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This Week (2024-09-08)	2024-09-09T01:51:13.243775Z	2024-09-09T01:51:13.243775Z

Here's what I've been up to since the last weekly status...

Most of this work week was spent getting one of my major projects wrapped up, documented, and handed off to the team that will be responsible for it once I leave. It includes probably the largest program I've ever written and I'm really proud of the state in which I'm leaving it. It's so much better than it was when I inherited the project last year.
Speaking of which, I'm down to five more working days in my current position before I start the new job next week. I still have a few smaller projects to transfer to someone else but I'm hoping it will be a fairly relaxing week as I wind things down. We'll see.
I rode 29 miles on Saturday, by far my longest ride in the past year. This should be my last week of ramp-up training, and then I'll taper off a bit to be ready for the ~40 mile group ride on the 21st. I'm really looking forward to that one.
I stumbled upon The StoryGraph and have started using that to keep track of my reading. It's much prettier and easier to use than Open Library that I had previously been using for that purpose.

Some networks like to block outbound SSH traffic, which can make interacting with GitHub repos a little tricky. But this week I learned that GitHub also offers SSH over the HTTPS port which can help to get around such silly limitations.
``` # test to see if it actually works ssh -T -p 443 git@ssh.github.com # if so, clone away git clone ssh://git@ssh.github.com:443/USERNAME/REPO.git
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I've been working on a detailed post about my recent robot-hacking adventures, trying to capture every step in one place. I even re-disassembled the robot this afternoon so I could accurately report which screws needed to be removed (just 40 of them) and document the process with photos. That Markdown file is about 400 lines now, and I've still yet to cover the process of integrating the newly-hacked robot with Home Assistant. I'm not sure when I'll finally wrap up that post but I hope it will be later this week.

We continued the Alien marathon that we started the previous week. This week included Alien³, Alien Resurrection, and Prometheus (the one film in the franchise that I had seen before).
We also watched Season 1 of Kaos, a modern day retelling of Greek mythology. This was a really fun watch. And Jeff Goldblum as Zeus was an absolute treat, and the soundtrack was quite solid. I'd love to see more of this.
I started reading If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe by Jason Pargin.
Watching Season 2 of House of the Dragon; I'm not ashamed to admit that I don't actually have any idea what's going on but my wife seems to be enjoying it.
I can't get enough of the new Linkin Park track. I'm so excited for the band to return, and I think Emily Armstrong's unique vocal style is a great addition.