Neal Wilson ✅ @neal@social.typica.us

Got to talk about hot pot at work today. That's the meal that got me to learn how to use chopsticks. I looked at that and said something like, "I don't see how that's going to work if I don't learn to use chopsticks," so that's what I did.

Just got the code for free attendance at my next event since I'm teaching a class there. Unless something else comes up super last minute before then my next event is in Portland, OR this April. I'm considering taking the train since Amtrak runs a Chicago to Portland route and I've never done such a long trip by rail.

Tonight's cat pic

The house is plenty warm but the cat knows it's getting cold out and has gone into extra heat seeker mode, which is really something considering that this is the same cat who only has enough cuddles after 36 hours.

@debugninja@banana.dog @fireglow Good job, now get yourself banned to make sure it works.

@debugninja@banana.dog Assuming those services are set up reasonably maybe a 4. If you're not sure if they're reasonably set up then yikes, please fix that.

wrist makes a good cat pillow

My hands were in sanitizing solution so the cat is going crazy over that. She loves the smell of bleach, I guess.

It looks like QuickBooks for Mac no longer saves just as a plain SQLite3 file readable with the usual command line program? I suspect they made the change to make it harder for people to notice how much of a dumpster fire their schema is. It's kind of impressive how poorly they were able to make that perform.

Just got a spam that has my name as Ster Roa. (flip the order and make it 1 word)

Tonight the cat is alternating between snoring and hugging.

@jacethechicken There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.

Tried out the new bar a block from my shop for lunch today. Historically the area has been a dry district so this is the first bar the street has had in my lifetime. I commented positively in the newspaper about this back when they were getting their permits because otherwise there were 2 places that I could walk to on a lunch break, both of them are pizza places, and one of those historically doesn't know how to manage pest infestations. Anyway, decent bar fare, good prices, will repeat.

She wants petting, but is on top of the nearest arm.

@deshipu@mastodon.technology That would be the alcohol.