Done Since 2023-07-09

It's been a week. Locally-bad stuff includes my ongoing eye trouble and the second anniversary of Colleen's death. And some new (probably)RSI related tingling in my left arm and hand. (I'd be more worried about that except that it showed up during an extended texting session with the friend (E" (I'm a lisp hacker -- nested parentheses don't bother me)) I mentioned reconnecting with last week.)

On the other hand, there was the aforementioned text conversation with E" (I'm also a mathematician, albeit a lapsed one -- double-primed constants don't bother me either), a nice walk with m, and (apropos parentheses) the Medley Interlisp Project is Reviving Interlisp, which I remember fondly from my days as a grad student interning (not related to the Lisp function INTERN) at Xerox PARC. And I learned a few things about recent changes to HTML (see Tuesday and the HTML Standard), including the <mark> element, and new meanings for <i> and <b>.

But on the gripping hand parts of the US, mainly in the South, are suffering from a massive heat wave and a persistant MAGA infestation, LGBTQ+ people are still at risk, and the planet is at least a century past the start of a new geological epoch (or something -- there is still some debate around what to call the Anthropocine). Stay safe out there! (There are a few resources in the links, scattered amongst the bad news items.)

To end on a lighter note, take a look at this amusing story, and the Quote of the Week, Month, and maybe Year, ""The Dildo of consequences rarely arrives lubed"".

( Notes & links, as usual )