Done Since 2025-11-02

[mdlbear]

Not sure what to make of this week. I was not as productive as I need to be, and only got out for walks three times -- four only if you count the 200m taking a bag of mostly cat litter out to the garbage bins at the end of the block. On the other hand, The Black Blood of the Earth, brought back from the US by m, and I had a really good, long video call with E on Thursday.

On the gripping hand, m left for the UK yesterday, to look at colleges and to see whether they like it there. They took their cat, Cricket, which means one less litter box to clean next time I'm on my own here, and also that I'll be able to let Ticia out of my room more (she and Cricket don't get along). But we never did the recording that we'd wanted to do for the Kaleidofolk album. But at least I remembered what I'd read last year about needing a leash and harness for Cricket, so that they could run her carrier through the X-ray, in time for G to order one.

I didn't do as much work on the business websites (HSX and N's author site) as I'd wanted to. But I did do some, and enough of it in time to support N's book release. (And realized that I ought to make a portfolio of the websites I've built, if only for historical purposes and bragging rights.)

Have some links: people are having funerals for the world's melting glaciers, and DO NOT turn to an AI chatbot for therapy.

On the positive side, though, Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity (three hours' worth every day). And here's the William Tell Overture Finale on Musical Tesla Coils.

You're welcome.

Notes & links:
1102Su  DST ends in US
  * walk:  _near_ end of Simon Vestdijkstraat: .5km, 8mm, 8min, 637st,
    % didn't walk yesterday due to cramp, so figured I'd take it easy today
  @ New study: Visiting art galleries reduces cortisol levels (ysabetwordsmith)
    My comment:  I wonder whether museums and libraries exhibit the same effect. In other
       words, simply walking around in a calm, quiet space looking at things.
  : m brought back some of The Black Blood of the Earth - Funranium Labs
    % today I had a total of 25ml in my mug, so probably less than 15:1.  Will try the
      recommended 3:1 with the rest of the 50ml tube tomorrow.
  @ Rossini - William Tell Overture Finale on Musical Tesla Coils - YouTube
  @ Acme Klein Bottle
  ~ 11-14 or whenever kf/hx work session
    . more work on n-r.com
  * take out waste litter from bedroom, since D" didn't.
  * Configure contact form on n-r.c to send to N's personal email address
    (a little surprised it worked first time, but...)

1103Mo
  % 12:10 cold.  way earlier than usual.  ambient temp. 22.0°C.
  @ Tangeuray Martini O - YouTube
  * 11-14 or whenever kf/hx work session  -- mostly stylesheet work
    slowed down because I got confused by browser caching, and not knowing how to clear
    the cache on the phone version of FF (long press on reload icon)
  % 21:46 ... and _now_ I'm feeling overheated.  Go figure
  * guitar:  Millennium's Dawn, Ship of Stone

1104Tu
  * order more litter
  * take out bag of garbage from bedroom.  x continue to walk if feasible
    * walk:  around block, half with a heavy bag; 12mm, 11min, 356st, 1hp, 
  * 11-14 or whenever kf/hx work session
  * 19:00 - 20:30 (10am-11:30 PST) Healing Center Passages support grp - 1st, 3rd Tu
    % realized that I liked the old checkin (say your partner's name, when they died,
      etc.) because I like talking about Colleen, and in the group I can talk about her to
      people who are there to listen.
  % my left thigh hurts, probably because of the way I've been all tensed up lately
  * load drugs.
  ~ order pantoprozol, buspirone (attempted to send message 1031Fr; forgot that it failed)
    -> msg to pharmacy failed again.  Maybe during business hours tomorrow?
    -> message to huisarts (general question) -does appear to have- worked.
  
1105We Guy Fawkes Day
  @ Guy Fawkes Night-Wikipedia
  * litter boxen
  & awake 2ish, 5ish
  * up 7ish; S=6:03/6:57; 
  * drugs:  am1 07:44; ibuprofen 400; 2*coffee; am2 *; pm *  (* = taken but not logged)
  * walk:  DSB804 (a bridge not too far 10:25; .75km, 8hp, 16mm, 11min, 1060st
    % took that fairly fast; interesting to see that "move minutes" > actual time.
  * 11-14 or whenever kf/hx work session
    & went off on a wild goose chase trying to find a way to detect filename so that one
      didn't have to rely on detecting href="./" to style the nav link to self.  Could
      maybe compare it to the content of the h1 element.
    * guitar:  wheelin, middle-sized bear, some others.  Discovered that one of my strum
      styles is very nearly clawhammer, and can be played that way.  Has the advantage
      that it will work with a broken fingernail.
  @ Philosophical Investigations: Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered?

1106Th
  * litter boxen
  & awake 1ish and 4ish?
    % miserable night, with the cats keeping me awake.
  * up 7ish; S=5:33/7:08; 
  * drugs:  am1 7:30ish; am2 08:16; BBotE ~20ml 08:16; coffee; pm 16:35
  * 9:30 take Uber for 10:10 municipality apostilled docs.  Spui 70
    Our paperwork is all in order.
  * video call with E.  Roughly 2 hours.  We had a bit of catching up to do.
  @ Pluralistic: 13Nov2022 The Framework is the most exciting laptop I’ve ever broken
  @ One Dataset. No Warning. Google Took Everything. You’re Not Safe Either.
  * set up postnl account, order stamps (local and international)
  @ Europe’s First Harmonized AI Standard Just Landed — and It Changes Everything|LI
  @ One Trillion Web Pages Archived: Internet Archive Celebrates a Civilization-Scale
    Milestone | Internet Archive Blogs
  % 22:25 have gotten nothing done; should go splat

1106Fr
  @ Fortran Outsmarted Our Billion-Dollar AI Chips | by Dax | Oct, 2025 | Medium
  @ Republicans tried to make Virginia's elections all about trans people. They lost
    everything. - LGBTQ Nation (minoanmiss | A possible limit to the politics of disgust?)
    " For all the centrist consultants urging Democrats to ‘moderate’ or sacrifice
      transgender people for political gain, the results suggest the opposite: conviction,
      not capitulation, is what wins. "
  * pick up drugs at apotheek
  % 13:54 can''t tell whether I'm cold of having an anxiety attack.  Maybe both.
  $ HX $50 by N to Reedsy, for book reviews.
  * sent my regrets to the Norwalk High 60th reunion organizers.  My failure to make it to
    the 50th is still the source of much regret and sadness, so this hurts.
  % got no web work at all done
  % my eyelids itch.  As usual

1107Sa
  x litter boxen (D")
  @ Why people are having funerals for the world's melting glaciers (ysabetwordsmith)
    Global Glacier Casualty List
    2025 International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation - UN
  @ andrewducker 07-11-2025
    Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
    Rockstar Games Employee posts about recent union-busting efforts
  - 13:45ish spilled a mostly-full glass of apple juice on my desk.  A few things needed
    washing, and some others drying off.  Don't think there was much permanent damage.
    Had to wash the mouse pad, Opinel knife, and letter opener.  Return postage envelope
    for the alarm contract got damp on one edge but probably okay.
  * laundry
  @ As teens in crisis turn to AI chatbots, simulated chats highlight risks
  @ google docs infects html
    exports with spyware, ... links in your document are replaced with invisible google
    tracking redirects.
    -> ONLYOFFICE DocSpace, customizable rooms for any business purpose
    -> but unless you're on a chromebook, just use libreoffice
  : 19:14 N and m (and Cricket) heading for UK via overnight ferry
  & 19:42 gin, in a shot glass.

And if you're reading under the cut, this is the first week of me snipping out the health tracking stuff at the start of each day's log stanza. They're still stored in my archive.

Comments

[freyjaw]

OMC! Fun music! Thanks.