Today we are blessed with, and can appreciate, millions of colors. Before the cones of our retina could distinguish between #EFFing blue and pink #FEE, who could say those colors existed at all?
We are organs of a larger organism. It knows us, although we do not know it. I’m a vessel of whatever that larger organism is, its instrument, rather than the source of the scenes. So a lot of what I do is try to get out of the way. That’s the way I work on my writing.
Life’s Work by David Milch (2022)
Reflect on the spirit embodied by monks at the Monastery of Christ in the Desert. Their daily work period is for 3 hours until 12:40 PM. Asked of one monk what he does when the bell rings but he feels that his work is undone, he replied, “You get over it.”
Four Hours by Oliver Burkeman\
Arthur Dent & Ford Prefect flee from the destruction of the Earth by escaping onto an enemy spaceship:
“This is your captain speaking, so stop whatever you’re doing and pay attention.
“First of all I see from our instruments that we have a couple of hitchhikers aboard. Hello, wherever you are.
“I just want to make it totally clear that you are not at all welcome. I worked hard to get where I am today, and I didn’t become captain of a Vogon constructor ship simply so I could turn it into a taxi service for a load of degenerate freeloaders. I have sent out a search party, and as soon that they find you I will put you off the ship.
“If you’re very lucky I might read you some of my poetry first.”
Chapter 5 – Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Step through it in a debugger and watch as it listens.
Update May 2, 2023: This domain will be up for grabs soon, and its server files will self destruct 11/28/2024. I’m not afraid of death because I’ll be proceeding the people I most admire, relatively soon.(Think about that, Ha, Ha!) P.S.: I’m currently taking infusions to fix my brain (more ha, ha!)
this hidden file reveals how the database is accessed. written in PHP (not JavaScipt), it resides invisibly on the server.
Update May 3, 2023: Last of 3 infusions made no difference. Another MRI tomorrow, this time with contrast. MY guess is that it will show what? Envisioning Stephen Hawking.
Next step is explaining the code to those who are interested in stack-based webdesign, i.e., HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This is all native code; no external libraries or frameworks.
Runs in your browser!
Update May 1st, 2023: Doctor says: The MRI has been read. There are some changes that are not very specific and they recommended an MRI with contrast to evaluate better (on Thursday). The good news is that it wasn’t a stroke and the bad is that if the infusions over the next several days don’t reduce the inflammation (caused by Covid) then it is because the cancer has reached my brain.
What to do now, to have done by then?
B: Home base to team leader, is the Fox in the Cage? Over!
C: Negative! The Chickens are in Lockdown and the Alert Level is Green!
B: Send Scorpion Two and Yodeling Moose to Deliver the Package!
C: Affirmative! Operation Stale Cookie is under way. The Banjo Lessons are en route!
B: Copy that! Have Nauseous Squirrel check the Bed for Spiders! Over!
C: Painting the Mule red now! Over!
B: Be sure to leave room for Dessert! Copy that?
C: Roger! Will they Apply Ointment to the Affected Area?
B: Negative! First we need to Shampoo the Monkey! Over!
A: You and Cliff have a really strange code.
B: Code?
For more of the same type of storylines, check out The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
