Done Since 2024-07-21

[mdlbear]

I've set this post's mood field to "cautiously hopeful", based on last Sunday's upheaval on the Democratic ticket. It's reason to hope, but I'm not going to go as far as being optimistic yet. Other than that it's been a fairly busy and "productive" week -- scare quotes because although I've gotten a few things done, I suspect that it doesn't rise to the level of what most people would consider productivity. I'll take it nevertheless.

I'll also take the two walks and one music practice, which are similarly inadequate. I can do better. But -- multiple phone interactions. I'm far enough past the edge of my comfort zone that I have to remember not to look down.

I had a nice long zoom call with my brother last Sunday as well. The excuse was my plan to close out my share of Mom's trust, but we had a good conversation while waiting for Mom's lawyer to join the call.

Wednesday was ysabetwordsmith | Celebrate International Self-Care Day, but I didn't find out until Thursday. No matter. I'm not sure it's a holiday I can celebrate effectively.

Scattered throughout the week you'll find follow-up articles on the Cloudstrike mess.

Notes & links:
0721Su
  & awake 3:30ish??
  * up 06:17; S=7:19; 
  * abiraterone 06:17; rest of am drugs 07:40; pm drugs
  * H2O: 06:51:partial, 08:23, 08:59, 21:26
  @ The ‘Gator of Granite’ is actually a ‘sweet’ pet lizard named Tazz|Seattle Times
  * request mask and headgear from Norco.  (mask comes with filters)
  & having tea because there's no coffee out here in the Lair
  @ Why Taylor Swift’s gothic work is as important as the novels of Mary Shelley or Bram
    Stoker  interesting.  Also cool videos.  (via andrewducker)
  @ We Forgot Something Important about the Ultra-Rich’s Role in Society | Katie Jgln
  @ Never a Friday (The CrowdStrike Song) - YouTube
  @ GitCode is Stealing Your GitHub Repo & Account | by Shuai Li | Jun, 2024 | Medium
  * 11am organizers: E' and (friend)Amber.  Long day. -> 17:05
  * 7pm zoom call with Al.  He is suffering from long COVID.  He'd consider retiring
    except that his lab just got a new instrument (micro-CT scanner) 
  * pay deposit for cat transport!
  @ Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election

0722Mo  * litter boxen
  & awake 3ish?
  * up 05:55; S=5:27; Dutch
  * abiraterone 05:55; rest of am drugs 07:00; pm drugs 22:02
  * H2O: 07:32, hot cocoa, 18:00ish?, 20:39, 
  @ Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – the picture is unsettling
    it appears to be similar to an auto-immune disease
    " COVID-19 infections continue to outnumber flu cases and lead to more hospitalization
      and death than the flu. COVID-19 also leads to more serious long-term health
      problems. "
  @ CrowdStrike CEO apologizes for crashing IT systems around the world, details fix
    " But he played with words to suggest that there was no fault in the company’s Falcon
      security platform and to suggest that the incident was an accident. "
  @ Hashcat explained: How this password cracker works | CSO Online
  @ After weekend search, Tazz the ‘Gator of Granite Falls’ has been found | Sea Times
  @ 19 Punctuation Marks You Never Knew You Needed | by Jack Shepherd
    actually history of various punctuation marks
  @ WTF Quora: how a platform eats itself | by Joan Westenberg | Jun, 2024
    misses the real problem, which is monetization.  And in particular starting out by
    monetizing _questions_.  WTF?
  * 11:15 leave for 12:30 dentist - crown replacement
    -> should have left at 11:45 or 11:50.  But, I had a book to read.  ok.
  @ This Plant Is So Extreme Scientists Think It Could Thrive on Mars : ScienceAlert
  @ CrowdStrike IT Outage Explained by a Windows Developer - YouTube good explainer
  % 500mg acetaminophen, mostly for headache
  % I may have been _seriously_ dehydrated
  @ Biden, Harris, Trump and 2024 | Whatever

0723Tu
  & awake 3:30ish
  * up 05:55; S=7:21, ;
  * abiraterone 05:56; rest of am drugs 06:59; pm drugs
  * H2O: 05:59, 07:10, 07:59, 09:15:c, 12:45:mmocha, 19:00, 20:14, 
  @ Delta’s CrowdStrike recovery stymied by crew-tracking systems failure | CIO Dive
    " “One of the big reasons that this was hard to recover from is that there was no way
      to perform the fix remotely,” "
    Top takeaways from the CrowdStrike outage for IT teams | CIO Dive
    CrowdStrike, Microsoft scramble to contain fallout from global IT outage
  * 10am - 11:30 Memory Keepers grief support group - 3 new people this week
  * walk: Monkey Grind w\ m 12:41, w=0.8mi, 37mm, 25min, 14hp, s=3161
  @ The 10 Most Common ChatGPT Words - AI Phrase Finder
  * pick up abiraterone at MENDOZAS MEXICAN MERCADO, 7811 AURORA AVE N. 12 min. walk
    $G keeps trying to divert me off some random stretches of Aurora.  WTF?
    * walk: Mendoza's (UPS) 15:43: w=1mi, s=2600, 29min, 15hp,
  * laundry.  Includes new briefs.  Tried one this am and it seemed to fit.  A bit snug.
  @ freyjaw | There are losses cats
  * start getting the cats onboarded at Starwood.  Contact info done; pictures in progress

0724We International Self Care Day  * litter boxen
  & awake 3:30?
  * up 6ish; S=7:27; Dutch
  * abiraterone 6:15; rest of am drugs 07:16; pm drugs
  * H2O: 07:17, 08:27, 09:50ish:c, 12:30, 18:13, 20:30ish:gin, 21:00ish,
  & some mapping: Albert Hein is 1.2km(0.75mi) 15min from thuis.  another 1.3km
    Simplest route to Den Haag Centraal is the #9 tram.  accessible; 1.1km walking
    so it's plausible if I'm on a scooter.  (n.b. "thuis" is Dutch for "home")
  @ If Comfy, Warm, and My Size, Why
    No Sit: A Meta-analysis of Research into the Warm Flat Rectangle by Dr Fluffy Jones -
     finerandbonnier - Original Work [Archive of Our Own]
  * upload cat pix to Starwood (used `make scale percent=13` in GS)
    Upload handling/feeding instructions.
    -> NOTE:  always reload portal page before starting anything.
  : house inspection will include evaluation by two stairlift companies.
  * rent additional storage unit in Seattle to transfer Freeland to.
  % 21:51 back pain.  possibly due to the new underwear, which would be unfortunate.
    -> 200mg ibuprofen
  : ... and after some git fiddling over on sable to recover from a missed save...
  * load drugs.  wash hands.
  @ ysabetwordsmith | Celebrate International Self-Care Day  24/7
    12 Ways To Celebrate International Self-Care Day
    International Self-Care Foundation

0725Th
  & awake 04:58
  * up 7:30; S=6:43; Dutch
    % vivid dream.  Returning to college; I'd forgotten which building my math course was
      in -- bldg 10; I followed others.  When I saw it I remembered; it was way out at the
      far end of of an athletic field/outdoor event space.  I kept shifting stuff in and
      out of my backpack.  (The stuff before this sequence is fuzzy, but there was a lot.)
  * abiraterone 07:34; rest of am drugs 08:28; pm drugs
  * H2O: 08:30, 10:14, ?? 21:08
  : Bronx is fascinated by my SAD lamp.  knocked it over, pawed at it, rested his head on
    it for a while.  Silly cat.
  @ Home - Project 2025 Truth memes
  ~ track down the abiraterone, which is still out in the house somewhere.  1 short.
    -> actually it was in the laundry bag
  @ @Westenberg | Everything wrong with tech in 2023 (in no particular order)
  @ How to design user-friendly forms | by YLD | YLD Blog | Medium good advice
  @ Inside The Outages: A Dangerous Null Pointer Exception Deployed On Friday
    " In this article, I’ll dive into what exactly happened, how this should’ve never
      happened and why we already know that 3rd party endpoint protection software itself
      is a dangerous security threat. "
    Attacking Antivirus
    " This paper discusses why antivirus software is vulnerable to various attacks and why
      its security is so critical. "
  " me: I need a telescope to see my comfort zone these days. "
  @ PKfail: Untrusted Platform Keys Undermine Secure Boot on UEFI Ecosystem
  * call for moving estimate (mv boxes from Freeland to Seattle)
    -> Dominic at Gentle Giant gentlegiant.com 800-442-6863.  Scheduled for 0808Th.
    -> estimate received by email  -> $200 deposit paid on N's credit card.
  & 15min:  cleanup in to.do -- eliminate the "next month" section because it can overlap
    with "this week/next week".  August 1 is a Thursday.
  ~ Insight pest control coming to deal with ants in bathroom.  Time unknown)
    -> too much underbrush in the back and side yard
  * make vet appointments for Solensia shots for Cricket and Ticia
  @ This Machine Exposes Privacy Violations | WIRED
    Meet WebXray, a Search Engine That Tells You How You’re Being Tracked Online
    -> webXray Privacy Search Engine
  @ Google Won't Kill Third-Party Cookies After All
  % Apparently I made coffee this morning but only drank about a third of it
  
0726Fr  * litter boxen
  & awake 4something
  * up 6ish; S=7:38, W=197; 
  * abiraterone 06:11; rest of am drugs 07:10; pm drugs
  * H2O: 07:10, 07:41, 10ish:c, 10ish, 
  @ The Pulse - WHYY
    (via recommendation on discord)
  @ Surprising Ways to Beat Anxiety and Become Mentally Strong–According to Science
  @ How Soon Might the
    Atlantic Ocean Break? Two Sibling Scientists Found an Answer—and Shook the World
  * 10:30am PST zoom call with me, Naomi, and Allison Collins re: co-owner agreement.
    -> BT does not work as far as the bathroom.  Growf!
  * plum-picking with m  -> two lg rubbermaid containers, for here and Lake City
  * storage unit rental starts.  Go over to -sign papers and- collect keys
  * Singing: Desolation Row (1 verse), Millennium's Dawn (all).  guitar: Bad Guys,
  @ Kamala Harris' Presidential Campaign Turns 2024 Race On Its Head

0727Sa
  & awake 2:40ish?
  * up 06:53; S=8:14 BP=128/77, P=63, W=197.2; exercises, Dutch
  * abiraterone 06:53; rest of am drugs 07:58; pm drugs
  * H2O: 07:58, 08:40, 
  * set up new Dentek bite guard
  @ Mirror of Daniel Colasciones great blog post about emacs' inner workings
  * go up to Freeland and make sure stuff is properly tagged
    -> going up on a Saturday afternoon in summer may not have been the best idea
    -> a lot of stuff not really packed.
    -> buying a package of cut, chilled melon on the way home was a GOOD idea
  * bring in the cats' flea stuff (revolution +)  PLAGUE!
  * TP, apricots, coffee for Lair