Done Since 2025-08-17

[mdlbear]

On the whole it's been a pretty good week -- busy and productive. (You can identify the busy and productive days in the log -- they're the ones with the fewest links. Most of the productivity was in band practice -- we're working on scratch tracks for the new album, and rehearsing for our upcoming concert gig at MillCon 4, which is a week from yesterday. There is a lot of overlap between the setlist and the tracklist -- there will only be one song in the set that isn't on the album. (The reverse is not true, because the concert set's only half an hour.)

Yesterday's rehearsal went particularly well, and I realized that my guitar-playing is back pretty close to pre-COVID levels. My singing is better, thanks almost entirely to m's warm-up exercises and associated coaching. There's a reason why they're our music director. "Riverheart", in particular, was a real high.

We're planning to release the album, to be called Winds of Time, early next year.

There were also a couple of st/rolls with m -- there are a coffee shop and an ice cream stand in Wateringen -- it's about 2.5km round trip, which is double my current walking range, and almost too far for m. Taking turns on (folding scooter)Lizzy, they're possible, and fun.

Down in the links, you can find Robert-van-Engelen/tinylisp: Lisp in 99 lines of C and Build an Emergency Food Supply List, both on Wednesday.

Notes & links:
0817Su  * sift litter boxen
  & awake ??, 5:50
    % Might not have gone back to sleep: I had both cats on the bed: Bronx by my head, and
      Ticia down by my legs, with her head barely within reach, on the other side.
  * up 6:50; ; ... Dutch
  * drugs:  first am 7ish; rest am 8ish; 2*coffee; pm 21:14
  %         10:01 440mg naproxen.  22:31 440mg naproxen
  @ The Ultimate Workstation That Folds Up | Hackaday
    Maker Station: the Portable Reconfigurable Work Station for All Makers
  * walk:  11ish to N arm of Jan Greshoffplantsoen, 21min, 20mm, 1000st, 440m.  w\garbag
  * sponges,  ibuprofen,  45W PD power adapter, US-EU adapters
  * SL:  3-hole punch - looks like they use 4-hole here.  3-hole are imported
  * SL:  music stand light

0818Mo  * sift litter boxen, swap bowls
  & awake 4ish
  * up 7ish; ; ... Dutch
  * drugs:  first am 7:15ish; rest am 08:15; coffee; 10:37 naproxen 440mg; pm 20:36
    # see if it makes sense to move naproxen, tylenol, etc. to the drugs line.
    # it may be necessary to abbreviate a little; maybe am1, am2.
  % I think maybe the increased iron finally hit.  Would make some sense because it has to
    get to the bone marrow and incorporated into erythrocytes.
  * walk:  to DSB801 (2nd bridge N) .75km, 1hp, 19min, 19mm, 1450st,
  @ Cursor IDE support hallucinates lockout policy, causes user cancellations
  : 13:30 Cricket post-op.  (G and m left in Scarlett a few minutes ago)
  & walk:  w\ m to the corner of Nordweg.  (they're on their way to a coffeehouse; I
    decided -- correctly -- that my back wouldn't like it, but I could go a little way.
    Also there are deliveries due this afternoon.
  @ How to Apply Tartan Paint-YT
  @ ‘Why would you take away a parking place?’: Vienna, the city where anyone can build
    an urban oasis | Europe | The Guardian
  * load drugs
  ~ make sure Schwab can send money to Bunq - see email - next time call  888-403-9000
    -> nevertheless it failed again.  Called ~21:00
  @ Inburgering with DN: songs you have to be able to sing along to - DutchNews.nl

0819Tu  * swap litter boxen (Denis)
  & awake 3ish; 5ish?
  * up 6ish; ; Dutch
  * drugs:  first am 6:15; rest am 07:08; 2*coffee; pm 20:36; hot buttered rum: 20:52
  * walk: short.  8ish.  1 bridge north. 21min, 740st, 18mm (dubious)
  % no available counter space; loaded what I could into the dishwasher
    -> freaked out somewhat trying to explain to G and then N why I was doing this.
  * 10am (temp housekeeper)Denis
    % very stressed at other times during the process.
  @ Elon Musk Gets Roasted by His Own AI: The Grok Fact-Check Heard Around the World
  @ Britain’s first transgender judge takes UK to European court over Supreme Court
    ruling on biological sex | The Independent
  @ Joy Conditioning Is the Most Pleasant and Effective Way to Boost Your Emotional
    Intelligence | by Jessica Stillman | Aug, 2025 | Medium  very difficult for me
  * pm (probably) expect call from H. Bergstrom @ Haga  -> 13:15
    -> urology   070-210-6482
  @ Tablet Songbooks – Steve Macdonald EXCELLENT summary.
  @ Resources on Trumpian authoritarianism – Gary McGath
  * make sure Schwab can send money to Bunq - see email - next time call  888-403-9000
    -> worked this time (sent 400 euro) apparently the travel flag only lasts 14 days, so
       update it a day or two before attempting a debit card transaction.
  % 17:24 feeling pretty out of it.
  * 19:00 - 20:30 (10am-11:30 PST) Healing Center Passages support grp - 1st, 3rd Tu
  % 21:37 very sleepy 
  
0820We  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 3ish, 5ishs
  * up 6:30ish???; Dutch
  % a lot of sweet Bronx cuddle.  Have to remember to put on something protective every
    time I sit in the chair in my room.
  : found that the BP monitor had been plugged in to the chargeasap adapter.  Which I have
    been assuming I'd lent out.  Also turns out that it has _100W_ PD, not 65.
  * drugs:  first am 07ish; rest am 08:23; 2*coffee; pm
  @ GitHub - Robert-van-Engelen/tinylisp: Lisp in 99 lines of C (Hackaday)
  @ Build an Emergency Food Supply List – Mother Earth News
  * walk:  far end of Simon Vestdijkstraat loop, 9:10, .6km
    % turned around mainly because my throat was very dry
  % 10:07 very stiff, low energy.  I've had water, food, and coffee, so ???
  @ Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI – Pivot to AI
  % very localized muscle? pains.  Med change? ... also R knee
  @ library – Galloway Ridge at Fearrington
  * 3ish rehearsal  -> Millennium's Dawn
  : all my favorite shirts are falling apart, and they're irreplaceable.  Either becayse
    they're hand-made and unique, or (like the High Sierra flannel shirt) not being made
    anymore.

0821Th  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 4:10, 5ish
  * up 6ish; ; Dutch
  * drugs:  first am 6:40?; rest am 07:33; 2*coffee; pm 20:12
  ~ _06:52_ -22:00ish- set out PMD (yellow) bin for pickup tomorrow
  @ Phone Searches at the US Border Hit a Record High | WIRED 
  * 14:40 ... st/roll w\ m ... 16:06  -> capuccino, mango ice cream
  * practice - Toolmakers, Lord of the Buffalo, Staying Home Tonight - ran to about 19:15
  % 19:46 L QL pain - pretty severe
  % 21:24 and now my R calf muscle is cramping.
  % 21:37 800mg ibuprofen

0822Fr  o sift litter boxen
  & awake 4ish
  * up 6:30ish; BP=121/65, P=69; Dutch
  * drugs:  first am 06:55; rest am; pm
  * Added Learning the Real Story of the Water Cycle to
    Interesting Places for Kids which is apparently still being seen.  Coolness!
  * Fill out Licensing - TRACY GRAMMER form for Lord of the Buffalo.  Required the catalog
    number for WoT, HSX-WOT-2602, which in turn required my finding a hard copy of CC+S,
    because I couldn't find its catalog number (HSX-CCS-0707) in text form anywhere.
    -> there needs to be a good place for it, but in the meantime it's findable.
  : j coming sometime in afternoon
  * practice:  Toolmakers, Staying Home Tonight, Riverheart, Lock-Keeper

0823Sa  * top up litter box+en
  & awake 4ish;
  * up 7ish; ; Dutch... (before bed)bath
    % at least an hour -- maybe more -- with Bronx on my lap.  Did not get much done.
  * drugs:  am1 7:11; am2 09:08???; 2*coffee; pm 21:28
  * 1400ish st/roll w\ m and j - ice cream in Wateringen.  I rode Lizzy most of the way,
    but did get a couple of walking segments.  Was a little worried about my back on the
    tilted sections, but I think they were actually good exercise for it.
  & pulled out my monitor speakers and the damned things are 110V polarized.  Damn.
  * practice:  Staying Home Tonight, Riverheart, Bells of Norwich
    ! I'm getting it back!!!
  @ Everything I Know about Self-Publishing - by Kevin Kelly