Lately

What I've Been Up to Lately finally, some answers to this eternal question!

April 2025

Computery Stuff

• The software proceeds apace! The piece I needed most immediately (DBA, for DataBase Administrator), is now (as of yesterday) finally able to do imports (at least locally). I used it to import the VbzCart database onto my work laptop so I could get back to working on that.
• I'm setting up a replacement for Statler, our home web/file server. The first system board I tried was unhappy, so now I'm trying another one which was my main workstation for a short time, some years ago.

Household Stuff

• We finally rented a storage unit (again)! I'm kinda excited about finally being able to clear away a lot of stuff -- mostly Mel's, but also my equipment not currently in use and also just empty boxes I've been saving against future need. The storage currently has far more space than needed, so I can just dump empty boxes there until it starts to fill up with actual inventory.

March 2025

Computery Stuff

Mainly I've been working on a software project that's probably a bit arcane; the short version is that I need some tools to help me manage web sites better -- and even though there are a lot of existing tools for this, they don't work well for the way I think, so I'm writing some tools that do. See wooz:Latest for details.

TootCat continues to operate (mostly) smoothly and receive a lot of positive comments (and new users), thanks in large part to our diligent tech and moderation volunteers. I don't thank them enough...

Music-Adjacent Stuff

• music mash-ups:
  • 2025-02-24 The Night Train? I Can't Stand It! (Clapton/Winwood mashup) -- I had the mix ready for a couple of weeks, but wanted to do the artwork properly.
  • 2025-02-03 It's in the Way that Would Be Nice (Eric Clapton / Nik Kershaw mashup) (Patreon post)
    • I have several more in the works.
• In September 1984, my then-favorite radio station's owners decided it should switch formats. They brought some of the former DJs back to talk about stuff. I made some tapes:
  • WQDR Rock - September 1, 1984 - part 1/5
  • WQDR Rock - September 1, 1984 - part 2/5
  • WQDR Rock - September 1, 1984 - part 3/5
  • WQDR Rock - September 1, 1984 - part 4/5
  • WQDR Rock - September 1, 1984 - part 5/5
  • More to come.

• a music playlist for the Inauspicious Inauguration, aka the Coup de Gross

Street Poverty Fund

The SPF has been mostly languishing, but recently received a quite hefty donation (by my standards) which should be good for several months at least.