Weeknote #33 (20250504-20250510)
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How is it already May? It’s kinda blowing my mind that in a little bit over 3 months, Mx18 is gonna be away at college.
did
- Met up with a friend and former coworker for coffee on Monday; we hadn’t seen each other in …probably five years? And we fell right back into our usual patterns, it was fantastic
- Attended the social meetup for the local Makerspace on Tuesday; it was good to see folks
- Work-wise, I’m continuing to grind on the rubella dataset — getting close to done!
- Went to an awards/recognition event for Mx18 and other kids in the AVID program in Salem schools — “going away to college” vibes intensified
- Spent about 5 hours power-washing on Saturday: the back deck, back patio, grill, front deck, front walk, and front deck furniture. I had had aspirations to also wash my car, but I was seriously dragging after finishing off the front bits
exercise & shoulder recovery
- Sunday: morning stretches, bike ride for groceries
- Monday: morning stretches, C25K W3D1 in the afternoon
- Tuesday: morning stretches, gym (shoulder stuff, zottman curls)
- Wednesday: morning stretches, C25K W3D2 in the afternoon
- Thursday: morning stretches, gym (shoulder stuff, EZbar curls)
- Friday: morning stretches, C25K W3D3 in the afternoon
- Saturday: skipped stretches and decided powerwashing counted as going to the gym…
read
-
A Librarian Against AI; or, I Think AI Should Leave.
AI doesn’t move us into the future, it cannibalizes the past.
listened
- Now, you may think you’ve heard the Drive By Truckers do “18 Wheels of Love” before, but… have you heard the rest of the story? (Warning: has the potential to make it dusty where you are…)
- Grey Cell Green still slaps more than 30 years later
watched
- Our rewatch of The Wire has reached S5
cooked
- grilled sausages on Monday
- …and then we ended up eating out a bunch this week,
photo
Spotted at my local — a little 3d printed goose …or is it?