Work, RackerGamers, Rain
By Derek | October 24, 2019
A good Thursday. (24th)
Regular workday for me.
Ran the RackerGamers t-shirt table for lunch today.
Got some work done on my secondary project today.
After work, had some errands to run, ended up getting caught at HEB during a huge rainstorm. Got really wet getting back out to the car. Got it done, though.
Once we got home, we noticed a few minutes later that part of IH-35 was shut down, the part that we had just driven past. It was closed because it had 3 feet of water on it.
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Dr, Work, RackerGamers
By Derek | October 23, 2019
Had a follow up with my surgeon this morning. They did an Xray and he said that everything looks healing normally, and that my cut should be healed enough that I can swim now, if I wanted to. Of course, that season has passed.
Regular work day for me. Working my primary project the first half of the day, then supposed to work my secondary project the second half, but today our group had a potluck to celebrate Octoberfest. There was some good stuff there.
Got home and setup for RackerGamers meeting. We are close to Game Day, so we have one this week, and one next week for final preparations.
Exercised late tonight. Exhausted.
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Haircut, BBQ, Robotics, RockBand
By Derek | October 22, 2019
A good Tuesday. (22nd)
Got up early to go get a haircut. Took little man with me. He looks sharp, now.
Tuesday lunch at our favorite spot. Yum. Saw a silver-haired woman wearing a Soundgarden shirt. I am old.
Robotics (x2).
Ran around trying to find a pecan pie for tomorrows’ work potluck. Apparently, it’s too early in the season for pecan pie. Ended up with a nice Apple Crumble instead.
Got home and played a bunch of Rockband 4. I had bought RB4 on the XBox One when it came out, but hadn’t really played it, due to the restrictions with bringing my music over from previous RB games. RB2 imported RB1 stuff, and RB3 imported all of that… but RB4 isn’t so generous. Ended up playing a bunch anyway, due to the fact that it does come with some songs that I don’t have on RB3.
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Library, PT, Library, Work
By Derek | October 21, 2019
A good Monday, but long. (21st)
Got up early (for a Monday) today, to go drop off stuff at the library, and pick up my on-holds. Well. Got there too early, apparently, on Monday my local library doesn’t open until noon. Wednesday, too. They do stay open late (8pm) on those days, so that’s cool, but I didn’t know. Dropped my media in the book return, so I wouldn’t have to cart it around with me.
Drove to physical therapy, hoping they could get me in early, since I was so early. They let me in only ½ hour early. Hard work today, too.
Came back from PT, had to swing by the library to pick up my stuff.
Got home to take a shower, and then go see a customer out in Seguin. They got one of their employees a new computer, and needed it installed.
Took the family out to dinner after work. Went to Fazoli’s. I am glad they came back to San Antonio, after being gone for a while.
Got home late, almost 10pm, basically going to get ready for bed at this point. I need to get up tomorrow, and get a haircut before our Tuesday madness starts.
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Funday
By Derek | October 20, 2019
A good Sunday. (20th)
Slept in. So nice.
Ate breakfast, then the family and I left the house to play Pokémon Go with some friends. We had EX Raid Passes to a raid, so we did it, and then did a few more.
Once we were done with that it was lunchtime. We went to Malik’s Rose Bush for the great philly sandwiches.
Back at the house, I played some games. First, a couple of rounds of Apex, then a bit of Star Citizen.
I tried to get Steam Link working on my AppleTV but I need a Bluetooth controller for it that has Back & Start buttons — I have a BT controller designed for the AppleTV, but it only has a Menu button on it, so even though it works perfectly for AppleTV games, it won’t work for Steam Link. Turns out the newer XBox One controllers will work, but I don’t own any of those.
Got my exercise done, then decided to play some Baldurs Gate: Enhanced Edition. Did a couple of quests then time for bed.
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Early AM, Work, Movies
By Derek | October 19, 2019
Saturday. (19th)
Got woke up around 4am. Younger son wasn’t feeling well, but also, one of our dogs pooped on the carpet. They were both at the vet yesterday, for their annual checkups, and I think Athena still isn’t feeling well. They both came home kind of groggy from the anesthesia. Went back to bed.
Regular work day for me. No morning exercise as I got up late from being woken up in the middle of the night. I’ll have to exercise after work tonight.
Working on my primary project, prepping host servers for firmware upgrades.
Watched a couple of movies with Jill before bed.
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Digital Penguins adds services
By Derek | October 19, 2019
I’ve updated the Digital Penguins page to show additional services that my music has been uploaded to recently. Check it out!
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Work, PT, Computer
By Derek | October 18, 2019
A good Friday. (18th)
Exercised first thing this morning. It feels better.
Worked today a bit before I had to go physical therapy.
They exhausted me at PT. I worked out harder than I had before. I actually got a little light headed at the end, likely due to not having eaten lunch yet.
So, I stopped as Las Palapas on the way home to grab lunch.
Once back, I worked on my primary project. I got two hosts ready for tomorrow.
Watched a couple of episodes of Agents of Shield, season 4.
After work, I worked on setting up my younger son’s new(er) computer. It’s not new, it’s mostly assembled from parts I’ve upgraded, but it’s still a pretty good upgrade for him. i3 => i5, 6G RAM => 16G, and an SSD. He had a spinny disk before. I think I still need to add a larger spinny disk, since the SSD is only 250G and it’s already getting full, just loading the games he has. Most of his games are older & smaller, but some of the newer games are quite a bit larger.
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Work, RackerGamers
By Derek | October 17, 2019
Long day, Thursday. (17th)
Regular work day for me.
Got to volunteer at the RackerGamers t-shirt table, during lunch.
In the afternoon, I got to sit down with a group of Rackers, including our CEO, and have a chat about various topics. It was a good experience.
Busy day back at my desk, but got to see a coworker who had been out of the office for some time, and have a good chat with him.
Exercised late today, as I went to bed too late last night, and didn’t get up in time to exercise early.
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Work, TV, Exercise
By Derek | October 16, 2019
A good Wednesday. (16th)
Regular workday for me.
Physical therapy after my first morning meeting. Went well.
Back at work, got some work done on my primary project.
Attended our secondary project standup, afterwards my boss asked me to split my time during the week.
Previously, I was asked to work my primary projects Wed, Thu, and Sat, and my secondary project on Friday.
This was difficult, as the secondary project, documentation, is very collaborative. Most of the other people on the project don’t do much on it Friday. So, my boss asked me to instead of do a full day on Friday, so two ½ days on Wed/Thu. I think this will work out better, and will give me Fridays back for my primary project.
Finished up for the day, then ran my neighbors laptop back over to them so they can get back on it. Sat and chatted with them for a bit about computers, work and life in general.
Watched a couple of Agents of Shield, season 4.
Exercised late today. I prefer exercising in the morning, except when I have PT that day.
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