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Unfinished read’s: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein 📚

Started great. But halfway through it and I’m struggling with the pace. Might return to it later. But want something I’m more engaged with for a couple of upcoming work trips.

I actually love the new way of Vibe Code assisted apps for Mac. However, one way I measure that commitment of the developer is if they offer a brew download option. Going through the steps of setting up and maintaining a cask is a good proxy of the commitment to their app long term.

Hadn’t visited the Venezuelan Andes since I was a kid (30+ years). Back to Caracas today and off to Costa Rica tomorrow. It was a great Spring Break.

A serene mountainous landscape features a rustic stone path leading to a cottage surrounded by lush greenery and vibrant flowers.

Finished reading: Slow Gods by Claire North 📚

Way slower build-up than I expected. One of those books you feel the author discovering where characters are going alongside you. If you have the patience for not being told what to think, but rather witnessing the story from a complex main character’s POV, recommended.

Spring break beach portion ends today. Back to the city tonight, and then off the mountains for week two.

All set up in Tahoe. What they did to the Finder is unbearable. Might revisit Bloom. If Aqua was lickable, Liquid Glass on the Mac is gooey – in a very oily and slimy way.

I moved from Things to Reminders back in December so that I could be ready when the new Apple Intelligence arrived. The latest “delay” is really making me reconsider. Reminders is fine, but I really miss Things elegance.

Finished reading: For We Are Many by Dennis E. Taylor 📚

Didn’t get hooked until the last third. Still a fun light read. Taking a break and will return. Wanting a bit harder sci-fi about AI, uploading and such.

Habits 26.02 Checkmate

I went too specific with my habit attempts. I’m pivoting a bit to rescue the effort. I’m going more high-level with: exercise, health, social, writing, reading, and freedom. I will note down details under each with just enough information to remember. I’m leaving family out for now; otherwise, I’ll fail again.

Tool-wise, I’m deleting a bunch of apps and will track with a template in Day One for now. I’ll probably only keep Empty app, since it helps me start fasting in the afternoon.

Worked around Arc’s lack of profile support using the Velja’s Transform URL functionality to append a ?arcprofile=personal to URLs from Reeder, and Arc’s Air Traffic Control to open URLs with that parameter in personal Space. Not ideal, but kudos to Velja for the flexibility.

Some days I want to remind myself of its uneventful amazingness, by tagging them as GroundhogDay on my Day One journal.

Taking a personal day after mostly being on-call during the holidays. The temptation to check Teams/email is almost as bad as checking the phone. Need to work on it.

Finished reading: Replay by Ken Grimwood 📚

This book was a bit freakish to read. The character’s age and many geographic locations were relevant to me. If you’re into time-loops and +40 years old, it gets a recommendation from me.

After 17 years, considering replacing 1Password with Apple Password for personal stuff. Mostly prompted after I couldn’t justify to CISO keeping 1Password vs his preference. But also, it hasn’t “just worked” in some time for me.

Kegcask Principle: given two Mac apps of roughly the same feature set, the one with brew support will be the better option.

Node75 low-profile is going to be my first NuPhy keyboard. Absolutely love the modernist design – looks like 80’s frog design concept. Not sure about the touch zone, could be amazing or something I never use, still innovative. Have a few days still to pick the switches, which is a fun problem always. Excited.

I love #obsidian, but sometimes its search/omnisearch drives nuts. I know my naming was dumb, and that’s why I don’t find the file – but help me out here!

Wow ‎VoiceInk for iOS I now available. Amazing about how this software category (dictation/transcription) became a critical part of my stack, and my apps of choice have been so dynamic.