Made the entire eight mile run today, with only a brief break at the four mile point to shake out my legs. I’m really thrilled that the limiting factor is muscle endurance, and not cardio or wind.
Off to mow the lawn, and pick crab grass.
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When I quiet the frantic noise around me and engage in some directed but repetitive task, I find that my mind settles from its usual spinning, and that I can perceive the rafters and support beams of my sanity. I’ve got a lot of stuff crammed in among those beams, and the down time tasks . . . → Read More: Saturday A bunch of visualizations of stuff, lain out on a globe. This one reminds me of an ongoing conversation with amnesiadust. This video mocks both fast food and vegans in the same breath. While This one mocks the “poly” (read as “swinger” or “open relationship”) “lifestyle”. (Totally not safe for work). Continuing the mockery, this video mocks both yoga and EXTREME jocks. I love the “Triple Tofu Tower!” In other news, I had the most blissful . . . → Read More: Hungry Vegan RIght now, on and around my birdfeeder, I can see a male cardinal, a male goldfinch, and a blue jay. Plus, there’s the usual assortment of pigeons, morning doves, and LBBs. The colorful ones make me happy. Here’s todays bit of hackery: [headnode:~/Desktop] root# foreach i ( 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 ) foreach? scp /common/node/authorized_keys node${i}:/var/root/.ssh/authorized_keys foreach? scp /etc/hosts node${i}:/etc/hosts foreach? scp node.tar node${i}: foreach? ssh node${i} tar xvf node.tar \; installer -pkg Node.mpkg -target / foreach? end Type the password a few times, and voila: . . . → Read More: Shell… I felt the heaviness in the air when I came out of karate. Looked West and saw the towering darkness gathered there. Heard the distant rumble of voltages being normalized from clod to cloud and air to ground. I stayed outside until the rain came. Busied myself with taking in the hammock, covering the . . . → Read More: storm Sociopath You are 85% Rational, 14% Extroverted, 57% Brutal, and 85% Arrogant. You are the Sociopath! As a result of your cold, calculating rationality, your introversion (and ability to keep quiet), your brutality, and your arrogance, you would make a very cunning serial killer. You care very little for the feelings of others, possibly . . . → Read More: Heh… Damn it’s hot. The car thermometer read 90 degrees by 9:00am yesterday morning on the way into Boston. Big news is that I got a promotion. My new title is “Principle Instigator” or something like that. Given that I’m still the only employee in the US, job titles don’t mean all that much. They also . . . → Read More: Woot |
