Looking forward to seeing my grandkid tonight and decorating my Charlie Brown tree. Picked up a sting of bubble lights I’ve wanted since I was his age. Smart plug arrives in the mail today. I can have the tree lights on a timer. May add automation to include a Christmas playlist.
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Hospice by The Antlers and The Mars Volta’s self-titled album. 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
My weekend task is to tame the unsightly tangle of cables behind my media center. I diagrammed everything out. I ordered Velcro ties and an extra power strip. When I check this off my list, I‘ll have a sense of satisfaction and that, however briefly, the universe will make sense.
Ten years ago, Tapbots released NetBot, an app for the defunct App.Net. The app icon featured a black version of Tapbots’s bird, which you can now find in the Tweetbots app. Now Tapbots is building an app for Mastodon, and I’m dying to know what the app icon will be.
And Mars. 💬 Why dust might make or break future human presence on the Moon https://boingboing.net/2022/12/01/why-dust-might-make-or-break-future-human-presence-on-the-moon.html
Very exciting new. I would have LOVED Lucy Lawless as Molly Millions, but she’s aged out of the role. 💬 William Gibson’s Neuromancer coming to Apple TV+ https://www.theilluminerdi.com/2022/11/29/neuromancer-eyes-miles-teller/
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Dysphotic Zone by Margaux Oswald. 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
https://cleanfeedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dysphotic-zone
I had to start work early today so I kicked my morning off with the Naxos release of Das Rheingold.
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Back to the The Sun Is Parallel by Mehmet Aslan and DEATHWESTERN by SpiritWorld. 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
I’ve scheduled Wagner’s “Entry of the Gods into Valhalla” by the Aeolus Brass Band to play over my HomePod Minis when I begin my work day.
I will be dabbling with minor home automation this week. Mostly lights and one outlet.
Your zen moment for the day. 💬 Buddhist temple empty after monks test positive for meth https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63792923
As I’m writing this, a guy on a bike riding by with a megaphone shouting, “911 WAS AN INSIDE JOB!” This has been going on daily for months. I’ve always wondered who it was. Now I know.
I can’t wait for my Christmas tree to arrive in the mail.
I just mailed Ridley Scott a postcard with H.R. Giger artwork.
I woke up, made coffee, and fired up my laptop to find the automation I built in Hazel working. I’ve saved myself 4 hours of work a year. That set the tone for the day. I was creative and productive. Tomorrow: research base climbing and jumping, parkour, and urban exploration.
Collection of coins.
I spent an hour with my friend talking about Automator, Hazel, Keyboard Maestro, and TextExpander. Good times.
It’s fun seeing Mastodon becoming a useful network for me as more and more people join the service. Mastodon’s lack of a list feature is going to be a pain in the ass in the next few weeks.
I set up a vault in Obsidian in preparation for our upcoming Mothership game. It delights me to no end to see connections being created in the graph view for things like the anthropic principle, cosmic horror, Faust, The Great Filter, The Last Messiah, etc.