Mon. Feb. 23, 2026 – still working

By on February 23rd, 2026 in culture, decline and fall, lakehouse, linux

Cold and clear. It was 39F when I went to bed and supposed to be colder today. It was clear and cool all day yesterday, so clear and cold with a front moving through makes sense.

I did get some stuff done yesterday. Still have lots to do though, so I’m staying up here to get at least a couple of things finished. I got the electrical in the master bath mostly done. I got a bunch of things sorted and put in different spots. I didn’t get the truck unloaded though.

That means, keep plugging away at it. Use the momentum that I have, as little as it is, to push forward.

Or crawl forward as the case may be. I spent enough time in the attic on my knees to know today will be a killer.

But, gotta do it.

Stack. Work. Prep.

nick

10 Comments and discussion on "Mon. Feb. 23, 2026 – still working"

  1. Denis says:

    Monday. Also still working. Good morning!

    Or crawl forward as the case may be. I spent enough time in the attic on my knees to know today will be a killer.

    Good luck with that, Nick. Remember to hydrate!

    I am not a fan of working in attics. Perhaps not entirely coincidentally, neither of my residences has an attic. Well, the BOL does, but we converted it to living/working space, which was a major improvement.

  2. SteveF says:

    Trump should fire NASA management and sell it to Musk for a dollar

    As phrased, it is unclear whether NASA or the management is being sold for a dollar.

    I’ll remind you that the 13th Amendment prohibits slavery except as punishment for a crime. I’m sure that NASA managers as a whole can be convicted of something. Conspiracy, most likely. Concealment of facts from an investigation. Lying to Congress.

  3. Greg Norton says:

    I’m selective when buying Girl Scout cookies. I passed the group that set up inside a nice cozy grocery store, and bought from the group that was outside the local Goodwill. They also mentioned that they will be there next weekend, so my repeat business will go there, too. 

    The individual Girl Scouts do not choose their selling locations. The group set up in front of Goodwill one weekend could be at the grocery store the next.

    The Goodwill could actually be the best place to sell where you live. It varies in different markets.

  4. brad says:

    Now I am down to 99+ items on my task list to get done.

    Back in my more mathematical days, we had an adaptation of the song “99 bottles of beer”. It was “aleph null bottles of beer” – take one away, and it’s still infinity.

    Not all “vitamin c” is the same and the same goes for almost every so-called vitamin and supplement.

    This is a serious issue, but we – as consumers – are poorly placed to evaluate the supplements. And any place that does so, is generally just trying to sell there particular brand.

    Shields Up says I’m totally Stealth.

    That does a decent job of port checking.

    Unfortunately, I have the impression he hasn’t updated his tools (or his thinking) for a couple of decades now. The fact that he markets SpinRite as being a suitable tool for SSDs pretty much says it all…

    What particularly got their goat was Hegseth bench-pressing. What really got them was his pressing 315 pounds.

    Good stuff. I’m in decent shape for my age, and I might manage half of that…

  5. Greg Norton says:

    DJUNGELSKOG Soft toy, orangutan

    $19.99

    CURRENTLY SOLD OUT

    https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/djungelskog-soft-toy-orangutan-10402841/

    eBay has spiked in the last couple of days:

    You ain’t got no ice cream.

  6. Greg Norton says:

    Learn TypeScript Now Or Lose Your Job!

    https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/typescript-python-and-the-ai-feedback-loop-changing-software-development/

    Human developers haven’t trusted Bash/shell for anything but quick one-offs for more than a decade, but I guess a lot of quick one-offs are out there to train the AI.

  7. drwilliams says:

    @SteveF

    As phrased, it is unclear whether NASA or the management is being sold for a dollar.”

    Unclear only according to your belief in the size of the market willing to pay a dollar for NASA management. 

    But upon reflection Stellantis might find it a bargain. 

  8. drwilliams says:

    “The Goodwill could actually be the best place to sell where you live. It varies in different markets.”

    I’d bet on the location with many more cars in the parking lot and a higher average sale. 

  9. Greg Norton says:

    NASA says it needs to haul the Artemis II rocket back to the hangar for repairs

    As Dr. Pournelle often pointed out, NASA’s real mission is full employment for space geeks.

    Building the SLS and the infrastructure was an entire career for a lot of people working at NASA. Removing the tooling from the three high bays in the VAB dedicated to the Artemis program will be an entire career for newbies just joining the agency.

  10. Greg Norton says:

    “The Goodwill could actually be the best place to sell where you live. It varies in different markets.”

    I’d bet on the location with many more cars in the parking lot and a higher average sale.

    The local Goodwill sits in front of the entrance to a neighborhood full of 5000+ sq ft houses where I suspect Robert Rodriguez lives.

    Griddy customers … or whatever took its place after Paxton ordered the payola checks.

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