.com
@ Nichelle Nichols, groundbreaking 'Star Trek' actor, dead at 89
@ Raspberry Jam - Earth Whispering
" I’ve watched a dog die. A tree. A human. And now a hen. Death, like love, doesn’t
discriminate. "
@ 🌝 Cake is layered. 🌚 Life is layered (Glitch)
Glitch appears to be sort of the new MySpace. Only with git and markdown.
@ Alt Text as Poetry
* Singing: Eyes Like the Morning
& shopping. Tim's, tonic, (real)soy sauce, stuffed olives, tofu
Sweet rolls, white cheddar cheez-its, a few other items for the kids; can opener
-> 6:40 having a G+T, because I can.
@ Stop, Look, and Listen - The Hacker Factor Blog zoom allegedly spies for China
% naproxen

0801Mo
& awake 3:30ish;
* up 7ish; S=7:41;
@ My worst tech decision: A G Suite account for personal use - Android Authority
@ This Grandma’s Dying Wish Was a Giant Dick on Her Grave
@ How to AO3 (jesse_the_k)
: 10:10 No matter what the weather services say (3% Precip.) it's raining. Or it was.
@ What Does “Link in Bio” Mean on Social Media? TIL (via Glitch)
@ Glitch " Glitch is an online IDE for JavaScript and Node.js and includes
instant hosting and automated deployment and live help from community members. "
@ Opinion | Indiana’s cruel abortion bill is a warning of post-Roe reality - WaPo
% Close to an anxiety attack. I may need to stop reading news altogether.
@ We Met in Virtual Reality - Wikipedia out on HBO Max. Might have to buy a month
We Met in Virtual Reality | Official Website for the HBO Series | HBO.com
(via Summer 2022 movie season: The movies are all about love - Vox)
% 12:05 anxiety? Or just a side-effect of having too many potato chips? Weird.
: k checked with N -- return schedule moved out a day because j' is leaving today
* Expansive Animal Oracle Deck - Iconics ordered. Turns out I already had an
account, having ordered Energy-Saving Self Care Cards in 2017
* Singing: Another Country, The Cap and Bells, For Amy
* */1 CPAP: change paper filter, wash tubs
* 5ish take j' to ferry. Drop ballot in box on the way back
* 15min: weeds. Tansy and thistles, mostly. -> round-up -> shower because sweaty
* laundry
* install new 1TB SSD in Raven; install Mint. I'll waste a lot of time on it tomorrow
Did things a little differently and created ssavitzky as the first user, with an
encrypted home directory.

0802Tu * litter boxen
* up 7am; S=5:56; (didn't get out of bed until 7:45) -> naproxen, heat
@ Irregular Webcomic! #2339 Rerun -- Banach-Tarski Theorem
@ posted: Another Country - GoingSideways.blog
* Setup pretty much done on (Thinkpad)Raven, after replacing the hard drive yesterday.
Discord and Signal still need to be installed, and the firefox profile needs to be
copied from someplace -- probably the old disk would be best.
-> firefox okay; some of the bindings for mod4 are broken, so not seen. Shifted works
* 15min: weeds. It's worse than I realized; lots of thistles and bamboo.
-> and something's leaking in the drain from the box room, which is bad.
% 7:45 dinner. Back pain p~=4 -> heat

0803We
* Up 5:30ish; S=5:38, W=208.4(!?); heat, naproxen
* singing: Ship of Stone, For Amy
* xmonad on raven: the Mint main menu grabs mod4 -- fix by right-clicking the menu
button, selecting preferences, and redefining the shortcut to shift+super+m
* send E's quilt. UPS ground, probably -> fedex
* SL: (on the way back, so frozen stuff okay) frozen pizza (DiGiorno Rising Crust),
maple syrup, yogurt, eggs, shredded parm., prunes, x chutney + coffee, bacon, kimchi
+ (Ace) heavy-duty garbage bags (contractor, 3mil, 40ga) for weeds
-> The Choi's kimchi is good but significantly hotter than Britt's or Firefly
@ How to opt out of your cell carrier's targeted ad program - WaPo (osewalrus)
% I'm having trouble dealing with the cats (vet), the move, the yard, and the plumbing
* 15min: uncovered and taped over the offending pipe section. The leak is almost
certainly one of the joints; I used transparent packing tape (couldn't find duck) so
it should be possible to tell _which_ joint by tomorrow. And most likely the box room
won't be used over the weekend and a little into next week.
: found a hedgehog brush on Etsy. I miss it, but I don't think I miss it $67 worth
% naproxen, heat -- hip pain p~=4.5
% 8:10ish: hip pain suddenly much worse. Think I tweaked something. p~=5.
Left hip rather than back; might be QL or might be something else.
Hip Pain: Causes, Treatment, and When to See a Healthcare Provider
" When the pain is -> on the side of the hip (lateral hip pain), or on the outside of
the hip closer to your buttocks (posterior hip pain), the problem tends to be with
muscles, ligaments, tendons, and/or nerves that surround the hip joint. "
piriformis syndrome? I've looked that up before - 2021/{07,08}

0804Th Ame - 32
* up 7am; S=8:38; exercises (partial), naproxen, heat
@ A 'graphite battery' in Wodonga will be Australia's first commercial thermal energy
storage - ABC News cf Carleton's "geothermal" version of the same thing
@ How I put Linux on a Microsoft Surface Go - in just an hour | ZDNet
@ Download Linux Mint 21 - Linux Mint
May want to wait until they officially release the upgrade app, or could multi-boot
@ Joni Mitchell “Summertime “Live at Newport Folk Festival, Sunday, July 24, 2022
(via access_fandom | Crip News Considers Joni Mitchell's Recent Re-debut)
@ Craiyon, formerly DALL-E mini (azurelunatic)
~ N and j return from the Italy trip -> flight cancelled; booked for tomorrow
@ The Original Orient Express Train Is Returning to Paris | Condé Nast Traveler
* k - COVID-19 test -> Negative
? 2pm simulcast of Lamplighters Iolanthe - probably not
@ Monkeypox declared a public health emergency in the U.S. : Health News : NPR
@ 3 questions that turn a trip – even a day trip! – into a life-changing one
1: “What moved me most over the course of my trip?”
2: “What surprised me most on my trip?”
3: “How might my trip move me to think or live my life a little differently?”
* */1 bio-one in drains: * front br sink, * tub, o back br sink, * shower
@ After Going Solar, I Felt the Bliss of Sudden Abundance | WIRED
* Singing: Lock Keeper, The Cap and Bells, Ship of Stone. On Lock-keeper, I played
the Bm/Bsus2 thing and it actually worked, fairly consistently! First time in ages.
x 15min: more weeds

0805Fr
& awake 4ish
* up 4:45; S=5:07;
@ Paperless — Paperless-ngx 1.8.0 documentation
" Paperless-ngx is a document management system that transforms your physical
documents into a searchable online archive "
@ Release Ventoy 1.0.79
@ Download Linux Mint 21
... so if I'd waited a few days I could have installed this on Raven -> Ventoy updated
: ... and N and j's flight was canceled AGAIN. Tomorrow?
* GS signal boosts: * DW * FB * TW
* k - COVID-19 test -> negative
* take k to ferry. c arrived a couple of hours later with (BIG!)truck.
* guitar - Lock Keeper. Not quite as cleam this time, but getting there.

0806Sa * litter boxen
* up 6:20; S=7:34;
@ Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki § Bombing of Hiroshima 77 years ago
@ Master Question List for Monkeypox Virus (MPXV) [PDF] (sideria)
@ synecdochic | Mast cell activation syndrome 101 FYI (not about me, but...)
@ How to play with the GPT-3 language model
Overview - OpenAI API
GPT-3 as a muse: generating lyrics
& 15min: Maybe fixed the flaky Trackman FX by shimming the loose switch with duck tape
-> seems to need a little more force than the good one.
@ Linux Mint Upgrade Tool - Here's How it Works -> apt install mintupgrade
noticed that the current version is 2022.08.05.
-> running mintupgrade on raven. Takes a long time. May put off doing sable
-> keeping zoom, discord, and signal-desktop installed works; afterward uncomment the
line that points to the repo and apt update
-> Starting timeshift with default, storing on the same partition as root, works well.
It uses rsync with hardlinks, so blazing fast + occupies hardly any space (~1GB)
-> upgrading sherman. Starting with 19.2 -> 19.3. on update mgr's edit menu
* CPAP ordered mask, tube. Last ordered 3/25. did not offer nosepiece or filters
: N and j are on the plane, and will presumably arrive tonight
@ Acting Like an Extrovert Has Benefits, but Not for Introverts no surprise
* guitar: Lock Keeper. turns out I really need to keep L. fingernails short
* weeds -- with lots of help from c. The 3mil 55ga trash bags work quite well.
@ Keyboard Macros are Misunderstood - Mastering Emacs
% naproxen. Most of the pain (p~=3.5) is in my left shoulder right now. Probably RSI