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Apr 2, 2024: www.letswatchstartrek.com/tng-episo…

Jan 14, 2024: I’m reminded of this image whenever I’m tempted to jump on a new PKM system. Obsidian has been just fine for what I needed. Plain text sync, entries …

Jan 14, 2024: Always enjoy other’s perspectives on reading P&L statements. Irrational Exuberance - Reading P&L Statements

Jan 13, 2024: Interesting framework for executive presentation Start by brainstorming your proposal into a series of arguments that support your answer. Once …

Jan 7, 2024: Many have recorded “My Favorite Things,” from Mary Martin to Julie Andrews to the Supremes to Bobby McFerrin to Kelly Clarkson. But only Coltrane …

Jan 7, 2024: “Hobbies are a means of using surplus energy and time in a manner that at least will not be harmful to society and will be useful to the individual” …

Jan 3, 2024: Has anyone fully made the jump to Fastmail? Have you taken a split approach where you migrate certain subscriptions? If so, what made the jump and …

Dec 29, 2023: File under game to play on future steam deck purchase? Crystal Project is a love letter to JRPGs and job systems

Dec 29, 2023: I’ve converged on this for most of my trips but with 2 bottoms instead of 3. The Science of Packing Light

Dec 21, 2023: I’ve always thought that it was the warmer (relatively) utility water that made dripping faucets so effective. But I actually appreciate this …

Dec 12, 2023: After 2 decades, E3 expo is finally over. It was fun while it lasted and a bit overdue. Things that contributed to the curtain call: social media …

Dec 3, 2023: What to Blog About When You Don’t Know What to Blog About I did not know there was a NaNoBloPoMo. Neat.

Nov 28, 2023: Posting Derek Guy’s chino recommendation here for later reference Basic: J Crew relaxed fit Tailored: Rota at No Man Walks Alone or The Armoury …

Nov 19, 2023: Spun up a Mastodon Since this post will eventually disappear from my front page, I wonder if I’ll lose my verified status down the line

Nov 19, 2023: Found a garter snake outside 🐍

Nov 11, 2023: Annual statements are bloated with filler words distracting from company’s results ! Haven’t read the paper yet but would like to try their …

Nov 6, 2023: Useful phrases for disagreement from a Jefferson Fisher video I take another approach I see things differently I tend to lean the opposite

Nov 4, 2023: Will this trigger a webmention ? Link to John P’s blog

Nov 2, 2023: 🚗 The ability to stall an EV with fake manual transmissions sounds fun The lurch, the dying of the engine sound, and the red flashing of the gear …

Oct 31, 2023: Will this post trigger a webmention ? :) Making Webmentions look more conversational

Oct 31, 2023: 🎃🦖 Halloween Dino

Oct 31, 2023: Nice article on “Return on Capital Investment” Morgan Stanley - ROIC

Oct 31, 2023: So you want to learn physics

Oct 29, 2023: Strategy =/= Planning “Strategy is the making of an integrated set of choices that collectively position the firm in its industry so as to create sustainable advantage …

Oct 28, 2023: 🎮 Need this metal gear solid cologne

Oct 26, 2023: Very nice to see activitypub being adopted available across all WP plans even free ones. Was thinking of setting a WP for technical blog posts. Engage …

Oct 22, 2023: Flooded basements are becoming more common in Chicago. Here’s what you (and city officials) can do.

Oct 14, 2023: ✈️🗺️ First time really spending time in Colorado

Aug 28, 2023: There Are No U.S. ‘Climate Havens’ from Heat and Disaster Risk

Aug 27, 2023: US Climate Resilience Toolkit - Great Lakes

Jul 22, 2023: Fun read on leaving the vents open Is it okay to close the vents in unused rooms?

Jun 30, 2023: Obsolete units of measurement

Jun 23, 2023: I’m pretty fed up with Brokerage/freelancer companies that masquerade as owner operators. I’ve used a plumbing and lawncare one …

Jun 23, 2023: milk is pretty amazing > “…to consider only milk’s nutrient constituents—to imply that it has a single recipe—is to do it “a …

Jun 23, 2023: Are webmentions and activitypub the same thing? I asked ChatGPT4 if webmentions and activity pub are the same thing. A fun little writeup for a newbie. Output: Webmentions and ActivityPub are both …

May 7, 2023: lost Jdilla tape pitchfork.com/features/…

Mar 19, 2023: Stardust Tutorial - Nat king Cole - Guitar Chords Wonderful straight ahead arrangement. youtu.be/lahFeoaIz…

Mar 18, 2023: 12 piece capsule wardrobe from WSJ. No too shabby. www.wsj.com/articles/…

Mar 18, 2023: On Decluttering “One of her most popular strategies is “five things tidying,” the idea that there are only five things in any room: trash, dishes, laundry, things …

Mar 18, 2023: Link: architectural Sketching lessons www.domestika.org/en/course…

Mar 5, 2023: Are the Great Lakes really inland seas ? www.atlasobscura.com/articles/…

Mar 4, 2023: The Atlantic - Don’t help your kids with their homework (2014) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/…

Dec 23, 2022: web.archive.org Some advice I give my graduate students about how to keep on top of the literature in their field. A 🧵: 1/ - Rattibha

Dec 18, 2022: Academic Phrasebank - Referring to sources - Academic Phrasebank

Dec 11, 2022: I forgot that “the childe Roland” poem was a Browning one, who was inspired from a King Lear line Wiki

Dec 11, 2022: On the grenadine tie afterthesuit.com/inspirati…

Nov 27, 2022: On Plea Bargaining “Thanks in part to this kind of coercion, more than 90 percent of defendants waive their right to a jury trial. For the majority of …

Nov 26, 2022: Poetry vineyard Cabernet www.ledefamilywines.com/product/2…

Nov 26, 2022: 2022 horror movies list editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/202…

Nov 6, 2022: Prof Miles’ essays www-personal.umich.edu/~tiya/edi…

Oct 27, 2022: TIL about reporter’s privilege www.mtsu.edu/first-ame…

Oct 27, 2022: Had no idea this was available #manga www.viz.com/sj-offer

Oct 17, 2022: Tempted to tinker with this www.remnote.com

Oct 7, 2022: Crosstown Trail San Francisco crosstowntrail.org

Oct 7, 2022: Not frequentist enough statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2022/10/0…

Sep 25, 2022: Isomer lower boiling point discussion The simple explanation is that weak intermolecular forces (the forces that make something condense to a liquid …

Sep 19, 2022: Course on improving statistical inference www.coursera.org/learn/sta…

Sep 19, 2022: A full workup of the labs for Intro to Statistical Learning in tidymodels format emilhvitfeldt.github.io/ISLR-tidy…

Sep 6, 2022: 15 sub-cities of Chicago www.chicagomag.com/city-life…

Sep 3, 2022: Carbon Dioxide Removal Primer cdrprimer.org

Aug 31, 2022: UCDavis: 82% of avocado oil rancid or mixed with other oils www.ucdavis.edu/food/news…

Aug 30, 2022: Common statistical tests are linear models lindeloev.github.io/tests-as-…

Aug 30, 2022: DON’T THINK TO WRITE, WRITE TO THINK herbertlui.net/dont-thin…

Aug 30, 2022: Fun Chem refresher reference en.wikibooks.org/wiki/AP_C…

Aug 29, 2022: Knowledge management at NASA www.govloop.com/community…

Aug 28, 2022: Chemical versus Nuclear Reactions large.stanford.edu/courses/2…

Aug 28, 2022: Google course on public speaking learndigital.withgoogle.com/digitalga…

Aug 25, 2022: On Digital Gardens www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/0…

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Aug 20, 2022: thrilled

Aug 8, 2022: Google’s technical writing course for engineers. Fun read. I think in scientific/corporate circles the passive voice is accepted - encouraged even. …

Aug 7, 2022: i guess parenthood is just reheating the same cup of coffee 9 times throughout the day ? ☕️ 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧

Aug 7, 2022: celebrating when my newborns poop #newDad #twins 💩🎉

Aug 6, 2022: NYTimes: Just 2 Minutes of Walking After a Meal Is Surprisingly Good for You archive.ph/tCSlK

Aug 4, 2022: i think my time has come: researching orthopedic sandals with arch support.

Jul 26, 2022: To everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn) And a time to every purpose, under heaven

Jul 25, 2022: Lazy workers are necessary for long-term sustainability in insect societies www.nature.com/articles/…

Jul 24, 2022: Scientific papers build and link to each other in an infinite web. The power of the hyperlink.

Jul 24, 2022: Calm before the storm