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mdlbearMy mindspace continues to be largely occupied with day-to-day stuff: unpacking, installing shelves, shopping, cooking... Life is starting to settle into a routine, though, and I'm enjoying it.
We finally got over to a DOL (Department of Licensing -- WA's partial equivalent of the DMV), where the YD and I got new IDs and driver's licenses respectively. Colleen has to come in for a driving test (!), which is a major incentive for her to exercise. She has about 2 more weeks; I suspect she still won't be ready, but would be delighted to be proved wrong.
We also got in to the bank and updated our information there. And I rolled over my 401K -- I had misread the mail they sent me, so ended up with an actual check. Unfortunately I won't get the withholding back until I do my taxes next year. :P Too bad -- could've used it NOW.
A couple of phone screens, but no in-person interviews yet. Growf! Several online resume submissions, but I have low expectations from those.
On the home computing front, I pulled my laser printer out of storage (for resumes), and finally fixed Starport's DNS (which turned out to be a bad forwarder). It works fine now. Much better than CenturyLink's WiFi, which keeps crapping out on me.
The bedroom shelves are nearly done -- all the tracks and standards are in place, and most of the shelves (except for a few near the bed, and in the laundry closet). The dining room is next.
The usual collection of links and details in the raw notes, below.
0814 Tu * up 7:25; W=197.2; d, n, t; laundry, dishes * .done from 0728 * YD sorting kitchen boxes; I brought out linens for Colleen to sort * change address for ACM * letter from Kaiser about limitations due to moving out of service area * paid power bill (added payee to UB site) @ 12 Things Killer Employees Do Before Noon - Business Insider (LinkedIn) @ Food and exercise are not matter and anti-matter. | The Fat Nutritionist 0815 We * up 6:10; W=196.2; d, n, t; dishes & hung out with N for about an hour in the morning. Made hair appointments @ Standing Desk: Its Benefits and History | The Art of Manliness (haikujaguar) * humira * put away 3 wine boxes - 4 fit in the bottom of the pantry. * unpacked 2 boxes of tea cups, mugs and kitchen tools (mixed). About equal numbers went to goodwill, and a few (i.e. without flowers) to storage. * applied at Canonical (ARM-related position) via Taleo. * pre-applied for driver's license; printed receipt -> required looking through multiple boxes trying to find a USB A-B cable. For some stupid reason, didn't think to pack one with the printer. * looked up Kaiser locations. The closest iw Longview, 135mi away. * pay bills * researched HMOs. There are several. All of the formularies I checked appear to list Colleen's humira as a "specialty" drug, at 33% Eeek! 0816 Th * power failure at ~3am last night * up 7:20; W=195.8; d, n, t; laundry, dishes * submitted apps for 3 jobs at Zynga. The DVCS Architect looks particularly promising, though I probably don't have the level of experience they need. * 11am expect call from Zoe Mote -> will come back with some suggestions : Colleen walked from the scooter to her chair without holding on to anything. @ Media shoppers rejoice: DRM-free labeling is here -> New DRM-Free Label | Defective by Design * 11:30ish - drove N. for errands. We agreed that we should pool errands when possible, for company and motivation. * buy: oven cleaner; Mr. Clean magic erasers * 4 boxes of paper recycled. * walk: ~1mi. (S. on Lake City Way) * brought tool bucket up. * made chili for dinner * found the missing sewing machne cords. Emmy's was a combined pedal/power cord, in the box labeled "sewing machine stuff" on top of the thread cabinet. Colleen's was a perfectly standard 2-prong IEC cord, already plugged into the machine. = nearest Kaiser: 1230 Seventh Avenue Longview WA 98632 2:24 driving time 0817 Fr * up 6:25; W=195.6; d, n, ; shower, dishes @ theFerrett - Why I, A Democrat, Can Tell You, A Republican, What Republicans Think, Using Only The Taste Of Their * insurance 425-712-3664 M-F 8-5 -> 425-275-0570 Renee PLC Insurance, LLC: 4211 ALDERWOOD MALL BLVD #210, LYNNWOOD, WA 98036 -> 10:50 all taken care of, or at least set in motion, over the phone. @ PLC Insurance in Lynnwood, Washington * callback from Disney::Playdom::Seattle studio * looked up car registration - done at a different office from DL! Both owners must be there to sign in person. * leave apartment 1ish * leave N's 1:10 ish; drop Colleen at Northgate * 2pm hair appointment with N. at the Gene Juarez Academy Chanel did a really good job on mine -- looks completely natural. Turns out my eyebrows are still the original color -- very dark brown. Need to do something about the beard, though. * Dinner at Masala of India - yum! 0818 Sa * up 8:45; W=196.8; d, n, t; laundry, dishes @ Link frenzy: Web design Grids, Design Guidelines, Broken Rules, and the Streets of New York City Avoiding Faux Weights And Styles With Google Web Fonts HTML5 — Edition for Web Developers * emptied "shoebag + flutes" box * emptied a "pictures" box that contained 4 pictures plus the good quilt. * picked up N and tried to get to Hempfest. Heavy traffic, no obvious parking. Went to Ballard Market, and had a nice explore. N. unexpectedly tired, so took her home before going to Jo-Anne's and Walgreen's * fixed DNS on nova -- turned out to be a bogus forwarders line in named.conf.options There's still a problem with wifi on polaris, but with nova fixed I can use starport. Polaris probably suffers from the YD watching video streams. : The thing that made ping on nova so slow was the reverse DNS lookup :P * emptied box of booze, wine. I think one other today, but don't remember found the candles in the "buffet" box, which is maybe half empty now. " (22:07:37) ***mdlbear has been unusually tired for the last few days -- maybe the last week. Not enough exercise? 0819 Su * up 9:02; W=195.8; d, n, t, h; shower, laundry, dishes @ The Smartphone Wars: The Limits of Lawfare @ via Sunday morning links: a little less mindless Bitcoin, the Darknet Economy, and the Low Over-Head Revolution John Resig - Redefining the Introduction to Computer Science ZaReason Linux Laptops, Desktops, Servers and more Producers Weigh In On Kickstarter Recording Budgets * walk: d=2.85, t=1:05; trail. Down 153rd St, up windy 165th Pl endorphins kicked in somewhere around the turn-around at 171st Thought about returning via Bothell Way, but it didn't look like there was sidewalk on either side. Growf. @ One Month After Selling To Microsoft For $1.2B, Yammer CEO Predicts End Of Silicon Valley | TechCrunch ... and is debated by Marc Andreesen @ App Developers: Stop Abusing Push! | TechCrunch * clean guinea pig cage. Simplified by dragging over the large garbage pail. * ordered vertical chicken roaster * ordered refurb kindle touch for Colleen 0820 Mo * up 6:40; W=195.8; d, n, t; laundry, dishes * filled box of linens for Goodwill; put near door. * emptied a box, mostly by putting shaped muffin tins into YD's baking stuff box * pay bills. Several, including AMEX Gold, have been late due to falling into the cracks during the move. % the living room chair is *NOT* a good office. * 11am phone interview with an engineer at Playdom -> Phillipe 45min As usual, thought of a couple of simplifications after the fact, but ok I think. @ Here's The One Chart Twitter Developers Need To Read To See If They're Still In Business - Business Insider -> twitter clients unloved ~ buy: 1/4 in hex shank drill bit for wallboard anchors. -> or swap tool box for bucket, and transfer wood tools to bucket * To N's house - deliver a couple of boxes for storage; take almost all wire shelving. Forgot the bin of brackets, but did get the tool tote. : At least one of my uprights is 5" shorter than the others -- 79" vs 84" If they are still obtainable, they'll fit in the bedroom. (they're not: the available sizes are 20", 36", 60", and 84") 60" will work fine, though. Top tracks come in 32", 56", and 80" : Note to self: don't put anything spillable (e.g. oxy-clean) on top of the drier 0821 Tu * up 7:20; W=195.6; d, n, t; dishes, hair @ SciAm Beginnings: When a Beginning is Not a Beginning miscarriage excellent article. (Science, rape, and pregnancy - Boing Boing) @ Relationships, Expectations, and Rules: Failure States | Ferrett Steinmetz @ Stanford studies monks' meditation, compassion - SFGate @ For one cent a month, Amazon Glacier stores your data for centuries | Ars Amazon Glacier Promises Storage as Low as $.01 Per Gigabyte Retrieval gets expensive fast over 1GB/month, and takes hours. Backup. @ 3 Facts about bears and lady business - Boing Boing @ Help! My Dream Career Is Outside My Comfort Zone: Inside Jobs * 10:30 - call from Lisa Eskenazi-Rindler at directtechnology.com -> will get back to me -- look like a good candidate for an internal position * DOL (Department of Licencing) for licenses - Colleen will have to return 0912 for a driving test. * DMV: EDL for me, DL for Colleen, ID for the YD * pre-apply online: http://www.dol.wa.gov/driverslicense/preapply.html -> conf# SAVITSR534DL EDL office - nearest one appears to be 18023 Hwy 99, Suite E, Lynnwood enhanced DL for me * to N for LPF transaction and to retrieve tub of Elfa brackets % back hurts - took methocarbamol ~ Nova seems to be down. :P Probably flaky plug. Hopefully. Aparently a temporary glitch. After rummaging unsuccessfully for a VGA cable. Again. (Also the monitor's power brick, but since I had alreay dived into the Tub of Bricks to replace the one for Colleen's netbook that her chair gnawed through, that quest was successful.) @ Charles Negy, Professor, Says Students Showed 'Religious Arrogance And Bigotry' In A Letter Later Posted On Reddit @ Gender Lesson « Gender Blog by Darlene Tando, LCSW f(rowan fairgrove) @ Pussy Riot solidarity protests: Topless lady with chainsaw cuts down massive crucifix in Kiev - Boing Boing 0822 We * up 7:25; W=194.8!; d, n, t; dishes, exercise ! pleased about the weight @ VMware virtual machines targeted by “Crisis” espionage malware | Ars * bank: deposit rent check. YD doing account maintenance. * N. brought the kids over at noon to be sat on * Look at phone bill. Something weird going on. Pay PG+E -> cleverly set up 6492 for eBill, and forgot to pay on time. Gaak! wireless bill printed on 0814. ~ update addresses for AT+T -- 6609 doesn't have an apartment # * Install a segment of track above the sewing machine table; add shelves. sort brackets. * dinner: meatballs, shell pasta, broccoli; sauce and cherries brought by N : amusing note: we're 133 miles from Vancouver, BC, and 174 from Vancouver, WA 0823 Th * up 6:40; W=195.4; d, n, t; dishes ~ 9ish start getting ready to take YD to N's * 9:30 YD needs to be at N's for kid-sitting - leave 9:15 * bring back 2 boxes of "cottons", the widescreen monitor, and the laser printer * add link to resume.doc on Stephen.Savitzky.net @ The coming civil war over general purpose computing - Boing Boing @ Build A Kit | Ready.gov * Job fair: Red Lion Bellevue 11 to 1 and 3 to 7 -> only company hiring software types is boeing, and probably not local * container store: http://goo.gl/maps/FTjQC 700 Bellevue Way Northeast #120 Bellevue, WA 98004 -> apparently they ship, so that's what we do from now on. Otherwise it's pretty obnoxious. Had a couple of good conversations with the sales people. At least three who'd moved up from the Bay Area. @ Building Websites that Find Clients for You li(Matt Leger) @ Why passwords have never been weaker—and crackers have never been stronger 0824 Fr * up 7:20; W=196.4; d, n, t; laundry, dishes @ Why Bitcoin lives in a “legal gray area” | Ars Technica * installed track and standards in laundry closet screwed directly into the top plate, so dead simple. * found the other charger for cygnus, in a box with the knee and ankle braces. : realized that I can't put any shelves closer than 30" to the laundry closet because of the door. :( @ What Successful People Do With The First Hour Of Their Work Day | Fast Company $ 363.42 4-year contract on dishwasher starts 9/16. * 1pm bank: deal with 401k rollover. Colleen should get her address changed. I'm guessing I want to roll over as much as I can, (including some to make up for the withholding); x maybe use the rest for debt reduction. x Put enough of the rollover into a bank IRA to keep a balance of > $10K. -> withholding more than the nontaxable amount, so it all got rolled over * went out with Colleen for Rite-Aid, Albertson's, UB * pay insurance bill (credit card, on their website, because running late) @ Coming Out as Demiromantic " next to no one knows what demiromanticism is, or has even imagined such a thing could be possible. But it is. I am. I largely do not have or feel the need for romantic attachments, but hold the ability to develop that kind of attachment with someone with whom I already feel close. I only “fall in love” with someone when I already know and understand them as a person. % um... yeah. This. Or possibly aromantic; hard to tell. Demisexual, too. * installed 12" shelf in the laundry closet (moved from the corner) Need one or two 3' shelves in that corner. 0825 Sa * up 9am; W=194.6; d, n, t, h; dishes, laundry @ Cat Sitting Still - Extreme--the idea that a woman really does own her own body. @ siliconshaman | The on-coming storm... Peter Turchin ~= Hari Seldon Foundation series - Wikipedia * walk: Green Lake Park st/rolled maybe 1.5-2mi, ~ halfway around. Started with picnic lunch of ham sandwiches; left YD reading under a tree @ The Wordsmith's Forge - Character Relationships more variety! * all tracks in bedroom up; sewing corner shelves up. % contented, tired. Feet hurt from standing up for a couple of hours after walking for nearly an hour. But it's good. " (18:08:12) ***mdlbear has the bedroom shelf tracks up, the sewing corner track and shelves up, dinner started, and a glass of gin. Contented but tired bear. * dinner: a can of pork-and-beans, a kielbasa, and leftover veggies @ Trial Verdict Could Benefit Samsung More Than Apple, Blogs Say * brought in the last of the wire shelving from the van. Some 12" brackets seem to be missing; no doubt in a box somewhere. * Replaced the 6' shelf across the bed with 2 5'shelves. Symmetrical. Colleen loses a foot, but ok. Took in 2 fabric boxes from LR. @ (21:31:15) mdlbear: I have been adjusting shelves in the bedroom. I have installed 24' of shelf since this morning. Not all full of boxes or their contents yet, but it's progress. Three more boxes off the floor now. * feed piggies