Mookglurg

there is nothing of consequence to be found here

Summer Dead Zone

2023-07-13

It's the annual time during the summer where I jost don't post anything. I'm "busy", I guess.

I mean, I play video games in the evening, so my extracirricular programming is slow, but I'm also gone biking, running, climbing, or otherwise exercising in my other spare time, so I guess that's something.

A couple of other notes:

• I'm dabbling with the idea of trying to present a custom nostr relay as an alternative to twitter announcements for the local government. Possibly as a way to make a bit of cheddar on the side. It always bothered me that they were going with a VC-backed, corporate option for official communication. Nostr may seem an odd choice, but I think the simplicity lends itself to an easier consumer experience, and the relay struct allows simple federation with other governmental entities (the county, state, and neighboring cities, etc)

• Jaleh Afshar, whom I worked with at Solera for a bit and Jena played Magic the Gathering with, has written a book about developing augmented reality in Meta. I hate Facebook, but Jaleh is awesome, so I may have to set aside my prejudices and try to do something along those lines.

• The bees are hopefully still growing out on the porch. And regarding the porch, Jena and I built a pretty nice Catio out there for our grandkitties. It covers the entire window and lets them explore the "outside" safely.

• The 4th of July was obnoxious, as usual. Our redneck neighbor cost me $700 in vet bills by triggering stress-related pancreatitis in our dog with his random explosions and drunken yelling until 2 or 3 in the morning.

Yeah, that's pretty much it for now.

Summer Dead Zone

2023-07-13

It's the annual time during the summer where I jost don't post anything. I'm "busy", I guess.

I mean, I play video games in the evening, so my extracirricular programming is slow, but I'm also gone biking, running, climbing, or otherwise exercising in my other spare time, so I guess that's something.

A couple of other notes:

• I'm dabbling with the idea of trying to present a custom nostr relay as an alternative to twitter announcements for the local government. Possibly as a way to make a bit of cheddar on the side. It always bothered me that they were going with a VC-backed, corporate option for official communication. Nostr may seem an odd choice, but I think the simplicity lends itself to an easier consumer experience, and the relay struct allows simple federation with other governmental entities (the county, state, and neighboring cities, etc)

• Jaleh Afshar, whom I worked with at Solera for a bit and Jena played Magic the Gathering with, has written a book about developing augmented reality in Meta. I hate Facebook, but Jaleh is awesome, so I may have to set aside my prejudices and try to do something along those lines.

• The bees are hopefully still growing out on the porch. And regarding the porch, Jena and I built a pretty nice Catio out there for our grandkitties. It covers the entire window and lets them explore the "outside" safely.

• The 4th of July was obnoxious, as usual. Our redneck neighbor cost me $700 in vet bills by triggering stress-related pancreatitis in our dog with his random explosions and drunken yelling until 2 or 3 in the morning.

Yeah, that's pretty much it for now.

Bee Things

2023-06-21

So, the season of the mason bee is from early, like March, until May-ish.

My bees are done. They stopped being active some time in late April.

I started with 4 tubes of bees and ended with 18. Honestly, it's shocking to me. I didn't see all that much activity (the bees seemed to be a little shy). I saw one here or there, but I definitely saw the tubes being capped.

I had more than a 4x return on the bees this year, which I would say is a qualified success.

Now they spend the summer in the shade inside a wasp-proof bag (parasitic wasps are the biggest danger right now) while they grow in the tubes.

Later in the fall I'll move them into the garage and then after the new year they go in the refridgerator.

Funky little bees, but they're pretty cool.

Yerba Oasis?

2023-03-29

The very day that I posted about the yerba desert in which I find myself, a new Argentinian cafe/grocery came up in my social media feed (they're always watching).

It's called Argensol, and is about an hour away.

I'm encouraged by the photo of the shelf full of mate options, so I need to figure out a time to make the drive and check them out.

I'm about halfway through my expired bag of Cruz de Malta from the local shop, so it will happen soon.

Review: Trader Joe's Peru 60%

2023-03-28

Very flavorful. It almost tastes like there's cinnamon in the chocolate. It's very smooth and has a good, clean snap, though it's a light snap, not too hard.

It's a lot. Not sure I'd want to eat a whole bunch at once, but it's very good.

Categories

blurg

chocolate

code

games

plan9

rants

yerbamate