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diff --git a/served/words/weeknotes/2024/48.html b/served/words/weeknotes/2024/48.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d4bc4ac --- /dev/null +++ b/served/words/weeknotes/2024/48.html @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +--- +template=post +title=Week 48; Walking +style=/styles/post.css +style=writing.css + +published=2024-11-13 7:24pm CST + +description=My car broke down and I walked some. +art=../../images/nov23-geohash-moss.gif +art_alt=moss growing on a log. The image has only 32 colours. The green of the moss really pops out at you. +--- + +It's been 18 days since the last weeknote. + +This time-period has been pretty alright, minus the car trouble. Thus is +car ownership, I guess. + +I got a nearby geohash (<a href="https://geohashing.site">geohashing.site</a>) +on the 23rd. It was in the midst of a forest preserve hiding in brush and grasses +under a grand, old tree. I bet it looks stunning in the summer and fall. Perhaps +there'll be a trek back there in four or five months. + +It was a very nice walk. After I got the point, I walked down an old-and-overgrown +path and came upon an old, now-decommissioned <abbr title="United States Geological Survey">USGS</abbr> +water level measuring thing. I couldn't find it on their map of water-level-measuring-things +<i>(that's the official name)</i>, and it looked like decommissioned sites were mapped, so +I emailed them. + +They provided me with the number identifying the USGS No. 05527910 as well as the time +it was active. Then I went down + +<hr /> + +In 1957 North Mill Creek was dammed by the then property owner creating a large lake +which was named after him: Ramussen Lake. Mister Ramussen passed in 1986 which let +the Lake County Forest Preserve to purchase it in 2001. + +USGS No. 05527910 was active from 2007 until 2019. + +It monitors North Mill Creek, which seems +to be runoff from the Elmwood Farm Lake <i>(called the Ramussen Pond on one GIS map i looked at, + potentially in honour of the farm owner who passed in 1986 at the age of 78).</i> This +lake-pond with a contested name is apparently artificial; it was formed when \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/served/words/weeknotes/what.html b/served/words/weeknotes/what.html index b28a413..7d0f1a4 100755 --- a/served/words/weeknotes/what.html +++ b/served/words/weeknotes/what.html @@ -24,26 +24,4 @@ or about stuff that happened at work: a weeknote can be whatever you want it to a lot of people, myself included, like to use weeknotes to keep track of what they're doing. to keep a record and to remember that, yes, you <i>do</i> do things -no matter how loud your brain is yelling right now. - -<h2>the weird dates in my weeknotes</h2> - -i like weird date formats, a lot!, so i am using the International Fixed Calendar -(IFC) to note my weeks. It's pretty easy to understand, but not too easy to convert -between IFC and the Gregorian Calendar. - -The rundown is:<br /> -Every month is 28 days. There is an extra month after June called Sol. The last -day of the year is extra. It's called the Year Day and it's not part of any week -but it <i>is</i> December 29th. - -During leap years there is a day after June and before Sol: June 29th. It's the -Leap Day and also does not belong to a week. - -\<i>(read about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Calendar">IFC on wikipedia</a>)</i> - -Since I week-a-note every two, I name the first weeknote "early" and the last two -"late". So, in rhythm, it'll be something like: Early June, Late June, Early Sol, -Late Sol, etc. - -That's it for <i>What? Weeknotes.</i>. Go read'm? They're listed in <a href="../">words/</a> \ No newline at end of file +no matter how loud your brain is yelling right now. \ No newline at end of file |