Starting with Ionic

If I work on this at my place of bidness, I will not be able to install whatever I create on my phone, due to tech policy restrictions (USB is disabled). So eventually I will have a personal laptop and I will connect my phone to that.
But I want to get started right away, so I'm starting here:
https://ionicframework.com/docs/intro/installation/
For now, I'll just debug in a browser. Later, I'll test on my phone.

Hacking myself

Time to start something new.

I'm going to start immediately to hack my own motivators.

I need to lose a bunch of weight, and I struggle with that. But I was really good at Ingress and SparkPeople, and I am good at Habitica. Those feature achievements- points, badges, things to earn and goals that were broken up into chunks- built into the system.

I'm going to make something like that.

It's going to be simple and limited at first. Basically, just badges.

I'm starting it today.

I'm going to use Ionic, and I'm going to create an app that handles badges how I want them handled.

And I'm going to publicize my progress right here.

RTFM

I sometimes try not to use profanity, so I will not spell out what the acronym RTFM stands for, but a close approximation is “Read the Fool Manual”.

The type of “manual” I’m referring to is not the instructions on a bag of microwave popcorn or the ever-so-helpful directions on the liquid soap container. You can safely ignore those. No, I’m talking about the ones that matter- for example, the ones with detailed pictures or the ones written by someone you know personally.

If you grab those a-ma-zing Lego assembly instruction booklets and toss them out the window, you’re in for some trouble. You are GOING to have a stack of leftover pieces if you just “wing it” by looking at the picture on the front of the box. Read the doggone instructions- one stinking page at a time! Daggummit. RTFM.

If you are at work and someone hands you a document that you ask for because you’re trying to accomplish a task, how about you just read the thing and follow it- maybe even all of it. It’s not some poorly-translated “engrish fail” half-Korean, half-Sanskrit manual for a frying pan. No, it’s typically the product of hours of school-of-hard-knocks lessons. The author wrote the darn thing because he or she beat their head against a wall a few times and didn’t want to have to go through that mess all over again next year when they have to do their process again. RTFM, daggummit!

For any of you loyal readers that are asking yourselves “Why the rant? Don’t tase me, bro!” allow me to explain. I just sent an email with an attachment to a competent IT guy. He disregarded half of my instructions, which I dutifully repeated in my reply to his “this junk didn’t work” email. I wish that someone in his past had sat him down and told him, “Dude, RTFM. Every time. Daggummit. Seriously.”

So, consider yourselves all informed. I am officially sitting you all down and instructing you to pay attention, RTFM, and start doing that right now. Daggummit.

Geek Quiz results

74% Geek
Created by OnePlusYou - Buncha buggy quizzes

In case you can't see it, I scored 74%. Woot!

Closet update

Pocket Door installed...
And closet organization in place...yea!

There are still a few finishing touches (like door hardware and baseboards) - which we have bought...but haven't gotten to yet.

Also, the baseboards are waiting for the 'built in dresser', which I told Rob to put on hold while getting to other tasks (like my kitchen faucet!)- sterilite "drawers" will have to do for now!

Finally got "my" kind of faucet in - single handle (and the sprayer stops spraying when you release the handle...rather than drenching you!)

Next step: Drywall

Carolyn helped me paint the pocket door (she got the bottom half - I did the top then cleaned up her bottom half) - we still have the other side to do this Saturday...I wouldn't recommend hiring a 4 year old for painting jobs. :)Then, the exterior wall had no insulation - Rob took care of that.
Then, the drywall went up. (The joints and screws have all been 'mudded' once so far, and will need a second coat sometime this week before we paint it and add moulding.)

Wish Rob had another day off... 4 weeks til goal date...and counting (at least I am!)

Demolition done...ready for step 2!

This is all cleaned up after Rob and Seth finished the demo last night - all ready to start drywall on Friday! yea!We wanted to put in a pocket door, but weren't sure about dealing with the studs (changing them to "split studs") - but a blessing happened under the paneling! The wall has previously been set up for a pocket door (why they changed it I don't know?) - so excited!
More posting after the weekend...