DW Morrigan

Yesterday I forgot the word for hand umbrellas...

A fan. I was thinking of a fan.

We watched The Phoenician Scheme yesterday. I can't tell if it was good or bad. I don't think I liked it or that I disliked it. Very weird, but I usually like weird.

You know those t-shirts that say "STAFF" on the back? I want one that says "STAVE" instead.

Close up photo of the cover for Catherine M. Valentines Palimpsest Audiobook on compact disc. This is an unabridged library edition performed by Aasne Vigesaa.

Today's thrift store win: Valente's Palimpsest Audiobook for $1.00

ID.me

Does anyone else find id.me impossible? Every time I have tried to go to the IRS for the past -several- years, id.me doesn't recognize me as me. This is rage inducing.

It's hitting Omega pretty hard. He's had piggies in the house for as long as he can remember and he has been principally responsible for them for at least a year.

Sad day in the Morrigan house. Five years ago we started fostering cavies in Knoxville before adopting two pairs. Today, the last one had an event and passed away quickly.

Maybe I'm getting better because I got part 1 on the first attempt. I completed "Resonant Collinearity" - Day 8 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/8

After finally discovering duplicate targets in the input, I just completed "Bridge Repair" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2024. #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/7

I just completed "Guard Gallivant" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/6

And it only took me 4 months! (Ignoring all those 'little' life interruptions.) 😆

That hurt my head: I just completed "Print Queue" (Day 5 - Advent of Code 2024) #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/5

Grover sings the song from Titanic: Near... Far... Wherever you are..."

Happy International Grover Appreciation Day!

The buses won't start and school has been cancelled. At -14°F, this is the right call.

I don't have this issue at all with Linux and even Windows "only" decides that there's no Internet connection (when there absolutely is.)

It infuriates me the way that Android (and iOS) will decide that a Wi-Fi network is not connected to the Internet (it is) and refuses to automatically connect to that network in the future.

I'm not a child, stop making decisions on my behalf.

The elementary school has cancelled Tuesday's winter activities. It'll be dangerous for kids to be out there, but it still amuses me that it's too cold to do cold weather activities.

I have decided that the upcoming Switch device is called the Switch Next. Despite whatever Nintendo decides it should be called.

Nice! I'll have to explore scipy.

I thought I understood why n=2*(a== [...] but 3*(a=="S") throws that out.

I just completed "Ceres Search" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2024. Why was part 2 so easy compared to part 1!? #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/4

Good luck in the New Year, everybody. We're all gonna need a lot of good luck going forward.

I just completed "Mull It Over" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024, despite two separate failures in reading comprehension. #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/3

I just completed "Red-Nosed Reports" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024. Slightly disappointed because I tried (and failed) to logic my way through instead of just making a bunch of row alternatives to check. #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/2

Am I missing some setting to make the timeline start from where I left off? Defaulting to the newest (etc) is very Facebook.

Also, I just re-re-realized it's already December. I need to finish up these books so I can count them for this year.

I wonder if I could catch a good shot of the snow drifting down if I used a good camera, instead of the half defective one in my phone. I don't know if it was like this when new, because I have definitely dropped it a few times and the images captured are slurred.

Out of focus cat looking out at a snow covered evergreen. Behind it is a large leafless deciduous tree with a tangle of branches of the whole background.

After discovering the sand in my brain had all drained out, I had to relearn every iota of C++ syntax. Thus, I have finally completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1

This evening we're at the local library for LEGO club. Despite how tiny the town is, this library has great programs for the kids.

WSL and VS Code work together to allow that Linux toolchain to also be set up simply. Instead, I picked the most obtuse method and so expended all of my coding time on getting C++ ready to compile. #wheee