Code: WaterColorBot

 The code for interfacing with WaterColorBot directly seems to be buggy. The AxiCli program just doesn't do it. This annoys me very much since Inkscape works just fine. The problem is Inkscape has big User Interface (UI) problem,  and I can't do good work in any reasonable way. 

So, I did what I had to do so many times, and that is write my own code. The biggest obstacle is the SVG format. The info on SVG out there is somewhat sketchy and incomplete, by which I don't mean the feature set. I mean how to Interface into different programs. 

Fortunately, I found out later, after 5 hours of frustrating research, that Inkscape is capable of exporting different format. I simply exported an optimized, minimal SVG, and cut out the data part. I still don't know how the header is formed, but it's good enough for me to insert my own data.

The result is good enough for me to get something worthwhile to show. Of course, it's still very rough, but I successfully did the hires grace.jpg example picture that is supposed to be used by Stipplegen. I couldn't get Stipplegen to work, either. It's not updated to Processing 3, after all. 

Life Reset 2022

Today is the first day of the rest of my life. How many times have I been saying these things? Well, here's another reset coming up. I decided to embrace minimalism lifestyle. That means I'm discarding everything I own that does not fit into the car. I guess it helps that I have a cargo van. The fact that I'm moving to another state is a great impetus of doing so. I guess I just lost confidence in Colorado. It was neutral for the longest time, but not anymore.

Still, there's a lot that I'm discarding. DVD movies, certainly. Books, magazines, and other reading materials. Nintendo games. I have already focused on Nintendo games, but I'm keeping only Nintendo 3DS. Gameboy is out. So do many other games, mostly board games. Lots of clothes and kitchen implements. Toys and computer stuff.

I'm still sorting the stuff, so that it will pack nicely. Marie Kondo book is nice. It helps me pack efficiently. Or, as efficient as can be. It still took me about 3 tries, throwing out half the stuff each time. The last packing was only 4 hours. That's a great improvement from 3 days. Still, I don't want to spend more than a couple of hours.

It's interesting to see what's left. A carry-on luggage of clothes. Raspberry Pi computers, with portable monitor and battery pack. There's a YouTube studio package in a bag. Some precious collection of books. Some food prep stuff, which is included in camping equipment, both backpack and car camping. 

There's other miscellaneous stuff, but if I can't remember using them, then may as well discard them. I learned it the hard way. There's no need to store stuff you don't use. Make sure that you use all the stuff you keep, and your life will be more fulfilling as a result. Above all, don't wait. Keep at it everyday, and treat it as daily personal improvement habit.

My goal is to fit my life into 3 bags: A personal bag, filled with precious paper and other irreplaceable item. A carry-on backpack, enough to go globe trotting. And a big wheeled duffel bag. Furthermore, there's also extra stuff, such as camping equipment, and work related items. Otherwise, that's it.

It's a great thing that we have cloud services. I can do quite a bit of things with my phone. About the only thing that it can't do is heavy duty data entry. Even that is not impossible, just very, very slow. So, I'm happy with the current pace of technology. Everything else is extra.