2023 Week 34: Status and Photos

2023-08-28

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The weather has been extremely hot in the American Midwest this past week. Beginning in the previous weekend, temperatures have regularly reached 100 F (38 C) or higher. Our front lawn was due to be mowed in the middle of the week, and I went cycling the evening after; these. combined with my air show visit last weekend, meant that I began adjusting to the heat. My wife, however, was absolutely miserable.

We wanted to put a couch in our basement den, but both of the sectionals we brought from our previous house were too big to fit through the 29-inch basement door. We had to buy a new couch with a modular design and removable legs in order to get it downstairs. After three months of waiting, the couch finally arrived on Monday.

There have been a few growing pains since I moved my capsule to AWS. Fortunately, none of the issues have compomised the availability of the capsule, but trying to change my workflow has led to many problems with git repositories not updating properly. A few issues are ongoing, but I should be able to resolve the last of them soon.

I've been trying to go cycling more in the last several weeks, taking advantage of the warm weather and engaging in a hobby that costs less money than video games. Yesterday I went on the second-longest bike ride I've ever been on, and the longest I've done without taking an extended break (an hour or more) in the middle. The trip took me from our town to the next one north and back. After traversing 17.5 miles in just under 2.5 hours, I'm quite pleased with myself.

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Photo of the week:

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One of my cycling trips this week took me to a park I'd never been to before. I found myself in a large field almost devoid of trees, allowing me to see part sof the sky several miles away. A large rain clud greeted me, complete with two separate precipitation columns and a rainbow visible inside one of them.

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