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I've been experiencing loss all day, at varying stages of importance.
At the trivial end, I discovered, a little while ago, that my favorite Paint by Numbers site disappeared sometime this spring. There doesn't seem to be any hint on the web about what happened to the site, or Mr. Kajitani. I'd been solving on that site since before 2000, and it had the best implementation of a solver I'd ever seen. It's made it hard for me to solve PbNs in any other format.
A bit more important, the air conditioning in my office died. The building management won't fix it (the firm runs our 24-hour AC on a different system, and they can't get a repairperson in until Monday), and it's really freaking hot in here.
Today, when I woke up, I tried to resync my iPod with my Sunday podcasts, but I got an error message. When I picked up the iPod, the LCD was cracked. I don't know how it happened, it looked fine this morning, and it uploaded to the computer without a problem. The Apple says that it will replace it for $80. On the other hand, new Nanos with twice the capacity I have now are available for $150. Still, it's annoying to lose. I was hesitant when I first got it as a gift from my parents, but I really got to enjoy keeping it around.
And finally, and definitely most importantly, I learned this morning, before going to bed, that Barry Tunick died last night. I met Barry through the NPL, where he was known as "Panache." Shortly after joining, I was invited to the NPL minicon, which was held at his house. I went back there many times for these parties, and he was always gracious and vivacious.
I missed the last LA party two weeks ago because it was my dad's 60th birthday. If I'd known, as some puzzlers did, that he had been diagnosed with leukemia, I would have made an effort to stop by, even if just for a little while. Apparently, he was in the same spirits he'd always been in.
Tunick wrote the L.A. Times Sunday crossword puzzle with Sylvia Bursztyn for many years. He graciously gave me advice on puzzles on a few occasions. He was always, as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ennienyc noted, cordial and good-humored. I will miss him at our parties.
ThuSliH 27:20. FriHeyM 2:15. FriAkaE 0:26. FriShiH 30:09. SatNurM 2:15. SatSliH 1:17:27; had to restart at about 40. SunSliE 2:03. SunHeyH 6:37. SunNYTX 15. MonNYTX 3:15.
At the trivial end, I discovered, a little while ago, that my favorite Paint by Numbers site disappeared sometime this spring. There doesn't seem to be any hint on the web about what happened to the site, or Mr. Kajitani. I'd been solving on that site since before 2000, and it had the best implementation of a solver I'd ever seen. It's made it hard for me to solve PbNs in any other format.
A bit more important, the air conditioning in my office died. The building management won't fix it (the firm runs our 24-hour AC on a different system, and they can't get a repairperson in until Monday), and it's really freaking hot in here.
Today, when I woke up, I tried to resync my iPod with my Sunday podcasts, but I got an error message. When I picked up the iPod, the LCD was cracked. I don't know how it happened, it looked fine this morning, and it uploaded to the computer without a problem. The Apple says that it will replace it for $80. On the other hand, new Nanos with twice the capacity I have now are available for $150. Still, it's annoying to lose. I was hesitant when I first got it as a gift from my parents, but I really got to enjoy keeping it around.
And finally, and definitely most importantly, I learned this morning, before going to bed, that Barry Tunick died last night. I met Barry through the NPL, where he was known as "Panache." Shortly after joining, I was invited to the NPL minicon, which was held at his house. I went back there many times for these parties, and he was always gracious and vivacious.
I missed the last LA party two weeks ago because it was my dad's 60th birthday. If I'd known, as some puzzlers did, that he had been diagnosed with leukemia, I would have made an effort to stop by, even if just for a little while. Apparently, he was in the same spirits he'd always been in.
Tunick wrote the L.A. Times Sunday crossword puzzle with Sylvia Bursztyn for many years. He graciously gave me advice on puzzles on a few occasions. He was always, as
ennienyc noted, cordial and good-humored. I will miss him at our parties.ThuSliH 27:20. FriHeyM 2:15. FriAkaE 0:26. FriShiH 30:09. SatNurM 2:15. SatSliH 1:17:27; had to restart at about 40. SunSliE 2:03. SunHeyH 6:37. SunNYTX 15. MonNYTX 3:15.
