We arrived in Guanajuato very late on October 15 after a long journey from Garden Bay that started the day before. We have moved from the basement suite in the family home to a space at the top of the house. Yesterday we had to clean the apartment and buy a new mattress to sleep on. It will be nice soon. We now get sun all day and immediate access to la terraza.
We plan to return to Garden Bay mid-March 2026, with a beach trip to Rincón de Guayabitos in January. What a difference the sun and summer temperatures make!
I read a couple of books this summer with the goal of understanding the psychology of aging as I had another birthday. “Being Mortal° was first, a very useful read, but I wanted more. Then I read The Mature Mind and the author’s emphasis on the importance of creative activities rang true.
“Creativity with a ‘little c’ is grounded in the diversity of every-day activities and accomplishments.”
For example, I feel good when designing in the garden or doing some project. For me the lesson was to seek out opportunities to be creative when I’m feeling bored. Even programming fits the bill and this post is the culmination of many weeks of technical challenges.
It started with my hosting provider being purchased by another and the migration of my website. The migration required a few tweaks to my applications and I started to think of improvements, became engrossed in the implementation, and one thing led to another. In brief (for fellow geeks):
refactored my LAMP applications to share code and finally implemented version control (git)
improved the OO model for DB access
improved the UI for my first application which was primitive
improved the integration of the stocktool and ledger apps
setup the LINUX development environment on a Chromebook, installed LAMP, and migrated my applications
configured a free domain with dynamic DNS and my router to be able to access the Chromebook web server from the Internet
tried to migrate my WordPress blog internally but access was really slow, so it was migrated to a free plan on ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org/wordpress/
redirected my domain ashworthdavidg.ca to the new blog
I no longer need a web hosting service and will not be renewing in March, and the cost savings are a bonus.
