I was just beginning to explore the concept of health monitoring or self-quantifying back in 2013 when I wrote about my use of the Fitbit Flex. I was hoping that the device would, if nothing else, remind me how little I move.
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I read an excellent article on Wired the other day on the topic of organoids and thought I’d share a bit about it here. Even the basic concepts of this topic feel more like science fiction than reality, and that is right in my wheelhouse.
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As of today I have achieved the old school / traditional goal of Blaugust: posting 31 times in the month. My current count across my three blogs, not counting this post, looks like this:
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One of the posts I came across during Blaugust was this one by David Somers aka Omz13 about Nownownow. It piqued my interest but less for the discussion of Nownownow and more for the concept that leads to: the /now page. I will endeavour here to explain what I understand about both.
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Another Blaugust post, another bit of inspiration comes my way… Juhis posted on their blog about Python’s philosophy of “batteries are included”. This is a design philosophy I can respect, and it takes me back to old school languages from my youth.
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An excellent post on Roger’s blog, Contains Moderate Peril, delved into the subject of what topics individual bloggers may self-censor. The short answer for me is I don’t block myself from covering any subject: this site is a reflection of what is on my mind after all, and not everything I think is suitable for every reader.
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We have had no rain in the Castlegar region since early in July: almost a month of totally dry weather. This was made worse when a high pressure zone moved in to the area two weeks ago, trapping the forest fire smoke from half the province in our valleys. Rain has finally arrived, and I am relieved.
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My wife Irene has cancer. It is stage 4 breast cancer, so we have a lot of things to worry about despite the excellent care and good results she has seen thus far. Paramount amongst these worrisome things is the quarterly testing regimen she is on.
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My wife Irene and I watched Star Trek: Enterprise recently- the whole series, beginning to end in order. I acquired access to the Paramount Plus streaming service to facilitate this and it worked pretty well on Apple TV. Well enough that when we finished and Irene asked “what comes next?” I felt confident in saying “The original series (TOS)”. Strange to say the “next” thing after watching a show from 2003 is to watch a show from 1966, but that is the way the Star Trek series chronology works.
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