Random rambling about
my life. I don't feel
super focus, but writing
feels good.
Monday morning Tai Chi,
last class of the year.
I drive back home, my
daugher, tired, trying
to clean the kitchen.
I wanted her to be ready
for pick up. She is confused
and tired. We had a tiring
weekend. I am happy to
see her, while in Tai
Chi I though I should
have stayed and make
her breakfast. There are
often other guests during
the weekend and we don't
get to spend a lot of
time together. I plan
to have next weekend
only for her and I,
resting, taking it
easy, cleaning, fire
on the beach. Will it
be the full moon then?
I continued the tattoo
on my left hand over
the weekend. I couldn't
focus, so I didn't draw
very straight lines.
I need to take some
time this week to practice
more on my left hand.
The online tattoo class is okay,
but it's still computer
time. I really have to
let go of any entertainment
in front of the computer,
so I am only in front of
a computer for work or
learning. Minimizing my
time there. My writing
setup is okay, staying
in the console, fbterm,
emacs, with a nice illustration,
on a dark brown background.
It doesn't feel like
computer time.
I know that once I'm
completely off from
using my computer for
entertainment I'll probably
go back to my ebook + mech
keys, for my writing. I feel
by the new year, I will be
in a different spot again
with my relation with
technologies.
The least time I spend
on the computer, the more
my life is moving forward.
Maybe I am just getting older
but reality seems to be moving
faster and faster.
I've setup some drills to
practice tattooing, but I
am still waiting for my
power supply. I got myself
a tattoo pen, but it feels
a bit awkward, heavy on the
end. But I can connect the
tattoo pen to a cable, and
then to a power supply (or
just a battery) which makes
the pen a lot more precise.
I got a decent power supply,
which would provide constant
power (no need to think about
recharging) and create a nice
setup for working. I think
the space I create for
tattoo will influence how
I tattoo.
It's like setting up a
space for creation. For
example, this morning I
wanted to write, but my
laptop was out of power.
I had to spend some time
to look for the power brick.
I had to find the adaptor too,
which is quite annoying.
I realize that I can modify
this laptop to take
usb C charging, but that
there are also cable that
would connect directly to the
thinkpad power, which would
remove one layer of annoyance.
Still need to find some
part for a tool to work.
But hey, I could use that
in the car too!
My typewriter, by contrast,
is there, waiting for me to
write. Nothing is needed,
well, just a few sheet of paper.
My journal and pen also doesn't
need power, but still need
some ink, which I have a bottle
for. Tai Chi doesn't require
anything though. Meditation,
yoga, breathing... Action that
doesn't requires anything,
doesn't pollute, or needs
to be charged... Playing my
violin, my dumbek, all low
requirements. There is something
calming about performing
activities where the tooling
is simple. Modular synth might
be on the top of complexity!
But computer still has a lot
of complexity, a lot can go wrong.
When I think about a permacomputer
or a device build for permacomputing,
I see a really low resource machine,
that has easy to change battery,
with solar power or crank charging
included in the machine. I've
created that setup with my
ebook + mech keyboard + solar
panel + meshtastic device.
But it's all in different
parts, not a single device.
Which might be best for the
long run.
Well I've been all over
the place today. Like plowing
the snow, I need this morning
reflection to remove what
the storm left. All that
activity that needs a place
to land, to be expressed, but
also to guide my next step.
After this, I'll sit at the
table, take my yellow notebook,
and write down what I want to
accomplish today. I normally set
my goal on 3 or 4 clients or projects,
knowing that other task will
resurface as I move forward.
I try to also include my
online schooling, but that
hasn't really work yet.
Third week of theater, now
as a art director. That's
a good role for me. It's a
lot less stressful, and I
feel like I can fully step
into this. I'm already seeing
the stage, the lights, the
music... Excited to play with
my sonicware smpltreck. It's
a neat instrument, I just
don't spend enough time
with it. If I'd master this
sampler/looper, I might
get rid of a lot of my other
instrument, which would
feel great to a certain
degree!
All right, enough rambling
this morning, lets get to
work.
