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*Patch Notes 8/22/23*

A lot has happened. Many improvements have been been made that probably deserve their own posts. Did a lot of back sliding, attempts at recovery, and more back sliding. Also kept forgetting this blog existed.

CURRENT GOALS:

Clean and organized apartment

Time and suitable environment to focus on art

Being caught up enough on responsibilities and housework that I can feel comfortable spending time on video games and anime

Making a less stressful environment for my cats

Time for and Accessibility of Proper Nutrition

Get to bed earlier

Get up when my alarm goes off

Toying with the idea of setting up an online shop for like stickers and junk

Stuff Done Yesterday & Today:

Clean and organized apartment

Stacked the white boards and cork boards that have been floating around the apartment since I moved in neatly behind the recliner in the living room. I won't have to move them again unless I'm (finally) putting them up.

Made progress cleaning in kitchen

Made progress cleaning in study

Slapped a label saying "SPARE PARTS" on a drawer of a plastic storage unit in my basement so, once I find where they are, all the little baggies of spare hardware/accessories/parts for various appliances and pieces of furniture (THAT I HAVE BEEN SO GOOOD AT LABELNG. WHERE ARE THEY?!) will have a home. Baggies Found: 5/??

Slapped a "MANUALS" label on another drawer so now I have a place for them too

Arranged the shelving units in the basement so I can actually see and access shit easily

Time and suitable environment to focus on art

Cleared off the folding table that's been piled with papers and junk for 6 months

Cleared off my desk

Cleared off most the floor of my study

Drew plans for a U-Shaped desk that I think would help. Not sure if I'm going for it. Won't have a chance to build it until late September anyway.

My current desk has a riser shelf that I took off a while ago, thinking it would give me more useable space (it did not). I have a worklight I bought at goodwill a couple weeks ago that I intended to use for a workbench I'm most likely not going to build. It just fits under the riser, but its power cord comes out the center of the back, which puts it at odds with the riser support bar. So I drilled a hole in the riser support bar. I don't think the bits I have are meant to be used on metal, but I got it to work somehow. And after some hack-sawing and filing, and some more hack sawing and filing because I didn't account for the nut at the base of the power cord, it works pretty well!

Rearranged my furniture a bit. Trying an L-shaped desk set up

Being caught up enough on responsibilities and housework that I can feel comfortable spending time on video games and anime

Put on an episode of anime while eating lunch

Finally tumbled and folded the sheets that have been in the dryer for, like, two weeks

Washed a load of darks

Making a Less Stressful Environnment for my Cats

Cleared floor space in living room, kitchen and study

Moved chair I was going to donate back into kitchen so they can sit with me instead of me moving them off my chair

Making effort to clean/rearrange things in a calmer fashion so Maou freaks out less

Time for and Accessibility of Proper Nutrition

Washed a shit ton of dishes, focusing on the takeout containers I use for ready-made meals

Cleaned the fridge out. Got rid of food that had gone bad (oh god it was gross) and washed off spills

Made a start on organizing cabinets so I can find the dishes and containers need when i need them.

Cooked rice, chicken, and vegetables and arranged them in microwavable containers so I can h eat them quick later

Get to bed earlier

Brought in water bottles from car and stocked under bed

Put empty water bottles in recycling

Cleared a bunch of stuff that's been covering the floor for ages

Moved my headboard power strip to the other side so I can have my white noise machine and bed lamp closer to my head

Get up when my alarm goes off

Set up an anime I really want to rewatch on DVD player in kitchen, so I can watch it while eating breakfast. Hoping this motivates me to get ouut of bed.

Logged into Crunchyroll on android box for the same reason. Looking for HiDive password.

Toying with the idea of setting up an online shop for like stickers and junk

Made a vague plan. Most of it depends on me actually neatly finishing art on purpose. Im good at making art. Finishing art neatly and on purpose are my weak points (My strong point is bullshit that looks pretty good). Should probably revisit this idea when I'm further along with "Time and suitable environment to focus on art"

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*Patch Notes 07/21/23*

$5 of paid customization apps later, I have a keyboard that works the way it should and a launcher that supports widgets. I feel this should have been unnecessary, but if you're going to buy dubious off-brand android TV boxes, I guess you just kind of have to deal

Shelves and uprights are all varnished. Now I just have to make shelf supports and I'm gold. Not sure when I'm going to have time, but hopefully it'll happen soon. So much is happening.

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*Patch Notes 07/15/23*

Cleaned out old terrible food from fridge

Hacksawed off the top of a small shelf so it fits on my kitchen counter under the cupboards. I have a home for ziplock bags now!

I had to move 9000 dishes out of the way to get this picture. Found my bolt cutters by doing so

Updated my post-it note planner printable. Reworked design so challenges are at the bottom. Bottom date stamp is now even closer to the edge so I can stack more post-its on a page. Added "DECOMPRESS" back to the challenges section. Added more growth and decompression challenges to the RNG, removed challenges that weren't working out.

Printed 2 weeks worth of planner post-its

Yay. Someday I'll get the printable for this ready to share.

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*Patch Notes 07/14/23*

Found a solution for the lack support for moving images in Squid. I can't do gifs, but I *can* install a Shimeji-ee app and have characters running around the screen. Seeing that out of the corner of my eye attracts my attention better than any gif could.

I also have a music playing at a low volume constantly. If I walk anywhere near the kitchen it feels like I'm entering a To-Do list encounter. OH! WAIT. [TASK: Make a playlist with BotW enemy encounter music and set up on tablet]

Found an Android-based box with an HDMI port as a possible lead for freeing up my tablet. It'd be nice to just have a dedicated unit sitting on my table to reduce set up time and steps. Price isn't bad either, like $40. I just need to determine if everything I need for this is doable with keyboard and mouse and no touch screen or stylus features.

[TASKS:]

Make a decision on the box

Make a Malroth Shimeji? How feasible is that and how much effort would it be?

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*Patch notes 07/13/23*

Tried a new set up with the TV to-do list.

Tablet in desktop mode with a Google word doc and two separate gallery programs visible.

Result: The gif made it more noticeable and the to-do list was easier to set up, but the format of the document and the windowed layout made it harder to use. Seeing all my tasks in the old layout was way easier, so I'm going back to that until I think of something else.

Now I just have to find a way to do this so my tablet isn't constantly occupied.

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*Patch Notes 7/12/23*

Sooooo... the white board was ineffective. It blended into the bakground within hours of setting it up Attempts to draw attention to it (putting a spotlight on it, setting alarms on my phone to look at it) were ineffective. So we gotta try something different.

I went thrift shopping a couple days ago and found a bunch of small TVs and came up with a plan for a new board. If the board is Lighted, Contains Interesting Images, and Makes Sounds; it should be harder to ignore. So I got one of the TVs and set it up where my whiteboard used to be.

This is my first attempt. I've hooked up my android tablet via hdmi and have Squid (a note-taking app) running. I have my tasks written and boxed in different colors to be more noticeable and a piece of blorbo fan-art to draw attention to the entire unit.

I crossed off each task as I got it done. It worked out pretty well? Got everything except two tasks which is pretty good for how I've been doing. The blorbo fan-art tactic worked, but I kind of wish Squid supported gifs. I think a moving image would catch my attention better.