• Race: Virtual Race for Hope 5k

    What had initially been planned as a local 5k at a track with friends since we weren’t able to make it to DC for our 10th annual race (thanks, baby) turned out to not actually be missing the race thanks to COVID; it was made virtual! So the streak continues. The only difference was I

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  • Mein Favorite Zoom Backgrounds

    You asked for ’em! Lots of great ones on Reddit. My rotation: Pop Culture Funny   Standard Videos Download Tiger King Download Ghosts Download Stay On Target Download This is Fine

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  • What to automate and when?

    This week at work I was asked “How do you decide which test cases to automate and in what order?” It’s a common question, a great question, and one you should always be prepared to answer. There is no right answer, but there are plenty of wrong answers. What follows is my opinion from years

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  • Book: Flatland

    Clearly and obviously, the 19th century suffered from similar class and gender struggles as today. That someone would have the audacity to write about them cloaked in science fiction that would read well 140 years later? Remarkable. It is slow in parts, but it’s over before you know it. One of very few classics I’ve

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  • Book: Pilgrim Spokes

    Trying to get back into the habit sharing of reading notes. This will only be for Kindle items as I don’t highlight physical books. Generally, that’ll mean a heavier dose of fiction than what I’m collectively really reading because I’ve read that helps me fall asleep and I use only my Kindle in bed. Yeah, this

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  • One Month Into Full-Stack

    As mentioned in my post Reboot, I’ve been working on a Full-Stack development course. Let’s check in after a month? I’ve completed 7 of the 53 lecture hours, reviewing HTML and mostly learning CSS for the first time (the age of CSS is when I stopped “doing” code-based web-dev – I’ve always been capable of

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