Notes about my work, projects, training, and life.
Busy first half of the night at the jail, then everything slowed to a stop.
So I did what I usually do and started working on my projects.
I wrapped up moving all of the Bonumark Stream sites to the new server. The move also exposed a few bugs in Bonumark Stream, so now I have some work lined up for the next couple of days.
Four hours and six minutes of sleep. Twelve-hour shift at the jail tonight.
Still got a 3.36-mile run in.
Not because conditions were ideal. Just because the standard still matters.
Woke up and got the Bonumark Stream demo site back up and running.
One more piece of the server move back where it belongs.
One of the best parts of working at the jail is that when we have downtime, and we have a lot of it, I can work on my own projects.
I spent most of tonight’s downtime moving the Bonumark Stream sites to a new server.
The move is not completely finished yet, especially the demo site, so there may be some issues over the next 24 hours while I finish getting everything settled.
Last night, this was my view while I was getting ready to sleep.
Tonight, I'm stuck at the jail until 0600.
That's the part of this schedule that wears on me. I can handle the hours. I just know exactly what I'm trading for them now.
I want more nights like the one pictured.
I’m thinking about adding ActivityPub support to Bonumark Stream.
It would be a pretty big step, but it could open the door for Bonumark Stream sites to participate in the fediverse without giving up the whole point of the project: owning your content on your own site.
Still thinking through what that should look like.
Run done. 3.23 miles at a controlled pace.
After a week off, I just needed proof that I could still run.
Nothing crazy, just enough to get the legs moving again without burning myself out before tonight’s 12-hour shift.
I haven’t run or strength trained in a week thanks to my work schedule.
That changes today.
I’m getting a run in.
One of my favorite parts of building Bonumark Stream is finding the thing that does not work the way I expected.
I make a change, put it into real use, test it on desktop and mobile, find the weak spot, rethink the requirement, fix it, and run another pass.
That process never gets old.
Finding what is wrong, understanding why it matters to the person using it, and pushing until the system works better might be one of my strongest skills.
That probably says more about the kind of work I should be doing than any job title ever could.
We had cell extraction training today, and as usual, I played the inmate.
If officers are going to learn how to handle real resistance, I am not going to stand there and cooperate. I gave them 100 percent, took shields away multiple times, escaped the cell more than once, and made them work for every bit of control.
They laughed when I walked in wearing a shirt that said UNSTOPPABLE.
By the end, I think the shirt made a little more sense.