2019-06-09
Was well-rested yesterday, so spent some time after dinner dusting off HackTile.
Got distracted by Refrax somehow. Built it to get the same blank screen error
that I’d been getting with HackTile; some incompatibility after upgrading OSX to
Mojave. Down a garden path of getting to to build with Emscripten so I could
publish a web version. Finally got a clean build only to find that the web
version doesn’t run. Not in the mood for debugging it. So moved on to HackTile,
which works after updating the XCode command-line tools and upgrading to the
latest version of SDL2. Keen to get back into it, but should wrap up Sesame
first. Need to finish projects. Always go back to my half-finished work to be
impressed with the potential, which sucks. Could have finished HackTile in the
time it’s been on ice!
Spent the remainder of the evening readling the new Neal Stephenson: Fall, or
Dodge in Hell. And watched a few episodes of Season 3 of Handmaid’s Tale. Late
to bed, which meant I awoke tired and unmotivated. Must get better sleep!
Tom Yum hotpot for lunch at Van’s, and took Bailey for a walk at the dog park.
Plan to have an early night after a simple supper of seafood chowder and garlic
bread. Not looking forward to a stormy Monday and going back to work.
2019-06-08
Well. Hasn’t it been a long time? A summary:
- Eliza is a teenager. Gosh.
- Work is much the same.
- No progress on HackTile.
- No progress on Sesame.
- I actually completed NaNoGenMo: Angela’s Claustrum
Maybe I’ll hop back on the horse? Or whatever the expression is?
2018-12-09
Spent the morning walking around Laguna Beach. Beautiful day. Got a late
breakfast at Zinc Cafe (avocado toast and a flat white). Lots of sports cars
roaring up the main street near the beach. Bought some supplies at Ralph’s. Back
for an afternoon rest, then got dressed and headed up to the house for the
party. Edgar arrived with his wife, and Christa with her partner Danny, and
Caroline with her sister Elizabeth. We drank old fashioneds and toured the
property. Then in a car to the hotel for more drinks and dinner. Met Alex and
his girlfriend Christine whom I had a great chat with; she’s from a similar
background to Dzung. After dinner more drinks; Christa was getting shots. Then
back to the house to finish the night; I insisted on getting Caroline and
Elizabeth glasses of water, which they didn’t really want, and walked them to
their car when it arrived. Didn’t crawl into bed until 2:30am or so.
2018-12-08
Into the office and then off to a team lunch at an Italian restaurant. Fun
talking about weird Australian things, and confused everyone by eating my salad
last. But, hey, it’s what they do in France! Meetings in the afternoon, and got
some work done. Cool that the We Work offices have free beer on tap; didn’t try
any of it though as everyone had left by the time Mark picked me up. Was running
a script on my laptop so strapped it in to the back seat of the Tesla on the
drive home so it could continue. Mark’s sister and dad were over for a Hanuka
dinner; fun chatting with them while drinking an old fashioned in Mark’s bar.
His dad worked on the MOL project (manned orbital laboratory) as a programmer,
which gave birth to SkyLab. Fun telling them about it crash landing near Perth.
Walked into Laguna Beach for a nice dinner; the five of us squeezed around a
table for three. Food and wine were good, and we had gelato at a small place
around the corner afterwards. Home to open presents (socks) and more chatting
before calling it a night.
2018-12-07
Long flight to the US. Teary farewell with the kids at Perth airport. Lots of
waiting around in Perth, and then in Sydney. Lucky to get an empty seat next to
me on the flight to LAX. Had bought a neck pillow, managed to get some sleep.
Took ages to get through immigration, then car ride to Mark’s place in Laguna
Beach. Afternoon in office; rode in Mark’s Tesla (Marci, his wife, has an
identical one). Impossible burger for lunch. Met the team, then home to a
pre-prepared chef meal for dinner. Rained all day, but beautiful clear day the
following morning. Stayed awake until 9pm and then slept until 8:20am. Was the
first day of Hanuka, so gave Mark, Marci and their kids the presents I bought
over. Fixed a production issue while drinking coffee in Mark’s kitchen. Going in
to the office at 11am.
2018-09-17
Long sleep last night. Took kids to school, then a good day at work. Eliza went
to Zophia’s house after school. Jack and I went shopping, then played together
before walking her back homa again. Cooked spaghetti marinara for dinner. Set up
some rechargeable candles for some serious hygge after dinner :)
2018-09-16
Jack to North Shore in the morning, then we packed up picnic things, grabbed
some food from the IGA and headed to King’s Park. The spring festival is on at
the moment, with live music. We picnicked and then let the kids play while we
listened to the music. They made new friends, naturally. Next was a walk
throught the park to see the wildflowers, ending up at the DNA tower. I threw
Jack’s new soccer ball from the top to Eliza and Jack waiting below. They also
enjoyed getting wet at the fountain. Home for a rest, then Eliza and I made
barbequeued lamb skewers for dinner. Early night; I was in bed by 10pm.