2024-12-22 12:36:00
I’m increasingly noticing Swedish culture, and I am constantly intrigued by it.
Also, everything about this video makes me want to start getting better at building things. I sometimes still feel like I am renting this house rather than living in it. This means I have a list of small, annoying things about my house that I just deal with rather than experiment with and fix them.
(Paul, since you’re just about the only person I know who reads this blog, I’d love to hear what you think 😂)
2024-12-20 22:29:00
Fun exploration of why <font color=“chucknorris”> gets converted into <font color=“#c00000”>.
Apparently timbornholdt gets converted into #0b00d0, a lovely shade of blue.
2024-12-17 09:20:50
Genius. A list of all the various services that AWS offers, but a basic explanation of what they do.
2024-12-17 09:04:15
I’ve implemented OAuth in both directions, and I still learned something new from reading this article about how OAuth works.
2024-12-17 08:52:35
Canadian engineers graduating college are all given an iron ring. It's a symbol of professional responsibility to society. It also recognises that every discipline must earn its social license to operate. Lastly, it serves as a reminder of the consequences of shoddy work and corner-cutting.
I want to be a part of a frontend culture that accepts and promotes our responsibilities to others, rather than wallowing in self-centred "DX" puffery. In the hierarchy of priorities, users must come first.
What we do in the world matters, particularly our vocations, not because of how it affects us, but because our actions improve or degrade life for others. It's hard to imagine that culture while the JavaScript-industrial-complex has seized the commanding heights, but we should try.
And then we should act, one project at a time, to make that culture a reality.
2024-12-17 05:54:00
I’m slowly introducing exercise back into my routine.
A few days ago, I unceremoniously added a feature to the front page of this blog which tracks the number of consecutive days that I did 100 sit ups.
It’s been hard, private work. There was a day last week I took the bus downtown, and I found myself needing to brace before we rounded a corner. Otherwise, my core throbbed.
I’m also adding running back to my routine. I’ve done a 4 mile loop every other day for a few weeks now. I’m still slow (9:10 pace?), and I’m still having to ice my knees at night.
But boy, I sure do feel grateful for the ability to get out there and pound the pavement!
A third thing I’ve been working on is my writing. I’ve been experimenting with blogging monthly recaps of my thoughts and whatnot that I collect in my journal, which feels useful to me, but not specifically the end game.
I’d love to turn all this writing into something useful. Like writing lyrics or poems.
I came across this article in my Instapaper queue, and it is helping me work through some of the reasons I like both of those parts of me.
I didn’t get a specific pull quote from this article because it feels like one of those articles you need to enjoy in its entirety.