Done Since 2025-01-12

[mdlbear]

Our ship came in! That was Mondaty. Our house is now full of boxes. Some of them are full of other boxes and packing paper -- those will be taken out around 10pm for pickup tomorrow. Wednesday N and I went to the Chamber of Commere (KvK) to complete the registration of our DAFT business. I need to get busy on websites. Friday I rented us a storage unit.

I am feeling somewhat depressed, somewhat sore, somewhat accomplished, and very tired and lethargic. (The first and last are probably correlated, now that I think of it.) I have taken ibuprofen, and will have something to eat after I post this.

I'm thinking seriously of getting a Pixelfed account

I very much want to see Flow, which won a Golden Globe last week for best animation, Maybe I'll be able to put together the time and energy to rent it.

Notes & links:
0112Su  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 4ish
  * up 7ish
  * abiraterone x; rest of am drugs 7:30; 2*coffee; pm drugs 21ish
  @ Autism Speaks Canada shuts down in January. Good. – A4A Ontario
  @ 'I was an infectious disease nurse, I've never seen a crisis like the quad-demic'
  @ While Los Angeles Burns, AI Fans the Flames | Truthout
  @ How three WA boaters developed a lifesaving device that’s used worldwide
  @ Stephen Hawking’s Eternal Voice | The MIT Press Reader
  * set alarms for 6:30am tomorrow
  % chipped one of the small plates putting it in the dishwasher.  Thought I was over
    that.  Down on myself of course.
  @ Filking in the Neutral Zone (1989) - YouTube or, why Colleen is in the FHoF
  % headache 21:11 also, cold.

0113Mo  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 2, 6:15
  * up 6:30; ; 
  * abiraterone x; rest of am drugs 06:15; PEG, senna; coffee; pm drugs 
  * 7ish (could be later) expect call from movers
  * 8ish SHIPMENT ARRIVED
    -> my cats are staying in my room and my stuff is going into the 1st fl. badkammer
    -> we're going to need a storage unit
  @ Anexia moves 12,000 VMs off VMware to homebrew KVM platform • The Register
  @ Wildfires, Droughts, and a Broken Accord: The 1.5°C Reckoning
  * 11am the movers will be in  Leiden if all goes well
  % I'm having a _lot_ of fun getting things unpacked and sorted.
    there are 50-odd banker's boxes, mostly books, in the LR
  * practice (in sewing room)  solfège, Bells of Norwich, Gentle Arms of Eden
  ; cat boxes: N and m can get away with a full change every other week.  I can't--2 cats
  @ 161 years ago, a New Zealand sheep farmer predicted AI doom - Ars Technica
    Samuel Butler.  Darwin Among the Machines
  % 19:37 it does NOT feel like Monday.
  * load drugs.  Skipping prednisone this am -- now every other day
    every other day 14 days (this wk and next); then every two days 14 days.
  * make sure I can get $400 to N by last week of Jan for bookshelves
    -> there's enough in USB and BECU to cover it, as long as I take it easy on the AX-Pt

0114Tu  * change litter boxen
  & awake 4ish
  * up 8:30; ; Dutch, laundry (load 1, started 14:22; 1:30 cycle so check 1600)
    % Bronx very nippy, adding to my reluctance to get out of bed
  * abiraterone ; rest of am drugs 9ish; PEG+senna; 2*coffee; pm drugs 6ish?
  * load Vitamin C  * into drug sorters  o into restock bottle
  @ Big companies backtrack on DEI — with a notable NW exception | SeaTimes Costco
  @ The people should own the town square - Mastodon Blog xfer to non-profit org
  @ Smithsonian Open Access
  @ Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed
    (via Jason Koebler: — Bluesky)
  @ WordPress leader Matthew Mullenweg exiles five contributors • The Register
    Automattic vs WP Engine: WordPress wars heat up • The Register
    " Forks at dawn.... but it's not great sign for open source "
  * 15min:  unpacking: my room.  Rebel and mostly N's clothing are in one box, along with
    a decorated ostrich egg and some Pooh dishes (not mine).  Extracted my backpacks and
    briefcases, Nova (in a backpack), my leather jacket and some other clothing.  Had to
    take a drawer out of the dresser to let Bronx out.  Emptied another large box,
    extractinng G's cutting board and bamboo trays, the huge Jimmy Nelson photo book, a
    box w\ my BP monitor, neti squeeze bottle, supplements, etc.
  @ New blog (platform), who dis? | Dissociated Press Hugo
  x company meeting with N, m about blocking out a schedule for us all
  * Rehearsal with m -- breathing, scales, woodsheddin "Things..."; The Fox
    "Things We Did Not Choose" appears to be in Cm, or some mode starting on C

0115We  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 2ish?
  * up 7am; ; Dutch
  * abiraterone x; rest of am drugs 07:44; pm drugs 8ish
  * 09:00 (with N) call VGZ insurance  -* send email
  * walk:  w\ m, to Erasmusweg. 1.2km, 13hp, 32mm, 
  * 13:45 Den Haag KVK office Koninginnegracht 13 Den Haag -- with N; summon Uber 1300
  & picked up a package that had been delivered next door.
    % had to force myself to get moving, but it was easy in the end
  @ Octopus Arms Are Controlled by a Nervous System That's Like No Other
  * practice:  breathing; scales; a little finger picking and a little work on F and B
    chords, which have gotten very sloppy lately.
  @ New Details of Meta’s Rule Change Give Away Zuckerberg’s Whole Game | New Republic
  * 15min:  return Colleen to her urn.
    % told her "sleep well, love.  All of us are safe right now.  I'm worried about R"
  * 20:00 - 21:30 (11am-12:30pm) Virginia Mason Living With Cancer support grp 1st, 3rd We
    -> apparently I didn't register for this one?  But the reg form worked.
  * alert Jerad about need for 5K soon.

0116Th  * top up litter boxen
  & awake 5ish
  * up 9ish; ; teeth, shower, Dutch, 
  * abiraterone x; rest of am drugs 9ish; coffee; pm drugs 20ish?
  @ H.P. Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthulhu for Beginner Readers - YouTube
  @ With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘RedNote’ | WIRED
  @ Rhymes with Orange Comic Strip 2025-01-16 -- The Service call.  In the lobby of a
    museum, a techician is saying, "Let me get this straight -- you want a landline
    installed, like, as an exhibit?"
  @ Pixelfed Is an Instagram Alternative That Feels Like a Return to the Glory Days of
    Photo Sharing | Lifehacker
  @ Is your air fryer spying on you? [...] ‘excessive’ surveillance in smart devices
  * 2min:  unsubscribe Meross -- may have to cancel as well.  Not obvious how.
  : looked up mEq - 10mEq of K is ~380mg of elemental K.  Seems to be easier to find it
    labeled in mg of K, but KCl does appear to be OTC.  Was able to find 200mg tablets, so
    I'll need 4/day.  (Citrate and Gluconate are easier to find)
  ~ tried to log in to (health insurance company)VGZ - failed.
  % very little appetite this evening
  * practice: no m again,  breathing, scales, Desolation Row (and when I have to look at
    the words to get through the first verse, you know I'm in bad shape.)

0117Fr  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 4:30ish.
    % Did not actually get back to sleep, but dozed and cuddled the cats.  Mostly Ticia,
      but Bronx was nestled next to my leg a lot of the time, and accepted a little cuddle
  * up 6:30; ; Dutch ... dishes
  * abiraterone x; rest of am drugs 07:48; 2*coffee; pm drugs 22:10
  * 15min:  unpacked Flame.  Still sort of in tune.  Needs new 9V battery for tuner
  @ Of Cats and Manuscripts—The Appendix
  @ Delete Your Account!. Some personal and professional thoughts… | Robert Stribley
  @ Daniel Swain: "After becoming increasingly emeshed in the wildfire world...
    you start to notice things about the way we've systematically altered our relationship
    with the natural environment in a way that has increased the risk of destructive
    fires. And then you stop being able to unsee them. - mastodon thread
  ~ N says not to worry about yesterday's failed login attempt at (health ins)VGZ
  * 2min:  brought the boxes of shoes and water bottles downstairs.
  * pay window cleaner: €15.  Had to ask N for cash; G supplied the amount.
  @ Scientists find most microplastics in drinking water smaller than EU detection limits
    | Euronews
  * 17: practice, w\ m: breathing, warmups, October Country, Paper Wings (me solo) ~18:15
  @ ‘Flow's' Shock Golden Globe Win Is a Long Overdue Triumph for Indie Animation
  @ Six vulnerabilities in rsync announced and fixed in a day • The Register v3.4.1

0118Sa  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 3ish
  * up 7(alarm); ; Dutch
  * abiraterone x; rest of am drugs 08:07; 2*coffee; pm drugs (+200mg K) 21:10
    Note:  200mg of Potassium is 5mEq.  Added 200 each to am and pm.
  @ Is the World Becoming Uninsurable?
  @ Microsoft AI Red Team says security work will never be done • The Register
  * rent storage unit.  Not clear whether I succeeded in identifying myself.  The last
    time I did what I should have done before and opened the email on my phone.  Got a
    screen that said "geslaagt" = passed.  Still no access code.  Have appointment at
    Surgard on Monday for ID check if it didn't work.
  @ How a Small Black Cat Just Took
    Down Disney, Pixar, Dreamworks, and Aardman! FLOW: EXPLAINED! - YouTube
  * guitar:  Paper Wings, October Country, 
  * N's birthday (observed) -> Drunken Chicken
  % back (L QL probably) hurting, but less when lying down.  Debated tylenol, but at that
    point I was in bed and not hurting.
  * 15min:  did some sorting in my bedroom.  Found box mostly of copies of CC+S