Notes

Cloud chambers

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 01:36:24 GMT

Cloud chambers

https://www.suppose....

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 08:36:47 GMT

https://www.suppose.tv/tv

The 5 Love Languages...

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 19:13:46 GMT

The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman - **Acts of Service:** Proactively make your partner's life easier. Even a small task like cleaning their room counts. This shows that their concerns are your concerns and that their priorities are your priorities. - **Words of Affirmation:** Use acknowledgement and encouragement to help your partner feel more confident about their decisions in life. - **Physical Touch:** Provide intimacy in whatever way your partner appreciates it. - **Quality Time:** Make dedicated time to be with your partner. This doesn't mean being together in the same room. It means having one-on-one time to focus on how to help each other grow and continue to love each other. - **Receiving Gifts:** For some, receiving gifts signals that you remain top of mind for your partner and that they can't shake the desire to make you feel good. Gifts can be tangible or intangible, expensive or free.

[How to Contribute t...

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 17:33:27 GMT

[How to Contribute to an Open Source Project on GitHub](https://egghead.io/courses/how-to-contribute-to-an-open-source-project-on-github)

[Console.log is just...

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 18:26:36 GMT

[Console.log is just a wrapper for process.stdout.write](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v0.12/lib/console.js) ``` Console.prototype.log = function() {this._stdout.write(util.format.apply(this, arguments) + '\n');}; ```

Effective Communicat...

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 05:18:38 GMT

Effective Communication from _Politics and the English Language_: 1. Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. 2. Never use a long word where a short one will do. 3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out. 4. Never use the passive where you can use the active. 5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent. 6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

I just might jump to...

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 09:01:43 GMT

I just might jump to Astro if they get a few things: 1. Prettier support 2. VS Code Go to Definition 3. Serverless functions 4. Components in Markdown posts

Time To Dent (TTD) –...

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 19:21:09 GMT

Time To Dent (TTD) – The time it takes for people to start making things other people can use. > Put a dent in the universe. > – Steve Jobs

In The Garden, Chapt...

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 01:31:51 GMT

In The Garden, Chapter 27 by Frances Hodgson Burnett > In each century since the beginning of the world wonderful things have been discovered. In the last century more amazing things were found out than in any century before. In this new century hundreds of things still more astounding will be brought to light. At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope it can be done, then they see it can be done—then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago. One of the new things people began to find out in the last century was that thoughts—just mere thoughts—are as powerful as electric batteries—as good for one as sunlight is, or as bad for one as poison. To let a sad thought or a bad one get into your mind is as dangerous as letting a scarlet fever germ get into your body. If you let it stay there after it has got in you may never get over it as long as you live.

The idea of being mo...

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 16:20:08 GMT

The idea of being more coachable. - https://leaddev.com/mentoring-coaching-feedback/coachability-overlooked-factor-people-development

How to be effective:...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 13:32:16 GMT

How to be effective: 1. Ask, "What needs to be done?" 2. Ask, "What is right for the enterprise?" 3. Develop action plans 4. Take responsibility for decisions 5. Take responsibility for communicating 6. Focus on opportunities rather than problems 7. Run productive meetings 8. Think and say "we" rather than "I" > The first two practices gave them the knowledge they needed. The next four helped them convert this knowledge into effective action. The last two ensured that the whole organization felt responsible and accountable. From Peter Drucker's *The Effective Executive*

Types of books: - [C...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:05:10 GMT

Types of books: - [Commoncog](https://commoncog.com/blog/the-3-kinds-of-non-fiction-book/): - Narrative: tell a story - Tree: lay out a framework of ideas - Branch: detailed examination of a single idea - [Austin Kleon](https://austinkleon.com/2021/03/29/books-that-suck-you-in-and-books-that-spin-you-out/) - Suck you in - Spin you out

Commit. Pick one and...

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 02:31:32 GMT

Commit. Pick one and irreversibly commit.

Tomorrow is “to morr...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 02:17:25 GMT

Tomorrow is “to morrow”. [Morrow is the day following the present](https://www.websters1913.com/words/Morrow).

Why am I just now he...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 15:32:19 GMT

Why am I just now hearing about [Microsoft Power Fx](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/power-fx/overview)

Just finished INSIDE...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 01:57:03 GMT

Just finished INSIDE by Bo Burnham. Thanks bo.

[The original ELIZA]...

Mon, 31 May 2021 16:26:13 GMT

[The original ELIZA](https://sites.google.com/view/elizagen-org/the-original-eliza)

Just finished writin...

Sun, 30 May 2021 03:21:51 GMT

Just finished writing my first shell script. It creates a new markdown file for the posts on this website with all the right formatting.

Feel dumb, I just re...

Sat, 29 May 2021 20:53:35 GMT

Feel dumb, I just realized git can be used locally. Github acts like an offsite backup (among other things ofc)

- [■,■,■,■].map(■→●)...

Sat, 29 May 2021 19:31:34 GMT

- [■,■,■,■].map(■→●) ⇒ [●,●,●,●] - [■,●,■,▲].filter(■→true) ⇒ [■,■] - [■,●,■,▲].find(●→true) ⇒ ● - [■,●,■,▲].findIndex(●→true) ⇒ 1 - [■,●,■,▲].fill(●) ⇒ [●,●,●,●] - [■,●,■,▲].some(●→true) ⇒ true - [■,●,■,▲].every(●→true) ⇒ false - ([H/T](https://twitter.com/rauschma/status/1398668839177568259?s=20))

Idk if I’ll ever use...

Sat, 29 May 2021 18:24:26 GMT

Idk if I’ll ever use it again, but here’s [File Juicer](https://echoone.com/filejuicer/).

Trying to be one of...

Sat, 29 May 2021 16:01:13 GMT

Trying to be one of [today’s lucky 10,000](https://xkcd.com/1053/), everyday.

Testing out the [NPR...

Fri, 28 May 2021 15:59:12 GMT

Testing out the [NPR One](https://one.npr.org/) podcast app

Abstract Syntax Tree...

Fri, 28 May 2021 15:05:29 GMT

Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) is a tree representation of program source code. JavaScript [AST Explorer](https://astexplorer.net/)

In thinking about *s...

Fri, 28 May 2021 14:32:23 GMT

In thinking about *slack* and how I want more of it, ideally I would transition from consuming 100+ newsletters a day to reading more old books and articles. See: - Austin Kleon’s [Read old books](https://austinkleon.com/2019/12/11/read-old-books/) - [Online Great Books](https://onlinegreatbooks.com/)

[Slack](https://fs.b...

Fri, 28 May 2021 14:13:31 GMT

[Slack](https://fs.blog/2021/05/slack/), [leisure](https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/08/10/leisure-the-basis-of-culture-josef-pieper/), and [experience](https://lettersofnote.com/2021/03/01/live-a-life-worth-living/). Slack enables leisure, leisure is not a time to retreat from the world. Rather, it’s a time for poetry, prayer, and philosophy — a chance to reflect on where we’ve been, where we are, and where we’re going. - related: - [Sabbatical](https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=Sabbatical)

Woke up today… I thi...

Fri, 28 May 2021 12:13:09 GMT

Woke up today… I think using React in an email suspended by ESP account…

You can use React an...

Fri, 28 May 2021 02:05:33 GMT

You can use React anywhere?

Give me an editor wi...

Thu, 27 May 2021 23:17:20 GMT

Give me an editor with markdown support and tooling to create images and everything is version controlled.

[Open Source Airtabl...

Thu, 27 May 2021 20:05:46 GMT

[Open Source Airtable alternative](https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb)

[Cascade timeline](h...

Thu, 27 May 2021 20:00:09 GMT

[Cascade timeline](https://cascade.page/)

[Building a media sc...

Thu, 27 May 2021 19:42:47 GMT

[Building a media scroller component](https://web.dev/building-a-media-scroller-component/)

- [Shady URL](http:/...

Thu, 27 May 2021 18:04:07 GMT

- [Shady URL](http://shadyurl.com/): Don't just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frightening. - [URL Lengther](https://aaa.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com/)

[25 GitHub Repos you...

Thu, 27 May 2021 06:12:09 GMT

[25 GitHub Repos you should bookmark](https://dev.to/devwriteups/25-github-repos-you-can-t-miss-to-bookmark-1ek1)

[CS Algorithms](http...

Thu, 27 May 2021 06:11:34 GMT

[CS Algorithms](https://the-algorithms.com/language/javascript)

[The Big List of Nau...

Thu, 27 May 2021 05:41:38 GMT

[The Big List of Naughty Strings](https://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings/blob/master/blns.json)

Per Kevin Kelly’s [9...

Thu, 27 May 2021 04:59:48 GMT

Per Kevin Kelly’s [99 Additional Bits of unsolicited Advice](https://kk.org/thetechnium/99-additional-bits-of-unsolicited-advice/), learn the [Bowline knot](https://www.animatedknots.com/bowline-knot) and the [One-Handed Bowline](https://www.animatedknots.com/one-handed-bowline-knot)

[Wizard zines](https...

Thu, 27 May 2021 03:46:03 GMT

[Wizard zines](https://wizardzines.com/comics/)

The International Ph...

Thu, 27 May 2021 03:14:16 GMT

The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a set of symbols that linguists use to describe the sounds of spoken languages. Here’s an [interactive IPA chart](https://www.ipachart.com/).

On the necessity to...

Thu, 27 May 2021 03:09:23 GMT

On the necessity to stand out: - [The death of the middle](https://eriktorenberg.substack.com/p/the-death-of-the-middle) - [Spiky point of view](https://www.weskao.com/blog/spiky-point-of-view-lets-get-a-little-controversial)

[Full stack ethereum...

Thu, 27 May 2021 03:05:00 GMT

[Full stack ethereum app](https://github.com/dabit3/full-stack-ethereum) with Solidity, Ethers.js, Hardhat, and The Graph

[HTML Tips](https://...

Thu, 27 May 2021 02:52:23 GMT

[HTML Tips](https://markodenic.com/html-tips/) came across this a bit ago. If this is interesting, check out the HTML spec.

- [ASCII Emoji](http...

Thu, 27 May 2021 02:50:51 GMT

- [ASCII Emoji](https://github.com/dysfunc/ascii-emoji) - [ASCIImoji](http://asciimoji.com/)

Made a React [useRed...

Wed, 26 May 2021 23:30:12 GMT

Made a React [useReducer example](https://codesandbox.io/s/reducer-example-zcij5?file=/components/Reducer.js) and compared it to useEffect. Best way to learn is to do.

I’m organizing my li...

Wed, 26 May 2021 15:27:05 GMT

I’m organizing my life: - [Sorted3](https://www.sortedapp.com/) for auto hyper-scheduling - [TickTick](https://ticktick.com/) for maintaining focus on tasks in menu bar - [Horo](https://matthewpalmer.net/horo-free-timer-mac/) for quick timers in menu bar

We all start somewhe...

Wed, 26 May 2021 13:37:16 GMT

We all start somewhere. [https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.java/c/aSPAJO05LIU/m/ushhUIQQ-ogJ](https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.java/c/aSPAJO05LIU/m/ushhUIQQ-ogJ)

Periodically try to...

Wed, 26 May 2021 12:52:04 GMT

Periodically try to prune dead links on my site with [SF](https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/). The ephemeralness is saddening. “[programming is rather thankless. u see your works become replaced by superior ones in a year. unable to run at all in a few more](http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/03/ruby_ruby_on_rails_and__why_the_disappearance_of_one_of_the_world_s_most_beloved_computer_programmers_.single.html).”

Adding node and npm...

Wed, 26 May 2021 04:17:23 GMT

Adding node and npm to the long list of things you need to keep track of in a web project…

[npm-check-updates](...

Wed, 26 May 2021 03:56:47 GMT

[npm-check-updates](https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm-check-updates) interactive mode: `ncu -i`
(H/T) [Wes Bos](https://twitter.com/wesbos/status/1396842158452248581?s=20)

Have a user snippet...

Wed, 26 May 2021 02:23:04 GMT

Have a user snippet working in VS Code for note! Timestamps are still a little jank–but it works.

Trying out the Tick...

Wed, 26 May 2021 00:42:41 GMT

Trying out the Tick Tick to-do app again–this time for it’s Mac menu bar to-do list. I’ve never really used Mac menu bar utilities before.

Working on reducing...

Wed, 26 May 2021 00:31:23 GMT

Working on reducing the friction to create on my site. A few tricks: - Ruby script automation (IDK how Ruby plugins really work) - Text auto completion and auto formatting in VS Code - [YAML Schema](https://dev.to/brpaz/how-to-create-your-own-auto-completion-for-json-and-yaml-files-on-vs-code-with-the-help-of-json-schema-k1i) and [YAML to JSONSchema](https://jsonformatter.org/yaml-to-jsonschema) - [User Snippets](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets#_create-your-own-snippets)

The design is Twitte...

Wed, 26 May 2021 00:12:03 GMT

The design is Twitter-like to capture some of that *haphazardness*. But it’s literally just me.

The final straw to f...

Wed, 26 May 2021 00:03:26 GMT

The final straw to finally build a notes page came from: 1. Wanting to have some ideal calendar for writing 2. Looking at content calendar templates 3. Deciding I’ll just create my own *on this site* 4. Segue to searching for a Mac timer app 5. Stumbling across [Matthew Palmers](https://matthewpalmer.net/blog/2018/09/28/top-free-countdown-timer-apps-mac/index.html) site 6. Seeing his standing invitation page."

[The Now page moveme...

Tue, 25 May 2021 23:57:34 GMT

[The Now page movement](https://sive.rs/nowff): A public declaration of priorities.

The Standing Invitat...

Wed, 26 May 2021 03:55:45 GMT

The Standing Invitation page: - [Patrick Mckenzie](https://www.kalzumeus.com/standing-invitation/) - [Matthew Palmer](https://matthewpalmer.net/standing-invitation/) (also see [friendcatchers](https://www.swyx.io/friendcatchers/))

okay I think it’s wo...

Wed, 26 May 2021 03:41:24 GMT

okay I think it’s working now

Got time/date format...

Wed, 26 May 2021 02:52:04 GMT

Got time/date formatter ruby script working: note["initialTimestamp"] .in_time_zone("America/New_York") .strftime("%I:%M %p · %b %d, %Y")

Time is hard

Wed, 26 May 2021 02:38:28 GMT

Time is hard

Jekyll has a doctor...

Tue, 25 May 2021 20:25:03 GMT

Jekyll has a doctor command aptly named *hyde*

First note. Let’s se...

Tue, 25 May 2021 22:58:12 GMT

First note. Let’s see where this goes.