A day to celebrate, new personal Mac day!

Let the setup commence.

Also very excited for my new personal 14” MacBook Pro to arrive tomorrow. I somehow managed to not order the wrong thing with all the Apple announcements this week.

I was able to crank out some additional blog improvements today. Mostly fixing how archives work, since the out of the box ones on micro.blog don’t quite fit what I want.

Book 17 of 100

I was surprised to realize that I hadn’t read this when the series started up. A solid effort but not quite a five star for me.

Book 16 of 100

Pulled at my heart strings, a very real and very human book about a relationship in and out of an extreme situation.

K.J. Parker’s brand of dark and smart humor was reliably great in the start of this new series. Can’t wait for book two.

I’ve had this blog up on micro.blog for a bit now, and just kept one of the stock themes that they offer. As I have managed to maintain a bit more momentum with posting, this has felt like it lacks the personality that I want this blog to have.

Upon futher reflection, I thought for a bit about the early 2000’s version of this site, and I decided to go back to the future. This new theme is pretty close to the spirit of that ancient one. Still some tweaking required, but it was also pretty cool to learn how Hugo works.

It’s Gold!

Book 14 of 100

An excellent overview, especially for beginners, a little simplistic for my knowledge level but still interesting and useful.

“Stop trying to ship Human 2.0. Tag the bugs, write the wrappers, and get back to building something worth building. The most productive version of you probably looks a lot like the current version of you, plus a few well-placed adapter patterns and minus about thirty self-help books worth of guilt about not being somone else.”

Book 13 of 100

A fantastic story that is a reminder that we all have at least a little bit of magic in us.

And sometimes the most faithful thing you can do—for your thinking, your creativity, your inner life—is to stop moving and let one idea finish its sentence.

You don’t need a new system.

You don’t need better inputs.

You don’t need to be more original.

The Note-Taking Practice Almost Everyone Overlooks

Book 12 of 100.

This one is really good, fairly short. A more somber and emotional take on the plot of the Groundhog Day movie.

Book 11 of 100.

A truly epic, both in length and story, tale of a Polynesian navigator that happens over a thousand years ago.

Book 10/100

This one had some really good stuff in it that I found useful. A main concept that I will utilize is “freewriting” which I am adding to my journaling routine.

Book 9/100

These get more and more bonkers as we go. They are just what I need right now, and I’m a little sad I only have one left at the moment.

Book 8/100

A tiny bit dated but really enjoyable nonetheless.

Out: Word Notebooks Orange Polygon

In: Field Notes Raven’s Wing (2010)

Book 6/100

I learned a lot reading this book, which says a lot given that I lived through all of this culture and change.

5/100

So well written, and moving. We can all do better, and should.