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ericcoleman ([personal profile] ericcoleman) wrote in [community profile] filk2025-07-16 09:13 pm

This week on FilkCast

Broceliande, Brobdingnagian Bards, Anne McCaffrey Tania Opland & Mike Freeman, Daniel Kelly, Anne Passovoy, Mikey Mason, Playing Rapunzel, Mike Whitaker, Roberta Rogow And Company, Bill and Gretchen Roper, Echo's Children

Available on iTunes, Google Play and most other places you can get podcasts. We can be heard Wednesday at 6am and 9pm Central on scifi.radio.

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mdlbear ([personal profile] mdlbear) wrote2025-07-13 11:13 am
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Done Since 2025-07-06

It's been a week. Starting with my son's fortieth birthday, and ending with the fourth anniversary of Colleen's death. I started writing a "state of the Bear" post last Sunday, and will either finish it today or tomorrow, or give up on it. But productive.

I went out for a walk four days this week -- the longest was about a kilometer, and the shortest was 650m. I practiced every day, which I haven't done for a long time. And, at N's suggestion, I started a work log, to keep track of what I've done for our business. I'll write it up separately, of course, but it's been remarkably effective. See under Monday for the start, but it's all been moved out of Dog/to.do to different file and workspace, which will mostly not find its way into this log, although pieces might.

It also shows how appallingly lazy I've been for the last six months.

Not really surprising -- I've been retired for eight years, and I've allowed myself to get out of shape in a great many ways. It's probably too late to get back to where I was a decade ago, but I'll do what I can.

And of course, the best-laid plans... Friday N and I started putting together a piece of patio furniture, and wore ourselves out completely. And yesterday was Colleen's day and I actually got more done than I expected. Weekends are for catching up.

As for links, AI coding tools make developers slower, study finds • The Register. As I've often said, HTML Is Publishing, Not Code

And this is flat-out amazing: Hundreds of robots move Shanghai city block - YouTube

Notes & links, as usual )

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mdlbear ([personal profile] mdlbear) wrote2025-07-12 01:06 pm
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River: Remembering the FlowerCat: Four years after

Colleen died four years ago, at 04:30 Pacific time, so probably around the time I finish this post. It seems like a long time ago, or maybe just a few days. Or two moves. I'm surrounded by memories. Memorabilia. Every so often I'm struck by how many of my things have stories attached to them; many of them involving Colleen. To be expected -- we were together for half a century.

The world is very different from what it was four years ago, mostly not for the better; there are many things that I miss. And of course people. Too many people.

It's 1pm; we lit a candle for Colleen an hour ago, and toasted her memory, and talked for a bit. N found some purple flowers in the front planter to set in a bowl next to the candle. A candle makes a good focus for giving her a silent update. It's been a nice, quiet remembrance.

I'm going to post this, and sing a couple of songs. See whether I get through Eyes Like the Morning without falling apart.

Colleen, I will always love you.

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ericcoleman ([personal profile] ericcoleman) wrote in [community profile] filk2025-07-08 11:52 am

This week on FilkCast

Julia Ecklar, Feng Shui Ninjas, Cynthia McQuillin, Anne McCaffrey Tania Opland Mike Freeman, Kathy Mar & Zander Nyrond, Water Street Bridge, Summer Russell, Dave Clement, Sunnie Larsen, Brenda Sutton, Bill Roper, Three Weird Sisters, Leslie Fish, Chuck Rein, Lawrence Dean

Available on iTunes, Google Play and most other places you can get podcasts. We can be heard Wednesday at 6am and 9pm Central on scifi.radio.

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