Short updates

Just some things that happened recently that aren't long enough to be a post by themselves. Getting FLAC music, taking care of my dog, and playing word puzzle games.

It’s been a while without a post made with just small “slice of life” updates that aren’t enough for a proper post, but can all be combined into one anyway.

This morning I was catching up with tiramisu’s blog, who hadn’t published anything for a couple of weeks since September because of a trip. I’ve always appreciated the writing, the anectodes and quotes shared from time to time there, which is always inspiring, although I wish I could do more things like that. Check out their stuff!

For some reason I stayed awake pastmidnight yesterday—or I guesss today?—replacing some of my older music albums in MP3 format with some rips in lossless FLAC. I was staring at the download progress bar for some reason, I could have played a bit of Soul Reaver or maybe continue my read of Exit Strategy (Murderbot #4), but alas, I was hyper-fixated on transferring the audio files to my phone as soon as possible.

I used LocalSend—a great alternative to Apple’s AirDrop or Google’s Quick Share—to transfer the Album folders to my phone, and it was a flawless experience. I used the Flatpak package, although apparently there’s a web client, I couldn’t get it to work and didn’t spend a lot of time setting it up. After installing the app on my phone transferring everything only took 20 minutes or so.

I probably could have just used a cable, but I haven’t actually installed MTP support to my Laptop running Arch, and I’d rather not set it up if I can afford it. I do have USB drive with type C connector, but I did what I did.

I lied when I said I just stared at progress bars, I just remembered I watched a reaction to a reaction ranking which movie nuke is the most realistic, the algorithm is scary sometimes.

I was tasked with going to pick up our dog from the vet clinic after work yesterday. My parents were out of town again, so I had to ask a friend for a ride, he’s the one who actually gifted us the dog in the first place when it was old enough to be separated from the pack.

The dog was pretty much alright, no broken bones or anything, just some bruises and a leg that still can’t quite stand. I was given some medicine too. I wanted to ask what for, and the receptionist told me I should ask the doctor, but I forgot to do it so I am just hoping for the best.

As soon as we got home, my dog was quite excited to be back home, my other dog was also happy to see her friend back. She had been sad during the couple days of being alone in the patio. I was just glad both were OK now.

Giving the medicine was a bit of a pain, the pills were fine, I just wrapped everything in some ham, but I had to use a syringe for the liquid ones and getting it in the dog’s mouth was pretty hard to do by myself. I managed though.

I’ve noticed that my dog won’t move one of the front legs though, almost as if it’s not there

Because of the schedules, I wasked to leave early today to give my dog the required medication as soon as possible. I’ll be leaving shortly!

(This section was actually a short rant about the fact that TRON Uprising is a great show that didn’t get a proper ending, but I ended up writing so much about it, I decided to make it a separate blogpost instead, so go check it out!)

I somehow didn’t mention this anywhere in my week notes, but I actually really got into some daily puzzle games in the style of Wordle (remember when everyone was into that?). The ones I am currently invested in are:

I’ve had success on all of them and haven’t lost any streaks for the couple days I’ve played them, which I think speaks quite a lot to my increased English vocabulary, or my luck, but it’s definitely my lexicon, want proof? I know what lexicon means.

If you play these word games, let me know at once!