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¶We celebrated Denny’s 81st birthday tonight (his actual birthday was yesterday).
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¶Grabbing a quick charge while waiting for Jake’s shift to end. The last few days have brought record high temperatures, but this evening is really pleasant—82 degrees out according to my car, with no humidity to speak of and a slight breeze. The train passing by probably helps, as does Zeppelin on the radio.
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¶I’d like a little clarity on the definition of “need.” But that’s just me.
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¶No breakfast by the pool this morning. Jake has an early meeting with his flight instructor to go over a few final things before he takes the written test for his private private license. He worked late last night, and is still a little sleepy, so he asked me to drive him to the airport.
¶Yes, of course I will.
¶My role as a dad is changing. At 20 and 17, the boys are independent, for the most part, and don’t need me for most of the things I’ve generally helped them with over the years.
¶I’ve really noticed this over the last several months. I’m not going to lie—it kind of sucks.
¶It doesn’t bother me, though. It just sort of hits me in the moment when they’re doing something on their own that used to require my help. I’m proud of both of them and their growing independence, of course. Pride is why this change in my role doesn’t bother me. It also helps me appreciate it when they do ask for my help.
¶Jonathan asked me to tie his tie a few weeks back when we were in Boston for my niece’s wedding. I loved that.
¶And now Jake wants me to drive him to the airport for a meeting with his flight instructor.
¶And I love that.
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¶I love days that start like this—breakfast by the pool with Renee. Feels like summer might actually be underway.
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¶It’s absolutely perfect outside this morning. No clouds, 70°, and an ever so slight breeze.
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¶I finally got around to connecting photo uploads to AWS Lambda. I’ve now offloaded version generation to Lambda, which is working nicely. I used this photo of Teddy for my testing.
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¶Reconnected with an old friend from college tonight. It’s probably been 14-15 years since I last talked to him. Great to catch up.
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¶One of the things I struggle with on Daystream is the difference between a post and an article. The main distinction is that an article has a title and a post doesn’t. It’s somewhat more extensive than that (different editors, articles have a special isolated view, etc.), but, conceptually, not much more.
¶Inclusion of both types of entries has been intentional from the beginning, but, to this day, I struggle with choosing the best bucket for a particular entry at the time of writing it. I make a choice in the moment and the content sits in that bucket forevermore. This in-the-moment decision is largely based on the expected length I have for a particular piece of content when I start writing it. Pretty short? Make it a post. Longer? Make it an article.
¶I suppose that framework works ok, but it certainly breaks down from time to time. For example, this morning I was looking back on this post on the ways in which travel has changed in recent years. It might be one of my favorite things I’ve written on Daystream. But, reading it today, I couldn’t help but think that it should have been an article. It’s somewhat long and certainly lends itself to a title.
¶At a minimum, I need to add functionality for switching a post to an article. I added that to the todo list right after re-reading that post this morning.
¶This, by the way, is a post and should remain one. I think.
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¶“I’ve never been part of negotiations as serious as these. There are more Republicans at the table talking about changing our gun laws, investing in mental health than at any time since Sandy Hook.”
¶This is, indeed, encouraging, but he has likely had zero confidence on the issue over the last several years (decades?), so “more confident than ever” could still mean “not very confident at all.”
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Toledo Walleye goalie Billy Christopoulos skates onto the ice during team introductions before Game 2 of the ECHL Kelly Cup finals. (Huntington Center, downtown Toledo, Ohio)
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¶We went to Game 2 of the ECHL Kelly Cup finals last night. The Walleye continued to struggle, spanning four periods between goals (going back to Game 1). The team is struggling all around - passing is less crisp and guys are just not in the positions they should be, leading to missed opportunities and turnovers. The first two games of this series are not representative of Toledo hockey, but, unfortunately, we’ve got to live with it. Hopefully they can start a rally in Game 3…on the road.
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¶Wow it’s cold this morning—dropped to 52° overnight. Looks like it’s going to stay cool today, too, only reaching the mid seventies for a high. Good day to finish moving that mountain of mulch.
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¶I had another episode of random radio this morning—where I wake up with some (seemingly) random song in my head and no recollection of what triggered it. I always assume the song is a remnant of a dream, but realize it may be something I heard in the background the night before, like in a commercial on tv or something.
¶Anyways, today’s random radio song is Only Wanna be with You by Hootie & The Blowfish. I can’t remember the last time I heard that song, and now, this morning, I can’t stop singing it in my head.
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¶I recently upgraded the Daystream web app to Ruby on Rails 7. Everything went rather smoothly, but I did discover a hidden issue a few days ago. Basically, images in articles weren’t being rendered.
¶It took me a couple days, but I finally tracked the issue down to a change in the default variant processor in Rails’ Active Storage Module. Turns out, Amazon’s Linux doesn’t seem to be configured with the new default processor (vips), so the servers couldn’t render the images whenever a relevant article was requested.
¶Fixing the problem was straightforward - a simple settings change to use the default processor from Rails 6 (mini_magick) instead of the new default (I decided this was easier than installing vips on the AWS servers).
¶So, articles are now being rendered in their full glory again, letting me reflect on some of my favorites, like The Hustler is not a Pool Movie.
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¶”…online groups that give everyone an equal voice devolve into bullshit. It’s just a matter of time. Always happens. No exceptions.”
¶This touches on everything I hate about Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and all the other traditional social networks. Someone takes the time to make a thoughtful post, and it “devolve[s] into bullshit.”
¶Create for yourself and talk about it privately.
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¶Today will be one of those Tuesdays that feel like a Monday.
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¶“Despite this stark failure, the plastics industry has waged a decades-long campaign to perpetuate the myth that the material is recyclable. This campaign is reminiscent of the tobacco industry’s efforts to convince smokers that filtered cigarettes are healthier than unfiltered cigarettes.”
¶The tobacco industry is the GOAT of fooling the American public. Has the plastics industry been following its lead?
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¶Chilling with Teddy (and Renee) this morning on this Memorial Day. The weather is perfect—mid to high seventies with a slight breeze and clear skies. Let summer begin.
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¶I’m not a huge NBA fan, but I have been watching the playoffs with some heightened interest this year. I’m not sure why. The Finals should be fun to watch—something nice about seeing the Celtics back in it. I’m rooting for them.
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¶What did we do over this Memorial Day weekend? Well, I spent most of my time making a mole hill of out of a mountain of mulch. I’m guessing I’ve got two cubic yards or so left to go, out of the twelve we had delivered.
¶I thought I could finish it over the long weekend. Nope. Missed it by that much.
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¶Speaking of nostalgia, we’re at a movie theater for the first time in a couple years. Ready to call the ball, baby!
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¶Looking at the label on the back, I believe that’s my first copy of Dune (I’ve had several over the years). I bought it at my all time favorite bookstore — Thackeray’s in Toledo — probably around 30 years ago.
¶Thackeray’s is long gone and I miss it dearly. I used to love going there with my dad, and spent many a Sunday afternoon there later in life all by myself, perusing, reading, and buying books.
¶That book is worth way more than a quarter!
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