12/29 In some distress because while we are enjoying the warmth and the pool, the remote sensors tell us the heating in Newburgh is not working and Link is alone with temperatures of 9 outside and less than 50 inside – how much less we don’t know. After checking the apps almost constantly for many hours and some detailed discussions with AI, I have a plausible theory of what’s going on and how G can fix it when she goes there tomorrow. Last night, Link came to the automatic feeder and ate just like normal, which was a reassuring thing to see.

Apart from that, J was able to get a USB-B cable at Walgreens, half across the island, last night. Today she’s using it to program her guitar synth much more intuitively from her laptop. Deep discussions about it, an overwhelming multitude of possibilities – J does not find them overwhelming, just exciting –, and the question of what can be uniquely violin about it.