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08:21 Wednesday, 19 August 2026

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Work continues on the new house. Hopefully, we'll be pouring concrete on Monday. The weather has been fantastic and they're making good progress. This level is more demanding than the basement because there are more window bucks and they all have to be precisely aligned.

I think we finally have the HVAC design nailed down. Now I need to land a contractor. We've decided to use an air handler that can be mounted on the ceiling of the mechanical room. We have 9'-4" of height to work with below the trusses. Even accounting for mounting hardware and ducting, I'm confident we can get the buffer tank below the air handler, which really compresses the footprint, which means the hot water heater will likely fit in the mechanical room. I was considering putting it in the basement laundry, but now I think I'm going to put the water softener in there. I'll have plenty of room for the two tanks and the brine tank, and the filters would easy to change without having to contort myself.

Of course, this is all just hopeful, informed speculation until equipment starts arriving.

But I slept well last night, for the first time in a while.

It's a beautiful day today. The air is crystal clear, and quite cool. I really enjoyed this morning's walk. I skipped yesterday because I hardly slept Monday night.

I figured out how to donate blood around here, so I'm scheduled for a donation at the end of this month at the fire station. I want to get in the groove of doing that again.

The IIc Plus is at my feet here. I'm kind of struggling with figuring out how to get disk images onto the virtual drives built into the MegaFlash. I've ordered some ADTPro cables for the IIc and IIc Plus, and hopefully that'll avoid any conflicts with the number of devices on the SmartPort. I'm also going to take a stab at the TFTP network transfer.

I don't think I'm going to be able to use the database portion of AppleWorks to create an RSS feed, since the maximum field length is 70 characters. But I'll figure something out. Coincidentally, or perhaps not, Christopher Drum just took a long look at AppleWorks in his Stone Tools series. I used AppleWorks very productively for many years, including at sea using an Apple IIc with an ImageWriter printer and the little ET green-screen monitor. I think I had a 4MHz Zip Chip installed in it, but I don't think I ever had any memory expansion.

I have an appointment to get my ears lowered this morning, which means I can stop by Jerlando's on the way home and get a turkey sub.

My GLP-1 prescription has been rejected twice, which is according to plan from what I understand. I've spoken to the pharmacy and messaged my doctor. Hopefully we can get this thing over the finish line and I can start shedding some pounds and stop obsessing over Finger Lakes ice cream. (And cheese, baked goods, cannolis, beer, the list goes on.)

The beat goes on...

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