Week three post-surgery check up went well. Cardiologist is pleased with my recovery, but admonished me to “slow your roll, dude.” I guess walking two or three miles a day is considered a little excessive at this point, even if I feel good.
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If you’re a mnml user and are wondering if the new Archive with months plugin by @manton is compatible – it’s not. I do however plan to fork Manton’s plugin and make it mnml specific, but it’s going to be a little while before I get around to publishing it…
I had my two week post-op check-in with the surgeon this afternoon. Recovery is right on track and I’m doing well. I also got my official “metal detector club” membership card. It’s wild to know I have metal plates in my chest that will likely set off a metal detector when I walk through one now…
CABG X4 Day 12: Today is probably the best I’ve felt so far. I’m beginning to get good sleep without the need for pain killers and can shower on my own. Staph infection in my left calf is nearly gone, with ankle swelling down enough to make walking tolerable again. Daily naps are glorious.
Introducing the IndieWeb is Punk sticker, available on Cotton Bureau…
Stoic thought of the day… “A man is as miserable as he thinks he is.” - Seneca.
It’s amazing what some good, uninterrupted sleep can do for you. I felt like crap all day yesterday. But feel about 85% “normal” today.
No rest for the wicked as they say… I just pushed out a simple mnml update that fixes newsletter dates displaying improperly. Version 2.5.9 should show up in your plugins sooner or later. See this help.micro.blog thread for how to reset your newsletter template.
Alright, y’all… Came through it like a boss. Sore as heck, but I’m feeling okay. If all goes well, home Friday afternoon. For those wondering, got a quadruple bypass. ❤️🩹 But I’ve got a new lease on life.
Alright, y’all. Tomorrow’s photo challenge has been queued. It’s time for this dude to go offline and head outside to be thankful for a beautiful day and the many blessing I have. I’ll be back in a couple of weeks. ✌🏻❤️
Of course, me being me, I’m wrestling with the urge of spinning up a self-hosted, single-user Mastodon instance again. I’m kind of missing it. I think I’ll sit on that idea for a month and see how I feel about it at the end of July.
I just spun up a virtualization of macOS 26 Tahoe with UTM. I have to say I’m not as taken aback by the new look as I thought I was going to be. There are still some things to explore, however…
Today is my last day in the office for almost three months. I’ve turned over all my duties to others and cleaned the junk out of my desk. In a way, it almost feels like I’m leaving to go somewhere else. It’s kind of a strange feeling.
I just brewed a cup of coffee without putting my mug under the filter. Nice. Clearly, I’m a little distracted today…
I’ve begun cross-posting to my original Mastodon.social account again. If you want to connect over there, give a follow. Yeah, I just couldn’t stay away from Mastodon…
Since we’re on the topic of Punk, I think I’m going to start a new band once I’m recovered. I miss playing music to a live crowd, and I have a feeling my creative priorities will have a shift over the next few months. This one is filed away for later action…
Dammit! The day job has started blocking the Raycast app store and AI capabilities. I may as well go back to LaunchBar at this point. Friggen' security theater makes it so hard to get things done…
I threw together a really simple Micro.blog plugin to automatically open external links in a new browser tab or window by adding a “_blank” target link attribute via Javascript. If you could use something like it, go install it from the plugin directory.
One final mnml theme update (v2.5.8) for a while. This one tweaks more css and optimizes a couple of templates. Nothing major, really. Just simple things I felt needed to be done. You should be able to update soon if not already.
I had the strangest dream last night… The frames of the glasses I usually wear suddenly became brittle and just crumbled in my hands. I couldn’t see anything after and was trying to figure out how to fix them. Could there be some kind of symbolism in it? I have no idea what it could be if there is.
Hmm… iPadOS 26 with a Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse makes for a decent portable setup. This post published with that setup and it does not suck.
I am down to just three flagged action item emails in my inbox at the day job. I should be able to knock them all out this afternoon. I’ve also lined up transition meetings with the relevant teams for today. This should make the next two weeks a light load.
The date is set for surgery… June 30th. This gives me just enough time to complete the Micro.blog June photo challenge.
I’m living dangerously today and giving iPadOS 26 developer beta a try on my iPad since I barely use it. 🤞🏻
I’m waiting to tell my team members what’s about to happen until I have firm dates from the surgeon tomorrow. I’m sure they’re totally baffled by the fact I’m suddenly turning everything over to them the last few days. I should have been doing this a year or more ago… 🤣
Something I’m struggling with… After being the problem solver and fixer of things for my family, I now have to take a back seat while others handle what I once did in order to protect my health. It’s incredible how much of a man’s self-worth and esteem is tied up in what he’s able to do…and not do.
I was once rabid for Apple Keynotes of any kind. Not anymore. Eventually, features will be what they will be, love them or hate them. Workflows will adjust one way or another, and we’ll move on. Apple no longer innovates enough to excite me. I do still prefer the platform over alternatives though.
Given the recent turn of events, I’ve decided to accelerate killing off the single-user Mastodon instance I’ve been running apart from Micro.blog and federate from here. I feel good about it. It’s one less thing to worry about right now.
Really bad news from my cardiologist today. Five significant cardiac stenoses, which means open heart quintuple bypass surgery really soon. I’m in shock and it hasn’t sunk in yet. This is warning that it’s going to play out through my blog, so forgive me in advance and unfollow if you’d prefer to.
A much deserved — yet delayed — shout out to @Mtt (and by extension @sod) for proactively reaching out about a category related issue in mnml, which is now fixed. It’s collaboration like this that makes Micro.blog awesome.