This week I’m playing with the Zola static site generator. Maybe a new toy will get me blogging more often? That’s probably wishful thinking, but even if it doesn’t I’ll be brushing up on rudimentary CSS.
Blather
The creators of Smalltalk: Alan Kay, Dan Ingalls, Adele Goldberg, et. al. have my admiration. Simple, elegant, and useful in its time. I go to the Squeak implementation every so often and sigh.
I’ve never played a Mario game in my life but somehow this just seems right. It’s-a-me, Mario’s shoe: Red Wing makes boots inspired by video game character Mario - MPR News
Why is it that the days you feel too tired to journal are the days when everything happens?
At DeBine brewery in Palm Harbor next to the Pinellas Trail. Informal survey seems to be Half e-bike to regular bike. E-bikes have exploded in popularity over the past two years.
Attempting to wrest control of my OmniFocus database from the clutches of entropy.
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 →
Dad had a TAVR surgery yesterday. Looks like it went well. This means he’ll still beat me at golf.
My dad is 95. He still beats me in golf. Yes, he’s that good and I’m that bad.
Should be Crimson King Court.
Ripping through the feeds this morning. Followed a bunch of folks on Mastodon last night. Unfollowed some of them this morning. Just managing the firehose.
After eluding traps for two days the pantry-raiding rodent has been finally been dispatched.
One of the perils of living in the country - mice - pantry raiding mice. Grrrr.
I’m happy that Jason Kottke is back publishing at kottke.org.
Today’s workout: Shoveling snow/slush/ice off the drive. 200+ shovelfulls @ 10-20lbs each. I expect to be sore tomorrow.
The terrific turkey tortas version 2.0 was better than 1.0. Still working on improvements. Will I be ready in time?
Each year at Thanksgiving we have a contest among the Dykstal siblings. This year it’s turkey sandwiches. I’m doing “terrific turkey tortas”. I finally located a source for bolillos in here in town. Today is a practice day. Yum!
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 →
Ann has COVID. We think she got it at the Dublin airport, but no way to be sure of course. Could have been the plane, a restaurant, or a cab just as easily. I’m still negative and testing every so often.
Finishing up cardiac rehab today. Feeling great!
Where we are now
Monday, July 11, 2022
So here we are. Ann is doing really well. She is heading to PT this week with the goal of getting her knee back in shape. She's in the final week of radiation treatment for the cancer. Her prognosis is excellent. There is one wrinkle in all of this which I won't get into, but the prognosis for that is very good as well. Ann is going to be OK.
Heart Attack!
Monday, July 11, 2022
The Monday after Easter I had a heart attack. It was just after dinner. Ann and I were watching TV. We had just gotten back that noon from visiting my son in San Antonio for Easter and were catching up on some shows when I could not get comfortable. A mild pain in my upper chest had reached about mid way down my upper arms. It was not severe but was getting worse.
Knee fracture!
Monday, July 11, 2022
The proposed breast cancer treatment was pretty routine and the prognosis was really good. However, Ann was having issues with her knee after a misstep during a workout so she had an MRI. We had scheduled a cruise to Alaska's Inside Passage for early May and all the docs said "go". We went. The day we hit Juneau (and reliable cell service) Ann got a note that her ortho folks were recommending that she be non-weight-bearing due to a knee fracture and meniscus tear.
Breast Cancer!
Monday, July 11, 2022
The day after I was released from the hospital for the heart attack, Ann got a call from our primary physician. Her last mammogram showed a tumor in her left breast. It was small, caught early. More diagnosis needed. More appointments scheduled.
I've been absent for quite a while. Although I've been a faithful reader of my timeline, a lot has been going on. So much that I haven't even been able to write in my daily journal which was unbroken for three years. Deets to follow.
Ann and I are heading to Seattle to cruise the Inside Passage up to Alaska and back. Hope to post some pictures when I can.
I’ve replaced my 7-year-old ebike with a new step-thru model. The ebike is my main commute vehicle in non-winter months. My old bones are going to like the step-thru. Now I just have to wait until late March.
Pulled the trigger on this Diplomat Aero yesterday.
I have yet to find a scheme for general stuff that can take the place of Circus Ponies Notebook. It had pages and sections. Each page was an outline and handled attachments with ease. OneNote sort of comes close but doesn’t quite hack it. Anyone else miss this?
Testing Ulysses
Thursday, August 19, 2021
This is a test. It is only a test. Don’t get so worked up about it. :) Testing some formatting I’ve not posted from Ulysses yet. Let’s see how this works. Here is some inline code: cd /home/ddykstal. Here is some code that I use to reformat text in Drafts. // Get the full text of the clipping as an array of strings let a = editor.getText().split("\n"); let b = []; let knownSources = [ {suffix: " - The Washington Post", source: "The Washington Post"}, {suffix: " - The New York Times", source: "The New York Times"}, {suffix: " : NPR", source: "NPR"}, {suffix: " - POLITICO", source: "POLITICO"}, {suffix: " | MPR News", source: "MPR News"}, {suffix: " | Star Tribune", source: "Star Tribune"}, {suffix: " - StarTribune.
Ann bought a new step-through bike today so, of course, that means I had to buy a new bike rack for the truck. 😜
I just bought two Homepod mini’s and set them up in stereo in our condo. These things are great! I’ve got a Sonos setup at home and these are more convenient if you are into the Apple ecosystem.