Here’s three things I want to blog about over at 5typos.net during January:
Let’s see if sharing this publicly shames me into actually writing the posts.
I once flew just over our Miami apartment when coming back of a work trip, and instagrammed a photo with the caption:
Home is where Ana is.
I was particularly proud of that one. Flash forward a decade, and the caption should now read:
Home is where Ana, Robie and Bettina are.
While true, it’s a bit more complex. I’d assume that Ana mostly needs our kids and myself to be present under the same roof. But Robie and Bettina also have preferences, and they’re not necessarily the same as mine.
Had a presentation go (really?) well today. Followed a mashup of recommendations:
The original presentation time was 45 minutes. Delays made it so that I had 15min. Maybe they were happy because I finished on time – more than likely – but I did get a few kudos. And I’m happy to have represented a project that many are putting a lot of effort into.
Since I don’t consider myself capable of accumulating writing so that I can post multiple days out of a single writing session, the causality is clear: I need to write every day to post daily or weekly.
However, the dopamine hit of posting something is enough that I feel confident I can achieve the daily writing habit IF I get to post it right away.
This affects quality. But I answer my own question. This is not a place for trascendental writings. This is my public stream of thoughts on the web. The point here is to share an open journal, and force myself to get past the initial agitation when writing. Get to the place where thinking by writing happens, and you’re having a buffered conversation in your mind. In which every sentence helps you load a part of the idea you had a concept for, but haven’t seen yet.
Enjoying the micro.one new car smell. It has enough customization to arrange things how I like them — but not an infinite canvas that throws me into a procrastinating rabbit hole.
I have some thoughts on the tone between this blog and 5typos.net. But my priority is to fail forward: just write. Action Bring Clarity.
Back on micro.blog after two years. Micro.one is too good a value to pass up. I understand why the full service needed to be developed before this version existed. But this is closer to what I pledged in kickstarter 8 years ago.
Resetting my iPhone homescreen for new year. Almost there. This Readwise Reeder Url Scheme to link directly to books has been useful.
Decided I’ll stick with daily notes instead of One Big Daily Log file – or whatever you’d like to call it. However. Still thinking of what to do with links.
Seems to be working now. Will be testing this going forward.
My previous assumption that I had the wrong the template for snippets was wrong. For whatever reason, all the comment tags were changes from <!-- to <! --. The great thing about text based systems, the fix was a quick find/replace in Sublime Text
Had messed-up the comments part of my Obsidian Web Clipper Markdown comments section, it was missing the third - dash. As it stands it looks like this:
Only using AI to get a second opinion of website author for when it’s missed, or not included by tags.
Spend afternoon playing with WhisperMemo and Zapier integration. It worked!
Discovered COBI building blocks today thanks to my buddy Gus. Now I getting COBI A-10 Thunderbolt II Warthog for Xmas from Ana. Sweet.
Went back to Moom after Swift Shift [[../[tidbits]/2024/2024w52 fixed|↯]] seems be causing my Mac to slowdown a lot.
Now back on Things. Procrastinating my through all my way through all my task managers instead of dealing with the actual tasks.
Geeky procrastination day. Added vertical tabs to obsidian (again). Reinstalled SearchLink Services – can’t understand how I lived without it.
Having second thoughts with my NotePlan experiment[[2024-12-04|↯]].
Great Costa Rican Coffee Brewing methods video.
Moved the Obsidian Vault theme tied to this blog them back to Minimal with the following changes:
Trying to remember how I added a black bar to the top of the site. Can’t find the code. This is why you should use GitHub for code rather than simple Dropbox.
Managed to setup the top black bar. I’ll explain soon. Just needs to get my bearings still.
Seems like Tana mobile is out. My Noteplan experiment is going well, so not going to get too distracted with it… yet.
Nice. This is a test
Testing out Obsidian Quick Capture iOS app. Does it append?
It does! Omg. Love how it also has a live activity if you leave a note without sending.
Image test.
Oh man. Was planning to order some Wimp Decaf coffee for my next trip to the US – but they’re taking a break after Hurricane Helene.
LIMINAL Spaces Wallpaper is going to be my new set of wallpapers across devices. For sure tied to one of my focus areas.
Back to the routine. Managed to move Ana’s SIM to eSIM, but since my local CR line is corporate, need to go through a different process.
Like what I see with Gibberish. Maybe a replacement to [[2023-05-17|Montaigne]]? Regardless, it’s all an excuse.
Hard drives, battery packs and now… AirTags
Things I’ve had to control impulse buys when on sale.
