Thursday: Eight terabytes of free space

192.168.1.10:/mnt/md0/media  7.3T   36G  7.2T   1% /data/NAS/media

Ok, so it's 7.3 when you convert from fake numbers to base 2.  But still, that's a lot of free space.

It also doesn't quite fit where I planned to put it.

I'll have to move it at some point.  Four disks, 4TB each, RAID 10 to stripe and mirror for safety, and then an evening of configuration to make sure it allows ssh connections in, that it allows NFS connections in, and that it serves DLNA data to the local network.  The ssh and NFS work through the wifi firewall, so I have no clue why that never worked with the old system.  Speaking of which, I'll need to plug that in soon so I can rsync data off before decommissioning it.  That picture above shows the current main computer.  One box running the RAID array and storage, and a tiny box running the firewall and services.  The NAS runs linux as well, so I could set that up as the service backup, but I think I'm likely to get another tiny box.

I didn't finish reading the internet, and I need to start panicking about travel tomorrow.  Yay, fun.

Wednesday: Four boxes.

At this rate, I have about a week's worth of unpacking left to do.  Except I can't keep doing that, since I leave for Arizona this weekend.  And tomorrow I have to do computer stuff because I really want to decommission my big old computer as soon as possible, so I spent $700 on new computer stuff today.

Because no matter what, a brand new computer is always going to be "like $1000".  At least now I'm switching to a more distributed, cluster-like system.

Anyway, this is basically what four boxes of books looks like.

I think I need to shim one of my bookcases to keep it from tipping over before I load it up with more books.  It should also go faster now.  I think all of my books have been inserted into the catalog at this point, and although I still have some that are missing LOC numbers, the majority do.

• Squirrels.
• I'm going to need to do this at some point, so I need to get vinegar.
• Hopefully I'll be able to rip all my DVDs with this new system, so I can have always-available video without having to get off the couch.
• Instructions.

Tuesday: I finally have stuff again!

Followed immediately by the thought: I have too much stuff.

I mean.

So I'm going to take it reasonably slow, and unpack things as much as I can, and figure out which things I don't need.  Most of those boxes are full of books, and I've started out by organizing bookshelves.  They were super dusty and cobwebby, and now both are clean.  I still probably need another four shelves, but whatever.  I'm also going to try and properly sort things into correct LOC classification.

After getting my new TV, I decided that I should get a Roku for my old TV as well.  Drop $50, and it now can stream a bunch of stuff without me needing to rent another stupid cable box or deal with Comcast in any way.  Given that my new TV has been used for Youtube 90% of the time, and I've been watching NHK the other 10% (which I can get on Roku without trouble), this seems like the best idea.  Eventually I'll sort out my media storage, and I'll be able to stream my own stuff via DLNA or something.

I also correctly chose which box had pots in it, so I was able to make dinner tonight.  I think I'm going to try to do bento for work lunch after getting back from Arizona.

• Well that's pretty horrible.
• Library of Congress categories.
• I'll have to write a program to download my kindle library information so I can include that in the book database.

Monday: Reading APIs and sorting through schemas isn't a lot of fun.

I'm going to have questions, too.  I'm pretty sure there are things missing from the database stuff.

But I also had a bunch of good news today.

I officially have health insurance again.

And my moving reimbursement has been processed and should be in my account tomorrow.

Plus, tomorrow movers come with my stuff.  Finally.  Almost ten weeks later.  But at least I'll be able to make rice!  And spaghetti!  And mac&cheese!  And I'll be able to finish cataloging and organizing books!

Except I fly to Tucson on Sunday, so a lot of this is going to have to wait until I get back.

A bunny!  Outside, doing bunny things!

• Maybe don't do crimes.
• Yeah.  Beth Fukumoto.
• Betsy DeVos is a garbage person, and has a garbage house.

Sunday: I legitimately didn't do anything today.

I did take two different naps, though.  Today just felt like a nap day.

• This looks like a decent recipe to reproduce the garlic noodles I always got at that place in Alameda.

Saturday: I did basically nothing.

That's not totally true.  I cleaned the bathroom and got the trash ready to go out tomorrow.  But I also woke up, went to get lunch, came back, and took a nap.  Doing nothing can be exhausting.

Also I got like everything at Panera.  I wanted soup and sandwich, but the M&C kept calling to me.

• I just like the first gif.
• That's cool.

Friday: And then I crammed all my productivity into one day.

I wrapped up the big ticket I've been working on for weeks, and merged it into the master branch.  It's done, and I can move on to other things.  Like the other ticket, which I discovered today won't work easily due to choices already made.  So we'll have to see how it goes next week.  I have a solution that's not pretty, but is probably the fastest and clearest way to get things done.  Plus, it has the benefit of having the program be data agnostic, instead of forcing N programs for N data sets.

Also my backup hard drive arrived at work.

With the crappiest pop-free bubble wrap ever.

But the day was successful, so it was time to celebrate.

With a burrito!

 And a trip to Target!  I bought new towels, cleaning stuff to keep my apartment clean, and snacks.  Also an xbox.

So I can play Bloodstained, which is by IGA, who made the greatest game ever.

 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

Which is also available.

And I got a few other games, some of which were free (so they probably want money later for things), some of which I've just wanted to play for awhile.  It turns out years of not playing video games has made my hands slow to do games.  I think SotN will help with this, as I know that game backwards and forwards and upside down.

• I should look at the Hawaii races to see who I would have voted for.  Beth Fukumoto?  Maybe.
• Good.  DIAF.
• A cat, because I have no third link.

Thursday: I don't feel like I've been productive this week.

Which makes me feel like I should be extra productive next week, but I might be getting my stuff delivered next week.  And the week after that is Tucson, so that's not going to help, either.  Ugh.

Also for some reason I've been extra hungry this week.  I had a big dinner, then ate a bunch of ice cream, and I kind of want to eat all my dinner leftovers now.  That would give me a reason to eat out for dinner tomorrow, but I probably shouldn't.  Maybe I have something snacky.

• This is dumb.
• Because this is funny.
• Too bad this realization didn't hit two year ago.
• I also kind of want creamy mushroom pasta.

Wednesday: New computer day!

New computer day is always good, because it means that I can bring my laptop home, and that doing work is going to be much easier.

Satellite dish not included.

The case is much smaller than my old computer, but rotom is much better than threes: 12 cores instead of 4; 32 GB RAM instead of 8; something like eight generations newer; half size hard drive, but it's an SSD.  I enjoy having far more desk real estate, so I can have multiple windows open, stretched to a reasonable size, and flip between them as needed.

Now I'm deep in the process of sorting through old files and programs so I can come up with a proper git repository for my things.  I have a lot of junk in my CVS hierarchy.  A lot of that junk is really poorly advertised.  One good thing I discovered is that my rsynced CVS repository copy is missing a lot of things, so I have no clear way to reconstruct a master branch.  So that's going to be fun.  I also need to decide which things deserve isolated repositories (probably robospect and superking).

• Converting CVS to git.
• I mean, I don't want to come off as insensitive, but you literally cannot get lost on Oahu.  Are you walking uphill?  Stop, turn around.  You're making a mistake.  Have you walked so far downhill that you're at the ocean?  Look around.  Find the nearest hotel.  You are found.  Sure, Wahiawa is the middle of the island, and the central plateau is pretty flat.  It's still not that hard.
• Should I get an Xbox?  It seems like there are more than zero games I would enjoy.  Plus, according to this, I don't need to lose an HDMI port to it.

Tuesday: WTF, the USPS?

I haven't been getting mail.  Any mail.  Which recently struck me as "unusual."  Yesterday I put a note in my mailbox asking WTF was going on, and after not hearing anything back, I went to the local post office to ask them WTF was going on.  There I was told that I had to register at the post office, so they know I live there now.  Besides that, they want to change the lock on the mailbox before they'll deliver mail, to prevent mail theft.  This is something I've never heard of, and it's dumb, and now I have to wonder if things I've ordered won't arrive because they've been returned.  One of the reasons I looked into this is that I was expecting an order, and the tracking information said it was undeliverable.  Luckily, they had it at the post office, so I was able to get my package of 61 purple hair ties.

They're thicker than my old set of purple hair ties, but less dark.  They're more lavender or lilac or something.  Still works.

Continuing my theme of mail-related shenanigans, today was payday, and it turns out if you don't arrange direct deposit, they just put the check in your work mailbox.  Cool.  Now I don't feel poor, although my rent will be taken out tomorrow.  Hopefully I can get the moving reimbursement soon to take care of that.

Plus, I had an email that I had boxes in the mail room.  I went to check, and my two monitors for work were waiting.  I'm hoping the actual system arrives tomorrow, because I'd like to switch away from my laptop as soon as possible.  There was also a third box which should have had my external backup drive.  Instead I found this:

That's not right.

So we'll see how this all works out.  The tech person in charge of ordering had never seen this happen, either.

Finally, I looked into switching things over from CVS to git.  It doesn't seem too hard, the biggest issue is sorting out how I want to organize things.  I think my plan is to set up year-based project repositories under a ~/project directory, with some common files either there or in the ~/usr/share directory in a ~/usr repository that will also hold all my scripts and things.  One thing I think this will help with is the inevitable drift between versions on different hosts.  I can put each host on a different branch, and do periodic merges to keep things consistent.

• Infinity War stuff.

Monday: A firehouse

After spending longer than expected at work trying to finish things, I didn't want to have to deal with making dinner.

There's a Firehouse nearby-ish.  I'm thinking now that I should have gotten the big sandwich.

Then I went to a grocery store I'm probably never going back to, but now I have dinner for the rest of the week planned out.

• It doesn't involve panzanella, but it probably should for next week.
• Since I probably can't make an unagi cake.
• Generals.

Sunday: A pizza day.

Because I really felt like pizza.

And then I got groceries, and only forgot one thing.  I did discover that Wegman's has a prepared/mostly prepared food section I've missed, which is wonderful.  A two pack of chocolate cheesecake slices?  Yes, thank you.

• This is bullshit.
• I have eggs, so maybe I should make tamagoyaki.

Saturday: A Lazy Day

I did take out all my cardboard, finally.  And I got sushi, finally.

So excited!

The place near me is all-you-can-eat.  Which seems odd, but I guess that's popular here.  I probably should have tried more stuff.

Fried stuff.

 The gyoza are gyoza.  Not the absolute best, but good.  Tempura sweet potato was very good, and I should have had more.  The chicken was a surprise.  Like a fancy panko crusted chicken finger.

Sushi time.

Well.  I think they focus on rolls, because they have a bunch of their own.  The spicy fried roll was good, but cooked ahi isn't my favorite.  The California roll was a bit odd, with larger kani chunks.  Tamago is tamago.  The unagi was fine, if a bit small.  The ahi was also small, and not very flavorful.  Probably not super surprising given the AYCE style, since it wouldn't be too hard to break the bank.

Dessert gyoza.  And shumai.  They never brought my ice cream.

I'll probably be back.  They have not AYCE stuff, and their unagi don and bentos sound good.  No katsu don, though.  It looks like there are places in Princeton Junction that do.

• I'm probably going to be disappointed, but a local place that does by-the-pound BBQ?
• Ugh, white people.
• So the new Wolverine comic is still pretty good.

Friday: So close. Also: Always triple down on your revenge. That's the best solution.

I almost had my first big merge at work today.  But then review took too long, and subsequent testing took too long, and I had to leave work at six.  This was probably good, as people noticed that there was incomplete stuff that snuck through.  So that's next week's plan.  Plus this gives time to sort out all the documentation.

I had to leave at six because I had a ticket to see Titus Andronicus in Madison, NJ.

At the theater specifically for that.

It was a gym, as well.

I had good seat.  In the front row.  Dead center.

Thanks, robot seat-mo-tron.

Titus Andronicus is the story of one guy who should have been smarter, some baddies, and the revenge that happens.  It's a tragedy, so, obviously, everyone dies.  This was a good show.  I think this may be my favorite Shakespeare play now.  There are obvious story issues that probably wouldn't fly today.  Aaron the Moor is a bit...let's say "dated."

And then I came home, and it was quarter after midnight.  I should go to bed.

Thursday: It's always good when you figure out a big problem.

So I think that solves this week's main work project.

It's also good when you get a doughnut.

Or two.

And luck into an empty gym slot.

Wednesday: I probably shouldn't have tacos for three meals in a row.

But I did.  Oh well.

And I had ice cream in my "Feeling bear" bowl.  I probably should have taken the picture before having the ice cream.

• W.T.F.
• No longer an Oceanarium.
• Huh.  So maybe I'll read this.  It sounds like they're doing a bit of a fix up on Carol's character, after she got stomped on during the cross overs.

Tuesday: Today is when I remembered I have a freezer, but forgot I don't have a microwave.

Which works out to a wash, I think.  In any case, I got tired of my old leftovers, and had the idea to make tacos.  So I could put the old leftovers into the freezer, but I have no easy way to reheat my leftover taco stuff tomorrow.

But I had yummy tacos.

Baby lettuce, oven dried tomatoes, avocado, cheese, salsa, tortilla chips all mushed up, taco meat (using this seasoning still, even though I have to look it up every time I use it), all squished into tortillas.  I eventually got lazy, mixed everything up in the bowl, and then just spooned stuff into the tortillas (with the lettuce done separately).  It was good.  And I have a batch made up for tomorrow's lunch, so I'm looking forward to that.

• Yeah.
• If we had a Congress that wasn't corrupt, this would be unneeded, because he'd already be gone.
• Those upgrades always seemed kind of lazy.

Monday: Almost fully functional.

Yesterday the power went out a few times while it was raining.  The cable went out as well, which meant I was cut off from the internet as well.  The power went off a few more times this morning, and the internet didn't come back online until about 9am.  This gave me a quick chance to figure out if the network was fully set up.

It almost worked.

I had the firewall set to not do forwarding, so heimdall was cut off from the rest of the network.  That's fixed, and saved, so now the only thing I need to do is reboot h so I can set the BIOS to boot on power up (so power outages just cause a reboot).

Sunday: Everything hurts.

But I have furniture now.  It only took all day to put it together.

But a couch.

And a bed.

The couch fits well.

I didn't finish the table and chairs.  I'll get to them this week.  Similarly I'll get rid of the trash and boxes this week.

 I didn't eat anything until like 8pm.  I probably should have done that instead of making furniture all day.

So I got a burrito.

Saturday: This waking up early on the weekends thing is like a brand new world of getting things done.

Things I got done today:

1. Woke up when a computer called me to let me know my furniture will be delivered tomorrow between 9am and 1pm.  This is a much better time frame than the 9am-9pm I initially had.  Also I'm happy that they are delivering tomorrow.
2. Went out to buy a lamp.  I'm not super happy with the lamp I got, but I can adjust how bright it is, and it was always going to live in the corner and make the living room not cave-like, so it's not a big deal.

3. Finally got post-it notes so I have scrap paper to write little notes on.  This is a big deal.
4. Bought a mattress pad, since I don't like not having multiple layers between the mattress and me.  This one claims to be "cool."  I hope that's true.
5. Tested out the local by-the-slice pizzeria.  The pizza is good.

6. Made it home before the rain began.
7. Assembled lamp.

8. Installed sshd on, heimdall, the TV computer, giving it the ability to be remotely managed.
9. Installed RSS database and software on heimdall, so I can transfer that off my old work computer.
10. Relaxed firewall rules to allow me to actually access the RSS feeds.
11. Set up hostname management, making heimdall the new kadatheron.
12. Tested out screen casting with the new TV.

13. Did minor cleaning and decorating.
14. Covered more shelves in shelf paper, discovering in the process that I need to buy 99 more rolls of shelf paper.

Tomorrow I plan to get my furniture, maybe make cookies, and maybe make bacon so I can maybe have bltac sandwiches.

• Sailor Moon.
• Gabby is wonderful.
• New characters for Supergirl.