Boo-yah, got internet access back up and working.
Fail: a desk was scarificed to get it.
I applied for a job that really suited my nerdiness. I didn’t get it. But at least I had an interview and was treated with basic human dignity by receiving a reply informing me they went with another candidate.
Did they give you what you could improve? I love when they let me know what I could do better next time or what to learn or work on in order to be more likely to get the position next time?
A little bit. They seemed impressed by my enthusiasm, but the problem they foresaw was that I live too far away so the commute would be murder. Before All Of This, I had a lousy commute, compounded by how I do not give one single fuck about my job, so I guess I didn’t seem enthusiastic enough.
My mother just informed me that she found a new job. This would ordinarily be a boo-yah, except that she plans on retiring on the 1st of April 2021 when she gains legal access to her pension. The only reason she got the job (and is forced to take it) is because of the job service of the Austrian state having organized it for her. Also, considering she has to start a new job in a new environment in the middle of a pandemic isn’t great either.
Why is it that sometimes I wish I earned more in 2019, when the bank is deciding to give me a mortgage, and sometimes I wish I had earned less in 2019, when I am submitting my accounts for tax reasons?
And sometimes I wish I earned more in 2019, when the state government is deciding how much relief money it might give me?
Got new phone and had to transfer all my 2FA. I got some yubikeys to make life easier. They totally worked! Now if I ever get a new phone, hopefully at least 4+ years from now, it should be relatively painless. I also have recovery codes for everything.
Except during this process, the geeknights Instagram 2FA got messed up somehow. I can’t even login to the account at all, not even with the recovery codes I have. I think IG fucked the fuck up. Hope their support gets back to me.
I started trying to learn a bit of japanese again. I tried in the past and know a bit of the basic things, but with a tiny vocabulary so far, but I think I’m making progress. The most difficult part is of course learning Kanji. What I noticed is that I’m doing better with learning Kanji if I also write it a couple of times by hand. However, unfortunately even there some stuff is rather annoying.
For example, the Kanji for candy has two different ways of writing it, which changes the number of strokes. I recently spotted the Kanji in a manga and thought it would be a good opportunity to learn it outside of my regular studies, except there some resources actually mix up how it is written, e.g.
Another pitfall I found just now is that even though the Kanji for “left” and “right” look rather similarly, the stroke order is different from each other:
To make it short: Kanji are difficult.
Recently upgraded the Mac Plus from 1MB of RAM to 4MB of RAM. Also soldered a diode to the motherboard to add SCSI termination power. Both of these upgrades worked perfectly. However, the keyboard was not working.
I bit the bullet and managed to buy another working keyboard. Not easy since only the earliest Macs use a special keyboard cable and protocol.
https://macgui.com/news/article.php?t=440
The Apple IIgs and later Macs all used ADB for keyboard and mouse.
Anyway, the good news is that it works. This means that the problem is the old keyboard is broken. I don’t know how to fix it, so I’ll sell it or give it away to someone who does.
Also, there are several adapters for ADB and USB. Letting you use new keyboard on old Macs and old keyboards on modern PCs. There are very few adapters available for the mac 512K keyboards. You can get one that lets you use the old keyboard on a new PC somewhat easily. The only thing I can find to let you use a new keyboard on an old Mac requires making your own adapter with an Arduino and putting some open source software on it.
If someone made a USB->Mac 512K adapter in a nice package, you could probably get some nice sales.
Boo-Yah: Found a new doctor and was informed that I am going in a positive direction with my health and to keep it up.
Fail: I now know I have arthritis in my knees, meaning I now know why it is hard for me to walk for a long period of time…fuck.
Fail: The pandemic killed most at person cons for 2021, even when things are turning a leaf delta is ruining plans still.
Boo-Yah: Due to the lack of vacation taken I calculated that I will have a 3 day work week starting next week until the end of the year. The bonus? I still have 12 days to take on other things…
I recently learned that I can just buy myself Tiramisu whenever I want to, and while that is awesome in a way, it is knowledge that should have never been shared with me.
I have to do an assignment in which I have to record and watch 3 days of local news.
Fail: Being forced to watch TV from a local station when I could get it over the internet after it airs
Boo-Ya: The setup I have allows me to record OTA TV via an antenna I installed over 2 years ago, no need to buy a cable subscription.
Fail: To ensure I get a copy, in addition to my local server recording it I also spent $15 for a year’s worth of DVR as a backup on a service I am most likely not going to use again for the remainder of the year.
Boo yah: had an interview with the Drexel archive and may have an Internship lined up for the Winter
Fail: due to a drug operation at my destination I am waiting on the train to actually get back home
Update: Bomb scare in Wilmington waiting for them to isolate it.
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Doing it again.
@Coldguy Ah, very exciting, if you do get the position let me know and I can knowledge dump on you for the local area. I did Undergrad at Drexel, worked in IT in the Drexel Libraries and got my Grad Degree there too and still live in Philly.
Fail: Lost my wallet
BooYa: Took my time in getting all the cards canceled and replacements sent to me, including getting an RFID wallet.
Fail: 3 hours after this, I found my wallet.