Attempting to take photos 📷, I realized two things:
- I forgot my camera’s charger at home, and it’s too old for the local CVS to have the right USB cable 😖.
- My photography skills are rusty. I can see the “spirit” of the photo and the reason I took it, but it’s not quite there.
of motorcycles and he-mes
I’m at a motorcycle cafe reflecting on an alternate dimension with a different version of me.
I didn’t realize how hard it would be to stop working. Im constantly CCed in emails and I see issues that need resolution and worried people who need help. This is a critical time at work, but it has been like this for a while and it’s not going to stop tomorrow. Trying hard not to answer and relax…
Short Vacation Time
Time for a vacation again. I’ve been responding to a couple of work emails this morning, even though I’m off, and I suspect I’ll probably answer a few more while I’m away.
This vacation would be a good time to reflect on my workload and if I enjoy being so busy (I suspect that to a certain degree, I do. I get that guilty pleasure out of it). I also want to re-evaluate my org-mode setup, particularly the agenda and my calendar, and how to work with or around those.
I’m taking my camera with me, and I hope to shake some rust off in the photography department. It would also be interesting to see how Journelly plays into all the locations ’ “check-ins” I plan on doing. If anyone has a system like that in place, I’d love to hear about it.
And… that’s it I think. Not much more is planned besides general laziness and sleep, especially in the heat, away from the explosions of fireworks.
My latest GPU issues updates
What has been happening with my GPU: After a fresh installation of Pop OS, I discovered that Nvidia drivers from the Pop OS store caused system freezes.
Now that I see the Pop OS store was what caused the issue (from what I can gather) I’m thinking of ditching Pop OS altogether in favor of Mint, my favorite classic, or maybe try for Xubuntu again. Warranty and support work only with Pop OS though.
Now that my games have been wiped, I am thinking of only installing three games at a time. One for just playing and having fun, something light (Helldivers 2), something that is story-based (trying to get back to Signalis), and one… well, we’ll see.
After wiping my Pop_OS desktop and starting fresh, I was able to update the NVIDIA drivers without issues - that is, until I tried to install a newer version from the Pop_OS store, which caused the computer to freeze again. So that’s what caused it.
I ran into another issue with my System76 desktop – and this time, it doesn’t seem like there’s an easy fix. The GPU crushes every now and then, and updating the drivers causes this to happen immediately. If wiping and starting anew doesn’t fix it, I’m told I’ll need to send it for repairs 😖
I think I found my new avatar🦉📷
