{"id":1490,"date":"2020-12-03T19:16:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T01:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/?p=1490"},"modified":"2020-12-03T19:16:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T01:16:12","slug":"weeknote-for-11-29-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/03\/weeknote-for-11-29-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Weeknote for 11\/29\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"playht-iframe-wrapper\" style=\"max-height: 210px !important;\">\n\t<iframe\n\tscrolling=\"no\"\n\tclass=\"playht-iframe-player\"\n\tid=\"playht-iframe-player\"\n\theight=\"90px\"\n\twidth=\"100%\"\n\tframeborder=\"0\"\n\tstyle=\"max-height: 90px; height: 90px !important;\"\n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/play.ht\/embed\/?article_url=https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/?p=1490&voice=en-GB-Wavenet-B&appId=9W3P762tsiZ6wAx&trans_id=-MNbxY5PN_7TDAhWrprC\"\n\tdata-voice=\"en-GB-Wavenet-B\"\n\tarticle-url=\"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/?p=1490\"\n\tdata-appId=\"9W3P762tsiZ6wAx\"\n\tallowfullscreen=\"\">\n\t<\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Christmas labels<\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\ude10<\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m about 95% done.<\/strong> Hopefully this last little bit doesn&#8217;t drag on too long. I should be able to finish it in a couple of days.<\/p>\n<h2>Life maintenance<\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\ude0c<\/p>\n<p><strong>I upgraded to an iPhone 12 mini.<\/strong> I was still on an iPhone 6, and it had gotten very slow and crashy. The Verizon website wouldn&#8217;t take my payment, so I had to go buy it in the store. Luckily it wasn&#8217;t crowded with people and so hopefully not crowded with viruses. But now I have a new phone, though the lack of headphone jack put me in an awkward limbo period. Most of my phone usage involves audio, so I&#8217;ve used my old phone for everything except texts and calls while waiting for my headphone adapter and wireless earbuds to arrive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Once I finish the Christmas labels, December will be dedicated to life maintenance.<\/strong> I&#8217;ll focus on either productivity or my finances. I put off dealing with money even more than I put off cleaning, so if I don&#8217;t get to it this month, I&#8217;ll probably make it January&#8217;s project. I&#8217;d like to switch my financial software, update my budget, and start some investing.<\/p>\n<h2>Space<\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n<p><strong>I watched <a href=\"https:\/\/spacelaunchnow.me\/launch\/long-march-5-change-5\/\">China launch a rocket to the moon<\/a>.<\/strong> If all goes well, it&#8217;ll bring back lunar samples from areas we hadn&#8217;t visited. The technology sounds very challenging and like a significant step forward in these kinds of robotic missions. I hope it works, especially if they share the engineering details with the rest of us.<\/p>\n<h2>Politics<\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>I settled on some podcasts to follow.<\/strong> These feel workable because most of them aren&#8217;t daily. This list will probably change.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/podcasts\/townhallreview\">Townhall Review<\/a><\/em> &#8211; Highlights from conservative media.<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/podcast.thedispatch.com\/\">The Dispatch Podcast<\/a><\/em> &#8211; My favorite center-rightists.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/theargument\"><em>The Argument<\/em><\/a> &#8211; Discussion between hosts on the left and right.<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/11th-hour-with-Brian-Williams\">The 11th Hour with Brian Williams<\/a><\/em> &#8211; Standard mainstream news program.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pri.org\/programs\/the-world\"><em>The World<\/em><\/a> &#8211; To remind myself there are things happening outside the US too.<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/crooked.com\/podcast-series\/pod-save-america\/\">Pod Save America<\/a><\/em> &#8211; Progressive discussions by former Obama staff people.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidpakman.com\/\"><em>The David Pakman Show<\/em><\/a> &#8211; Progressive show I&#8217;ve followed on YouTube for quite a while.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>TV<\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n<p><strong>I finished the first two seasons of <em>Twin Peaks<\/em>.<\/strong> A strange mix of cringey, profound, and dark. I&#8217;m looking forward to the rest of it, especially with all the questions the ending left open. The movie, a prequel, is on its way to me from Netflix DVD, and then will be season 3, which was made 25 years later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I started <em>Star Trek: Discovery<\/em> season 3.<\/strong> I love this show. Getting back to it feels like coming home. Appropriate for the theme of this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas labels \ud83d\ude10 I&#8217;m about 95% done. Hopefully this last little bit doesn&#8217;t drag on too long. I should be able to finish it in a couple of days. Life maintenance \ud83d\ude0c I upgraded to an iPhone 12 mini. 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