Wet Wednesday 10/25/2018
One of my favoraite pictures of the season. It was taken by a crew mate on the second to last Wet Wednesday of the 2018.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bofr5wTFh10Repetitive Questioning in Elderly
I am not good with deal with repetitive questions. I was born impatient. Patience is a learned quality. I am currently helping a person with mild short-term memory loss. What makes it hard, is the person personality is there. Cognitive reasoning is still good. However, short-term memory is… not quite there. There are times that there is the question of the day. That question will be asked over and over. Another question is what day it is (today is Sunday).
Insuline Self Titration
It has been a while since I started this post. This is a little old. Just posting it to get it out of the queue.
Back in June I took a relative to the doctor for a checkup and learned how to help my relative better control type 2 diabetes using Levemir and insulin titration. Wow, what a mouthful. I am glad the doctor did not use the words insulin titration. Titration is just a fancy word for adjusting the dosage so that a person does not get too much insulin or too little.
Nikola 8.0.0 Linux pip shell script
Messed up my virtual environment for Nikola Static blog generator. I decided to create a small script to automate some of the process.
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#!/bin/sh
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python -m venv nikola
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cd nikola
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. bin/activate
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pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
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pip install Nikola==8.0.0
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pip install --upgrade "Nikola[extras]"
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Also, the doit process that Nikola uses keep tracks using gdbm. Gdbm does not work well with Microsofts one drive. I changed the dependency file DB backend of gdbm to sqlite3 in the file: nikola/lib/python3.7/site-packages/doit/cmd_base.py
or
--- nikola/lib/python3.7/site-packages/doit/cmd_base.py 2018-09-08 12:00:32.217679190 -0700 +++ cmd_base.py 2018-09-08 12:00:01.618008492 -0700 @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ 'short':'', 'long': 'backend', 'type': str, - 'default': "sqlite3", + 'default': "dbm", 'help': ("Select dependency file backend. [default: %(default)s]") }
CSV Table Test
Just testing different table types in RST from exmaples (and a definition sneak in)
A |
not A |
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False |
True |
True |
False |
csv-table
Treat |
Quantity |
Description |
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Albatross |
2.99 |
On a stick! |
Crunchy Frog |
1.49 |
If we took the bones out, it wouldn't be crunchy, now would it? |
Gannet Ripple |
1.99 |
On a stick! |
List Table
Treat |
Quantity |
Description |
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Albatross |
2.99 |
On a stick! |
Crunchy Frog |
1.49 |
If we took the bones out, it wouldn't be crunchy, now would it? |
Gannet Ripple |
1.99 |
On a stick! |
And a definition:
- definition
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the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear
Happy B-Day to me 2018
Today's my double nickel. I saw this quote the other day on Pinterest. A little course, crude. Did not need the f-bomb to get the point across. However, I like it. I might be getting older, does not make me over the hill. A birthday poem for me...
Act my age?
What the fuck is that, “act my age?”
What do I care how old I am?
The Ocean is old as fuck. It will still drown your ass with vigor.
Time and Gravity
Last year a neighbor caught me finishing running. He asked me why. My answer was health, the need to be active, plus I have some physical bucket lists: 5k, triathlon, sailing, etc. His answer was time and gravity as in the fight against it. I like the phrase. Going to be my new category for personal health going forward.
Upgraded site to Nikola v8.0.0b2
Just upgraded the static blog software to Nikola V8b2. The conversion is not perfect. Current goal is to just get the links correct before I worry about format.
Love Them Both
One of a the better quotes that I come accross:
"We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it." [1]
This quote belongs with this post:
Let us practice many acts of kindness and gentle clarity toward those we like the least.
—St. Frances de Sales
Sunday Sail with Dolphins
I went sailing with a friend. It was supposed to be just a mellow hour or two of sailing then pull my J/70 out of the water. Instead, we ended up sailing with a pod of dolphins. We did get caught in 25-mile gusts and large swells without enough weight. We had to furl the jib to get inshore. That short sail turned into a four-hour adventure.