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Six-minute run, 15 pull-ups. We’re closer to school than we were at the old place, so I gotta make more of an effort to loop further out when I run after drop-off.

My computer locked up, but basically, I spent way too much time trying to get an amp or getting my mixer/jack/guitarix working. It’s really too bad that the lack of a standard 1/8” audio port on my new(er) iPhone killed off the really simple virtual amp setup I used to have.

20 kettlebell snatches, 20 swings, 20 shoulder presses at 20 lbs. 2x5 light deadlifts. Definitely needed that anaerobic-ish working out.

- Vaccumed first floor and most of basement. Not sure the Roomba is actually running on schedule down there. Going to have to observe changes the dust level in its tray more carefully.
- Job. Realized there may be a structural problem with the feature I'm working on.
- Dropped off the cat sitter's check, picked up packages at old place (ran into old neighbor's mom who made some kind of sour face at me, as is her way), tried to buy drywall and lumber but they only had tiny drywall at that hardware store, picked up some stopgap groceries.
- Tested the toilet tanks for leaks. The downstairs one is leaking a bit. The upstairs one is good.
- Went on the school tour. It's a very ballin' school. Every special ("specials" are classes like art, music, and PE) has a double height room with huge windows. I'm guessing it was built or redone recently? The guy is excited, and in fact, has been bored with summer for the last couple of days. Ran into a former coworker there also; it's nice to know people in town.
- In the evening, I moved my workstation to the basement. So far, I like it! It's ugly but calm.
- Went to the music programming group. Had a good talk and worked on visual debugging tools for Flooding. It's been a while since I improved the actual music part of it, but I genuinely believe after I fix the graphing problem this can work!

15 pull-ups.

Wow, Futility Closet is going on hiatus. He's been blogging (consistently, with good stuff) for 17 years!

Out of control pickleballers in Jamaica Plain

The playground at 52 South Street in Jamaica Plain is supposed to be a shared tennis/pickle ball and basketball space. Instead, pickle ballers have completely taken over the area, including bringing their own nets and putting them in spaces that are designated for basketball players. The two basketball courts are frequently unusable because of this. Prior to this the basketball courts were often used by young people from the nearby South Street housing development. A sign is needed!

Huh, my mom was telling me that young people play pickleball now, but I didn't believe it. Presumably, the people in this complaint aren't retirees.

I had some thoughts on evil meditation.

Electricians came by today and removed the weird outdoor fixtures and put ten new outlets in the basement. These outlets have hyped me up. They look good, and there’s a bunch of stuff that can be down there now. Right now, I’m running the air purifier to get it to be less dusty and scheduling the Roomba to also make it less dusty, but on the floor.

They were going to come back to put in ceiling lighting in the living room, but they’re pushing wafer lights and trying to talk me out of can lights. Can lights I like because they have light bulbs I can change. I guess wafer lights do usually last a while, but you have to do wiring work to change them when they go. Maybe we should just call off the rest of the work until we can think about it some more.

- Moved some boxes to the basement. Moved some Lego boxes up to the guy's room.
- Client B work.
- Job. Learned that my old enemy, middlewares, were acting before my code got to go. Making real progress, it feels like.
- Emailed lawyer, got back details.
- Asked for more treadmill moving quotes. (TaskRabbit guy canceled the deal because I didn't respond quickly enough; wasn't sure it'd work out anyway.) One company autoreplied they couldn't do it because the mover(s) have injuries. Got another estimate that is less "full move" priced than other moving companies; need to scour the internet about horror stories about them.
- Made dinner.
- Assembled another set of plastic shelves, put things on them.
- Cleared one of the temp tables in the kitchen, moved it into the basement.
- Assembled the easel. Bad painting can begin again!

Well, we completed Avatar: The Last Airbender. The second season was the best one, but it was a very solid story, told well throughout. I think was made very judiciously. There were many, many ways it could have gone badly.