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3 good things, double.

For yesterday:

• Managed to cover for sick coworker
• Got the inktober drawing done
• Some good practice on the harp

For today

• Short workday (yay)
• Was out for a walk and back in just before the rains came
• The weekend has officially started.

#3goodThings #ReasonsToBeCheerful

Listening to The best of the Carpenters. Awesome music.

In one of the Roger Moore "James Bond" films, playing in Thailand, there is a champagne brand called 'Phoo Yuck'. That brand name is our weather today.

#inktober An #Apple #Phone#Drawing

RE: https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/117395892301161032 Image shows a couple in a car at a petrol station. The man says "I'm getting the feeling Americans are fed up." They look at a man on a ladder, near a sign saying "GAS" with an arrow pointing UP, and "TRUMP" with an arrow going down. #AltText Oh - petrol station is 'gas station' in the USA.

For today, three good things.

• Visit with my sister. She's doing as well as can be. Good visit, good talk.

• Rain this morning, sunshine in the afternoon. Something for nature, something for us.

• Slowly picking up 'drawing' again, as far as I ever managed to get, long ago. Planning to participate in #Inktober

#3goodThings #ReasonsToBeCheerful

Watched an hour of a film. The People Time Forgot. 1977. It's so wrong that it's entertaining. People traipse through dust and sand, get kidnapped, tied up, escape, slide through mud. And not a hair out of place, no smear on their skin, and their clothes are clean from the laundry. LOL!

Three good things of the day.

• A very nice bike ride this morning, with sunshine.

• Finally got to order new glasses (when you can't read things any more, it's time, trust me).

• A breakthrough in the "Voynich" story.

#3goodThings #reasonsToBeCheerful

Going off-track with the prompts for inktober. You could imagine this candle to be a miniature one, though. #inktober

RE: https://mamot.fr/@matiu_bidule/117308400831564244 https://www.buchodi.com/chatgpt-now-knows-what-you-do-on-other-websites-via-ad-collector/ ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector OpenAI's ad collector at bzr.openai.com sets a cookie called __obi, scoped to .openai.com. The value is while you are on ChatGPT and tied to your ChatGPT account. __obi is then sent to OpenAI from ordinary websites you visit. Any company that buys ads on ChatGPT installs a small piece of OpenAI code on its own site, the same way retailers already install Meta and Google tracking code. Joy... #Noai

@_elena@mastodon.social I dare say that the community thanks you for being here.

Do you use a non-webbased RSS feed reader on Linux? If yes, which one? I tried Liferea but that keeps reloading all the ones I've already read as new. #RSS #Feedreader #Linux

Yesterday: Got my girlfriend to work in time and in style. First steps on the path to lever changes on the harp. Making slow progress on writing with a fountainpen (again, since decades), in a way that afterwards I can read what I wrote. Small steps. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings

For yesterday: Good progress with the Harper/Writer stories in both languages Weekend started Nice online meeting with the harp group #3goodThings #ReasonsToBeCheerful

@fiend4coffee@c.im Yes, she wrote just that. Interestingly I just moved from Proton Pass to KeepassXC. @_elena@mastodon.social

People who don't even want to consider anything #naturist have a clothed mind. #NormalisingNaturism #naturism #nudism

@fiend4coffee@c.im Proton Pass is very good. I went there from Bitwarden to get EU software instead of US software. And now KeepassXC, to have full control over where my password files are. It takes some time to figure it out but I like it. The browser extension for Proton Pass is superior to the Bitwarden one in my not so humble opinion. @_elena@mastodon.social

You don't approach a #theremin with a plan... you approach one with hope.

• Anonymous

Good morning.

#QOTD

@randahl@mastodon.social As I said already. No need to come voting. Your ballot has already been filled out for you. Disgusting, but we knew that for decades already.

@gedeonm@mastodon.social This popped up right on time. I want to pick up drawing (again, but that's not saying I did anything great before). This is a great opportunity and motivator. Thank you.

@_elena@mastodon.social 😂 😂 😂 I can imagine the stunned faces! I hope someone took a picture for you! @samvie@chaos.social @Tobias

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social A part of Germany clearly isn't. Alas.

Repost for @vegan_horizon@veganism.social #Alttext #Vegan

@Crow@pagan.plus You'd have to ask Kevin Veegan what exactly he meant. Baby cows are ripped away from their mothers (and their milk) too early, so humans can drink the rich cow milk that is meant for the calf. But that's okay, because most calfs will be slaughtered and sold as meat anyway. And yes. It's the industry that keeps the milk and meat myth alive. (But this is my interpretation, not that of Kevin V.) @vegan_horizon@veganism.social

@neoluddite@aus.social I noticed that too when having a look (out of curiosity)

3 good things for today.

• Happy with my inktober drawing of a space mushroom, including its space-nauts.

• Laughed at the new, quite silly scifi I'm writing.

• Lovely to make and listen to music.

#3goodThings #ReasonsToBeCheerful

Yesterday:

** Acquisition of a new car. (Yes, a big thing to do).

** Tinnitus didn't get worse as compared to Thursday.

** Added a nice bit to some of my stories.

#ReasonsToBeCheerful #3GoodThings #Tinnitus

3 good things yesterday

• Wonderful weather.
• A nice Fedi meetup with some people here in the Netherlands
• The awareness of one more week of vacation.

#3goodThings #ReasonsToBeCheerful

I did my #BandcampFriday

3 good things for yesterday

• Started with inktober (no idea how long I can keep it up.

• Got a USB-C->Ethernet hub and that solves a speed issue.

• Had a nice walk in the afternoon, after the rains.

#3goodThings #ReasonsToBeCheerful

@gedeonm@mastodon.social She did. I also once saw a documentary that her voice had perfect pitch. They showed oscilloscope measurements of a perfect tone and over that one of her voice. It was indeed perfect. So sad that she killed herself with that anorexia... I'll always be a fan of her and her music. And the way she could drum... good grief...

3 good things for yesterday

• A drawing of an 'ogre' (not really an ogre, but I drew)

• Short workday (yay)

• A walk in the sun after work.

#3goodThings #ReasonsToBeCheerful

3 good things.

• Good news from pension fund (Finally!)

• Saw girlfriend, she's doing well

• Drew a cute toy frog.

#3goodThings #ReasonsToBeCheerful

Yesterday's good things: More good steps towards retirement Actually found a bit of time for a bit of harp practice. (5 minutes counts!) Started reworking some code in my book management program. #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings

@gedeonm@mastodon.social So did I! That's why it stuck with me so well. I still see him picking up the bottle and studying the label. "Phoo Yuck?" 😂

For yesterday: Had a very nice walk outside Reasonable first success with lever changes on the harp (baby steps are steps too) Discovered an interesting new podcast ("Change your mind" from "New Scientist") #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodThings

3 good things.

• Made a cute drawing today and I feel like I'm actually progressing

• Plans to see some Fediversians tomorrow

• I'm feeling good (it counts!)

#3goodThings #ReasonsToBeCheerful

Yesterday: Finally got time to fix a few problems for a lawyer (customer) (which he could have done himself, but hey, lawyer) Officially exactly 6 months away from retirement Good progress on some stories. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings

Het gaat echt gebeuren. Ik heb mijn Thomann harp te koop gezet op Marktplaats. https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/muziek-en-instrumenten/snaarinstrumenten-harpen/m2428743621-leuke-beginnersharp Iemand interesse, of ken je iemand die wil beginnen? Stuur ze door! Boosten wordt gewaardeerd. #Harp

3 good things

• I drew an eye. Sort of.

• A nice walk in the sun this morning.

• Good harping. Discovered a few new ideas.

#3goodThings #ReasonsToBeCheerful

3 good things for yesterday:

• a nice walk (it was very warm)

• drew a candle (satisfied)

• physio exercises (needed but not a fan yet!)

#3goodThings #reasonsToBeCheerful

Yesterday: Got my girlfriend out of IT problems. Wonderful weather on the way home. Actually got to do an exercise on the harp - a tiny excerpt from "Beauty and the beast". (Did you know that the beast never had an actual name?) #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings

3 good things for the day.

• Friend considers an old story I once wrote a good one. (Now I have to finish it.)

• Quite happy with the drawing I made of Hilda, my wicked witch. (Tomorrow I need to get blank drawing paper, I'm currently using paper with preprinted lines.)

• Added more wicked words to Hilda's new story.

#3goodThings #ReasonsToBeCheerful

3 good things for the day, and it's not even over yet.

• Got a new book. Yay. (Never enough books.)

• Played more harp. Yay. (Never enough harp.)

• Girlfriend's surgery went well. Yayest!

#3goodThings #ReasonsToBeCheerful

3 good things

• another wonderful day, with the last of summer vibes
• physio exercises to fix my upper back and shoulders
• decent drawing of my wee dragon statue

#3goodThings #ReasonsToBeCheerful

@aceofcosmicspace@lgbtqia.space In one week I'll have my 2nd harp anniversary. Amazing how fast that went!

Yesterday: Fixed several laptop problems onsite with a customer. Nice weather on the way home. A great celebration call with the harp group after finishing the early intermediate program. #3goodThings #ReasonsToBeCheerful

A nice walk this morning, before the rains came. Fysio visit to start fixing my shoulder problem Good harping and writing. #3goodThings #reasonsToBeCheerful

3 good things for yesterday: A nice bike ride of 20 km. Vacation. Actual time to practice music on the harp. #ReasonsToBeCheerful #3goodthings

3 good things.

• New glasses. WOW! Did the world always look like this?

• A summer day with 26C and sunshine.

• Awesome progress on the Voynich story and the Harper story. I am pleased.

#3goodThings #ReasonsToBeCheerful

By the way: wasabi peanut crunch crackers burn your face off. Be warned LOL