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The Week #46
by James- I've started using Gluon when using Micro.blog. The client is so fluid and smooth. I also really like that it displays my figure tags inline properly.
- Speaking of doing things properly, as a I ramp up for releasing a developer release of Tanzawa, I finally integrated a CI process into the repository. I also took the opportunity to fix the lint/typecheck errors that I'd let slide because I wasnโt running the suite manually.
- Leo's been trying really hard for the past couple of weeks, but he's transitioned to being in undies full-time! Since he's been wanting to get the Ikea t-rex and complete the collection, to celebrate we took him to Ikea to find t-rex. When we were walking around the store he kept calling "t-reeeeeeeeex" looking for him.
- In Japan Covid news this week theyโve finally approved Moderna and Az vaccines. Moderna is being used at the new Self Defense Force run mass inoculation sites in Tokyo, Osaka and other places as they ramp up. It has me feeling slightly positive that I may be able to get the vaccine this year.ย
- ย The government has set a goal of having the elderly finished inoculation by the end of July. I donโt think theyโre gonna make it because at least in Fujisawa, my father in law couldnโt get an appointment until August and my mother in law is still awaiting her voucher. Maybe this will change once more mass vaccination sites get running.
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Checkin to IKEA Restaurant & Cafe (IKEAใฌในใใฉใณ&ใซใใง)
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Re: Ode to my flip phone
by JamesReading Ode to my flip phone reminded me of Frank in You've Got Mail, singing the praises of his typewriter as everyone is getting computers and getting online. Society, for better or worse, has picked a new technological successor and the old ways โ your flip phone, your typewriter, will eventually disappear.
But this line โ this line hit me hard.And by privacy I donโt mean cookies or my Social Security number or whateverโI mean the fragile sphere of imagination in which I exist when Iโm not diddling about online. I mean whatโs left of my nondigital self. When I clack your two halves shut, you glorious techno-mollusk, thatโs it. Sauron cannot see me.
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by JamesA bit worried I've spent so much time focusing on features in Tanzawa so I could get my blog off Wordpress that there's bugs in the non-happy paths. So I think my next focus is going increasing quality.ย
Finished the first s step: integrating my tox setup ( pytest, typecheck, and flake8 linting) into GitHub actions, so I can no longer merge if things are failing. Next step is to fix my typecheck errors and root out some bugs I've been running into recently (with tests!)
Once it's passing and the major bugs have been finished, I think I'm going to make a public release for developers / technically inclined people. -
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by JamesEnvironment values are strings. True becomes "True" and False becomes "False".
And, well, what does "False" evaluate to? True. True.I think the best way to handle settings with Django is to use django-environ.ย Not only does it handle .env files. It also has a lot of utility methods for converting values to native python types ( bool, list etc..) and using database urls. It's great.
My airbot settings.py uses it. My airbot settings also lets you specify the path for your .env with the ENV_FILE environment variable, so you can create different files for different environments. -
by JamesManaged to spend an hour on the bike today. Feel much better. Kinda want to add a small cargo e-bike to the fleet but itโs too soon.
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The Week #45
by James- I checked my DMs on twitter for the first time in a couple of months and I found a request to send me a DM from early March. I don't recall ever getting a notification. It was from a TV producer in Houston wanting to to a segment about my Airbot and @kuukihouston. C'est la Vie.
- The tomato seeds have come out of the ground and the bell peppers have just started peaking out. I may yet eat some "free" veggies yet.
- We got visited by a Japanese white gecko (yamori). They're known as protectors of the house and an omen of good luck. Good luck as he may be, he's not allowed in the in the house. Kicking him out of the entrance was a fun 3 minutes with a broom while Leo and Yumi watched.
- Ever wondered how to trim trees next to high voltage power lines in the middle of the forest? If you answered "with 8 huge circular saws spinning from a helicopter", you'd be correct. How do I know? I watched Summer in the Finnish Lake District on Arte.tv. It (like most of the documentaries I watched on Arte.tv) was in German, but had English subs.ย
It makes senses sense that a machine as hardcore as this would come from Finland, after they, they do have the highest number of metal bands per capita. Recommended, if only to watch a helicopter with saws dangling from it trim trees next to high voltage power lines.
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Checkin to ใใใง้ฏ็ผใๆฌ่
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by JamesVaccine Progress Bar
Vaccinating Japan... 1.238% CompleteA nice page that helps visualize the (glacial) rollout of the covid-19 vaccine in Japan. Worth checking every so often to see progress bar move. Averaging 200k shots / day. 1240 days until completion, 732 days until 60% herd immunity. ๐ฑ1.238% Complete
