Weekly diary, September 1, 2019
Fall is here! (Meteorologically speaking, anyway.) On the one hand, this means colder weather. On the other hand, it means the return of the crossing guard in that intersection by the school where people regularly stop in the crosswalk when there isn't anyone controlling traffic.
I wanted to get a picture of Monty and Phosphor to demonstrate how huge Phosphor is. Instead of holding still to serve as a scale reference, Monty did this. I tried to get a picture of Marlene instead, but she suspected I was up to something and ran off.
Now that the anime columns are being posted about separately and I haven't heard back from DisCon III, there's not much to talk about here. There's a project I could talk about, but it needs its own post to explain why the current challenge is trying to find a way to get along with Angular 2.
Eggsy is now down to four chains, and I have accepted that getting it up to six chains playing against very good players who were bringing decks with no handicap at all was enough of an accomplishment. Next time I bring one of the ones that I unsealed in May and haven't played since.
Made good progress in Sunless Skies, exploring a new Realm and then finding an interesting way to die. Must remember to do that ritual differently with the next captain.
Having made it to the end of The Wealth of Nations, I am celebrating by, uh, reading more British nonfiction. Grease Junkie by Edd China (or a ghostwriter, for all I know) is a belated birthday present from the SO. It details Mr. China's many adventures in building odd mechanical things, ranging from the world's fastest couch to the time he decided to try converting a bus into an apartment. Lots of useful technical details with a occasional asides like "there were only a few minor fires".
Nothing worth linking to this week.
Cat
I wanted to get a picture of Monty and Phosphor to demonstrate how huge Phosphor is. Instead of holding still to serve as a scale reference, Monty did this. I tried to get a picture of Marlene instead, but she suspected I was up to something and ran off.Fandom
Now that the anime columns are being posted about separately and I haven't heard back from DisCon III, there's not much to talk about here. There's a project I could talk about, but it needs its own post to explain why the current challenge is trying to find a way to get along with Angular 2.
Gaming
Eggsy is now down to four chains, and I have accepted that getting it up to six chains playing against very good players who were bringing decks with no handicap at all was enough of an accomplishment. Next time I bring one of the ones that I unsealed in May and haven't played since.
Made good progress in Sunless Skies, exploring a new Realm and then finding an interesting way to die. Must remember to do that ritual differently with the next captain.
Books and media
Having made it to the end of The Wealth of Nations, I am celebrating by, uh, reading more British nonfiction. Grease Junkie by Edd China (or a ghostwriter, for all I know) is a belated birthday present from the SO. It details Mr. China's many adventures in building odd mechanical things, ranging from the world's fastest couch to the time he decided to try converting a bus into an apartment. Lots of useful technical details with a occasional asides like "there were only a few minor fires".
Politics
Nothing worth linking to this week.