I have always wanted a little wallet that was nothing more than a card case and a money clip. Inspired by some designs online, I created and printed one with my 3D printer. The cool thing is that I can keep fiddling with the design to keep it as minimal but functional as possible. I have uploaded the design to Thingiverse.
This morning, I made my 1,440th (approximately) school lunch. For years, school lunches were one of the biggest stress points in my life. Sounds silly, I know, but I had to make them early in the morning, I really wanted Joshua and Matthew to find them interesting, I’m picky about food, and it takes a lot of planning to have everything ready every day.
I woke up this morning, thought about the lunches, and realized that after ten years and 1,440 lunches it no longer made me anxious.
I put down a deposit on a Tesla Model 3 today. Matthew will be wanting wheels soon, and my fabulous Honda Civic Hybrid is about to turn ten years old, so it seemed like a thing to do. It could be a couple of years before I actually get one, as they’re a bit behind on their production schedule.
Folks I know who already drive Teslas assure me it’s worth the wait.
I ordered some wire mesh shelves for my kitchen, “Seville Classics 2-Tier Iron Mesh Adjustable Floating Wall Shelves, 36″ x 14″, Satin Pewter.” They looked cool.
Unfortunately, their manufacturing tolerances were way off. The shelves tilted downward into the room. A lot. The front edge of the shelf was about 2cm (almost an inch) lower than the back. Stuff on the shelves would work their way to the edge and then fall off.
The weather has warmed up and I’ve been particularly mellow today. Most of the day, I felt as though I could go to bed any time and sleep like the dead. I had to be productive, which is probably a good thing, but even doing the daily chores felt natural and slow and happy.
It’s hard to imagine how things could be much better.
So, presumably, it would be too much work to walk to the fitness center.
Today I planted tomatoes in my garden. They join the mint and basil already planted. The basil is struggling, though, and not helped by the broken sprinkler I found and fixed today.
California’s recent drought killed off the mint and raspberries that have been here for years. It’s good to be able to re-plant.
For years, I regularly rode my bicycle to work. For some reason, when we moved the office (about 2½ years ago) I stopped biking. Last week, I started riding again. It’s a nice change. I can take a route that has no automobile traffic for much of it. It’s relaxing and invigorating at the same time.
I wish I hadn’t waited so long.
I attended DEFCON 916 today, a local group of hackersorts. I haven’t been to a DEFCON since near the beginning (1997, IIRC) but there seem to be few local events for the geeky crowd. I’ve been doing my infosec work in almost total isolation since moving to Sacramento, so it was nice to meet some of the tribe IRL.
I struggled for years with SSL certificates. They were often expensive, limited, and most of the CAs I had to deal with seemed kind of… sleazy. I remember it taking weeks and way too much money to get my first certificate for the now-defunct ssl.guerillaphysician.com domain. I’ve always felt, though, that SSL/TLS should have been the default web protocol from the beginning.
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