Microposts
On this date of many ‘2’s (but just wait till the 22nd), here’s a nice sunset for you.
So if I run brew install python-tk, which should let me build basic GUI apps on Mac with Python, it says:
Error: python@3.9: the bottle needs the Apple Command Line Tools to be installed.
You can install them, if desired, with:
xcode-select --install
And running xcode-select --installgives me the following dialogue:
80 hours! To install some command-line tools!
(In fact it soon dropped to a more sensible 8 minutes, via 13, but still.)
My phone just reminded me that my dissertation is due right now. Which wouldn’t have been a very useful reminder if I had been planning to submit today, but had somehow – incredibly! – forgotten.
Luckily I’ve got a two-week extension. I plan to actually submit in the next two or three days, though.
Book me a front-row seat:
The Matrix Resurrections in theaters and on HBO Max December 22 #TheMatrixMovie pic.twitter.com/USY3CKSgXq
— The Matrix Resurrections (@TheMatrixMovie) September 9, 2021
… because the new The Matrix movie looks incredible.
(I know the front row isn’t the best place to sit.)
Just found a typo in my diss: ‘Jeff the sandman,’ instead of soundman. Should probably be two words, ‘sound man,’ but anyway, an unexpected @NeilHimself-esque touch.
Today is Irony Day: Wetherspoon’s short on some beers as Brexit affects deliveries.
They blame ‘lack of lorry drivers and strike action.’ Hadn’t heard about a strike; does it exist? And more importantly, what on Earth could have caused a lack of drivers???
I sent my CV to a recruiter today, for the first time in a long time. Dissertation due in less than a fortnight, so I have to start thinking about what’s next.
In an ideal world I’d be able to make a living from writing. This was a programming-type recruiter, though.
My parents taught me to always give to the RNLI when they’re collecting, because of how important and dangerous the sea is. Lifeboat crews deserve all our support.
Some idiots don’t think so. Instead they want our seaborne heroes to let people drown if they don’t have the right papers.
Fuck that shit, and fuck those people.
There was a remarkable sporting event yesterday.
We learned that Roger Federer is human, and ageing.
Turns out The Killing is a pretty good TV show. Who knew? We’re five episodes in, and I’m wondering how they can make this first season last for 20.
It’s all on BBC iPlayer at the moment, which is nice.
‘New single by Belly': not what you expect to see on your phone in 2021. Thanks, MusicHarbor.
However, as I wrote in ‘Colliding Names,’ back in October, this is a different performer with the same name. The Wikipedia article tells us that ‘our’ Belly are active again, though.
We started watching Line of Duty two or three weeks ago, and now we’ve caught up. So we’ll have to watch the rest of series 6 week by week. Like it’s the past.
Lunch and writing in the garden today, and unlike back in February, it’s not just not cold, it’s almost too hot.
We had our first lunch in the garden of the year, today. I even spent half an hour out there writing, afterwards. In February.
I got a reply to the Twitter version of my last post which pointed me to something called the Badger Seal. It’s a DIY attachment you can make that’s meant to hold masks on better. Not just at the top for the glasses issue, but all around, for overall better filtration.
Because let’s face it, when we breathe out with a mask on, a lot of that breath is not going through the mask, but round the sides.
It looks like it might be pretty effective, but making it looks like a hassle – or at least, getting the components. It needs something called ‘foam wire,’ which I’ve never heard of, and I don’t know if you can even get it in this country (a quick search at B&Q’s site suggests not). But if you can, it’s likely to be in a big roll, when all you want is 30cm or so per mask.
Not to put a downer on good ideas, I mean. That site sells them too, but they’re heavily back ordered, and who knows how long they’ll take to get here from the US.
There are other, similar, things out there, but I can’t so far find anything sourced in the UK.
I’ll stick with micropore for now.