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mdlbearHappy Mother's Day to those in a position to celebrate it. I'll be over here with the widowers and orphans. Meanwhile I'm getting depressed over how little I've gotten done recently. (Which, depending on how one counts, may include much of the last decade.)
On the other hand, I'm not actually in bad shape physically, considering. Walks six days out of seven. And I got some web work done, on naomi-rivkis.com and hyperspace-express.com/, specifically on the .../Books pages, because there's enough information about N's next book, Paleomythic to have gotten started on it. So I've been more productive than usual, which of course isn't saying much.
If you want a taste of what Paleomythic is like, N has submitted a couple of stories in the same universe (the Pantheon of Worlds series) to a contest on Reedsy.com.
In other good news, I now have a charger for Scarlett, and an update cable for Romann. I suspect that the former may not be able to deliver enough power, and the latter needs a Win$ computer to run the software despite the fact that the dongle is supported -- with free software -- on Mac and Linux.
On the gripping hand, my (gripping?) hands are in somewhat sorry shape -- I'm suffering from trigger fingers again. Working on it, with topical diclofenac gel, paracetamol (at my GP's insistance), and sometimes compression gloves (which don't seem very effective). It is not at the point where I can't type, play guitar, or put on my compression socks, and hopefully will get away from that point rather than to it. But it's worrisome and annoying.
Linkies: BBC: 100 years of Sir David Attenborough (whose 100th birthday was Friday). Life and Death of a Planetary System - Intro - NASA Science nice series, with short videos. Some random math links under Sunday,
Notes & links: 0503Su % took a while to get functional fingers back after a night w\o my gloves. But I did. * walk: 7:28 Erasmusweg: 1.2km, 10hp, 32mm, 33min, 2200st @ What Can We Gain by Losing Infinity? | Quanta Magazine ultrafinitism Why Math’s Final Axiom Proved So Controversial | Quanta Magazine ZFC How Gödel’s Proof Works | Quanta Magazine Paradox at the heart of mathematics makes physics problem unanswerable | Nature * Looks like we finally have a lead on getting a spare charger for Scarlett -- the dealership finally responded to my query with a somewhat laconic "60v", implying that we want Battery charger Lead-acid battery 60V 5Amps. I have replied with that link for confirmation... @ How to practise a musical instrument | Psyche Guides " Awareness; Isolation; Repetition (with the handy acronym AIR) 1. Become aware of what’s stopping you playing how you want to. 2. Identify the precise fragment of a piece that exposes the weakness. 3. Repeat the smallest section of the difficulty in a controlled way. Repetition should be slow and it should be loud Take breaks, both short and long. " @ Europe’s €800 Billion Breakup Letter to America: AI, Satellites, Rockets, GPS, & $ @ How to Deactivate OnStar: The Complete Guide (Cancel, Opt Out & Disconnect) = hx work session * micro-review of Paleomythic in this morning's "Done Since" post. Ran it past N, who suggested that I include my reaction to it. Did that. * start book review posts for Paleomythic and The World As it Ought To Be * Dutch (longish) * put out paper recycling bin x weigh Ticia (failed attempt at 19:20) * wash socks 0504Mo May the Fourth; Kent State shootings, 1970; Remembrance of the Dead (NL) @ Star Wars Day - Wikipedia @ Kent State shootings @ Remembrance of the Dead : 6:10ish ambulance came for somebody in #20, next door * 7:15 walk: Erasmusweg: 1.2km, 14hp, 27mm, 33min, 2100st @ New tree genus discovered that is related to tomatoes and potatoes - Earth.com * order Lead-acid battery 60V 5Amps charger for Scarlett @ The AMOC Is About to Become Famous Again, and Almost Everyone Will Tell the Story Wrong | by Martina H also antarctic would change from carbon sink to carbon source * take in paper recycling bin @ Joffrey Ballet 1987 Rite of Spring (1 of 3) - YouTube seems appropriate @ Supreme Court ensures telehealth access to abortion pill mifepristone | AP News @ Melting ICE and welcoming spring at the 51st Mayday parade • Minnesota Reformer * 19:20 watching two simultaneous livestreams @ Discord Alternatives, Ranked: Taggart Tech @ Truth, Consequences, Climate, and Demand Destruction Demand destruction vs fuel-superseding infrastructure (04 May 2026) -Cory Doctorow = hx work session @ Oklab color space Color is finally OK. A solo developer’s blog post replaced… | by Pawel Klasa OKLCH Color Picker & Converter * Dutch : 20:00 Two Minutes of Silence 0505Tu Cinco de Mayo, (NL)Liberation Day @ Liberation Day (Netherlands) - Bevrijdingsdag - Wikipedia @ Cinco de Mayo - Wikipedia @ it's 5:55am and 55 seconds, on 5/5, and I'm wishing a happy 55th birthday to the 555 timer. @gsuberland@chaos.social * walk: 8:28 turnaround++: ~1km, 6hp, 24mm, 2100st -- gFit showing bogus numbers today % 08:49 now my R shoulder is hurting more than my L : 2pm call from GP's office asking how I am. Probably follow-up to my last query, where I asked if I should make an appointment and failed to follow up -> I mentioned the trigger fingers, diclofenac, compression gloves -> mentioned that splints are impractical because of need to put on compression socks + the device for re-flashing the Roamate arrived. It's an ST-LINK/V2 | Tool in-circuit debugger, with a custom (kludged) interface board. There's a .deb for Open On-Chip Debugger (OpenOCD). -> OTOH Panther has Windows 7 = hx work session * Dutch * working on reviews of N's books * 19:00 - 20:30 (10am-11:30 PST) Healing Center Passages support grp - 1st, 3rd Tu * load drugs * wash socks 0506We : timing for paracetamol. 8h between doses. 07:, 15:, 23: or 6:30, 14:30, 22:30 % some trigger finger when I woke up - middle finger [f3] of R is lasting past 11am 17:53 painful area at the base of RH f3. Also the seams of the gloves are leaving lasting impressions. Maybe I should spend time without them. * weigh Ticia: weight w\Ticia: 99.9, so W(Ticia)=4.1-2 * walk: DSB801: .85km, 12hp, 20mm, 18min, 1500st % more pain than usual this time, so turned around at DSB801 : RIP David Josephson (Columbae's ?faculty advisor/co-founder) 04-29 @ Trim (cat) (via Irregular Webcomic! #3113 -> Ship's cat - Wikipedia -> The Game of Rat and Dragon @ The Coming Human Shortage: A Threat Bigger Than Any Recession | by Jared Blaine * 12:20 expect call from GP -> don't use oral NSAIDs because of side effects at my age. topical gel is okay. -> safest drug for me is paracetamol. 1000mg 3/day for the next 3 weeks. don't stop -> will call after 3 weeks. : The Win$7 partition on Panther is broken. It's on a 500Gb SSD labeled "old sable" There's a 1TB SSD also labeled "old sable", but it's UEFI, Mint and LMDE, no W$ Nothing on Raven except Mint, plus two empty partitions. = hx work session @ Life and Death of a Planetary System - Intro - NASA Science Chapter 1 - A Star is Born - NASA Science @ Our modern vision evolved from an ancient one-eyed worm creature * Dutch * SL: niacin, paracetamol, diclofenac; cat fud 0507Th Hemelvaart @ Why is Ascension day (Hemelvaart) a public holiday in the Netherlands? * walk: 7:43 Erasmusweg: 1.2km, 18hp, 26mm, 29min, 2100st @ Content warning: pet grief: The Rainbow Bridge - YouTube Via a thread "RE: Research Scientists and What Comes Next", in community.sigmaxi.org = hx work session * website work - link to Naomi's short stories on Reedsy Prompts -> decided against going to Millcon this year (just a couple of weeks after Majorca) @ Ten years later, has the GDPR fulfilled its purpose? | CSO Online research @ Carleton Connects: Elisabeth Steele Hutchison ’96 on feeling awesome actually, how to look/sound/etc your best on zoom. Useful for filk circles, maybe. * website work: move most of the stuff on /Books down to /Books/The_World... * Dutch * wash socks 0508Fr * walk: 7:45 Erasmusweg: 1.2km, 13hp, 26min, 24mm, 2100st @ Sir David Attenborough - 100 years old today BBC: 100 years of Sir David Attenborough - YouTube % the compression gloves appear to be making blood pool in my fingertips. :( = hx work session * finish fixes to n-r.com/Books - pretty much all morning, ~done around 12:30 separate pages under Books for each book. Easily over 8h. * finish email to (designer)Kyle * Update for/Designers * Dutch 0509Sa & dishwasher, because it was already partly loaded % 08:32 trigger fingers apparently cleared up. 09:50 partly back in RH * SL: paracetamol. bottle of 1g tabs from PharmaMarket. Coming Monday. picked the one that had a picture showing an actual bottle. The Mystery in the Medicine Cabinet—Asterisk argues that acetaminophen/paracetamol is generally safer than ibuprofen. WTF? nevertheless I'm currently relying on it in order to follow the advice of my GP = hx work session * update/simplify hyperspace-express.com/Books from naomi-rivkis.com/Books the book links point back to n-r.com rather than staying local & assorted wording and formatting tweaks @ mention TWAiOTB in a comment on ysabetwordsmith | Poem: "The Worst Thing in Life" * Dutch - longish * guitar: Band Played... only about 2 verses before my fingers gave out. no trigger finger trouble, though. I was expecting some. * SL: cat litter - due Tuesday * wash socks