2021-07-20                         from the editor of ~insom
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  Update to my last post: I did make a shader to turn my X11
  session amber, and I also switched back to X11 because I was
  getting exactly nothing from Wayland except fighting issues
  I've fixed with X11 10 years ago. </grumpy-old-man>

  I just got my second Pfizer shot -- my arm hurt but less
  than the first time and I had some wicked weird dreams and
  terrible sleep. On balance I think I feel better than from
  the first shot. It's all definitely worth it, and happily my
  workplace gives people time off for recovery from
  vaccination.

  In terms of `/now` content -- I'm re-learning some Win32
  programming in C/C++ (keeping it C for as long as possible,
  but I'm pretty sure I'll have to go to C++ at some point). I
  have Windows running on a Raspberry Pi 400 and I want to be
  able to toggle the GPIOs all the way from a Windows .exe --
  because why not, I guess?

  I'm learning how to be "good at lathe" with a tiny Sherline
  metal lathe. It's fun; I have no special project in mind.
  Turning aluminium and brass so far with no issues.

  Finally, I'm once again thinking about how to refurb my
  Tektronix scopes -- I have two because of a shipping
  mistake.

  I plan to keep one close to stock and authentic (but
  working), but modernize the other one with custom plugins. I
  should at least get a new XY display out of it -- I feel
  that's where my "effort/payoff" ratio will flip because,
  after all, I have much better scopes for getting real work
  done.

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