Done Since 2022-10-09

[mdlbear]

It's been a busy week, with a good band rehearsal last Sunday and some good solo practice sessions over the course of the week. We decided that merely micing the whole group in stereo wouldn't work, so I also bought a mixer (with a USB interface). My choice was partly on features, and partly on delivery date -- the version without effects is somewhat cheaper, but wouldn't have arrived in time for today's rehearsal.

At my dentist appointment Tuesday I was delighted to see that they had acquired a hand-held X-ray generator. I.e. a literal ray-gun. With a lead-glass shield around the muzzle -- it definitely looks the part. I hadn't realized that they made X-ray tubes that small these days.

Lots of good links, including a very nice emacs tutorial and successful results from the DART asteroid-impact mission.

Notes & links:
1009Su
  & awake 4:30ish
  * up 5am; S=5:18; politics
    % left shoulder hurting p=3.8 almost certainly from typing in bed
    % 5-7 combination of dozing and cat cuddling, followed by a full-bore anxiety attack
  @ Xah Emacs Tutorial
  @ Irrecoverable carbon: Don't touch the world’s vital carbon sinks (ysabetwordsmith)
  * strip bed; pack sheets with other laundry to wash tonight
  * 4pm KF rehearsal -> whole set.  Print clean copies for all with latest revisions
    Went into it rather low on blood sugar; we took a break for me to have a couple of
    Kind bars, and another for me to print (mostly) clean copies of the set.
    -> we're going to need vocal mics, which also implies a mixer.   Plink and Rebel will
       probably be okay with just bleed-through.
  ~ evening: drive up to RE -> tomorrow

1010Mo
  * up 5:10; W=198.2, S=6:24; exercises
    % a little L hip pain -> heat
  * 9:30ish leave for Whidbey.  Or leave at 9 and grab lunch
  * 12 - 2:30 pm Kara
    -> more-or-less finish sorting the papers.
  @ Could an Upcoming Google Chrome Update Break Your Ad Blocker? (elf)            
  * 15min: pay water bill
  * pack: coffee mugs from top row, * folding chair (not enough room for the others),
    * shower chair (req. by m)
  * stay on Whidbey tonight
  * singing:  a little woodshedding on Riverheart.

1011Tu  * litter boxen
  * up 6:30; S=5:56, W=197.8; exercises(1 set)
  @ 3 types of normal forgetting — and 1 that isn’t | Lisa Genova
    (via Jessica Stillman | Oct, 2022 | Medium)
  * 8am leave for dentist
  * 10am dentist 2 crowns 
    % they're using a hand-held X-ray generator, i.e., a ray gun.
    % left eye itching at the outside corner, possibly from having had air blown into it
      through the tear duct.
   ~ 10am Healing Center Memory Keepers grief support group.
  % really want to just curl up in a corner.
  % 9:15 headache   10pm back pain from changing litter boxen
  % meloxicam with pm drugs.

1012We
  * up 5:45ish; S=5:47; exercises
  @ NASA: DART mission successfully changed motion of asteroid Dimorphos | CNN
    Webb, Hubble watched as DART slammed into an asteroid | CNN
    Moment of DART asteroid impact captured by Italian satellite | CNN
  @ Angela Lansbury Dead at 96 | IndieWire
  @ Ada Lovelace Day – Celebrating the achievements of
    women in science, technology, engineering and maths
    Happy Ada Lovelace Day! Here are our favorite tech books for kids
  @ Is your old computer 'obsolete', or is it a Linux opportunity? | Opensource.com
    Give an old MacBook new life with Linux | Opensource.com distro: Elementary Hera
    Why I made the switch from Mac to Linux | Opensource.com
    How to make an old computer useful again | Opensource.com
  * 9:45-10am leave for appointment
  * 10:30 am urology Mandi L Bainton NW hospital McMurray Building suite 300
    -> avoid bladder irritants.  Reduce coffee; go low-acid
    -> switch to decaf French roast?  Kava coffee (whatever that is)?  -> instant :P
    -> try eliminating coffee, alcohol, and citrus altogether for two weeks.
       (then decide whether it's worthwhile)
    @ 14 Best Low Acid Coffee Brands (2022 UPDATED REVIEWS) so skip Kava.
      TJ's has low-acid French roast whole beans.

1013Th
  * up 6:45ish; S=6:32; exercises
  * walk:  W. to the park.  -> some hip pain
  & drive j and k to school
  : continue to research audio interface possibilities:
    Behringer UMC404HD: all speeds and bitrates but no mixing capabilities
    zoom podtrak 8: 16bit 44.1kHz.  Tascam Mixcast 4: 24bit 48khz.  Rodecaster Pro: same
    zoom H6: 16/24 bit 44.1/48/96 kHz.  Mix output: 44.1/48 16-bit stereo
    -> Allen & Heath ZEDi-10: 4-channel input. said to work with Linux -> ordered
  $ HX to $A, for Allen & Heath ZEDi-10
    ZEDi-10FX manual PDF
  % meloxicam with pm drugs

1013Th night - 1016Su mid-day - kids at M's. - can go to Whidbey

1014Fr
  * up 7:10; S=7:00; exercises
  * pack:   Paper bags for recycling
  * 9ish -> 9:40 drive up to Whidbey. ->  arrived ~11:30
  * noon Kara -> 2:30
  * SL for RE:  coffee, eggs, English  + bacon, kind bars, iceberg, blue cheese dressing
  @ Texas sheriff certifies the Martha's Vineyard migrants are crime victims, opening the
    door for special visas
  : AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT MONDAY..
  * Singing:  Riverheart, Lock Keeper
  % meloxicam with pm drugs

1015Sa
  * up 6ish; S=6:13, W=198, BP=125/60, P=60; exercises; heat, shower
  @ Five weird things about platypuses and echidnas - ABC News
  @ falena | PSA: Reason #342875 DW rocks (Spoiler tags that work in the comments too)
    <details><summary>Test: click on the triangle to see...</summary>
      These details under the cut.  Nesting is problematic, though.</details>
    Note that a [details] element cannot nest inside a [pre], so you have
    to surround it with [/pre]...[pre].  e.g.:

e.g., test: Click on the triangle to see...

These details under the cut. Nesting is problematic, though.

 You can nest [pre],

[p], etc. tags inside the cut section

  * look in garage for electric knife sharpener -> no luck.  found  knife block, though
  @ How an urban myth about litter boxes in schools became a GOP talking point
  * pack:  ? electric knife sharpener -- Garage?, * mic stands * mics  * monitor spkrs
  * */15   CPAP:  change paper filter, wash tubs
  * */15   pay AX cards (platinum, from RE), Molly (due+200, from BE personal checking)
  * emailed: downsizing.md
  * singing:  Lock Keeper, Rambling Silver Rose.  Weird problems tuning.  peg on the low E
    may be slipping -- kept going _severely_ flat.  Later... Riverheart

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[spiffyvoxel]

I finally got paid by CEX for my old iPad Mini last week, and they regraded it from C to B quality and offered me more money for it, which was good. :) I sold an old Logitech wireless keyboard at the weekend on eBay, that'll be collected today by Royal Mail for delivery to buyer. Meanwhile, I have three Oxfam bags ready to be filled with old clothes that can be reused. And I've been getting out and walking most days, which is helping me clear my head as well as exercise my body.

Had a stressful Friday, though. Ever since I decided to turn on Firevault encryption on my iMac's system disk, I've occasionally been confronted by a GRUB menu screen on restart, probably a hangover from when I was testing out Linux distros using an external SSD. I decided to turn off Firevault and left the Mac to do that, but awoke Friday morning to find it stuck in mid-boot. D: After rebooting into Recovery Mode, Disk Utility confirmed what I suspected, corruption on the system disk. I had to restort to a full wipe and reinstall of macOS, then restored my date from Time Machine backup using the Migration Assistant. Thankfully, nothing lost, just a few security checks to redo and some licences reapplied.

I'm going to make more effort to use Dreamwidth for blogging, primarily about my Second Life experiences but some Real Life will bleed in I'm sure.