The Mandelbear's Musings

I think I'm doing a little better -- I've definitely shaken whatever virus I had on Friday, and I took a couple of short walks (not wanting to overdo it while recovering). I'm still stressed over $COMPANY -- my new interview is tomorrow. It's 10am -- I'm hoping that the new hiring manager will take me out to lunch, like the previous one did. If he doesn't offer, I think I'll ask -- it's important.

I finally did something I should have done months ago, or even last week, and pulled up the ACM's "books 24/7" page. Currently reading about Hadoop and jQuery, with a Drupal book in the queue. I was pointed at the page by an update email.

Some progress on the apartment, with a couple more boxes collapsed and the spices sorted out a little better. We'll get there. I think.

Quite a few good links in the notes, including some of the results from a link-chase on St. John's wort, which I've been considering. Not going there -- it interacts badly with too many other things. OTOH I should probably try dropping my statin for a couple of weeks before my next blood work, to see if I still need it.

0915 Sa
  * up 9am; W=195.0, T=97.5; d, n, t; laundry
  % feeling much better; hopefully this will persist into the evening.
  * 9:15 3 aspirin
  @ The Omniscient Breasts by Kate Elliott f(Nora Rivkis) Male Gaze in fiction
  @ HBR w/o DRM - Boing Boing 
    "Following the lead of Baen, O'Reilly Media, and Tor, the Harvard Business
     Review has decided to go DRM free."  
  @ How A Political Poem Was Bullied Out of Me - Vimeo  ‏@OccupyWallSt
    Chicago teachers' strike.  Powerful poetry.
  @ Senior Care Robot Deserves a Hug
  @ Demanding A Student's Facebook Password A Violation Of First Amendment
    Rights, Judge Says | Techdirt 
  @ AVON Representative EMERALD SAVITZKY serving the Lk Forest Pk, WA area
  @ Rick Santorum: Conservatives Will "Never Have The Elite, Smart People On Our Side" 
  @ Is it true that “not everyone can be a programmer”? | Ars Technica
  @ All Kindle Fires sold to US customers will have home screen ads | Ars Technica
    Amazon caves in, will remove ads from Kindle Fire for $15 fee | Ars Technica 
  * create ORCA card account
  @ CUNY Administration Declares War On Rebel English Department WTF?
    (@studentactivism via @shermandorn)
  : received refund check from Greenwaste - tenants have taken over account.
  * walk:  1mi (to N. end of sidewalk)
  @ This Just In: ALA Decries Hachette’s 220% Library Ebook Price Increase @BoingBoing
  @ Herbal Supplements - 15  St. John's wort increases liver activity,
    which reduces the effectiveness of several drugs including blood thinners + statins 
  @ Six Supplements to Avoid If You're Taking a Statin Medication 
    Statins' activity is also reduced by antacids (don't take within 2 hours)
    and they can interact dangerously with niacin.  I may be better off dropping
    simvastatin and aggrenox, replacing citalopram with SJW, taking more
    aspirin, and drinking grapefruit juice with breakfast. 
  @ St. John's Wort Side Effects and Warnings | FoundHealth 
    OTGH SJW appears to affect *lots* of drugs, and functions as an MAOI.  gleep?
  @ Will Apple's Tacky Software-Design Philosophy Cause A Revolt? One can hope
    "In addition to being unhelpfully ostentatious, the visual metaphors are
     also outmoded in the eyes of many." 
  * 15min:  re-arrange spice drawers.  One cube box collapsed.
  @ Intel Confirms Decline of Server Giants HP, Dell, and IBM | Wired.com 
    Google now the 5th largest server manufacturer!
  @ It's Time to Stop Pretending Abortion and Birth Control Aren't Economic Issues
  * 15min:  puttering in the bedroom.  Consolidated a little.  Moved 2 boxes
    away from my side of the bed and into the storage corner.
  * 15min:  about half of the candle box put away in the buffet

0916 Su
  * up 9am; W=194.0; d, n, t; laundry, exercise, shower, dishes
  * went through stack of pants in bottom drawer.  Found some in need of work,
    others a little too small.  2 pair of Haggar, marginally on the small side.
  @ ‘I’m Bored’ and ‘Hello! Hello!’ - NYTimes.com want both!
  @ Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility is a High Tech Robotic Green Dinosaur 
  @ D.C. Launches First Ever Transgender Respect Ad Campaign (browngirl via acelightning)
  @ Researchers Build Supercomputer from Legos and Raspberry Pi : TreeHugger 
  * Grocery shopping.  Bought a CD at the Farmer's Market from a harpist, Linda
    Khandro -- Tethys.  Very unusual double-strung folk harp.  The CD also has
    flutes and kotos.  Some of the tracks have contrabass flute.  Very cool instrument.
  @ Open Mics Around Puget Sound (Victory Music via Linda Khandro) 
    nights near 98155 (openmikes.org)    
  * walk:  d=1.5mi; to 135th St and back; Walgreen's on the way back
  * drop digital album price for CC+S to $9.99 (iTunes price)
  " (20:11:21) mdlbear: I seem to be taking about one walk / week.  That is Not Enough!
  @ 26 Internet safety talking points | Dangerously Irrelevant (kayshapero)
  * started reading ebooks on Hadoop and jQuery on ACM's site