TIME Wow the pub opened nine hours ago. Then I remembered that the rest of the world wakes up three hours earlier than the Pacific coast. Speaking of time my birthday is coming up soon and I actually DID write a one-woman show for my birthday AND gave a preview of it this just past Monday in Vancouver. and people were omg, lil, you have to take this on the road, to the Fringe, to the . . . and I'm, like, no. I'm committed to doing it in my backyard, at my birthday party in Ontario on August 19 (real birthday August 16), and that's it. It's pretty raw: domestic violence, recovery and redemption, crazy husband shit, nightmares of dating, and more redemption. It's hard enough to live it, but to relive it (on stage) and make it funny [note laughter in picture] is exhausting. But yay!! it's done. The title of the piece is Every Marriage Is a Good Marriage: Even the Bad Ones.
I love self-birthday presents like this. Not nearly as creative, but a few years ago I memorized Hamlet's to be or not to be soliloquy for my b-day. I still have it. I have been in PST the last weeks, and have found it easier to open the pub before falling asleep.
Hey Hubski, missed you guys, according to the number on my profile I have been here for 4 years... I am late to the Pub, long day in the lab :D Well, Ill go get a beer. Psychedelic research group I finally decided to take a risk and start a group/club at my university that deals with psychedelic science, politics, and harm reduction. I have been active in "the scene" for the past 2 years going to conferences like Breaking Convention or Beyond Psychedelics and providing basic drug testing at Midburn (the Israeli regional burning man event). I also became a member of MIND Foundation a group of academics that wants to push psychedelic research in Germany and wrote my first blog post about a study explaining how LSD binds to the 5-HT-2A receptor. Last week we had our second meeting and we are in total 7 people now. We had a surprise visit from a well-known professor at uni. I was shocked and excited at once. He was very constructive, wants to help us out and is in general a psychedelics nerd (and a big fan of Sasha Shulgin). Looking forward to our next meeting when the semester starts again :) I am sick of fuck buddies I never thought I would say this but I have enough. For the past 4-5 years I have been "single". Yeah, not in a committed relationship, a third wheel in a poly relationship or just having sex. It was all nice and good but for a long time I had the feeling that I am missing something. I miss being in a relationship. I miss being close to someone, waking up next to someone, imagining a future with someone. For some reason I keep ending up in short-term things that last a few months in summer, meet women that I lose interest in after a few weeks or fall in love with girls that are in relationships (the flavour of this year). Sometimes I catch myself thinking that I might have to stay alone and that I need to be fine with that, in case it happens. But why? Everyone around me is getting married. having children, building lives... I figured that I need to distract myself from this dig deep into my thesis, do loads of sports. Oh, time to grab another beer...
Thank you blush I was busy dealing with some things. Maybe I should have dealt with them with Hubski instead of away from it. What is your opinion on Hermann Hesse? I have been going through his books recently and find them very interesting. Specially Steppenwolf...
Sewing shit Some shirts I made last week. This is the first time I've done any sewing in about 3 months. One of my favorite shirts I've ever made. Really well executed and lovely design. Pretty fine lines, kind of hard to see the print - it's umbrellas and rain. Been wanting to make this one since when it actually rained here. b-b-b-branding! Bought these labels in December and have never used them. --------------------- When I was back on the east coast this past week, I met a friend's fiance - a woodworker who has made enough to afford a downpayment on a house just through selling things on Etsy. I talked with her all night about logistics and how to dip my toes into selling clothes online, and I think I am finally going to give this a shot. I have no work the next 3 weeks until preschool starts, and I have the fabric to make about 10 shirts. I think I'm going to make those, work on putting together a passable site, and see how those 10 shirts sell. I'll be timing myself throughout this process just to get a better idea of how long specific tasks take me, and figure out whether it's best to do tasks in bulk, or make an entire shirt at once. If it seems like it's worth the time and energy, I'll start spending about 10 hours a week (or more, but that should be about 3 well done shirts a week) working on clothes to sell - I don't see it as a main job anytime in the forseeable future, but it could be a solid source of additional funds. Speaking of which, the price that I am thinking of starting at for shirts is $40 for a basic short sleeve shirt (like the bee shirt above). For an additional $5, you can get one/two pockets, or a Mandarin collar (as seen in the umbrella shirt). For an additional $10, you can make it long sleeved (though I honestly may not consider this as an option for now, just because the shirts I am pre-making for sale will all be short sleeved). I would like to eventually move the base price higher so that I can consistently afford higher quality fabric, but $40 seems reasonable to me for now. Keep an eye out, hoping to have the Etsy live by the end of the month.
Dude. Can't wait. Also, I was listening to some random version of Heartache by the Number on the radio the other day and I found myself wondering how you'd end up singing it. If you ever took requests for songs, that'd be mine. ;)Keep an eye out, hoping to have the Etsy live by the end of the month.
I'm a bit late to the conversation it'd seem. I still have plans to write up a trip report of my experience on the PCT Washington section (about 500 miles, hiked in just over 3 weeks). Being back in civilization has been weird—having regular and easy access to the internet has made time wasting a lot easier, plus I have a lot more productive things I want to be doing, which my brain isn't used to. I bought a Nintendo 64 since getting back home. At the moment I just have 4 games for it: Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time; Super Mario 64; Super Smash Bros; and MarioKart. Having never played Ocarina of Time before, I can see why it's so highly regarded. I played Zelda Twilight Princess on the Wii a few years ago, and even though Ocarina of Time has vastly inferior graphics, I still like it better than Twilight Princess. I didn't have a Nintendo 64 growing up, but my cousins did and we'd play whenever we visited, so it is nonetheless a very nostalgic experience for me. I've been spending a fair amount of time playing Ocarina of Time. I plan to finish the game before starting Super Mario 64. There's still some more adjusting to do to fully be back in "civilization mode". I haven't fully unpacked and cleaned my gear from my backpacking, so it's making my room fairly dirty. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get to a) finish cleaning and putting away my gear, b) categorize and make photo albums of my trip, and c) post a trip report to Hubski. I'll get there eventually—perhaps tomorrow is that eventuality.
How do I avoid regretting the potentially giant tattoo ive been wanting to get for a year now?
it's a combination of Armenian symbology. It's this with a pomegranate tree snaking through out blossoming on the outer border. Or at least that's my current idea. I just noticed that on my last comment. It's a little up it's own ass but I understand the intention.
There's a Halloween themed half marathon I'm thinking about running. I'm soliciting ideas for running friendly costumes. I know people will go over the top on costumes, but I'd want something that doesn't make the run much harder.
Birds Chicken coop and run is just about done. We moved the birds out there on Saturday and they seem to be enjoying it quite a bit. It's twice the size of the box they were living in in our dining room. Look at this handsome roo: Broke out the OA torch and "forged" some brackets for the ramp from the coop to the run out of a bit of rebar. In the process of making these I broke a drill bit, but I was able to re-grind it myself and it still cuts great. School My advisor told me to take this week off and I am following her advice and trying not to work on much related to research or teaching or whatnot. Instead I'm trying to wrap up a handful of projects that have sat too long at the almost-done stage. Ambitious Project Not being content to merely finish stuff that I've already started, I have begun a new undertaking. Some friends of mine run a colo "business"/hobby and want to offer cheap Raspberry Pi colocation. You can buy "Compute Module" Pis that are pretty much the CPU + RAM + a few capacitors on a PCB that will fit in a DDR2 laptop RAM slot. I have started drawing up schematics for a backplane that has everything else those compute modules need: USB, Ethernet, power, storage, etc. It'll be quite interesting -- doing Gigabit Ethernet trace layout requires a bit of EE black magic -- but hopefully the end result will be really cool. Right now we're guesstimating that we can fit somewhere around 150-200 Pis in 1U if we can manage to get power and heat to cooperate.
Being away: Last week I went on a hike through the Table Mountains. Took some clothes, food and a pair of relevant books to work on my thesis without being distracted. The only thing that slightly ruined it for me was one obnoxious family managed to get lost and I had to guide them back. Effectively I lost a day on this because if they managed to lose trail where I met them, I would not trust them to remember directions or be able to read the map. Having a GPS means precisely shit if you don't have some spatial sense to back it up, just saying. Otherwise, it was a very pleasant week. Most of the time I only passed two or three groups per day with only the above one being a major disappointment. I've seen some wild animals, met a bunch of students and faculty from the Wrocław University (all of them from maths which was a bit odd) and visited most of my favourite places around that area. I feel invigorated and already have some ideas about my projects, academic or other. No trip report as I forgot that I have a camera. Chess: I think that I've played one of my better games during the night between Monday and Tuesday. Here it is. I'm still too jittery to do a proper analysis just yet, but I would be glad to get some input from other chess players around here. #chess Books: GEB is a bit of a slog (about 30% done, though). That's in a large part because I forgot to take it with me on a trip, not because I don't find it as interesting. It's a shame that I've already seen most of this stuff covered in other books, though. I'm going to assume that that's the main problem with reading any highly influential book: it should be read first or it will lose a lot of its original impact. That said, English not being my first language seems to actually work in my favour: I don't know any better so I don't care about weird phrases or syntax. I've also rented both the first volume of Durant's series along with the, recommended by kleinbl00, Tony Judt's Postwar to have something to read while I'll be in Germany. Let's see if/when I'll break.
If I gave you the impression I didn't like the Durant books, it was an error of mine. The early ones are great. Take the one you're reading - what is it, 900 pages that blitzes through six thousand years and three continents? That shit is positively bracing compared to 1100 pages that covers 1783-1822 in France, England and Germany. The Millennium Trilogy books are pretty great if you don't focus on them too closely. They're like Dan Brown done right.
My mother-in-law's home town is dying. It began as a railroad town 140 years ago serving the surrounding farm and ranch land. The railroad work left decades ago, and everyone under 60 followed work onto the nearest city. My wife and mother-in-law are going back for a funeral. My wife has been playing piano at the funerals for of all her grandmother's close friends. (The church accompanist has gotten too arthritic to play in the last few years.) Only 2 buildings appear to have been renovated this millennia: 1 taco restaurant 1 funeral home The VFW hall is the main community center, but it doesn't need renovation: it's one of those pre-fab metal buildings and it will outlast the town. That town creeps me out. ---------- Other stuff: I'm making plans for my balcony garden but haven't started yet. Hopefully I will remember to take progress pics.
Reflecting on a lot of things. A year and a half ago I barely hiked or ran, and now that's mostly what I do in my free time. Guitar has taken a back seat, though I think a lot of that and my angst about radio are justified given my experiences in those scenes in the PNW (oh no). Whereas the running and outdoors community have been much more down to Earth and friendly. However, has this resulted in me not necessarily wanting to be in a relationship? Or more unable to be in one than in the past. For a while, yes, thought I wanted one and it would be great but now that I've been in one for a few months, that's not necessarily the case. Or maybe the bigger problem is I hadn't given enough thought as to what I want in/from a relationship. Or is it that I have ventured so far into those communities that it has cut me off from being romantically viable/compatible with people not in those communities. Unrelated friends/people at restaurants/people at bars keep making this assumption that I'm dating person X, Y, etc. when we're out after a run or whatever. What do I want.
Again, I feel like whenever I come back to read a comment or post from you, we seem to run in parallel. I can connect to how you feel. I also mainly run, hike or climb in my free time and have similar thoughts about relationships. Oh dear elders, come and guide us. Have you ever read Hermann Hesse?
mk am I missing something, when did this become a "discuss" button and "contribute" button? Whoa. Welcome back, Cumol! It's good to see you here again. There's something about being outdoors that's exceedingly human. I think that running, in particular, is one of the most human activities. Other animals sprint, dig, fight, etc., but very few are built for distances the way a person is. And yet it seems like very few people take advantage of that. The relationships question is a big one. I just saw your post and have a question for you, as it's a problem I have as well. What is it that causes you to lose interest after a few weeks? Nope! I've never even (knowingly) heard of Hermann Hesse before. Any recommendations on a good place to start with him?
As a Hesse fan, please excuse me barging into this conversation. The works of his I'd most recommend are: Narcissus and Goldmund, Steppenwolf, and his magnum opus The Glass Bead Game (for which he won the Nobel Prize in Literature). In fact, it was in that order that I read those works of his. His stories often deal with characters going through (trans)formative times in their lives, and contain a good amount of philosophy and metaphor.
This doesn't sound too dissimilar from Kundera, whom I love. I think I will start with Narcissus and Goldmund or Siddhartha. The reading list keeps growing...His stories often deal with characters going through (trans)formative times in their lives, and contain a good amount of philosophy and metaphor.
I read Siddhartha first which I inhaled. A short but good read. Then I read Steppenwolf. This took me a while but I think this is my favorite of him. I just finished Narziß und Goldmund lately and think it is fabulous too. He is very good at telling stories of characters and how they pass through their lives.
I tried doing a self-designed MDMA therapy session last Sunday- but I'm not Cumol, I'm just an idiot who once tried pushing MAPS at his university once when he was a psychology undergrad. I do not recommend trying something like this. Don't rationalize yourself into doing something like this without proper guidance. Some notes. =============== - I have vastly underestimated how depressed I was going to feel the days afterward. Maybe it was a lot easier for me to handle when I was still at 135 pounds instead of 200, or just younger in general. - I had been saving this dose of MDMA for about three years now. It's hard to keep something like this without romanticizing it in someway. In Milan Kundera's The Farewell Waltz there is a character named Jakub who keeps a poison pill on him because he believes that it is a right for a person to decide when they should end their own life (somewhat satirically). I've kept this dose on me because I joke to myself that it is a right for a person to decide when they should be happy (somewhat satirically). - I told my therapist last week that I was planning on doing this, and he strongly discouraged it. I did it anyway and just finished debriefing with him on it today. - I've spent the weekend reading and attempting to apply The Joy of Tidying Up to my room, anticipating the life changing effects of the trip. The hardest part was giving away a lot of books that decidedly, don't bring me any joy.. - I asked a friend to record and ask me questions and interview me. I had a list from the MAPS MDMA therapy guide, a bunch of notecards I wrote to ask myself, and my friend wanted to ask the 36 Questions to Fall In Love. - The trip? Heh. I'm still thinking about it. I have a snippet from the recording that I was about to share, but I'm not sure if it's appropriate- I am peaking and asking my interviewer if she wants to cuddle and talking about how I want to meet kleinbl00 for lunch. It's embarrassing as all hell. - Big note: I've decided that this will be my last piling onto pubski for pity purposes- a big (duhhh) insight that has come from my trip is that I tend to approach topics through my problems first, seeking conversations where I can rattle on about myself and get relief from my self-loathing. It's a terrible habit. I'm gonna try to journal these things instead.
I think through a year of hubskis and pubskis I've gone from working at a startup to NEET to starting an online literary journal to employed at an agency to freelance web designer bordering NEET. It's kind of a messy backstory, but I think burnout, ADHD, and internet addiction are the main themes? I did it because it felt like a good time to finally try it out. The days afterward were terrible. After the trip I slept for 12 hours, and the next day I couldn't bring myself to do anything but play Legend of Zelda BOTW for the whole day (which is kind of interesting, because I find gameplay in it intrinsically rewarding). The past three days not only have me fatigued and easily irritable, but also as if my ability to feel joy has been muted, instead only feeling states of relief from being not-hungry and not-bored. My original tripsitter was going to be an old friend from high school, but they couldn't make it. I asked someone else I had slight romantic intentions for to replace them, which may have been a bad idea. I'm pretty sure I would have asked both to cuddle. The craving for physical interaction while on MDMA is insane. In the recording, I compared the inability to cuddle to an extreme loneliness, almost feeling like a sunburn. Negative thoughts tend to spiral in that state though.
What does did you take? How "healthy" do you feel (more physical than mental)? The choice of a tripsitter is important. The denial of cuddling/hugging/touch on MDMA can spiral out into negative thoughts that can reinforce pre-existing anxiety. I figured you guys were in it romantically because you mentioned the 36 Questions to Fall In Love. Did she deny you any contact? Was it your first time on MDMA? Was it MDMA at all (did you use a test kit?)?
Oh man. Now I feel really bad about not being vigorous with it, haha. Hm. I don't remember the dose, because it was saved from my college years. I remember it being very strong having word from the person I got it from that it was pure. That's not the best, I know. My tripsitter was someone that I trusted, which was the most important thing to me. We're both very open and flippant about intentions, and we both knew going in that it wasn't a romantic sort of thing. We've also talked about the 36 questions before- they're just really good talking questions. She was professional about me wanting contact, gave hugs, but knew not to give me too much credit as an irrational actor. She handled me really well, and after the trip I was really embarrassed but she assured me today that I was fine. An aside, the cuddling thing, reminds me of this page from a manga that's kind of parallel to how I am right now. Oh, no, it was not my first MDMA at all. I believe I've taken it... 6-10 times in my life? I considered myself a psychonaut for a few years. How far does your interest go? The last thing, on reflection, is that there was this feeling of closure that I usually expect from MDMA, but it didn't come to me this time. It was the most disappointing aspect of the trip, I believe. I think it's because I wasn't successful in connecting my state of bliss to my current life. Note that this doesn't mean that the trip was a failure.
Sorry for the late response, I missed it somehow... weewooweewoo I know the feeling of wanting to be hugged very well. My first MDMA experience actually changed the way I hugged people for ever. I didn't notice it at first until my best friend from home said to me: "You hug for real now. What happened?". I embrace and go into full hugs more often now. Before I would do a quick greet hug without actually thinking that people need a proper "holding" hug. And I also found out I need those hugs too. A friend did a workshop at the burn and showed people how to hug more fully. Basically doing a heart-to-heart hug, adapting you body to the person you are hugging :) Good luck with your process. If you ever need to talk to someone from far away, let me know <3
Fishing season just ended, and it's starting to get dark before 10pm here. I haven't traveled this summer and would be totally down to do the opposite trip. Just let me know!
Coyotes Dude. I don't even know, but something got our neighborhood duo going last night. I was sitting, reading the news, waiting to fall asleep for about two or three hours and they were going on and on outside howling and yelping the entire time about a quarter mile or so away from the house. Then this morning, I get up to get some coffee and talk to my roommate and they said that they woke up around three o'clock and heard them going across the street. Don't get me wrong, cause it's fun to hear them, but it strikes me as a bit out of the ordinary for them to go on all night, especially as you only hear them once or twice a year. Books Sitting in a box of random art supplies that I didn't know we had, is a book I didn't know we had. How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way. No idea where either of those things came from, but I think I'll thumb through the book today and see if it's something worth keeping. Memory Last night, I had something I wanted to share on Pubski and I was sure I wouldn't possibly forget it. This morning though? Nadda. Memory can be weird sometimes. The other week, Dala and I were watching a movie and I was trying to remember David Bowie's name, but for the life of me, I couldn't. What was weird was I was trying for about fifteen minutes, going through his songs in my head, remembering their titles, lyrics, and melodies clearly. I could name some movies he was in and the characters he played, bring to mind famous photographs of him, but couldn't bring up his name to save my life. Eventually, I just turned to Dala and said "The guy who played the Goblin King in the Labyrinth. What's his name?" She looked at me like I was an idiot, said his name, and ever since, I haven't forgotten. Brains are weird.
Last night I was out at a bar, and a song was playing. I could mostly hear it, and I knew I knew the musician. My first thought was "Coco Rosie," but that wasn't right. Then I remembered I had her album, and it was on the shelf to the left of Okkervil River. So it had to start with an O or an N. I remembered the cover of both albums I have and the name of one: Ys. Eventually I got it: Joanna Newsome. Brains are indeed weird.Memory
I looked at you funny because that was such a role reversal for us. Usually I am the fuzz - brain who can't think of someone's name. (Assuming I knew it to begin with!) I probably got that drawing book in a box at a yard sale or something. I have gotten my hands on all kinds of books that way.
So I graduate from a school next week. A school that took me three years to finish. I can't fully comprehend that it's almost over. A friend recently compared the course to "walking straight at a revolutionary war era firing line, without a weapon". It's the most apt description I've heard so far. You keep on walking straight while guys to the left and right go down. Before you know it you're stumbling around the British lines with no one from the beginning left, wondering when they're going to realize you don't belong. So yeah; blood, sweat, and maybe some tears. In other news I went backpacking in the Greyson Highlands last weekend. I've lived in NC for four years and hadn't yet stepped any sections of the Appalachian trail. Well I don't know if the section I was on is exceptionally beautiful or if thats the norm, but either way I now completely understand why through hiking is so popular.
Congratulations and great metaphor from your friend. I had a husband once who was a glazier. He'd be up on high buildings installing windows. He said that sometimes the work had to be so fine and exact that he couldn't wear gloves. Working with glass, he said, you had to bleed. You had no choice. I saw grad school that way - and a lot of school. You have to bleed. You have no choice.
You know this comment has resonated with me quite a bit. Mostly because it's so damn appropriate. The funny thing is that it doesn't really hurt-it's an accepted pain. We know it's necessary, so why really suffer it?
I'm in San Diego at RAADfest, a life extension conference. It's my first time here. My impression is that the people her span the gamut. I had a couple of interesting conversations already, however. Today my daughter drew the sun and its heliosphere and started explaining to my wife what it is. I have never been so proud. She learned it on her own from her iPad somehow.
BERKS I am with in spitting distance of the halfway mark of Wealth of Nations. Progressed 18% of it between Friday and now. Will probably put it down for a bit, as I'm starting to read it just to finish. If that were the goal, I could have gotten there a lot quicker by not starting. Hit the 40% mark in Darkwater. I recommend reading it. I'm about to wander off and start in on Phenomenology of Spirit while I've got Wealth on the back burner. Edit: Almost through the introduction. Thus far, Hegel is slippery. He slides off the page and out of your head. Discovered RSVP "speed reading" extensions for Chrome. This is now my favorite way to read speech transcripts. Ran Deb's Canton Ohio speech through it and was surprised at how enjoyable that was. Not super sold on reading regular prose this way, though. WERKS Had the day off today. Made molasses cookies. BARKS Mr. pup got a bath and is currently at peak fluff.
Man, I'm thirsty enough that that half-empty pils looks appealing. Work I'm almost at the three week mark at the new gig. I'm feeling comfortable with my new role, starting to feel confident in my understanding of the research protocols I am on-paper in charge of. I figured out my lab coat sizing and I'm feeling more relaxed when I go up onto the inpatient floors to collect data and samples. My last gig was almost 100% outpatient and there's definitely been some adapting to the increased gravitas of the inpatient setting. These are some super sick folks and they can go from pleasant and conversational to full coma in the span of hours, as a completely expected and 'normal' course of their illness. My boss has high expectations, much like the last one. In contrast to the last one though, he's got a very structured way about onboarding new research staff and having an itinerary to fall back on is nice when things get slow. Related, I met my first patient with Tuberculosis today and I think I handled myself well. Not that I thought I would freak out or anything, it's just an unknown that is now becoming more and more normal. Also my whole unit is going to Washington DC in November for a conference! This is rather exciting for me as I've never had the chance to attend an investigators conference except by webinar and that's not at all the same thing. This working group really makes a point to network the research staff at different institutions so that we know each other well enough to feel comfortable bouncing ideas and problems back and forth, rather than everybody overwhelming the coordinating center with inanities. Play The RPS and I spent the weekend at Coast Guard festival on the west coast of Michigan. Because my workday now starts at 0700 and I'm a creature of habit we were up before 8 both Saturday and Sunday and used the time to go do (lazy) yoga on the beach, listening to gulls fight each other for the detritus of the day before. I'm not normally a morning workout person but there was a certain satisfaction that came along with being productive before most people were awake, or at least active. Thoughts When we got home on Sunday I had a real emotional moment where I realized on a pretty deep level that I'm going to be okay. I've weathered all kinds of storms and managed to not only survive but have some fun in the process. My RPS and I have endured a brief season of scarcity and doubt and came through it stronger, and we are well prepared for the next few months as she gets back into school. I'm deeply grateful for her and her influence, and I hope to be as supportive of her as she has been of me.
Very true. I've been working on my morning routine lately; I wake up at about 0420 and meditate, jog in place for 30 min. or do a combo workout with weights and pilates before showering, dressing, and eating breakfast. It is quite nice to have my fitbit tell me I have hit my 10K before I even make it home from work - especially considering I am in a desk job! Good to hear that things are going well with work and the RPS!there was a certain satisfaction that came along with being productive before most people were awake, or at least active.
I rode to San Francisco from Seattle on my motorcycle to attend my 30th high school reunion, last weekend. The ride was great. The reunion was ok. I had a nice time, but it wasn't anything special. Now I'm building stairs so my sister can get up into bed after she gets her throat surgery in two weeks. She's gotta wear a chest-and-neck brace to keep her throat totally immobile for two weeks, and getting up into bed is gonna be tough. So I'm building her steps. Like a Good Big Brother would! :-) Here. Let's see if there is a way to share a photo from my Google photo library here: http://imgur.com/a/aBcTr Update: Nope. Can't make the link work. Even from imgur, and even with the dotJPG added to the end trick. Oh well. Click it and you will see me and my bike. Oh exiting.
My arduous mobile workflow is to upload it with the Imgur app, view the image, long-press on the image itself and finally to Copy Direct Link. :| By the by, Judts Postwar has also been on my reading list for a long time. I'm also probably gonna drive into that once I'm back home.
I guess my problem is that I am really happy with my initial experience with Google's Photos app, and am slowly transitioning over to it. Sharing an image is... non-intuitive. It seems to create an album, rather than a single image I can link to. I'd hoped I could avoid doing the imgur intermediate step. Maybe I can. I need to care more, first, and then I need to schedule some time to research it. Neither of which are highly likely. :-)
abandonment issues At the end of the month about half of my office is leaving for retirement or other jobs. The issue I have is that they are most of the good half. Not to mention that my workload is going to suck a whole lot until we can replace them. I am not sure whether I want to cuss or cry. I will probably do a little of both by the end of this. telescopes Finally played around with this old telescope that I have and used it to look at something other than the moon. I spotted Jupiter and the Galilean moons a couple weeks back and last weekend I got it lined up on Venus. Saturn will be my next target, I wonder if I will be able to discern the rings from the disc of the planet with what I have. I know they are supposed to be tilted toward us for good viewing right now. francopoli - any ideas on places that might be able to clean a telescope? It has a defunct wasp nest in it, it looks like. I was thinking about calling around to camera shops or the local observatory.
I could kinda make out the bands on Jupiter, could be that the scope needs more cleaning than I think it does (likely) or could have been atmosphere issues that made things not as clear. Of course, I also need to learn the scope and what my two eyepieces are best at as well.
Every day I deal with people, every day I have to work with the offline world, I ask about how people use the internet. Every conversation makes me have that moment where I go 'WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK YOU CUNT' in my head. And every day I begin to believe more and more that the Internet was a mistake. The generation that could not fix the blinking "12:00" on their new-fangled VCR's are now running the country.
Last year I bought some bitcoin to get a 30% discount on modafanil and it turned into $106 without me knowing about it. A friend of mine told me to keep sitting on it. I don't really get the investing part of it. I feel like I won a scratch lottery. I'm so fucking giddy right now, haha. I wonder if there's a way to design my life around maximizing pleasant surprises. Don't some people here work or invest in Ethereum or something?
Many of us have invested in ETH at some point over the last two to three years. insomniasexx is the developer behind myetherwallet and is very involved in the ETH community.