Last couple days, I finally tackled a project I've been putting off for far too long. Having good ideas, processing data, hacking code in a language I don't really know very well, fiddling with endpoint cases, stuff like that. It seems to be working on all but one column of the 1k by 1k chip, and it turns out that column is on the official Bad Pixel list. Yay.

Now to extend to the other 4 chips like this in the array. Should be doable, I think.

In other news, we recently tried something culinary. The farmshare folks have given us several bags of wheatberries, which are essentially whole-grain wheat. Reading around, it sounds like you soak them for a while (like beans) and then treat them kind of like steel-cut oats. So we dusted off a recipe for overnight oatmeal (cup each of steel-cut oats, raisins and/or dried cranberries, diced figs; half cup of half and half, 4 cups water) in the slow cooker overnight. I substituted wheatberries for the oats (could mix, 50/50, I'd guess). Also, I measured the weatberries before soaking. Probably should have used half that much water. It's really quite yummy, but with that much food, we'll be eating it for a week. Guess I don't need to make granola this week, after all. Chewy, but very tasty.

My teeth probably need the exercise, I'm thinkin.

It's January. Yesterday it was 55 and raining. Today it's 45 and clear. Wow. An actual January thaw. (for the unit-challenged, that's 13 and 7 C, respectively).

Also, it's half-past 4 and the sky is blue. Sunset is getting later and later. This makes me happy.

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May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercies of Christ, rest in peace.

And may light perpetual shine upon them.