haven't worked on a personal project in a long time, let's go! * go to github, log in * 2FA to github * find what the repo name was * launch iterm * install iterm update, restart * find workspace folder * check out working branch * launch VS Code * install VS Code update, restart
things i've learned from becoming a tech for my wife's vintage triathlon bikes: * plastic turns to goo * nobody cared about bi-metal corrosion * your wrenches are too thick * yeah it's probably metric
world mental health day... this time i'd like to appeal to everyone who is not struggling. allow people latitude, assume that everyone you meet has a challenge that you cannot see. you can help them by giving them room. give them the benefit of the doubt.
why are most (and sometimes all?) of the canned replies for friends workout notifications on my apple watch either mean or 'smack-talk' or otherwise just not positive?
pro tip for anyone who makes HR changes or decisions about the allocation of responsibility: be transparent with all parties affected, some folks (hI!) take a lot more psychological damage when they see "things changing" but nobody brought them into the loop
my favorite use case of having airpods: i can use just one at a time. my least favorite consequence: i have used one (the left) far more than the other, and now they have a noticeably different battery life.
have you ever joined a new team and they immediately assigned items to you that are far more complex than you expected, so complex in fact that it feels like they're testing you/want you to fail?
brought my Leopold FC980M with (Selectric-inspired MT3 profile keycaps in dev/tty colorway) to work today. kind of a weird full-circle thing happening :)
monday morning after a long weekend vacation, get to work, computer won't click on anything, internal or external trackpad. reboot. still can't click. reboot.
eventually i figure out i have a mouse in my bag, turned on, with the button mashed.
so... twitter is preventing me from talking about words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings or spellings. it's filtering 'homophones' in a reply to someone.
