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2023

july

I used to vastly prefer summer over all other seasons, but this year has me reconsidering it. The heat, humidity, and mosquitoes make it very hard to be outdoors for any period of time. I can't tell if the weather is changing or my tolerance window is shrinking with age.

extracted honey from hive frames
took a relaxing motorcyle ride on the parkway
reconnected with old friends
wrote a lot of ARM assembly. my FORTH interpreter is starting to work.
harvested buckwheat; tried grinding it into flour with limited success. I really want the hulls intact to make a buckwheat pillow.

june

built 35' hügelkultur garden bed
built quail tractor
committed to removing all processed sugar from my diet. allowed: conservative amounts of honey, maple syrup, and fruit; not allowed: white sugar, anything with added sugar.

may

I got this gemini server running on my home router, a MIPS device running OpenWRT and only 8 MB of flash. Too small to install gcc to compile a server, and the OpenWRT development environment/Docker image is 14 GB. cross-compiling a server written in C for MIPS seems like an exercise from hell, getting everything to link correctly. luckily, Go's cross-compiling situation is really nice and I was able to produce a binary that works with this one-liner:

GOOS=linux GOARCH=mips GOMIPS=softfloat go install -ldflags "-s -w" tildegit.org/solderpunk/molly-brown@latest

read Starting Forth and Thinking Forth - Leo Brodie
read How Green Was My Valley - Richard Llewellyn
repaired fences
hatched quail
practiced beehive inspection

april

There's a restaurant in my city that lists Yuengling on the beer menu under "imported."

lots of garden work and mulching
first dirt bike ride of the year
studied Forth
visited friends in Raleigh, NC
started our first beehive and captured a swarm of bees
helped brother-in-law install roof trusses

march

started an ambitious new project
learned RISC-V assembly
built two 15' hügelkultur beds
built three more vegetable and flower beds
published maypop, self-hosted admin and accounting software for small farm cooperatives

maypop

february

added email notifications to Oasis
built coldframes from recycled windows
built 40' hügelkultur bed
started beekeeping class
built windbreak fence for apiary

january

meeting with our small farming cooperative group and planning for the upcoming growing season
prepared father-in-law's house for sale
published oasis, self-hosted forum software

oasis

2022

december

The Social Security Administration is asking me to "Like them on Facebook."

wrapped up outstanding client projects
spent time with friends and family relaxing and slowing down for the winter
computers diverted from landfill: 3

november

The last decade has had me chasing dollars and building software for the web. With the new year approaching, I am finally able to lay it down, say no to new clients, dive deep, and explore new areas where my skills can have a greater impact. After fifteen years of work, it feels like my real career is finally getting started. I have finally learned to separate "me, the freelancer looking for work online" from "me, the human being," which facilitated the creation of this space.

cleared low-hanging pine limbs in the back yard to let more light into the garden
declared war on the invasive english ivy
started simplifying and rebuilding Lichen in Forth
deleted GitHub account (!)
computers diverted from landfill: 3