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Video tomorrow on my <a href="https://youtube.com/@leolaporte">YouTube channel</a>.</p> <p>Code, as usual, on <a href="https://github.com/leolaporte/aoc-cl/blob/main/2024/Day_02/Day_02.lisp">Github</a></p> <p>#AdventOfCode</p> </div> </div> <div class="post-preview h-entry personal tech coding"> <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/12/01/ive-completed-historian.html" class="post-date u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-12-01 11:28:23 -0800">Dec 1, 2024</time> ∞</a> <h2 class="post-title p-name"><a href="https://leo.fm/2024/12/01/ive-completed-historian.html">AOC Day 1</a></h2> <div class="e-content"> <p>I’ve completed “Historian Hysteria” - <a href="https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/1">Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024</a> #AdventOfCode</p> <p>I always look forward to this particular coding challenge. Last year I got all the way to Day 22 before calling for the Sag Wagon. This year I’ll be doing it in Common Lisp again for as long as my puny skillz are able.</p> <p>I took a chance and streamed my work live last night.</p> <style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }</style> <div class='embed-container'><iframe src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/4q8jfZnRq30' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen></iframe></div> <p>Fortunately it was easy and I wasn’t humiliated.</p> <p>Code at <a href="https://github.com/leolaporte/aoc-cl/blob/main/2024/Day_01/Day_01.lisp">Github</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post-preview h-entry photos"> <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/15/election-denialism-them.html" class="post-date u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-11-15 12:08:20 -0800">Nov 15, 2024</time> ∞</a> <div class="e-content"> <p>Election denialism.</p> <p>Them: storm the Capitol</p> <p>Us: leave that lawn sign up just a little too long.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/871/2024/ab6a5ca1c9.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt=""> </div> </div> <div class="post-preview h-entry photos"> <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/12/the-district-south.html" class="post-date u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-11-12 00:17:47 -0800">Nov 12, 2024</time> ∞</a> <h2 class="post-title p-name"><a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/12/the-district-south.html">Sofa Parade</a></h2> <div class="e-content"> <p>The district South of A Street in Santa Rosa, California is called the SOFA district. Every year they have a sofa parade. Featuring actual sofas.</p> <a href="https://leo.fm/uploads/2024/img-2420.jpeg" class="glightbox" data-gallery="7eb3c1eece0bf10065568e2198d3ad94" data-glightbox="title:Welcome to the Sofa District;description:" > <img src = "https://leo.fm/uploads/2024/img-2420.jpeg" style="border-radius: 5px; max-width: 100%" alt="Auto-generated description: A lively mural on a long wall features various colorful characters, including a snowman, a person holding a torch, children playing, and animals parading." title=Welcome to the Sofa District /> </a> <a href="https://leo.fm/uploads/2024/7eb6b33581.jpeg" class="glightbox" data-gallery="7eb3c1eece0bf10065568e2198d3ad94" data-glightbox="title:Ellen's sofa on parade;description:" > <img src = "https://leo.fm/uploads/2024/7eb6b33581.jpeg" style="border-radius: 5px; max-width: 100%" alt="Auto-generated description: A group of people in colorful outfits and wigs are parading with a decorated float featuring umbrellas and a large face cutout, with a rainbow flag." title=Ellen's sofa on parade /> </a> <a href="https://leo.fm/uploads/2024/8f558362d0.jpeg" class="glightbox" data-gallery="7eb3c1eece0bf10065568e2198d3ad94" data-glightbox="title:Cloudy with a chance of bubbles;description:" > <img src = "https://leo.fm/uploads/2024/8f558362d0.jpeg" style="border-radius: 5px; max-width: 100%" alt="Auto-generated description: People are standing on a street, some holding bubble machines while others walk, with a child running in the background." title=Cloudy with a chance of bubbles /> </a> <a href="https://leo.fm/uploads/2024/836bf1f94c.jpeg" class="glightbox" data-gallery="7eb3c1eece0bf10065568e2198d3ad94" data-glightbox="title:Parasol;description:" > <img src = "https://leo.fm/uploads/2024/836bf1f94c.jpeg" style="border-radius: 5px; max-width: 100%" alt="Auto-generated description: A person wearing a striped coat and black pants is walking outside holding a black and white striped umbrella." title=Parasol /> </a> <a href="https://leo.fm/uploads/2024/352d3080be.jpeg" class="glightbox" data-gallery="7eb3c1eece0bf10065568e2198d3ad94" data-glightbox="title:Easy rider;description:" > <img src = "https://leo.fm/uploads/2024/352d3080be.jpeg" style="border-radius: 5px; max-width: 100%" alt="70s disco bicycle rider" title=Easy rider /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="post-preview h-entry tech"> <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/12/the-new-m.html" class="post-date u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-11-12 00:08:48 -0800">Nov 12, 2024</time> ∞</a> <h2 class="post-title p-name"><a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/12/the-new-m.html">New Mac Day</a></h2> <div class="e-content"> <p>The new M4 Pro Mac mini arrived today. (Buddha for scale.)</p> <a href="https://leo.fm/uploads/2024/img-2445.jpeg" class="glightbox" data-gallery="109da8ef52d9883e336b2c63afb4bf41" data-glightbox="title:Bhudda for scale;description:" > <img src = "https://leo.fm/uploads/2024/img-2445.jpeg" style="border-radius: 5px; max-width: 100%" alt="The new mac mini in a stack with a blue buddha and the Mac Studio it's replacing" title=Bhudda for scale /> </a> <p>It’s so small and cute. And the internal drive is very very fast.</p> <a href="https://leo.fm/uploads/2024/screenshot-2024-11-11-at-11.57.49pm.png" class="glightbox" data-gallery="109da8ef52d9883e336b2c63afb4bf41" data-glightbox="title:Blackmagic Speed Test results;description:" > <img src = "https://leo.fm/uploads/2024/screenshot-2024-11-11-at-11.57.49pm.png" style="border-radius: 5px; max-width: 100%" alt="Blackmagic Disk Speed Test results showing 6647 MB/s write and 5397.2 read speeds" title=Blackmagic Speed Test results /> </a> <p>Quiet, too.</p> </div> </div> <div class="post-preview h-entry "> <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/09/my-with-her.html" class="post-date u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-11-09 11:52:16 -0800">Nov 9, 2024</time> ∞</a> <div class="e-content"> <p>My momma with her grandson’s <a href="https://salthank.com">cookbook</a>. She’s so proud.</p> <p>Me, too.</p> <p><video controls="controls" playsinline="playsinline" src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/871/2024/image.mov" height="275" width="175" poster="https://leo.fm/uploads/2024/poster.png" preload="none"></video></p> </div> </div> <div class="post-preview h-entry "> <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/09/i-feel-like.html" class="post-date u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-11-09 08:52:47 -0800">Nov 9, 2024</time> ∞</a> <div class="e-content"> <p>I feel like it’s a Scooby-Do moment. The orange spook mask comes off and it’s… President Musk!</p> <p><i class="fa-solid fa-ghost"></i></p> </div> </div> <div class="post-preview h-entry "> <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/07/from-sherrilyn-ifill.html" class="post-date u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-11-07 12:14:17 -0800">Nov 7, 2024</time> ∞</a> <div class="e-content"> <p>From <a href="https://sherrilyn.substack.com/p/why-are-we-here">Sherrilyn Ifill</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Our spirits will be assaulted in the coming months – by coarse and crude language, by open displays of violence, of privilege, and of unchecked power. We may feel as if we are occupied by a hostile force. This feeling will combine with our grief to weaken and exhaust us. We must hold onto the things that refresh our spirits – time with family, music, art, nature, hobbies, food. We must protect our core.</p> </blockquote> <p><i class="fa-solid fa-heart-crack"></i></p> </div> </div> <div class="post-preview h-entry "> <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/05/now-we-sit.html" class="post-date u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-11-05 09:00:00 -0800">Nov 5, 2024</time> ∞</a> <div class="e-content"> <img style="display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;" src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/871/2024/small-i-voted.png" alt="Small i voted." title="small i voted.png" border="0" width="75" height="73" /> <p>Now we sit and wait. Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.</p> </div> </div> <div class="post-preview h-entry "> <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/04/oi-i-feel.html" class="post-date u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-11-04 18:48:12 -0800">Nov 4, 2024</time> ∞</a> <div class="e-content"> <p>Oi. I feel like a moron. I tried to add a font-awesome icon to my blog title. It did not work as expected and now I’m stuck.</p> </div> </div> <div class="post-preview h-entry "> <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/04/you-might-notice.html" class="post-date u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-11-04 16:05:13 -0800">Nov 4, 2024</time> ∞</a> <div class="e-content"> <p>You might notice a bunch of older posts on my timeline - I’ve decided to move my blog from a self-hosted Hugo instance to micro.blog. I don’t know why I didn’t do this sooner. Thanks, Manton, et al!</p> </div> </div> <div class="post-preview h-entry "> <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/03/stoot-instancetwitsocial-id.html" class="post-date u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-11-03 12:42:04 -0800">Nov 3, 2024</time> ∞</a> <div class="e-content"> <p>Let's see if this Stoot thing works...</p> <blockquote class="toot-blockquote" cite="https://twit.social@leo/status/113420954469068340"> <div class="toot-header"> <a class="toot-profile" href="https://twit.social/@leo" rel="noopener"> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/twitsocial/accounts/avatars/000/000/001/original/dcb3af446f4de9fe.png" alt="Mastodon avatar for @leo@twit.social" loading="lazy" /> </a> <div class="toot-author"> <a class="toot-author-name" href="https://twit.social/@leo" rel="noopener">Chief TWiT :twit:</a> <a class="toot-author-handle" href="https://twit.social/@leo" rel="noopener">@leo@twit.social</a> </div> </div> <p>I'm starting to wish Apple would add an "I've already voted so stop bugging me" setting to iOS.</p> <div class="toot-footer"> <a href="https://twit.social/@leo/113420954469068340" class="toot-date" rel="noopener">8:40 PM • November 3, 2024</a> <span class="pokey">(UTC)</span> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="post-preview h-entry "> <a href="https://leo.fm/2023/01/12/is-it-weird.html" class="post-date u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2023-01-12 08:52:56 -0800">Jan 12, 2023</time> ∞</a> <div class="e-content"> <p>Is it weird that the Advent of Code problems keep me up at night? I don’t mean I’m staying up late working on them, I mean I’m lying in bed trying to figure out how to find a single point in a 4,000,000x4,000,000 grid populated by scanners with varying positions and ranges. ZZzzzzzzzzzz</p> </div> </div> <div class="post-preview h-entry "> <a href="https://leo.fm/2023/01/07/as-of-sunday.html" class="post-date u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2023-01-07 11:55:00 -0800">Jan 7, 2023</time> ∞</a> <h2 class="post-title p-name"><a href="https://leo.fm/2023/01/07/as-of-sunday.html">Time To Ask The Tech Guys</a></h2> <div class="p-summary"> As of Sunday, December 18, 2022, the Tech Guy radio show is no more. But starting Sunday, January 8, 2023 a new and improved show will be born: Ask The Tech Guys with Leo and Mikah! <p><a class="read-more" href="https://leo.fm/2023/01/07/as-of-sunday.html"> Read More → </a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post-preview h-entry "> <a href="https://leo.fm/2022/11/23/time-for-windows.html" class="post-date u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2022-11-23 11:22:50 -0800">Nov 23, 2022</time> ∞</a> <div class="e-content"> <p>Time for Windows Weekly. Listen live at <a href="https://live.twit.tv">live.twit.tv</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post-preview h-entry "> <a href="https://leo.fm/2022/11/23/im-turning-off.html" class="post-date u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2022-11-23 10:14:22 -0800">Nov 23, 2022</time> ∞</a> <div class="e-content"> <p>I’m turning off my automated news feed on my micro.blog (<a href="https://leo.social">https://leo.social</a>). If you still want links to stories we’re planning to cover on TWiT follow:</p> <p><a href="https://twit.social/@twitnews">twit.social/@twitnews</a></p> <p>Thanks!</p> </div> </div> <div class="post-preview h-entry "> <a href="https://leo.fm/2022/11/23/so-i-guess.html" class="post-date u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2022-11-23 09:52:18 -0800">Nov 23, 2022</time> ∞</a> <div class="e-content"> <p>So I guess this means I have three Fediverse accounts: leo.social, <a href="https://micro.blog/leo@twit.social">@leo@twit.social</a>, and @leolaporte@pixelfed.social.</p> <p>Not to mention my long abandoned mastodon.social account.</p> <p>And I always thought I was anti-social.</p> </div> </div> <div class="post-preview h-entry "> <a href="https://leo.fm/2022/11/23/hello-im-reconnecting.html" class="post-date u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2022-11-23 08:33:34 -0800">Nov 23, 2022</time> ∞</a> <div class="e-content"> <p>Hello. I’m reconnecting my micro.blog to leo.social. I’m also <a href="https://micro.blog/leo@twit.social">@leo@twit.social</a>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="post-preview h-entry "> <a href="https://leo.fm/2022/05/21/this-old-man.html" class="post-date u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2022-05-21 11:00:11 -0800">May 21, 2022</time> ∞</a> <h2 class="post-title p-name"><a href="https://leo.fm/2022/05/21/this-old-man.html">This Old Man</a></h2> <div class="e-content"> <p>Roger Angell passed away yesterday at the age of 101. </p> <p>A long-time editor at <em>The New Yorker</em>, he was also the best damn baseball writer ever. His essay <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/02/17/old-man-3">This Old Man</a> from 2014 is a lovely paen to old age and features these words of wisdom from another old coot, Walter Cronkite.</p> <blockquote> <p>Never trust a fart. Never pass up a drink. Never ignore an erection.</p> </blockquote> <p>Truer words were never spoke.</p> </div> </div> <div class="post-preview h-entry "> <a href="https://leo.fm/2022/02/16/is-it-over.html" class="post-date u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2022-02-16 12:06:26 -0800">Feb 16, 2022</time> ∞</a> <h2 class="post-title p-name"><a href="https://leo.fm/2022/02/16/is-it-over.html">Is It Over?</a></h2> <div class="e-content"> <p>I created this site in the midst of a pandemic. Now two years later, it’s over. Right?</p> <p>Today mask mandates are lifted in our county and, despite <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/mask-mandates-can-people-stop-wearing-masks-covid-rcna14587">cowardly quibbling from the CDC</a>, most of the US. It seems the pandemic ends with a whimper, not a bang. Sunday’s mostly-maskless Superbowl was the party we’ve all been waiting for. And, yet, I’m not exactly ready to celebrate. Personally, I’m planning to tiptoe back, mask at the ready. I’d love to make a pyre in the backyard to burn them all, but what if there’s a new virulent variant? We still have Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ and Ω if we need them.</p> <p>But, for now, I’m willing to say Mission Accomplished. Good job everyone. Let’s say a prayer for the nearly one million dead in the US, nearly six million worldwide (a chilling number) and get back to living. Save the remaining ivermectin for the horses, shall we?</p> <p>Oh, and get your goldurn vaccine, will ya? For me? 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