1:30am sitting at the emergency vet clinic. Nothing life threatening so not really stressed but it’s a long wait to see the vet. Should have brought snacks 🥱😋

In other news we’ve had 7” of rain in a couple of days and apparently this is going to continue through Monday. Our yard is drowning. 🌧️

The young couple staying with us lost the only key to their car. It is a newer model with a key fob and the local dealer quoted $600 to replace it plus it would need to be towed to the dealer. Also, it would take 3 days to get a replacement fob. An automotive locksmith might be cheaper or faster but still it is a hit to their budget and plan to depart today. Feel sorry for them.☹️

My wife and I have decided we’re now officially introverts. Any time we have company for more than a couple of hours we’re left drained. And flashbacks to when a family of 7, including 2 year old twins, stayed with us triggers PTSD. 🤷‍♂️ Excuse me while I enter a darkened room.

It rained so hard last night the sound of it hitting the roof woke me up. No thunder, just the sound of a very heavy rainfall. We got over 4 inches. The rain is needed so no complaints from me. Supposedly more to come today 🌧️

I watch videos on YouTube quite a bit for both fun and learning. Recently their iPad app has started forcing a whole section of inflammatory video news “suggestions”. Even after clicking “Not Interested” multiple times it keeps coming back. I don’t normally send feedback to their frequent random “enhancements” but this time I sent one and I might have included a naughty word.🫢

A small bit of moon shortly after dawn. The colors were amazing. 🌕

The golden path of autumn 🍂

A seasonal shift to less productive mornings: now that sunrise is later I no longer have time to get out for exercise before prepping my son for school.

I use Apple devices but I don’t follow reports of new features before release preferring to discover the changes as pleasant surprises. I installed iOS 17 and have come across some handy changes. Predictive inline text is my “find of the day”.

And I am still amazed at the Snoopy watch face which has been one surprise after another. Almost walked into a wall because I was staring at an animation 😆

I’m in love with the new Snoopy watch face 💕!

Today I tried the new Input Shaping feature on my Prusa MK4. It is pretty amazing! A print that used to take 3’53” now takes only 1’39”. Another that used to take 2’35” now takes only 1’9”. More than twice as fast with no loss in quality. I’m printing a bunch today and I have a feeling I better check the lube on the smooth rods afterwards 😁

I’m watching an Australian Rules Football game (women’s). It seems like a combination of soccer, rugby and hot potato played on a giant cricket field. Entertaining. 🏈 ⚽️ 🥔

On the topic of rain, today’s .12” rain is the first measurable rain in more than 2 months. It has been a hell of a beating and our home garden has not been very productive.

In my task manager there is an entry for tonight “Epic Adventures”. I have no idea where it came from and no idea what it means. But I’m contemplating it… 😆

We’re having our first rain since the middle of July. It isn’t a storm, just a nice gentle rain like you hear on a ASMR audio/video. I immediately headed for the back patio to soak up the sounds because it looks like it will be very brief. 🌧️

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I loved the Tales of Arise JRPG so it was a great surprise that they announced an expansion for the game today (after having said they weren’t going to do one). Coming to a console near me in November. 😁

I’ve installed 3 ceiling fans in 2 days and boy are my calves telling me off about it.

ahhhh, college 🏈 📺

I successfully installed a ceiling fan in the she-cave today. By successful I mean it worked and I didn’t even have to cuss. Wife is pleased with the style and happy it provides much brighter light for her project tasks.

Life and death in one. 🌸

It’s been a great few weeks for sports. Women’s World Cup ⚽️ followed by a week of the World Championship of Track and Field. 👟 We’re going to go in withdrawal next week.

Very happy for India’s successful moon landing. And the timing after a certain other country’s failure is divine.

India successfully lands Chandrayaan-3 near the moon’s south pole | AP News apnews.com/article/india-space

I nearly ordered a newer RISC-V SBC board so I could start contributing code to getting it closer to on par with Arm. Barely stopped myself - it would have been a waste of money because I just don’t have time for another project.