“Strong opinions loosely held.” That quote really sums up the two year old recently.
I saw this story today about Apples News starting a daily newsletter. Which I’ve found amusing since I’ve moved all email newsletters to Feedbins terrific email newsletter feature. I then remembered that Apples News is essentialy built on RSS feeds and really the internet is just RSS all the way down. Long live RSS!
Finally a moment to breath. Now to start a loaf of bread and to get some sleep.
Every piece of popcorn is unqiue, just like a snowflake. Best to eat all the popcorn just to make sure!
Went into 🍏 for an iPhone battery replacement (3 year old phone). Apparently after the battery replacement my home button stopped working so new, to me, version of my phone. Yippy? Redownloading everything is a slog but hey now my phone should last through a day.
Woke up to texts and phone calls about website issues. Oh technology, you so often make it easier to sleep but occassionaly you demand attention at terrible times.
I believe this was the first Thanksgiving I’ve ever spent with all 5 of my cousins on my mini side ❤️🦃 Thank you for all who helped cordinate and those who traveled 🥂
Customer Service agents get a short stick. Cranky customers, working on holidays, you could make this list a mile long. If you happen to need customer service, be nice, understanding (know that the problem is not their fault) and remeber their name and say thank you (name).
19” of snow in <24hrs 🎉
So many moving pieces this week. Deep breath. Make a list. One at a time. Important items at the top.
Soooo many questions about this toy.
Beautiful Saturday, sun is out snow is melting. Morning playing with the kiddo and now some calm during nap. Party bonus, PIZZA for dinner!
Skunks have done a terrific job developing their scent. One whiff and you’re at attention, eyes scanning the darkness for movement or a flash of white. The dog leash is now held tight and your pace quickens. Must get home safely. (mission accomplished)
I’ve always found. when I’m completly overwhelmed, that looking at the night sky helps me put things in context. Space, beyond our earth has that effect on me. This wonderful webpage helps add scale and perspective when the sun is still out neal.fun/size-of-s…
Parenting is hard. One second you’re making decisions about toy trains the next your trying to detemerine if what you’re decision is going to a difficult but benefitial learning experinece or one that will be end up causing long term anxiety about whatever. Good luck out there!
Everything took a little longer than it “should” have today. Did my best to frame it positively and got a few laughs in instead. Now…tired.
Work is building out the team, which has meant a new desk location for me, a new “view.” (Side note the office view is very good). I’ve been thinking about onboarding today and how one day or the first few days can be so essential to how the work is viewed from a new hire. Over time everyone will sort everything out, team dynamics, processes, etc. But at the start you have a chance to give them a leg up. Instead of months to sort out the details on their own, a good onboarding could widdle that time down to days or even hours. Good people,on your team, combined with good hires should only take at most days to incorroparate your team, not weeks or months. If you’re having trouble it might not be the hiree, it could be your onboarding process. Happy to see my co-worker knows how to onboard and while one person can take on most of the onboarding work, the rest of the team needs to be involved too. It’s a team after all.
Superb day of carbs: 🥞, 🥯, 🍕.
Today in 2 year old translations. If a child is yelling “T-Pain” it’s probably not in reference to the rapper and/or being on a boat. They’re actuall saying “keep playing”. Next, if you’re trying to figure out what the heck a “kitchen sticker” is, well that’s “construction site”.
When it’s murky, do you head towards the light or the dark depths? You can make out more towards the light and that’s generally, safer. But, every once in a while, there is something. It tugs at you. You want to explore, to know what’s there. So into the unknown we go!
My wife has amassed a wonderful collection of paintings and photos. The majority from family and a few from close friends. They all make me happy. They are part of home, I find them calming and rejuvinating. Art, who knew. 🌟
Riding my bike continues to make me extremely happy. I wish I had more time for riding bikes. I need to make more time for riding bike. My 10-15 minutes each way commute is great but I need to add in more fun rides. 🚲
INVERTED T ARROWS!!!!!
Some days staying the course is the best you can do. When unexpected things keep knocking you down and your higher ambitions are clearly lost, I try not let the day get loose. Head down, try to laugh (if you can) push through and stay the course. We’ll get the ambitions tomorrow.
A few weeks ago I started slowly with the iOS swipe keyboard. It’s now my preferred text entry method, bonus it’s much faster for me too!
Somedays a little personal time and space is all you want as a parent. And somedays you realize your child is growing up faster than you could ever imagine. Today brought a lot of warmth to my heart, smiles, sadness (when reflecting) and overall happiness.
My 3 year old iphone 7’s was in the red by lunch…the battery health setting is describing itself as “significantly degraded.” So…ahhh…guess it’s about that time to get the battery replaced.
Unseasonably warm today, a nice break from the October snow. Plus the day was spent with family. ❤️
Whenver I find a moment to look at the stars, I find it immensely calming. Pricks of light against a see of dark. A pause, a breath and then reflection: me, a single human in an impossibly large universe. And everytime I do this, I feel some of my stress and worries slide away.
One of those days where things come together and then things dissolve. Cycles of 90% finished then back to 50%. Deep breath, continue onward.
A friend recently moved into a new house. Over the past week he’s shared, with a group of friends, stories about the ghost in the house. The first, a perfectly functional key that was bent overnight while on the counter. His dog, that is not know to bark, quickly scurrying into rooms to bark and then just as quickly receding to the front door to leave. Today was a story of hearing furniture in the next room being picked up and down then sliding across the room. But, the room is empty as he just moved in. 👻 😱 From afar this situation has been amusing, hearing new stories and joking about a new ghost friend. However, if I was in the same situation, I would be very uncomforatable. Consistently trying to find a new reason that everything is fine. Nothing to see hear move along.
Growing up where deer fled at the lightest of sounds, I continue to find it odd and startling, how close I accidentally end up to them while walking the dog after dark.
I’ve been spending more time using CSS Grid recently and enjoying it. If you give CSS Grid a try I recommend giving a 12 column layout a go. Plenty of flexibility allowing for halfs, thirds, quarters. Resources to check out: Grid by Example, CSS Tricks, Learn CSS Grid and MDN. Side note, if you haven’t used Firefox’s dev tools in a while they’re worth a look. Great tools for CSS Grid in particular.
He’s a very normal dog…
Finally got around to finishing the main story of Untitled Goose Game, what a wonderfully fun game. The right amount of silly, fun and puzzles. Gold Star 🌟
Great 🥖 and “fancy"🧀 makes me happy.
Mark your calendar and get your flu shot! I, like Brent Simmons, avoided the flu shot in my twenties. Now, as a father (of a 2 year old) and with all 4 of my grandparents (very fortunate), the flu shot is as much (if not more) to help protect them from getting sick as it is me.
Because I want to be blogging more and inspired by these three: CJ Chilvers, Om, Shawn Blanc. I will be attempting to write daily, here on this blog, during this month of November.
They will probably be short posts. But hey that still counts!
Glad to see the Expos finally won the World Series.
_DavidSmith’s new app Moon++ might get me to update to iOS13 and watchOS6 today. Seemingly idea to for sale in less than a week!
Little Monday motivation over at Swiss Miss Is it Too Late To Start?
Thank you Vermont ❤️
🤣 Human dressed as TV trolls town by leaving TVs on people’s porches - The Verge
Did you know? The font Wingdings is still preinstalled on new computers? 🤷♂️
I find these transformations inspiring. [Detroit’s Metropolitan Building – See the Before / Afters] (https://alannastlaurent.com/metropolitan-building-see-the-before-afters/)
I would love all the things to be USB-C for charging. At this point I’ve stopped buying anything that is not USB-C. But my iphone is 3years old this fall, so guess who’s getting a new battery later this year!
This year’s iPhone should be the last with Lightning
eventually the benefits of switching to USB-C will outweigh the benefits of staying with Lightning
The biggest benefit of switching to USB-C is obviously having the same charger handle your laptop, tablet, and phone. It’s just so much more convenient.
I found this article at The Verge about the individuals who travel across the USA finding discounted items and reselling them on Amazon fastanating. It got me thinking about all the items large merchants have that they are unable to sell but people apparently want. No wonder some of these retailers (eg kmart etc) have so much trouble, they can’t reach the right customer and in this case an entire sub industry has been then created on a tech giant to get the product to the customer. Of course you could argue that other retailers that are profitable (eg Target) are so large that the goods they are clearing out are percentages of percentages so these goods do not matter. Either way, it’s a very interesting business case and situation.
Happy summer from Vermont
Dog meet dinosaur 🦕
The just shy of 2 year old has taken to saying “up up down down”. Which I reply with “left right left right B A”
Happy April 29th! ❤️ Colorado
Always nice to find $20 in your pocket 💵
Have I mentioned I like riding my bicycle 🚲?
Seth Godin with a terrific piece today, hashtag Gold Star ⭐.
Honorable humans used to own slaves.
“Honorable” has always been measured against the current culture, not an absolute of what we’re capable of.
Over time, then, as the culture changes, what used to be honorable becomes dishonorable.
I miss the iPhone 5c. That plastic…soo good!
Reading this, I was nodding my head and smiling as I do this all the time!
Using BBEdit and Excel to revive a dead podcast feed
Text munging takes many forms, but generally it happens when you’ve got a bunch of text in one format and you need to get it into a different format.