April 30, 2022

Update (Or, WTF Happened to April?) covid-19: day 763 | US: GA | info | act

The days have a tendency to slip away at the end of the semester. We’ve been busy trying to take advantage of nice weather that’s slipping away. I still have the remnants of a spring cold likely brought on my the combination of pollen and my second Covid-19 booster. I’ve been getting the usual what-can-I-do? and can-I-get-some-xtra-credit emails from several students while I try to keep up with the assignments coming in. We’ve had some outings lately, too, notably the Earth Day market in Tattnall Park and a free jazz concert on campus. Meanwhile, we struggle to keep the AC off as long as possible.

I have been using Lidarr to make a lossless music collection on the server. I have horded so much music over the years: everything from lossly junk from the days of Napster to hi-res digital files purchased mostly from HDtracks. The latter sounded great when I had a real stereo, but the Sonos app won’t play them. Anyway, I thought I’d sort and consolidate, and Lidarr is a pretty good tool for doing so, especially as it allows me to use a simple renaming algorithm to sort my collection. This whole process went pretty well at first, but as I get to stuff that I’µ not too familiar with, it’s come to a crawl. On the up side, I’m listening to music I haven’t in years and (re)discovering some great stuff. Done between grading, it allows me to keep my sanity.

OK, I’m ready for May, I guess.