Just watched Bladerunner (the “Final Cut” edit) with my son who really enjoys cinema. He loved it - which was not a guarantee! But it is my all-time favorite movie and watching him love it was just an incredible experience. ❤️
At the first middle school track meet of the season. With wind chill adding to already low temps, I think it is officially too damn cold for a track meet today. Wishing I brought a flask…
Saw Väsen in concert last night. I wouldn’t have picked this show, but five minutes in I knew that I was listening to two absolute masters of their craft, and I am always in the mood for that. 🎵
Long day. Spent much of it trying to explain that you can be creative AND productive.
Another Friday, another manhattan on the rocks. The stock market is so (understandably) insane that I should probably stockpile some cocktail ingredients this weekend… 🥃
Spent the day remembering how to Dougie
Spent a long time in the flow today. Wrote a file parser. Deleted Duolingo with tremendous satisfaction after rising to “diamond league”. It’s the little things.
Went down the rabbit hole of fixing the way I organize my music tracks (including file naming) while preserving all of my playlists in the DJ software. Tools used: ruby scripting language, sqlite3 database, m3u8 playlists, and Lexicon (3rd party sync tool for DJ gear). I’m happy with the results!
I’ve managed to set aside an overwhelming sense of dread by staying busy. There is plenty to be done here and now that is useful and meaningful, even if it won’t change the world.
I have learned much about Duolingo since I started using it. I feel like it encourages a kind of obsessive meta-gaming that actually works against more impactful learning. So my current goal is to get to Diamond league (I’m one good week away from that), and then happily rage-quit and move to Babel.
Mega appreciation post for micro.blog. The ability to manage multiple sites from one place, with per-site cross-posting to other social media platforms, and being able to automatically create newsletters based on the type of post. The capabilities are crazy powerful; cheers @manton and team!
I just re-recorded my latest DJ livestream. I had a ton of technical issues during the live set and my heart wasn’t in it. The re-record is at least glitch free, and certainly better than any set I did in my first year of DJing. I was also in a better headspace, which always helps.
Had friends over last night to celebrate the end of the work week. One of our guests was also our chef for the evening, commandeering our kitchen to make boiled dinner. I’ve never been enthusiastic about boiled dinner, but this time around it was a culinary masterpiece - and we have more for lunch.
Yesterday and today, back at my own drafting table. I am familiarizing myself with a previous tinkerer’s unfinished prototype, with the goal of making a working model. What is missing are the scribbled notes and earlier drawings that would tell me the story of why particular decisions were made…
Multi-modal journey into the head office this morning. Along the way, I listened to a discussion about how things went sideways in the early 2010’s with algorithm-driven social media feeds. I agreed fully with this notion, and regret what it may have done - permanently - to those born afterwards.
Testing out a micro.blog plugin. I’ve had this banger stuck in my head for days, now.
Yesterday’s various news items fostered in me a sense of existential dread. To combat the sensations of helplessness, I accomplished much before breakfast this morning. Language studies and a plan for the day, all before that sacred first cup of coffee. It is better to do things than sit in fear.
We finished filling the first 20-yard dumpster yesterday. 10 years of living in a place means not having to think about what is truly important to preserve. We have only a matter of months to prepare for our next adventure, forcing us to appraise all of this physical stuff with a more critical eye.
Yesterday we took apart the collapsing remains of the garden walls. A tangle of rotting boards and wire fencing. The neighboring townsfolk are not upset to see them go.
Concert last night; a famous chanteuse from the old city. Nostalgia for a time half-remembered. Afterwards, we sat around the kitchen, drinks in hand - thinking about the future.