Builds finally going smoothly. Lots of itty bitty details. I have to find a better way to automated this.
Music in my head: The Comedians Suite by Dmitry Kabalevsky. Hey, I heard it yesterday and it’s 4am. It could be worse.
When I have the radio on (MPR’s Your Classical) the “Music In My Head” turns off. I guess that’s not surprising.
A nice G and T to start an evening of cozy mysteries with my favorite person. Using Hendricks and Fever Tree Elderflower. It seems to be a good combination. Mysteries could be Misomer Murders, Death in Paradise, or Foyle’s War.
Current status: Browsers are Dia Pro on macOS/Firefox on Linux. Browser independent bookmarking with Webcull for hierarchical and Pinboard for tagged “Read It Later”. Feedly/NetNewsWire for RSS. I can always move back to Safari if needed, but I’m not sure I will at this point.
Hmmm. Dia takes a little getting used to, but I kind of like it. Sticking it out for a bit longer.
Switching back to Dia for a bit. I like Safari and have done most of my browsing there, but there are interaction quirks that Chromium browsers might not have. We shall see.
Billionaire Russian criminal mastermind in charge of nuclear arsenal meets billionaire American presidential doofus in charge of nuclear arsenal on American soil. What could go wrong?
Music in my head: “Complicated Life” from Muswell Hillbillies by The Kinks.
My little presentation to my photo club on street photography went quite well.
More build work. The new platform we’re building on is exposing a few issues. Those will be terminated today.
Also meeting with lawyers this afternoon to talk about our HOA transfer of control. Fun times.
Taking time away from the build to take a look at my article clippings. I have a bunch stored up to post but the format is different than it used to be since I’m now using the Obsidian web clipper. I am writing some Python code to rip through them.
Jeez. I hate Youtube announcement videos. They are nearly as bad as the help videos. “This meeting could have been an email” equivalent is “This video could have been a blog paragraph.”
A decent morning. Progress is being made. Found and corrected some issues. Thinking of rearranging the sanity testing sequence. Might take some time later for photo editing.
Approaching build time for our next release. I want it out the door by the 15th. Four independent streams to keep in sync as much as possible. Next time we’ll single stream it. I’m done with this madness.
Attending a 60’s party this evening. About the only thing I can contribute is my vast knowledge of 60’s music and cartoons. Clutch Cargo anyone?
I’m actually getting used to working in Linux (Pop!_OS just because it comes with the hardware I use). I’ll never get used to vim variants or emacs. I’ve tried, but I refuse to live in mode hell. The sublime suite and VSCode are tolerable. Macs are still my jam for personal use.
I agree with most everything Mr. Doctorow says in this: https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/31/unsatisfying-answers/#systemic-problems.
Another smoky day here in the Northland. AQI of 160. It’ll be nearly 4 solid days of this by the time it is supposed to clear up tomorrow. I’ve seen a few folks masking, more than the usual number. MPR meteorologist says this is the worst air on the planet except for Kinshasa.