## 2025-05-28 07:01 Pro tip: always check the alignment of your miter slots to your blade after reattaching your table saw top to the cabinet. Also, while you're at it, don't forget to tighten the bolts holding the two together, or you'll gradually find them getting out of alignment again. Ask me how I know. ^202505280701 ## 2025-05-26 20:46 After all the preparation, I finally got to spend some time in my wood shop using it as a *wood shop* today. Feels pretty good to be building stuff again, even if it's just test projects to get my chops back up. ^202505262046 ## 2025-05-23 06:51 I'm working on building the habit of updating my status. Currently, I'm sick with a mild upper respiratory infection, but having spent some time last week spraying down black mold with bleach and trying to scrub it away, I have some concerns. ^202505230651 ## 2025-05-19 11:31 Gah, I keep forgetting that I've set up this status-update feature here! And I don't like how my Obsidian theme renders on the web. This whole thing may need an overhaul. ^202505191131 ## 2025-04-19 06:20 I'm getting ready for Scott School's Earth Day celebration later today where I'll be doing double-duty staffing an outreach table for [Portland NETs](https://www.roseway.org/rosewayprepares) and a Mutual Aid table where another parent and I will be giving away copies of a pamphlet we made containing a ton of free [mutual aid resources](https://sites.google.com/view/scottschoolpta/resources-links/mutual-aid) in our local Scott School community. It's going to be a busy day, for sure, but that's a good thing. ^202504190620 ## 2025-04-12 21:33 My son wanted to play me in chess, and he wanted to team up with my wife—only problem was, he wanted them each to have a turn before I took mine. Fortunately for me, they didn't try to coordinate their moves, so I got to win both times, but I fully expected them to destroy me. ^202504122133 ## 2025-04-09 06:54 Back home in Portland, I'm getting ready to go sort food donations at [Scott School](https://www.somosscott.org) so we can help keep [Portland Backpack](https://www.portlandbackpack.org) afloat through the end of of the month. ^202504090654 ## 2025-04-02 06:32 Preparing to meet with a representative from Cully Association of Neighbors regarding [[N2 PPS Unreinforced Masonry and 2025 Bond Proposal 20250401|PPS Unreinforced Masonry and 2025 Bond Proposal]]. ^202504020632 ## 2025-03-31 20:21 Can't update my status from iPhone? That's kind of a dealbreaker... ^202503312021 ## 2025-03-30 21:03 I have trouble managing my JavaScripts from iOS; probably because I really don't know any code. ^202503302103 ## 2025-03-22 07:17 I'm testing a new status update format. ^202503220717