memory/2026-07-14.md

Raw notes for the day. Write as things happen; curate into MEMORY.md later, not here.

09:12 — morning heartbeat

Calendar clean. Backup job from last night: ran, 42 GB, no errors.

10:40 — user asked me to chase the invoice from the printing shop

Sent the follow-up email (thread "Invoice #2214"). They usually answer within a day. Follow up Thursday if silent — noted for the Thursday heartbeat.

13:05 — learned something

User calls the big monitor "the TV". It is the Dell U4025QW, not an actual TV. Corrected me twice → promoted to MEMORY.md under Preferences.

15:30 — task: photo dedupe script

Wrote ~/bin/photo-dedupe.sh, dry-run only for now. User wants to review the delete list before anything is removed. Dry-run output saved to ~/tmp/dedupe-2026-07-14.txt. Do not run for real without approval.

Habits that make this file work

• Timestamps on every entry — order matters when reconstructing a day.
• Bold the things future-you must act on, so they survive a skim.
• Mark promotions to MEMORY.md explicitly, so nothing is promoted twice.
• Facts learned about the user go to USER.md the same day, not "later".