fluffy beesbuzz.biz

On the plus side

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        "text": "I finally replaced my blood sugar meter and, after verifying the new one\u2019s calibration, my blood sugar is back to normal-ish, which is to say, 110 mg/dL after waking up, which is still \u201cprediabetic\u201d but not even remotely \u201cgo to the hospital.\u201dI\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s the meter or my test strips which were bad, but either way doing a refresh on the whole kit was a good idea, especially since I only do occasional testing. The included sample strips and test fluid always last me way longer than the \u201cdiscard after\u201d time, and I also was never great about closing the test strip vial after taking one out (which I guess can affect the chemistry), and given how infrequently I need to test, it just makes more sense for me to buy a new test kit bundle when I need to.I wonder what the useful lifetime on a blood glucose tester is supposed to be, anyway. They sure seem to be made to be disposable. (But also that\u2019s probably a function of how they work to begin with. Reagents always degrade, as do chemical detectors.)But at least we can take blood sugar off of my immediate list of concerns.",
        "html": "<p>I finally replaced my blood sugar meter and, after verifying the new one\u2019s calibration, my blood sugar is back to normal-ish, which is to say, 110 mg/dL after waking up, which is still \u201cprediabetic\u201d but not even remotely \u201cgo to the hospital.\u201d</p><p>I\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s the meter or my test strips which were bad, but either way doing a refresh on the whole kit was a good idea, especially since I only do occasional testing. The included sample strips and test fluid always last me way longer than the \u201cdiscard after\u201d time, and I also was never great about closing the test strip vial after taking one out (which I guess can affect the chemistry), and given how infrequently I need to test, it just makes more sense for me to buy a new test kit bundle when I need to.</p><p>I wonder what the useful lifetime on a blood glucose tester is supposed to be, anyway. They sure seem to be made to be disposable. (But also that\u2019s probably a function of how they work to begin with. Reagents always degrade, as do chemical detectors.)</p><p>But at least we can take blood sugar off of my immediate list of concerns.</p>"
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fluffy beesbuzz.biz

sadlkfaslk;jfaslkjfdaslkjfdaslkjsdajkhffasdklj;

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    "name": "sadlkfaslk;jfaslkjfdaslkjfdaslkjsdajkhffasdklj;",
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        "text": "Well I sure have a bunch of craps for the crap pile right now.\nCraps\nMy dental insurance doesn\u2019t cover crowns at all as it turns out, so it\u2019s not just that my insurance was maxed out, that crown is gonna cost me like $1800 no matter what. I\u2019m still putting it off because if I have a new crown on both sides of my mouth it\u2019ll be difficult for me to eat for a while. Which isn\u2019t great.\nI\u2019m in considerable pain right now, as usual\nMy \u201cprior authorization\u201d on my (expensive) cholesterol meds ran out and the process for getting that renewed is in some sort of limbo and I still don\u2019t think it even matters\n\nI NEED A NEW FUCKING ROOF. previous homeowner insisted it was only 10 years old when I bought the place. Multiple neighbors remember it being installed around 10 years before I bought the place. Solar panel company said the roof seemed fine for several years to come. THEY WERE ALL WRONG.\nFortunately I got an estimate on the roof replacement, and it\u2019ll cost \u201conly\u201d around $14,000, which is a lot less than I was expecting. If I\u2019d known it was going to be that cheap I\u2019d have just done it before getting solar panels! Because getting the solar panels removed and reinstalled is going to cost another $3000! ARGH\n\nThe job market still fucking sucks and I\u2019m unable to find anything I\u2019m capable of doing that also pays anything reasonable, and social security is still taking their time in evaluating my disability application, and everything\u2019s a struggle right now\n\nOn the plus sideI\u2019m finally making some progress on the GUI for Bandcrash. I\u2019ve made peace with Qt and am just using that. I wrote my own custom data binding layer so that it can just modify the JSON data directly. It seems okay. Progress is slow but hopefully it\u2019ll be worth it.Also I still have plenty of savings, at least. Sigh.I wonder how people in a similar situation to me who don\u2019t have a net worth of [somewhat large, but not quite \u201cfuck off,\u201d amount of money] handle this.I\u2019m grateful that I\u2019ve been fortunate enough to be in a situation where even all this still isn\u2019t financially ruinous.Still wish I didn\u2019t have to be grateful for that, all things considered.Anyway, while I\u2019m not even remotely close to GoFundMe levels of need, I still wouldn\u2019t mind if people would consider throwing some money my way for the stuff that I do, either via ko-fi or via buying stuff I\u2019ve made.(Note to self: there\u2019s still a lot of shit I need to get around to re-adding to my various online stores.)",
        "html": "<p>Well I sure have a bunch of craps for the crap pile right now.</p><h3>\n<a href=\"https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/12891-sadlkfaslk-jfaslkjfdaslkjfdaslkjsdajkhffasdklj#12891_h3_1_Craps\"></a>Craps</h3>\n<ol><li><p>My dental insurance doesn\u2019t cover crowns <em>at all</em> as it turns out, so it\u2019s not just that my insurance was maxed out, that crown is gonna cost me like $1800 no matter what. I\u2019m still putting it off because if I have a new crown on both sides of my mouth it\u2019ll be difficult for me to eat for a while. Which isn\u2019t great.</p></li>\n<li><p>I\u2019m in considerable pain right now, as usual</p></li>\n<li><p>My \u201cprior authorization\u201d on my (expensive) cholesterol meds ran out and the process for getting that renewed is in some sort of limbo and I still don\u2019t think it even matters</p></li>\n<li>\n<p>I NEED A NEW FUCKING ROOF. previous homeowner insisted it was only 10 years old when I bought the place. Multiple neighbors remember it being installed around 10 years before I bought the place. Solar panel company said the roof seemed fine for several years to come. THEY WERE ALL WRONG.</p>\n<p>Fortunately I got an estimate on the roof replacement, and it\u2019ll cost \u201conly\u201d around $14,000, which is a lot less than I was expecting. If I\u2019d known it was going to be that cheap I\u2019d have just done it before getting solar panels! Because getting the solar panels removed and reinstalled is going to cost another $3000! ARGH</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>The job market still fucking sucks and I\u2019m unable to find anything I\u2019m capable of doing that also pays anything reasonable, and social security is still taking their time in evaluating my disability application, and everything\u2019s a struggle right now</p></li>\n</ol><h3>\n<a href=\"https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/12891-sadlkfaslk-jfaslkjfdaslkjfdaslkjsdajkhffasdklj#12891_h3_2_On-the-plus-side\"></a>On the plus side</h3><p>I\u2019m finally making some progress on the GUI for <a href=\"https://github.com/fluffy-critter/bandcrash\">Bandcrash</a>. I\u2019ve made peace with Qt and am just using that. I wrote my own custom data binding layer so that it can just modify the JSON data directly. It seems okay. Progress is slow but hopefully it\u2019ll be worth it.</p><p>Also I still have plenty of savings, at least. Sigh.</p><p>I wonder how people in a similar situation to me who <em>don\u2019t</em> have a net worth of [somewhat large, but not quite \u201cfuck off,\u201d amount of money] handle this.</p><p>I\u2019m grateful that I\u2019ve been fortunate enough to be in a situation where even all this still isn\u2019t financially ruinous.</p><p>Still wish I didn\u2019t have to be grateful for that, all things considered.</p><p>Anyway, while I\u2019m not even remotely close to GoFundMe levels of need, I still wouldn\u2019t mind if people would consider throwing some money my way for the stuff that I do, either via <a href=\"https://beesbuzz.biz/ko-fi\">ko-fi</a> or via <a href=\"https://biz.beesbuzz.biz/\">buying stuff I\u2019ve made</a>.</p><p>(Note to self: there\u2019s still a lot of shit I need to get around to re-adding to my various online stores.)</p>"
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fluffy beesbuzz.biz

Goodbye pyBlamscamp, hello Bandcrash!

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    "name": "Goodbye pyBlamscamp, hello Bandcrash!",
    "content": {
        "text": "As mentioned earlier today, the pyBlamscamp name was incredibly confusing and needed to be changed. Thankfully, blackle mori (who made blamscamp in the first place) came up with a much better name suggestion, \u201cBandcrash.\u201d I have now renamed pyBlamscamp and its associated Python package appropriately. The blamscamp pypi project now just exists as a thin wrapper around bandcrash and its usage should be discontinued.Existing installations should continue to work (and might even pull in future updates!) but it\u2019s highly recommended that any scripts, venvs, etc. that rely on it be updated with the new package.And of course this gives me even more of an impetus to finally write that damn GUI.",
        "html": "<p>As mentioned <a href=\"https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/6116-pyBlamscamp-updated-and-it-should-probably-be-renamed\">earlier today</a>, the pyBlamscamp name was incredibly confusing and needed to be changed. Thankfully, blackle mori (who made blamscamp in the first place) came up with a much better name suggestion, \u201cBandcrash.\u201d I have now renamed <code>pyBlamscamp</code> and its associated Python package appropriately. The <a href=\"https://pypi.org/project/blamscamp/\">blamscamp pypi project</a> now just exists as a thin wrapper around <a href=\"https://pypi.org/project/bandcrash/\">bandcrash</a> and its usage should be discontinued.</p><p>Existing installations should continue to work (and might even pull in future updates!) but it\u2019s highly recommended that any scripts, venvs, etc. that rely on it be updated with the new package.</p><p>And of course this gives me even more of an impetus to finally write <em>that damn GUI</em>.</p>"
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gRegor Morrill gregorlove.com

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    "url": "https://gregorlove.com/2023/10/ooh-it-looks-like/",
    "content": {
        "text": "Ooh, it looks like Bridgy Fed now has support for at-mentions. Thanks @snarfed@indieweb.social!",
        "html": "<p>Ooh, it looks like Bridgy Fed now has support for at-mentions. Thanks <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/@snarfed\">@snarfed@indieweb.social</a>!</p>"
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fluffy beesbuzz.biz

Current goings-on

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Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com

Computer History Museum

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Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com

Hilton Garden Inn

at Hilton Garden Inn

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Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com

Gate B3

at Gate B3

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Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com

Alaska Lounge

at Alaska Lounge

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Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com

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    "content": {
        "text": "I know \"I hope this message finds you well\" is a normal way to start an email, but what about if I am in fact not well? Am I supposed to say thanks but this message didn't find me well??"
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fluffy beesbuzz.biz

Bandcamp Friday, October 2023

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fluffy beesbuzz.biz

pyBlamscamp updated, and it should probably be renamed

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gRegor Morrill gregorlove.com

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    "published": "2023-10-05 11:04-0700",
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        "text": "Great post. No notes. What Elon Musk's X is getting right",
        "html": "<p>Great post. No notes. <a href=\"https://werd.io/2023/what-elon-musks-x-is-getting-right\">What Elon Musk's X is getting right</a></p>"
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Tantek Çelik tantek.com

More Thoughtful Reading & Writing on the Web

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        "text": "Ben Werdmuller \nrecently published an inspiring and thought-provoking blog post:\n  \u201cSubscribing to the blogs of people I follow on Mastodon\u201d. \n\nBeyond the insights and excellent developer how-to in his post, I believe it points to something larger: a fundamental thoughtfulness difference between writing rapid short-form posts (whether tweets or toots) and medium or longer form writing (on blogs or journals), and the impact of that difference on readers: that the act of reading more thoughtful writing nudges & reinforces a reader into a more thoughtful state of mind.\n\n\nIf you have not read \n  Derek Powazek\u2019s watershed blog post \n\u201cThe Argument Machine\u201d, \nI highly recommend you do so. In the nearly ten years since his post, Derek\u2019s hypothesis of Twitter\u2019s user interface design being the ultimate machine to create & amplify disputes has been repeatedly demonstrated.\n\n\nDerek\u2019s post predated Mastodon\u2019s release by nearly three years. Ironically, by replicating much of Twitter\u2019s user experience, Mastodon has in many ways also replicated its Argument Machine effects, except distributed across more servers.\n\n\nI\u2019ve witnessed numerous otherwise rational, well-intentioned individuals write reactive posts on Mastodon, exactly what the Twitter-like interface encourages. Quick emotional responses rather than slower, more thoughtful posts and replies. \n\n\nI\u2019ve seen the artificial urgency of tweets & toots bleed over into emotional essays on public mailing lists. New participants join a list and immediately make entitled demands. Fearful bordering on paranoid assumptions are used to state assertions of \u201cfacts\u201d without citations. Arguments are made that\n  appeal to emotion \n  (argumentum ad passiones) \nrather than reasoning from principles and shared values.\n\n\nImplicit in Ben\u2019s post, \u201cSubscribing to the blogs of people\u201d \n(emphasis mine), is a preference for reading longer form writing, published on a site a human owns & identifies with (a la \n  #indieweb), \nneither silo nor \n  someone \n    else\u2019s garage.\n\n\nThe combination of taking more time (as longer form writing encourages) and publishing on a domain associated with your name, your identity, enables & incentivizes more thoughtful writing. More thoughtful writing elevates the reader to a more thoughtful state of mind.\n \n\nThere is also a self-care aspect to this kind of deliberate shift. Ben wrote that he found himself \u201ccraving more nuance and depth\u201d among \u201cquick, in-the-now status updates\u201d. I believe this points to a scarcity of thoughtfulness in such short form writings. Spending more time reading thoughtful posts not only alleviates such scarcity, it can also displace the artificial sense of urgency to respond when scrolling through soundbyte status updates. \n\n\nWhen I returned from \n #W3CTPAC, \n I made a list of all the thoughts, meetings, sessions that I wanted to write-up and publish as blog posts to capture my experiences, perspectives, and insights beyond any official minutes.\n\n\nYet due to distractions such as catching up on short form posts, it took me over a week to write-up even a \n  summary of my \n   TPAC week, nevermind the queue of per-topic notes I wanted to write-up. To even publish that I had to stop and cut-off reading short form posts, as well as ignoring (mostly postponing) numerous notifications.\n\n\nThere\u2019s a larger connection here between \n  thoughtful \n  reading, \nand finding, restoring, and rebuilding the ability to focus, a key to thoughtful \n  writing. \nIt requires not only reducing time spent on short form reading (and writing), but also reducing \n  notifications, \nespecially push notifications. That insight led me to wade into and garden the respective IndieWeb wiki pages for\n notifications, \n push notifications, \n and document a new page for \n notification fatigue. \n That broader topic of what do to about notifications is worth its own blog post (or a few), and a good place to end this post.\n\n\nThanks again Ben for your blog post. May we spend more time reading & writing such thoughtful posts.",
        "html": "<p>\n<a class=\"h-card\" href=\"https://werd.io/\">Ben Werdmuller</a> \nrecently published an inspiring and thought-provoking blog post:\n  \u201c<a href=\"https://werd.io/2023/subscribing-to-the-blogs-of-people-i-follow-on-mastodon\">Subscribing to the blogs of people I follow on Mastodon</a>\u201d. \n\nBeyond the insights and excellent developer how-to in his post, I believe it points to something larger: a fundamental thoughtfulness difference between writing rapid short-form posts (whether tweets or toots) and medium or longer form writing (on blogs or journals), and the impact of that difference on readers: that the act of reading more thoughtful writing nudges &amp; reinforces a reader into a more thoughtful state of mind.\n</p>\n<p>\nIf you have not read \n  <a class=\"h-card\" href=\"https://powazek.com/\">Derek Powazek</a>\u2019s watershed blog post \n\u201c<a href=\"https://powazek.com/posts/3368\">The Argument Machine</a>\u201d, \nI highly recommend you do so. In the nearly ten years since his post, Derek\u2019s hypothesis of Twitter\u2019s user interface design being the ultimate machine to create &amp; amplify disputes has been repeatedly demonstrated.\n</p>\n<p>\nDerek\u2019s post predated Mastodon\u2019s release by nearly three years. Ironically, by replicating much of Twitter\u2019s user experience, Mastodon has in many ways also replicated its Argument Machine effects, except distributed across more servers.\n</p>\n<p>\nI\u2019ve witnessed numerous otherwise rational, well-intentioned individuals write reactive posts on Mastodon, exactly what the Twitter-like interface encourages. Quick emotional responses rather than slower, more thoughtful posts and replies. \n</p>\n<p>\nI\u2019ve seen the artificial urgency of tweets &amp; toots bleed over into emotional essays on public mailing lists. New participants join a list and immediately make entitled demands. Fearful bordering on paranoid assumptions are used to state assertions of \u201cfacts\u201d without citations. Arguments are made that\n  <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_emotion\">appeal to emotion</a> \n  (<i>argumentum ad passiones</i>) \nrather than reasoning from principles and shared values.\n</p>\n<p>\nImplicit in Ben\u2019s post, \u201cSubscribing to the <em>blogs</em> of <em>people</em>\u201d \n(<em>emphasis</em> mine), is a preference for reading longer form writing, published on a site a human owns &amp; identifies with (a la \n  <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span class=\"p-category\">indieweb</span></a>), \nneither silo nor \n  <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/022/t2/own-your-notes-domain-migration\">someone \n    else\u2019s garage</a>.\n</p>\n<p>\nThe combination of taking more time (as longer form writing encourages) and publishing on a domain associated with your name, your identity, enables &amp; incentivizes more thoughtful writing. More thoughtful writing elevates the reader to a more thoughtful state of mind.\n</p> \n<p>\nThere is also a self-care aspect to this kind of deliberate shift. Ben wrote that he found himself \u201ccraving more nuance and depth\u201d among \u201cquick, in-the-now status updates\u201d. I believe this points to a scarcity of thoughtfulness in such short form writings. Spending more time reading thoughtful posts not only alleviates such scarcity, it can also displace the artificial sense of urgency to respond when scrolling through soundbyte status updates. \n</p>\n<p>\nWhen I returned from \n <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/w3cTPAC\">#<span class=\"p-category\">W3CTPAC</span></a>, \n I made a list of all the thoughts, meetings, sessions that I wanted to write-up and publish as blog posts to capture my experiences, perspectives, and insights beyond any official minutes.\n</p>\n<p>\nYet due to distractions such as catching up on short form posts, it took me over a week to write-up even a \n  <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/262/b1/w3c-technical-plenary-tpac\">summary of my \n   <span class=\"p-category\">TPAC</span> week</a>, nevermind the queue of per-topic notes I wanted to write-up. To even publish that I had to stop and cut-off reading short form posts, as well as ignoring (mostly postponing) numerous notifications.\n</p>\n<p>\nThere\u2019s a larger connection here between \n  <span class=\"p-category\">thoughtful</span> \n  <span class=\"p-category\">reading</span>, \nand finding, restoring, and rebuilding the ability to focus, a key to thoughtful \n  <span class=\"p-category\">writing</span>. \nIt requires not only reducing time spent on short form reading (and writing), but also reducing \n  <span class=\"p-category\">notifications</span>, \nespecially push notifications. That insight led me to wade into and garden the respective IndieWeb wiki pages for\n <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/notification\">notifications</a>, \n <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/push_notification\">push notifications</a>, \n and document a new page for \n <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/notification_fatigue\">notification fatigue</a>. \n That broader topic of what do to about notifications is worth its own blog post (or a few), and a good place to end this post.\n</p>\n<p>\nThanks again Ben for your blog post. May we spend more time reading &amp; writing such thoughtful posts.\n</p>"
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fluffy beesbuzz.biz

Bandcamp United

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fluffy beesbuzz.biz

Upcoming choir shows!

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        "text": "Here are the upcoming shows for the choir I participate in:\nFall Talent Show: Saturday, October 21 at 6:00 pm at Rainier Beach Presbyterian (tickets)\nOne More Light: a Trans Day of Remembrance Concert\n\nPerformance 1: Saturday, November 18 at 3:00 pm at Rainier Beach Presbyterian (tickets)\nPerformance 2: Monday, November 20 at 7:30 pm at Seattle University Pigott Auditorium (tickets)\n\nI hope to see some of you some of there!",
        "html": "<p>Here are the upcoming shows for <a href=\"https://stanceseattle.org/\">the choir I participate in</a>:</p>\n<ul><li>Fall Talent Show: Saturday, October 21 at 6:00 pm at Rainier Beach Presbyterian (<a href=\"https://givebutter.com/STANCEfall2023\">tickets</a>)</li>\n<li>One More Light: a Trans Day of Remembrance Concert\n\n<ul><li>Performance 1: Saturday, November 18 at 3:00 pm at Rainier Beach Presbyterian (<a href=\"https://www.purplepass.com/#264002\">tickets</a>)</li>\n<li>Performance 2: Monday, November 20 at 7:30 pm at Seattle University Pigott Auditorium (<a href=\"https://www.purplepass.com/#264003\">tickets</a>)</li>\n</ul></li>\n</ul><p>I hope to see some of you some of there!</p>"
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Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com

Purple Café & Wine Bar

at Purple Café & Wine Bar

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Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com

King Street Station (SEA)

at King Street Station (SEA)

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Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com

Seattle Center Armory

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        "text": "Croatia Fest \u2014 with anomalily, JK",
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Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com

Westlake Center Mall Station - Seattle Center Monorail

at Westlake Center Mall Station - Seattle Center Monorail

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