• OK, I clicked the buttons and made what I think are all my final purchases for my Mac Mini, other than external storage.
• But first: I bought an [[Asus VG289Q Monitor]] at Best Buy earlier this week. Got it home and the screen wouldn't stay on?
• At first I thought the wimpy Mac Mini maybe couldn't drive it through HDMI and I needed a USB-C to DisplayPort adapter, but those adapters don't really exist. I looked around and the various HDMI cables now do have different "ratings" on them. I bought a short gold plated HDMI cable and yes! -- the monitor works fine.
• I looked back and forth at various [[eGPU]] options. I decided the [[Razer Core X Chroma]] was the best enclosure for me. I plan on using it for both Windows and Mac over time, and as an external enclosure it's even possible to upgrade the video card.
• I did read through the Bootcamp for eGPUs but I don't think I will attempt Bootcamp. Who knows how much longer it will be around / keep working as Apple transitions to ARM.
• Looking at the EGPU.io builds filter with a Mac Mini and the Razer Core X Chroma selected helped me pick the graphics card to buy. There were only 2 Mac Mini builds listed, both using an AMD RX 5700 XT. I debated about getting a cheaper card, but I'd rather finish off my purchases now.
• Then I was back in graphic card comparison hell, because the AMD RX 5700 XT is just a chipset (I guess???) and many different manufacturers put together the final cards.
• I ended up with PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB AXRX 5700XT 8GBD6-3DHE/OC, for $611CAD. No, I don't even totally understand what that means.
• Hopeful that this Kingsdun Torx Screwdriver Set has what I need.
• And ended up with a Vitade 1080p webcam with ring light as well.
• I did experiment with [[Camo]] by Reincubate to use my iPhone as a webcam. I have an iPhone / iPad stand clamped to my desk, and it does work -- and with very good quality! But it's not like I can keep my iPhone clamped in there all the time.

2020-11-07

Trying out plan/reality today.

Reality

• Picked up [[ocell]]. She was scared but chill. The people that brought her all the way to Brugg were very nice!
• Worked on [[agora-plan]].
  • Fixed dev/prod setup (somewhat, still plenty of improvements needed).
  • Updated [[README]].
  • Thought about the best way to support other media.
  • Sent out call for participation: https://flancia.org/go/agora-join pull.
• Spammed the Agora a bit :)

Plan

• Book meeting with [[evanward97]].
• Pick up [[ocell]].
• Work on [[agora-plan]]. Perhaps in particular integrate one more garden onto the Agora.
• Check out [[c2]] more thoroughly again; interesting stuff related to the Agora keeps coming up.
• Perhaps review [[ward cunningham]]'s github, try some of the stuff in there.

Misc

• Found [[jerry michalski]] ([[nixsee]] mentioned him in the [[Foam discord]]): https://app.thebrain.com/brains/3d80058c-14d8-5361-0b61-a061f89baf87/thoughts/d67ac5e8-ff56-fdec-3869-a4a0795d660f/attachments/d940aac9-23db-a917-d69e-d357a45bff83
• [[neil]] told me about http://webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/DigitalGardenStandards [[digital garden standards]]
• [[titushora]] [[FR]]: make the [[Agora]] look like this: https://twitter.com/TitusHora/status/1325147589197484036 pull
• [[plesmasquerade]] told me about [[yaldabaoth]]: https://twitter.com/plesmasquerade/status/1325025099028705281 pull
• [[pen-coded]] volunteered his [[digital garden]] for the Agora! https://github.com/KGBicheno/KGB_Agora

2020-11-07

• Thinking about my [[music listening strategy]] a bit today. Finding and listening to music in a way that supports artists gives the finger to the big corps. What's yours?

• If I wanted to convert my org-roam files for use in [[Agora]], I think the main issue would be lack of wikilinks for internal links. I could make use of a filter function on links to resolve that, I imagine. (I've already got a script for [[converting a whole folder of org files to markdown]]).

• I think I like the bulleted day log style that for example [[Flancian]] uses. A bullet for each log, not a new heading. I will try this for a while. To be determined however, how this maps up to the [[IndieWeb]] notion of notes and which ones I publish on my stream.

• I have both a private journal and wiki, as well as this public one. They are two completely separate [[org-roam]] databases. There's a slight disconnect between the two, which introduces some friction when I'm thinking about where I should be writing something.

• [[Ton]] mentions that he does not like the idea of publishing his notes to the web. "To me that is unthinkable: my notes are an extension of my thinking and a personal tool. They are part of my inner space. Publishing is a very different thing, meant for a different audience (you, not me), more product than internal process". This is very interesting, I'd like to spend some time to reflect on it.

• Also trying out [[Flancian]]'s method of tagging people as [[person]]. Not sure where that will get me, but interested to see.

• I watched the webinar The Indie Researcher: Tools for thought and internet academia yesterday. It was interesting, more discursive than really actionable advice, but a few takeaways that I liked:

  • being an [[indie researcher]] should be about being curious in public - not necessarily being an expert in some domain with a position to defend (I think [[Anne-Laure]] said this)
  • being 'indie' doesn't mean you just do it all yourself - it's very much about discussion and community, too
  • it might free you to do some things that might not happen in an academic environment

• Feeling really happy that Trump lost / Biden won. Biden might not be about to bring in a socialist revolution, but holy fuck at least he's not Trump. It feels good for there to be a positive piece of news for once.

• Experimenting with [[placing my daily logs in a journal subfolder]]. They would then be ready for being incorporated in to an [[Agora]]. I think it'll be nicer that way just from a general tidyness perspective, too.

2020-11-07

• Took the SAT.
• Set up Citra to play Ever Oasis with [[SamSeawell]] and [[Sirius902]].