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Written by Josh Grosse on 2025-01-17 at 03:15

I'm re-reading Breath, Warmth, and Dream by @zzclaybourne ... again.

I'm drawn to it. Whenever I need to have my own breath taken away, and to be uplifted.

Damn, he's good.

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Written by Josh Grosse on 2025-01-16 at 18:56

Last night leaving work, my car complained that a stop lamp was out. So when I got home I ordered a replacement bulb set (they come in 2-packs) from our usual online oligarch, which arrived today.

I'm by myself, so I wasn't sure which bulb had failed. I swapped the left side bulb first. Nope. Sensor still complained.

Luckily, the right was obviously blown, and there's no more sensor complaints, so that completed the repair.

I now have a known good spare bulb for use when the center high lamp decides to fail. Of course, when that happens, I won't be able to find the bulb in my various junk drawers. All my drawers are junk drawers.

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Written by Josh Grosse on 2025-01-16 at 14:38

Sitting in the cardiologist's waiting room thinking about last year's crazy medication change due to a misdiagnosis, and me fainting when on the new med, which is STILL on their list of my meds even though it was immediately discontinued and replaced with yet another med.

Fun times.

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Written by Josh Grosse on 2025-01-09 at 19:14

A substitute is arriving today.

Sadly, the ID205L is no longer available.

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Written by Josh Grosse on 2025-01-09 at 02:51

My little wristwatch, after 5 years:

Battery - still going strong, about 70% of new.

Display - slight scratches, looks good.

Electronics - perfect.

Bluetooth - working well.

Vibrating alarm - still buzzing.

Firmware stack - no updates in 4 years.

Strap - on my 3rd, I wear 'em out.

Case - damned thing fell apart this morning. The watch is no longer wearable.

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Written by Josh Grosse on 2024-12-25 at 14:40

I am binging Season 4 of The Repair Shop. I discovered the show on Netflix years ago, and lately learned that 13 seasons are available on YouTube.

Every episode is chock full of touching family histories, Victorian artifacts, astonishing craftsmanship, and tears of joy.

https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepairShop/featured

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Written by Josh Grosse on 2024-12-20 at 15:01

I can't unsee GitHub's buck-toothed AI monster:

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Written by Josh Grosse on 2024-12-13 at 20:23

It's winter. My hands have gotten so dry that my phone no longer recognizes my index finger.

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Written by Josh Grosse on 2024-12-13 at 04:23

About 2 hours ago, the TransmissionBT team pre-released 4.1.0-beta.1 for review.

I'm on it, for #openbsd. I've been following development and running integration testing. The only change needed is a reversion of libfmt to 10.2.1, so for this beta I only needed to create a custom tar ball for the already-prepared port.

Submitting it to ports@ to request testing by others, and on more architectures.

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Written by Josh Grosse on 2024-12-12 at 17:34

Shadow never wants to be cuddled or picked up. But she will climb onto laps ... if it's her idea.

It's my #caturday, #mastocat #fedicats.

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Written by Josh Grosse on 2024-12-06 at 03:13

I submitted a Github pull request about 5 weeks ago. That's github-ese for, "Please, folks, take a look at this improvement I wrote for your application. " It's a small development project, with 2 intermittently active members, lots of inactive members, and many angry or frustrated contributors. I find myself in the frustrated group. Only the 2 members can approve and accept my effort. So I wait. With about 40 other people and more than 100 waiting code reviews.

:flan_guitar: "Oh, the wheels on the bus factor go 'round and 'round..."

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Written by Josh Grosse on 2024-12-04 at 23:14

This is the first of Hoffman's global coffee tastings I've been able to participate in. Previously they'd sold out in minutes.

With 90 different roasters and 4 tons of green beans, access by mortals was possible and I was able to join the fun!

And I discovered a roaster that was both nearby and new to me.

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Written by Josh Grosse on 2024-11-28 at 15:12

@mwl

https://mastodon.bida.im/@fluffykittenspambot/113561175799628211

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Written by Josh Grosse on 2024-11-24 at 15:20

@mwl HIGNFY did a segment on ROVs this week, starting at 22:36:

https://youtu.be/L8lIQ-8hEY4?si=A0ZN7aLPJC-QRJob&t=1346

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Written by Josh Grosse on 2024-11-08 at 14:52

$DAYJOB directed me to obtain a government license in order to execute contracts on their behalf. It's a new requirement, due to changes in the company's business process used for these contracts.

Yesterday, I took -- and passed -- the prerequisite government exam. It was proctored, and conducted in-person.

No electronics were allowed, other than a 4 function calculator. I had to remove my wristwatch. A pre-test search of my person included inspection of my eyeglasses, sleeves, trouser hems, pockets, and a metal detector scan.

I was provided with a single pencil and sheet of scratch paper for note-taking, which had to be returned and inspected upon test completion. Personal stationary use was prohibited.

They let me keep my hearing aids in, though.

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Written by Josh Grosse on 2024-10-27 at 02:47

I have a deep fondness for Turquoise inks. This one's going on my wish list!

My thanks to u/semantic_ink in r/fountainpens for this photo and recommendation.

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Written by Josh Grosse on 2024-10-19 at 14:24

One of my cats puked on the bed. I washed the bed's comforter.

Here I am at the laundromat again, 36 hours later.

I don't know if it was the same cat. So I'll just have to blame both of them.

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Written by Josh Grosse on 2024-10-03 at 17:07

I just received my 4 free COVID test kits.

The most up-to-date expiration for this lot is ... 84 days from now.

This particular gift horse is nice, but it has a bit of halitosis.

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Written by Josh Grosse on 2024-09-29 at 13:29

Dearest website owner:

I am not going to individually turn off 462 separate tracking cookie selections in your GDPR agreement overlay, to read your web page.

Never.

Never ever.

There is nothing you have to say that I'm interested in, after seeing that horror show.

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Written by Josh Grosse on 2024-09-28 at 15:22

I've been hunting locally for keto pancake mix, for many months. Neither Birchbenders nor King Arthur are stocked in stores here any more.

Amazon to the rescue. And I can't believe I am saying this. "Thank you, Mr. Bezos."

Ordered yesterday, arrived in time for breakfast today.

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