I fell asleep in a bad mood on the couch and woke up at about 2 am. I just spent the last couple of hours listening to the latest The Talk Show episode with Kagi founder/CEO Vlad Prelovac. Kagi has been rock solid for me and this episode confirmed a lot of my assumptions on their product approach.
Greetings from central Nebraska in December.
I am truly fortunate to have amazing co-workers. The environment we work in has been challenging in the most unhealthy of ways but this week I got to spend the week in Austin and have personal connections with people I have only known via Zoom.
Frost, with occasional child at the window
I clearly haven’t reached gen z with my YouTube drum videos.
Decided to start watching one Bruce Willis movie every night through the new year. Starting off tonight with “The Jackal” (1997). Saving Hudson Hawk (one of my top 10 all time favorite movies) for the turn of the new year.
The Weekly Notepad: Dec. 1 - 7
Counting the days for Christmas/New Years break. I am taking a little over two weeks off of work. No travels really but ...My hopes were pretty low on trying this NA bourbon but I was pleasantly surprised. Worked well as a whiskey sour and straight, on the rocks.
Finally played a little today. I started listening to David Gilmour’s new album about a week ago. This song (Between Two Points) is something else, had been something like 20 years since I first heard it and Romany Gilmour just shatters and cyclones through all emotions with her performance.
The habanero is the perfect pepper.
The Weekly Notepad: Nov. 25 - 29
It’s a short week this week due to Thanksgiving. The 12 plus hour days I’ve been putting in regularly for the last 3 mon...One reaps what one sows.
The pie photography tonight is on point.
The Daylight DC1 arrived! Excited to put it through its paces during the holiday. Digging the screen so far.
It’s not even December yet but my mind is taking me to New Year’s, when I make my one Manhattan for the year, sip and reflect on the past year and think about next year’s possibilities.
My friends made a nice song, I think you’ll like it.
I appreciate that Bluesky is growing. I occasionally skim it and find the vibe in general to be good. I still prefer owning my feeds and posts via micro.blog and cross posting from here as appropriate. I did request Openvibe devs to consider micro.blog support (it’s just a nice app).
I’ve been fairly introspective over the election and not seeking out too much online around it, I’m glad I came across these gems:
Jon Stewart has an excellent interview with Heather Cox Richardson on the election.
John Gruber’s writing is on a whole new level
I’ve resorted to just have the election live updates from Apple News on my phone home screen instead of watching live. Gave the kid a bath, brushed his teeth, set him to bed. Only checked now where we are at. Now back to figuring out a movie to watch and not looking at my phone until snack break.
Moving to a small town in Nebraska after so many years in Seattle makes voting (in person!) feel extra special. Hearing the folks around me hanging out after voting, talking about dinner, family, how young so and so is doing, absolutely no contention or anger. Community is where it’s at.
So…The Home Depot has a life sized animated Buddy the Elf for sale…
Things I’ve Been Doing This Week
Not paying attention to the polls. Working too much. Play with family (must do more). Preparing for winter. So many ...At the end of the day…
Eradicate this phrase….please
No, the machinists did not make Boeing a piece of shit
Boeing has been shooting itself in the foot since the early days when they decided to move their HQ from Seattle and &ld...Twice in one year.
