Weeknote #84 (20260503-20260509)

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This ended up being somewhat of a rebound week — all the things I’d pushed off because I was on-site the last couple weeks rebounded back, right into my face. Most of the week was start work early, get crushed by 6 or 7 hours of meetings, stop to gym and/or cook dinner, and then go back for another hour or two before collapsing into bed. Not recommended.

did

  • Built the Emacs 31 release candidate — whee
  • Did another round of work on the garden — topped the raised bed off with a little more dirt, then got up Saturday and went to the farmers market to get starts — 6 tomato plants, about 6 peppers, some romaine, some basil — and there’s room for several more plants, depending on what I find

read

I read a lot of Choose Your Own Adventure books as a kid, so it’s not much of a surprise that “Foundational Texts: Forks and Branches” resonated for me

Unread bookmark count back up to 217 sigh

watched

Awesome video for Future Island’s “Long Flight”, the scenes with the Japanese rockabilly otaku are fantastic

cooked

  • Monday: grilled sausages
  • Tuesday: grilled chicken tacos with roasted tomatillo salsa (this was great)
  • Wednesday: grilled pork chops, caprese salad
  • Thursday: seared albacore with chimichurri rojo
  • Saturday: grilled steaks and roasted potatoes (this was kinda horribad; I miscalculated my fire and way overcooked the steaks, and burned a bunch of the potatoes. Ho hum.)

looking forward to

This coming Saturday, I fly out to New York to help Mx19 move into their summer dorm. Looking forward to seeing them for the first time since the winter break; also looking forward to getting a little early summer NYC under my feet…