The only thing that’s making the multiple hours I’ve sat at this car dealership waiting for a repair bearable is the Weather Channel they keep on in the background. They’re the best at making it seem like a little bit of rain is the coming of the apocalypse.
Ben’s Survivor Rule #42: Throwing the challenge is never worth the risk.
Sometimes, McSweenys nails the current milieu.
“The Canada Elections Act [entitles you to three consecutive hours off from your work](You can take time off work to vote. Here’s what you need to know https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ask-time-off-work-to-vote-1.6155783?cmp=rss) day to vote without any loss of pay.”
I really appreciate Canada. 🇨🇦
Screw B-Trees, the most unfair interview questions are anything that involves the JavaScript Date standard library.
A few years ago my wife bought me a Kindle for my birthday, and I converted all my reading to the Kindle. I love the e-ink screen. But the feature that I’ve grown to rely on is the highlighting.
I’ve never really been a highlight-while-reading person. In university it always shocked me to see people tarnishing the pages of their incredibly expensive textbooks with brilliant yellow highlights. But, of course, highlights made on a Kindle are digital and sync their way up into the Amazon cloud. The highlights are downloadable, storable, and are a great starting place for notes.
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Tonight’s pizzas. Plain cheese for the kiddo. Plant-based sausage, garlic & pepper for the adults. I also tried for garlic knots but many of them were set aflame. Photos next time when they’re not mostly made from carbon.
Read: Staff Engineer: This is the best description of Staff+ roles I’ve ever seen. Featuring interviews from a ton of active staff-level developers, it’s an incredible look into a role that’s often unclearly and poorly defined. 5/5 📚
I was on Amazon looking for a replacement crisper bucket for my fridge. I did not find one.
But, some of these before and after photos are amazing.
Who stores their eggs in a pile at the bottom of a fridge?
There is no way that the food on the left is the same as the food on the right. Someone has clearly become a healthier eater.
The secret to keeping your fridge tidy is to throw out half of what’s in it. (There might be some truth in this one.)
Bird show at Mont-Tremblant.
Glass needs more cat pictures.
Free business idea: Insurance for your kids visiting your in-laws. Oh, did they pull too hard on the blinds? Did they break the couch? No problem.
There’s evidence that the strongest core value my son is going to have as he matures is: No Spoilers.
I’m on vacation this week and so I baked the first loves in a long time. I still sort of remember how to do it. But whatever customizations I had made I’ve totally forgotten. 🥖
Things you never think you’ll hear as a parent: “We’re still working on the rib cage, but it’s close.”
While getting my second shot, I discovered that the brand name for the Pfizer vaccine is Comirnaty. This is a terrible name. Supposidly it “represents a combination of the terms COVID‑19, mRNA, community, and immunity”. Moderna’s is Spikevax. Way cooler.
Finally caved and bought a Moonlander keyboard for my RSI. Delivery in a month or so, and then probably a month of practice after that to be comfortable. I’ll post the layout I settle on back here when I’ve figured it out.
Today my son asked me to get him a toy Titanic. “Complete with an iceberg and the life boats!”
I’m really hoping no one makes this. 🤦
Apple’s testing tools have improved a lot, and I’m looking forward to XCode Cloud. But, the lack of mocks for base apis like StoreKit, HealthKit, or CloudKit really make testing more difficult than it should be.
“Daddy. Why have we never celebrated Shark Week?”
I booked a bike fitting for Monday for my new bike. In the description it says: “Athlete’s interview of current physical condition”. So, I have two days to become an athlete, and I had McDonalds for dinner. Wish me luck.
I’m in a beta for a popular app. It’s shocking how much of the feedback from people completely ignore the fact that it’s a beta. Every day in the Slack someone says “Wow, with how buggy this is, I’m never going to use this app again.” Like… yeah, it’s a beta. That’s the point.
Vim support in XCode is the best thing to come out of WWDC this year.