Preparing for the arrival of twin boys in the next couple of months. Trying to get back into reading after not doing it for over a decade. I've read five books since August and have enjoyed it so far. Currently reading Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda by David Michaels. Working on this site. Playing EA...

Some YouTube videos I enjoyed this year, ordered by release date: Algorithms Are Breaking How We Think Algorithmic complacency, if not noticed and acted upon, means you're allowing other people who are not you to decide what matters to you. The State of Personal Online Security and Confidentiality | SXSW LIVE A good...

I've seen a lot of people do this so I figured it would be fun to share mine. Inspired by the Hemispheric Views podcast. 📨 Mail Client: Fastmail 📮 Mail Server: Fastmail 📝 Notes: Obsidian, Drafts ✅ To-Do: Things 📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: Apple Camera, sometimes Halide 🟦 Photo Management: Apple Photos 📆 Calendar: Apple...

Whenever I created a daily note in Obsidian, I would manually move it to the correct Year/Month folder. I recently discovered that you can set the date format so that it is in the correct one by default: You can automatically organize your daily notes into folders using the Date format feature. For instance, if you set...

Obsidian is one of my favorite apps. I use it every day at work to stay organized and take notes. Below is an outline of my current setup. Note Organization I try to keep things simple using folders. The main ones are: _Inbox Daily Notes Jira Issues Meetings Misc Support Tickets Tasks A folder for general notes about...

This shortcut does the following: Toggle White Point (dims screen more) Turn orientation lock on Set brightness to 5% Set media volume to 0% This can be useful if you set up an automation to run the shortcut at bedtime and when you wake up in the morning. Get shortcut

Unhook This is a neat extension that will hide all the stuff on YouTube you don’t need.

I needed to schedule service for my car, so I dialed the number of the service department assistant who had previously sent an email about it. I was transferred twice before finally speaking with the right person to schedule my appointment. In the signature of the email, the assistant's phone extension was listed. I had...

Hello world.