Neal Wilson ✅ @neal@social.typica.us

Once again my arm has become a cat pillow, which is kind of unfortunate because I could really go for some ice cream right now.

How do we feel about cats tonight?

@Taweret So not Ezri Dax, Private Eye?

Had a little bit of programming time available today. I started work on a new thing a while back and then got hit with extra work that meant I didn't have time to do much other than writing down some design notes (on paper) while doing that other work. Those paper notes do, however, mean that much of the thinking is already done and I can just slam out some code now.

@Taweret There is, at least, an ending of sorts.

The cat says its time for hugs.

@Taweret I like sharks (I've swam with them) but my home is not equipped to care for one.

YouTube thinks I'm not connected to the Internet, so they delivered a page asking me to connect to the Internet. Delivered over the Internet. Which was successful, because I'm already connected to the Internet.

@cpsdqs You can probably find an equivalent set of adapters without the RCA conversion. I was just using stuff I already had around the house, but this was decades ago when AV standards were different.

@cpsdqs Huh? I've definitely done this with cheap passive adapters. Headphone to RCA for each output, RCA Y adapter used backwards to combine the pairs of left and right channels, then RCA to headphone. Maybe a gender changer on the end.

Tried the new classic mode in Tetris Effect. Enjoyed the music, but kept trying to fast drop the pieces, which of course doesn't work. (it's been a while since I've played NES Tetris)

The cat has switched from sitting on my phone to sitting on me.

Surprise coffee delivery. (I knew it was coming, I just didn't know it was out for delivery today,) A bit unorthodox as the skid arrived in such awful condition that the driver couldn't remove his jack, so I did sort of a crap job of unloading that to get him on with the rest of his day faster and now I can finish the job properly. It's all additional bags of things I've already sorted out how to roast so I'll verify the batches but there shouldn't really be any product development work to do.

Tried the new coffee from India. As a light roast it had a neat apple note that unfortunately doesn't hold up well as the coffee cools. On the darker end of a medium roast that same note appears briefly as the coffee cools, but the best overall evaluation was on the lighter side of a dark roast where there's a lot of aromatic intensity, a bit of a spiciness, and it's solid from the first sip all the way until it's cold.

Got to have a little chat today with one of the English teachers I had back in high school. That was nice. She was one of the few teachers I had who I felt wasn't trying to waste my time.

Putting together a little external utility for someone who uses Typica. Trying to strike a balance between getting something out fast so he can start using it without waiting too long and trying to make something that feels better to use. There are a few features that weren't asked for that would also make it useful to me, so I might see about sneaking those in.

Working on new coffees.

It turns out the flickering power last night was much worse for a good chunk of the city. I've come out pretty lucky. I have power, my family has power, my shop has power, all of today's staff has power. The next block over, all the businesses are closed and we've had a lot of customers avoiding their powerless homes, charging their stuff, doing their work from home, &c.

Just had about half a dozen 1 second power outages within half a minute. That was unpleasant.

I'll put some of each on the next order and see if I have customers who want to buy it.