Finished reading *The Four Agreements
Finished reading The Four Agreements I've read quite a few books that claimed to be what this book is. I'll need to go back and see what I highlighted. Powerful.…
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Playing Wordle…
Don Daily’s illustrated books
There was an “Aesop’s Fables” that had been lying around for a few years, and we finally started reading last month. While the stories are well known, I was taken by the quality of the illustrations,…
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Pretty straightforward to sign in from iA Writer, which ... I've been using for a while and is a good way to post here.…
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This is the beginning of a (yet another) blogging journey.…
Interesting links: December 2021
(Apology: I usually structure these into sections, but didn’t have time to do that this month) * Nickel Oxide has learning properties * Nickel oxide is a material that can 'learn' like an…
Monthly recap (Dec 2021)
Major update * Trip to San Diego got cancelled, bummer * Made a short weekend trip to Santa Cruz/Aptos/Carmel instead * Did a bunch of hikes! Minor update * A foosball table at home :-) * Fam…
On writing
Every now and then I find something insightful on HackerNews. I usually don't share this, and store them as snippets for myself, but this is something that does seem generally useful: (original s…
On to-do apps
History I have been using OmniFocus for over five years now. I started with version 2, moved on to version 3 and have even beta-tested the new version 4 on my phone for a while. A lot of cruft has…
Roam stays
Much as I tried to quit Roam previously, I've been back to using it the last quarter. It's good enough, and "doesn't suck". It is more fluid and immediate than the alternatives…
Annual recap - 2021
Family * Tara turned seven * had a birthday party at Safari Run * Halloween trick-or-treating with one of Tara's friends and her family * End-of-the-year hike at Stanford Dish * Go…
Explaining the Hobbit
Found this little diagram I'd drawn on my daughter's "drawing tablet" from around May 2021 when we were reading The Hobbit.…