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Coming to Iceland has me reevaluating my understanding of, relationship with, and appreciation for water.
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Seeing every social tool begin to see growth is very reassuring. I think a decentralized future – one where no one network owns all people or content – is coming. It won’t just be Mastodon or just blogs or even just Micro.blog. It will be them all and others.
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Used my Dell XPS 13” 9370 to edit a drone video today. Zero lag dealing with several gigabytes of 4K video. So glad I chose this little thing.
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I need to find a place with gigabit Internet speed for a few days. I have so much data that I need to get down and up. I’m downloading tens-of-gigabytes of application software, uploading hundreds of gigabytes to OneDrive and then again to Google Drive (which is why I hope this is real). Ugh.
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I wish I could play video games without spending any time at all playing them. Does that make sense? Like, if while playing games real time just stopped.
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I read a chapter of Hitchhiker’s Guide each day at lunch. I can’t recall ever laughing out loud this much at any other book.
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Finished culling all photos into a single library. Old school style of year, month, day directories. Nearly 80,000 images and videos all told.
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I’ve hiked/walked roughly 64-miles in May so far. Aiming for 100 miles in June.
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My first impression of SOLO was not good. I must be missing something. Chewbacca, however, was great as always.
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A few hours of 4-on-4 full court basketball and my hip is in pain. Worth it.
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What superpower am I witnessing here?
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I’m going to carve out some time this weekend to work on my site a little. I have a list of things I need to fix and clean up.
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Wishing Micro.blog’s web site was a PWA so I could use it on Android.
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Oculus Go mini review: Impressive spacial feeling and controls. Mostly built for passive consumption, not for input. Wish the UI was more fluid and less “windowy” and also wish there was an email / calendar app.
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MeToday: May 4, 2018 – May the 4th be with you. Coworking with Ted and Aaron. (see also, and on Flickr) Also enjoyed some Pho.
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MeToday: May 3, 2018 – Go Sixers! (See also and on Flickr)
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Finishing up a brand identity for local company for my design challenge. This is fun.
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The weekends are when I have a bit more time to slow down and enjoy a sane brew. See also Matt D’avella’s latest video.
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Apple’s iPhone 8 (RED) commercial has the best audio mixing I’ve ever heard.
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Saw Rampage. One star.
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Put in my Harry’s order.
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After our walk yesterday we found a wrecking ball… and, well…
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Many of my notes have a half-life. If I don’t get back to them within a certain period of time, all bets are off as to whether or not I will ever remember what their original meaning was. I’m going to attempt to do a little better at this.
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Trying out the WordPress Mac app.
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Listening to the Moon soundtrack on Jason’s recommendation. Good work material. I wish it were on Spotify but I’ve fired up Amazon Music to listen to it.
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Beacon, New York has a few secrets to uncover.
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I wrote a piece on LinkedIn about why you should attend events. I also jotted down some notes from the last 18-months of going to a few events.
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Kentucky is proving to be a good place to find bourbon.
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Columbus Ohio is a bit of alright.
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Went back to Mail.app this week. Missed it.
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Frosty morning prep flights for a gear check.
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90 minutes of full-court basketball felt great.
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Just downgraded iCloud and Drive to their least expensive plans. Sick of dealing with the cloud. I’m now investing in my own storage.
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Just drafted a lengthy post entirely within LinkedIn’s editor. It isn’t terrible but with a few tweaks it could be so much better.
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Fiddled with a GoPro, and related software, for the first time in a few years today. No wonder they’re hurting as a company. Software is a mess.
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Picked up The Abyss special edition at the local library (the only place I could find it) and re-watched it after having just finished the book. So good. This is the only novel that I can say works as a companion and enhances the experience so much. Thanks library.
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Releasing an app on the Google Play Store — 20 clicks Releasing an app on the iOS App Store — Some multiple of the number of clicks you’ve ever clicked in your life.
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I can’t confirm that LIGO is down for repairs. But I believe it is. Imagine how many gravitational waves we are missing while it is down.
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I remember when being a computer nerd spending countless hours online wasn’t cool. Then it minted millionaires and internet celebrities. Today being a space nerd looking at the stars for countless hours may have made that same jump.
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Blew my chance at the Micro.blog 30-day pin by forgetting to post yesterday. No longer going to try. Posting to my blog needs to be natural.
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After several months with Beats headphones I only have one gripe; battery life. I believe they could be smarter about “sleeping” to reserve power and thus last a lot longer between charges.
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One other great thing about Android is that all apps, including Phone and Messages and other pillar apps, are updated in between system updates. I like the small iterations rather than huge updates.
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Gentle reminder to back up everything as often as you can. And don’t trust automation. Follow-up on it from time-to-time to be sure you have everything. This includes your computer, your mobile devices, music and photo libraries, web sites, uploads to those sites, etc.
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I have no desire to own a HomePod. I think Siri would drive me bananas.
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Spent much of the day reading. 📚
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If you’re on Micro.blog and into art, watercolor, and inspiring interviews and videos, you can follow @h2ocolor on Micro.blog. Also, of course, Twitter and Facebook. Oh, and RSS.
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I’ve decided to use all of my skills on a single project. This means making the hard decision to cut all other projects I have going currently and mentally put them in the garbage can. It won’t be easy, but I think it will be worth it. Stay tuned.
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Very happy for Eliza and all Eagles fans.
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Had an incredible day yesterday visiting the Berwick Brewing Company, O’Donnell Winery, and Three Dogs Vino. It was nice to visit some new-for-us places in our area. Worth the drive.
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I usually don’t post to my blog on the weekends. But I want that Micro.blog 30-day pin.