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 one happens to be non-fiction. This was the second…
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 hacking it, but now I get it). I’m trying…
TL;DR I think I need knee surgery, I set a PR of 10:28, 17:59 5k attempt still on for May. First test of the year? Complete! Running hasn’t been going well. I believe it all stems from my skiing knee injury in college for which I never got proper treatment (outside of PT – I’m certain I should have had the surgery). My whole…
And that, friends, is my longest post title ever. Hypothesis Facebook usage is in decline as evidenced by a sharp decline in the number of birthday wishes received this year. Method Visit Facebook Activity Log, copy + paste from top to bottom of “Others’ Posts To Your Timeline” from approximately February 14-17 (we can assume a few belated or coming in under the wire…
For the third time in three years, I’m being laid off. This time my company is shutting its doors. A good portion of folks are already gone, but I’ve been given two months to wrap up my work, document it, and hope someone at a firm specializing in maintaining failed businesses will be able to pick it up and make use of it. ?♂️ Two…
I’ve long been fascinated with woodworking. This past weekend I tackled an incredibly simple project with some scrap plywood from some shelving I put into one of our closets (I don’t consider that a woodworking project since there was zero polish involved). This was a great first project because my tools are limited and it’s stupidly basic. I present you my new monitor stand!…