@mikesusz social feed.

how did November get to be the month of terrible expectations? “grow a mustache!” “write a novel!” “stop masturbating!” then at the end you have to travel and deal with your loud, crappy relatives.

@m750 thanks! i’ve been trying to be more open about my depression and anxiety, and seeking treatment and how that’s going. i hope it helps others to seek treatments or solutions.

the toughest part for me is looking back on situations in the past where i was struggling and just thinking… if i had the tools and perspective that i posess today, how much better that might have went.

Sorry there is no great revelation or ‘this one simple tip’ but the lesson i’m trying to convey is - stop, do a sitrep (situation report), identify how you are feeling, consider why, make a change to adjust the climate if needed.

for a long time i wouldn’t take a step back, i would just try to ‘power through’ situations like these, be less effectual than i wanted, and later judge myself for lack of progress.

an anecdote about anxiety and dealing with the world.

yesterday i had a contractor coming over to give us a consultation/estimate. as typical in this situation, i am completely on edge.

the person was nice, the news was as expected, it all went pretty well. after they left i found myself utterly unable to concentrate.

i realized - i still had the adrenaline but now i didn’t have the fear. i was just buzzing.

i needed to reset. for me, that was sit on the couch with the dogs for a while.

@jeffbyrnes @marcamos i thought this was a family-friendly mastodon

i feel obliged to post in recognition of our first accumulating snowfall.

what kind of exercises can i do to keep from hurting myself when i roll over in bed?

this project was a shelf for the window behind our kitchen sink. i think it turned out well. just a 1x4 and a 1x2, biscuit-jointed together, primed and painted. held in place by two pieces of aluminum angle that are set in flush to the ends of the shelf.

@hbuchel

@sarajw also super fun - Above & Beyond did a warm-up set before one of their shows from a boat… this would have been fun to see : ) https://youtu.be/IrzO9GqS8BY

@sarajw a canal boat! we’ve watched a show on amazon prime called ‘cruising the cut’ about someone building one up

@hotdogsladies i would take my
wife to races to support her* and watch the kids while she ran.

* the kids and i would find the nearest bagel shop

happy saturday y’all.

Breaking News: dip Funyuns in chili

“if you could go back in time and tell your younger self one thing what would it be?”

Dr Dre works for Apple and Snoop Dogg is friends with Martha Stewart

the first pot of coffee was gone before 8am. it’s been a week, folks.

@sarajw i feel like i just updated to v2.

final trick-or-treater tally: 4 doorbells, 3 carloads that went around the cul-de-sac and skipped our house. i guess our hill isn’t worth a handful of candy.

also, a metalworking project today. made an aluminum frame to mount our soundbar above the tv.

another small woodworking project, another opportunity to use too many clamps.

@hbuchel
“i cut our website load time by two-thirds.”
“wow, that’s amazing! how did you do it?”
“i removed the two extra copies of jquery we were loading.”

it’s been a tough week. for dogs. apparently.

@marcamos surely a portmanteau should be created here

random revelation: we do hobbies because it’s satisfying to feel competent at something.

anything.

@threetonesun (looks around nervously at other shoppers) “oops, sorry… i wasn’t on mute”

@threetonesun but Joe think of the serendipitous conversations and the hallway interactions. Being able to read someone’s body language. If these exchanges don’t take place face-to-face, I don’t know how the young shoppers will learn.

@hbuchel i hope i removed “are you happy now zod???” before i pushed

@stephaniewalter what about a triathlon? several distinct phases, each one requires a distinct aptitude, but overall performance will depend on success in all

@marcamos imagine how frustrated they were “why is it so hard to get to my insurance company??? and why didn’t i learn to read?!!!”

@Meyerweb i track mine in the Medications section of the Health app. it’s like gamification for seniors!

@mescutia thanks mike!

i spent this weekend bending clear acrylic tubing for my first custom-loop water cooled PC. i think it turned out pretty well.

anyway. hi. it’s mike. i’m 50.

today was a fairly big milestone for me, and i have thoughts. just not sure where to post them. my tech blog is not the appropriate place. perhaps i should revive my main blog that hasn’t been updated in earnest for a decade. do i still remember my wordpress login?

@revmem i just ran the AC because it was 75 with 60% RH in the house. too swampy.

@jerzone i’ve dreamt of a more holistic solution to moving heat around. like in the summer my AC just dumps heat to the atmosphere while i still burn oil to heat my water. it could be put to better use … heating DHW, heating a hot tub, i dunno. of course any of this requires major investment and disruption to implement.

@irafcummings @jayroh always made me smile when i passed the Sleater Kinney road sign on I-5 when driving from Seattle to Portland

if you live in a certain region in France do you need to fuel your outdoor grill with propagne?

TIL: if you have a “bunch of stuff” to sell on ebay and you’ve been putting it off becuase you have a “bunch of stuff” to sell on ebay, it’s possible to just list one thing. today. just do it.

@marcamos if i go one town north of here (Jaffrey NH) i have 4 bars of LTE but can’t do anything online. period. like not a byte will get through. it’s like verizon has cell towers that aren’t connected to the internet. i guess i could … make a call

@hotdogsladies @dandersod used to drive my momma crazy

@jayroh i sure do! it was … the 90s

stacked.

@searls @tenderlove imagine being able to code Whidbey Island Style.

@m750 they remind me that there’s always room for chaos in any system.

@_Davidsmith familiar to web developers and our debugging css rule 
* { outline: red !important;}

macOS Sonoma off to a great start! initial screen prompting you to choose Sonoma wallpaper or your previous wallpaper, doesn't respond to Tab keyboard controls to confirm the dialog.

@m750 ah well, the well was the key. we get sediment sucked up by the well pump sometimes. the mixing valve on the boiler (that regulates the temperature of hot water by mixing in fresh cold water) was clogged with detritus. i had to open it up all the way (to take full hot from the boiler) and flush it out.

@m750 no valves were touched but you’re on the right track. another hint, we have well water.

@m750 no water heater. DHW comes directly from the boiler. no electrical problems. boiler still produces hot water for baseboards. we had hot water last night.