Weeknote #36 (20250525-20250531)

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The good weather is back! It was nice to take a few calls from the porch this week…

did

  • I got lots of Commis work done on the holiday on Monday — need to finish off the tests and do some documentation polishing-type stuff, and sit down and make a few issues to track remaining work, but it’s close to a v0.1 release, I think
  • I also sent in the deposit that finalizes my acceptance into the MSDS program at Willamette in the fall gulp.
  • Work-wise I did one more round of work on rubella; I think that one is “done” pending feedback from other folks. Time to pivot to something completely different!
  • I think I need to buy some new running shoes…
  • In theory, at some point later in the day on Friday, or first thing Saturday morning at the latest, I’m reviewing my backlog of personal/non-work stuff to do, and deciding on some things to accomplish over the weekend — only this hasn’t been happening, and I keep not getting anything done and then boom it’s Sunday evening and I have a sad. Posting this here to try to motivate myself to do better…

exercise & shoulder recovery

  • Sunday: slept in and ended up doing nothing
  • Monday: morning stretches, afternoon C25K W5D2
  • Tuesday: morning stretches, afternoon gym (usual + EZbar curls)
  • Wednesday: morning stretches; skipped run due to bad night of sleep
  • Thursday: morning stretches, afternoon gym (usual + Zottman curls)
  • Friday: morning stretches, afternoon run (C25K W5D3), which felt good
  • Saturday: late morning gym (usual stuff + EZbar curls )

read

Software doesn’t exist in a vacuum; no computer program was ever the product of immaculate conception. Software is an expression of the values of the people who created it. And too often, those values place the ease and convenience of the programmers of the software above the ease and convenience of its user.

That’s what’s wrong.

watched

  • TheWife and I are catching back up on NCIS-related stuff we missed during our binge of The Wire
  • Timbers 2-1 over the Rapids!

cooked

  • burgers and caprese saled, monday
  • roast spatchcocked chicken (basically this recipe but on the grill) and side salad, tuesday
  • grilled sausages, wednesday

looking forward to

Mx18 graduates high school at the end of next week! double gulp