Weekly Wins 10-23-2020

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Let’s celebrate some wins this week folks.

Mine is I had a positive review at work and was able to accept and resolve a a bug for a new feature at work without needing to ask for too much help. Even created a document for addressing similar issues in the future.

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Mine is my replacement in my old position has accepted and starts in a couple of weeks, so hopefully soon I won’t be trying to do two jobs at once.

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It’s not much, but I guess it doesn’t need to be. I got caught up on a lot of homework and turned in some big assignments this week.

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I got to play xRC simulator today for two hours. Biggest win this week.

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Hey keeping up with homework has always been hard for me. So it counts for me lol.

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Got Japanese steel.
Not like Uma Thurman, but it works for my purpose.

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Nothing new has broken since last Friday

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Got a 92 on my calc midterm!

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This has been a good week for me. After being stuck at home in a nation-wide lockdown for the past month or so, the harshest of the restrictions were finally lifted.

I bought all of the parts for my new custom-build computer yesterday. I had to drive 12+ hours to get them, but it was worth it. Looking forward to the adventure of putting my first computer together

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Also, I made it back onto campus today to start the new semester on Sunday. Classes are all online (except some labs) and most people are learning from home, but it’s still nice to see the friends who are here (in a socially distanced way of course). I’m actually looking forward to having something to do with my time now, even if that something is 27 credits worth of homework.

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Lots of good new music was released or announced this week.

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If the weather holds, I can brew a batch of beer this weekend!
Imperial Session
O.G. ~1.084 => around 10%
I’ll claim this on both weeks!!!

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Backyard birding - between a hummingbird feeder, a recently homemade birdbath (aka bowl of water and a solar powered fountain), and a seed feeder I’ve seen:

  • about a dozen house sparrows (they hop around between the feeder/bath and two different bushes)
  • a handful of chickidees (probably the same 2 or 3)
  • a hummingbird every 15-20 minutes (at least 3 unique birds)

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WFH on my porch has been super enjoyable

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  • The IT staff flipped my work email address from William to Billfred.
  • 1293 has been approved to hold evening meetings again in early November, rather than right after school (which means I can’t be there). Current plan is to run for about 2 hours once a week.
  • Broke a few things in a good way.
  • Another negative COVID test.
  • The Gamecocks beat Auburn, surprisingly.
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Watched Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. It was very nice!

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Finished the (professional-level) reverse engineering challenge that I mentioned in last week’s thread and submitted 4 college applications. Now my free time exists again.

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Got my annual physical and a flu shot. Confirmed I am not actively dying (besides just slowly becoming as much of an old man as Andrew is)

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Got the due dates for two assignments mixed up but realized my mistake in time

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Are you causing good trouble, Billfred?

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Have not messed up a time zone conversation yet for school. (me saying this though will lead to that happening now)

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