Dave Polaschek

Ex-computer programmer, now retired. Busy #reading, #cooking, #woodworking and living in #SantaFe #NewMexico

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2024-01-13 21:14:08

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@npub1u3f…nne2 I talked to one of the drivers the other day (he was pulling up as we were finishing our walk, and there were no car tracks in our driveway yet, so I took the package and saved him having to drive in the snow) and he said that he always reads the delivery instructions now, because everyone wants something different. So the good drivers will check that.
My neighbor had one who left her package in the street while it was snowing. The rug inside got soaked (and returned).

2024-01-10 13:29:07

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@npub1qk5…jlda Thanks. It’s a 650cc bike, so a little more hauling capacity, but I treat it much like a small truck.
If you need to keep using the stretchy cords, stretch them as tight as possible, so they can’t stretch more and let your load shift. Here’s another load, showing the stock luggage rack in the middle.
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2023-11-01 20:42:48

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@npub1t59…swnr Since retiring (but not having achieved “Medicare age”), I’ve been somewhat happily surprised by how cheaply I can get health insurance on the exchange. Of course, that changes if I make any real money, but I was expecting to pay significantly more for health insurance than I am paying.

2023-10-28 16:51:57

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@npub1qk5…jlda That looks like a nice little ride. I spent an hour on my 1600cc BMW today, just riding to the gas station and back home, topping up the tank with non-ethanol gasoline, then putting in Sta-bil for the winter storage. I much prefer smaller bikes for daily use, but the big Beemer is nice for road trips with my sweetie (photo from 2017)
I hope to get out this pm on the KLR650 to shoot the movie of changing terrain around here, but that’s an afternoon task due to the angle of the sun.
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2023-10-20 12:53:32

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@npub1qk5…jlda Oops! Wrong video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zibj7KnjClk is the one that decided me.

2023-10-19 01:05:18

I finished up the black glitter pen in a black oak box today. It’s another pretty one, I think. And it was a fun experiment using iron acetate to stain oak. https://peekachello.art/black-acrylic-glitter-pen-with-black-box #woodworking #penturning
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2023-09-22 11:58:14

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@npub1wa0…6pm7 Not quite true, though. Americans who buy good butter put plenty of it on sandwiches. It’s just that the average butter (as the article says) isn't especially tasty.
For that matter, some Americans put mayo on French fries also, which appalls some people.

2023-09-13 14:32:28

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@npub1t59…swnr Back when I ran my own home server, almost a decade ago now, it was possible to do everything VPN-y that I wanted to do using ssh tunnels I would set up as needed. It required a little more thinking, since I had to figure out all the various parameters to pass to ssh to create the tunnel, but I had some scripts to help my faulty memory, and it wasn’t too bad, compared to the hassle of having a home server in the first place.

2023-09-11 02:00:22

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@npub1dm5…5sqe Didn’t see any of my stuff in the photos. Have you rotated it out, or did it find new homes?

2023-09-06 13:43:29

Says here, New Mexico is “A Light in the Desert.” Makes sense to me, and I’m happy to live in a place that welcomes everyone and treats people well. It’s such a low bar, but somehow over half of the country struggles to clear it. It feels almost as though #NewMexico is a part of the Fediverse for how welcoming it is, and having found both in the past few years makes my life better.
https://www.sfreporter.com/news/coverstories/2023/09/06/a-light-in-the-desert/

2023-09-03 13:51:28

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@npub1dm5…5sqe Thinking about it more, I think the biggest challenge is that the laser etched wood relief printing process is going to have a weird dot-gain function. Probably pretty non-linear, but I can’t guess as the shape off the top of my head.

2023-09-03 11:42:20

Oof. Allergies have been in high gear the past 36 hours or so. Boxes of Kleenex disappear at an alarming rate. Three different anti-histamines appear not to be enough at the moment. Please send rain to wash some of the dust out of the air.

2023-09-02 00:00:59

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@npub1wa0…6pm7 We have a lot of purslane (aka verdolaga around here) growing in our yard, but every time I think of harvesting, I discover we also have a lot of purslane moths whose larvae are happily munching on it.
Our Mexican-born “rock guy” harvested a bunch a couple years ago because they use it to spice taco meat in his home town in Mexico. I keep thinking I need to try that.

2023-08-16 20:48:17

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@npub1hah…640q Yeah. Ever since I was a kid, the time between something being decided and actually doing something about it drove me nuts. We decided, now let’s go do it!

2023-08-16 15:39:59

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@npub1dm5…5sqe BTW, you have mail!

2023-08-15 12:44:20

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@npub1dm5…5sqe Nice! Congratulations on the Grand Opening!

2023-06-25 17:41:27

Started working on a knife yesterday. It will be a gift from an ex-neighbor of ours to a current 13-year-old neighbor of his who thinks sitting on the porch carving on a nice evening is pretty cool. Got an experiment I’m working on for possible decorating the handle a bit, but I’m going to wait until I know if that works before saying more about it. #woodworking #knifemaking
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2023-06-12 12:38:51

Got to watch a woodpecker getting some kind of insect out of here yucca flowers this morning. We have a pretty darn good yard here in #Eldorado at #SantaFe. #birb
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2023-06-07 13:00:25

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@npub1t59…swnr Or as Beavis and Butthead put it, “the more things change, the more they suck.”