After cleaning the patio yesterday, we put our old grill out on the curb with a free sign. After an hour it was gone.
Today, the grill mysteriously came back.
I think the only logical explanation is that our grill was involved in a heist, and needed to come out …
read moreThis is a very similar project to my Swift one. Little farther along, and uses the libraries on a mac.
read moreThis is the second time I’ve made French bread using a pre-ferment (pâte fermentée) which is similar to a sour dough starter but a little less work. Essentially you make half the dough the night before and leave it in the refrigerator overnight. The next day you mix it …
view galleryGot some time to work on my iOS app today, and made some decent progress. I’ve currently got a task that will read through the photo library and call an HTTP endpoint with the response. It also has the beginnings of a storage mechanism with sqlite.
I like XCode …
read moreJust finished rereading Nemesis Games by James SA Corey, and it remains a treat.
I think the Expanse series is my favorite series in sci-fi right now, and I’ve been slowly rereading them. Nemesis Games is awesome, and effectively kicks off the back half of the series. Some shit …
read moreOne of the nice things about being quarantined in spring is starting to watch the flowers bloom around us. My wife is much more of a flower person than I am, but it’s still been nice to see the trees and flowers start to bloom on our walks. Gives …
view galleryWe’ve continued baking over quarantine, and sort of switched to savory foods. First up was fried pickles, followed closely by macaroni & cheese.
I’ve realized that we hardly ever actually fry anything, and it’s actually a lot of fun. I’ve made a roux for macaroni and cheese …
view galleryThese books are a fun take on the “monsters live among us” trope, with secret societies and large extended families helping and hunting them. The world seems pretty big and interesting, and there are plenty of jokes …
read moreI’ve been doing a lot of baking lately, especially over Facetime with my niece.
Most recently we made a set of cinnamon rolls, using the recipe from Disney Food Blog. There’s a lot I don’t know about baking bread, but it’s been a lot of fun …
view gallerySince we’re stuck in quarantine, I’ve decided to start learning Swift and do an iOS project. I’ve never really done any iOS development, so this is mostly unordered thoughts and musings.
App goal:
Stretch Goals:
I loved Calvin & Hobbes growing up. One of my favorite comics ever.
read moreselect 'allballs'::time;
time
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00:00:00
I giggled way longer than I should’ve for that.
read moreI’ve been redeploying processes into the AWS cloud at work.
After moving one of the backend processes for the dashboard into a micro instance, the CPU usage for the box went through the roof.
This was one of the oldest script in the project, and I’d never really …
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