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Fri Mar 10 06:00:01 EST 2023 ======================================== Slept from eleven to seven Snow until late afternoon, then snow likely early in the evening. Snow may be heavy at times in the morning. Accumulations 2 to 3 inches. Highs in the mid 30s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent. # Work * 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM Application services: low code assessment review * 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AF agreements * 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM ELMS monthly briefing for Tah * 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM ELMS new MVP scope Working from home because of weather (and Matt won't be in the office anyhow). I have to keep an eye on many projects, and ServiceNow is just not very good. I've come up with a text format to quickly see which projects I've worked recently. Don't drop the ball on anything! Each issue has a section like this, with one previous month at most: # DMND0001234 Tree measurement application ``` Mar 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 b c Feb 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 a ``` * c: Jane Doe from Enterprise Software Team says additional per-user licensing needed (~$130). * b: Met with App Dev. They suggest Power along with custom code for a growth prediction service. * a: Met with business owner, John Smith, to clarify requirements. # Home * [x] 06:00 PM D&D on Zoom with Ed, Steve, Scott, Antony, and Sebastian (?) * [x] buy stocks * [ ] play with text-based (Gemini?) D&D hex thing * [ ] renew car tabs * [ ] go in person to get tabs: Tue Mar 14 @ 3:40 PM, 1111 E. LONG LAKE ROAD, confirmation 5W9JD3 * [ ] put new tabs on car * [ ] work on CC 0e D&D reference rules * [ ] spell list (old to new) * [ ] monster list (old to new) * [ ] magic item list (old to new) * [ ] schedule dentist appointment * [ ] PenFed * [ ] transfer funds from old savings account (http://www.citizensbank.com/HSBC) * [ ] get backup credit card * [ ] money market? * [ ] schedule optometrist appointment * [ ] schedule AWS cert exam Read more of Charmed Life. https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/test-time-nists-wall-many-stones > Frequented by more deer than people, the NIST stone test wall lives a fairly isolated existence. Out among the trees and the grass on the south end of the Gaithersburg, Maryland, campus, it cuts an imposing and visually bizarre figure. Set in the mortar of its technicolor face are more than 2,000 square and rectangular stone samples showing off practically every naturally occurring type and color of stone. Nearly 70 years old, it is the world’s longest-running weathering experiment for stone samples, as well as a reminder of the symbiotic relationship between science and industry. > The wall was eventually constructed in 1948, after World War II (NIST, like many other U.S. agencies, was highly involved in the war effort, and studying long-term weathering was a slightly lower priority than defeating the Axis powers). NIST combined the original stone samples with additional samples collected from other sources. In total, the finished wall contained 2,352 individual stone samples, quarried from 47 U.S. states and 16 foreign countries. > Even the mortar holding the stones was purposefully selected for testing, with the entire right half of the wall set in high-calcium lime mortar, while the left half was set in portland cement mortar. And every single stone sample was meticulously set by one mason, Vincent Di Benedeto, working all by himself. Vacuumed, washed laundry, took out trash. Ten-minute walk in the afternoon. Big wet snowflakes. Not too cold. Saw and heard a blue jay. Servings: grains 3/6, fruit 1/4, vegetables 0/4, dairy 3/2, meat 1/3, nuts 1/0.5 Breakfast: coffee Brunch: left-over pizza, orange Dinner: green tea, burrito with beans and cheese

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