2011
- I’ve struggled with some lower back pain and I was hoping it would get better not sitting as much. On the contrary, my lower back pain is worse now.
- My feet hurt. Plain and simple. I need to wear a better pair of shoes than I have the first week. Going to switch tomorrow.
- I get the sense that I’m more likely to move about during the day. More walking around and more interactions with the rest of the team at the office.
- It’s harder for people to meet in my office. Since I’m standing, people don’t come in and sit down to chat. This makes conversations shorter, which is good and bad. It makes it notably harder to have a one-on-one conversation though. A small desk to meet at would be helpful.
Sat on the “blaring fireball” (aka sun) side of the bus. Poor choice.
Still managed to ssh from the bus and made a quick vi edit with Prompt on my iPhone.
Remodel Update Week 5
This last week was short with the 4th of July holiday, but there was still some nice progress. The mudroom is now framed in and you can really see what will be. The basement got the steel reinforcement plates put in and the dirt leveled and prepared for pouring the new concrete. The original plan had the concrete getting poured this week but they got backed up on another job so that will happen at the beginning of this week.
Looking ahead we should have a floor and most likely windows in place in the basement by the end of next week. We are also hoping that we can get the air conditioning hooked up again for the main floor. We’ve been without it since the digging started and since that is done the new condenser should be able to get back in. We have our fingers crossed. It has been pretty hot lately. Luckily we still have air conditioning upstairs in the bedrooms.
We are also preparing for the project to start invading the rest of the house more. Walls will soon be getting knocked down and we’ll have to accommodate some additional disruption on the main floor.
Filtering Google Plus Notification emails
It sure didn’t take long for Google Plus to start filling my mailbox with email notifications of all sorts of actions. Luckily, its super simple to filter Google Plus notifications. Just capture any email matching…
[@plus.google.com](http://plus.google.com)
and send it to a folder.
If you use Sieve like I do, the rule to match is…
header :contains "From" [
"@plus.google.com"
]
Much better.
Tammy and I watched Cedar Rapids tonight. It was fine, but not as funny as I hoped.
Today the reinforcing steel arrived to insure that the basement walls never slide in over time. Modern foundations have rebar connecting the footings and walls. Older houses just had the walls built on the footings and the basement floor kept them from pushing in. Since we are lowering the floor these steel plates will make sure everything stays put.
Just had a surprisingly pleasant support call with Adobe getting activation counts reset. Was very simple. Bravo!
Vandals trash closed state parks ← This is pathetic.
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Last night Mazie and I finished reading Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. I really enjoyed reading each and every poem to Mazie, and she thought they were funny, goofy and good.
I distinctly remember reading Where the Sidewalk Ends when I was a kid. They were likely the first poems I read. I even remembered some of them. Mostly I remembered having the book and the cover of it.
We were reading the 30th Anniversary edition so I was at the youngest 9 when I read it. It was a real treat to read it to my daughter and hope that she has the same recollection when she reads it 30 years from now.
First Week of Standing Desk
Today I started my second week of using my makeshift standing desk. My initial observations are:
My makeshift standing desk is far from ideal. I know my keyboard is about 6" too low. My monitor is as high as it goes but at an angle so I look down at it. Looking down is kind of nice in one way, but I think it would be ergonomically better to have it much higher and looking straight on.
People keep asking me how long I’m going to keep this up. I don’t know. It’s possible my setup is deficient and it won’t be better. I’m hopeful that I hit a turning point this week and my feet feel better and my lower back hurts less. I’ve started stretching occasionally through the day which I hope helps as well.
All in I like it, contrary to the probable tone of this note. I feel like there is a light at the end of the tunnel.