independent software developer, writer, musician
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I said something like this a few weeks ago, but I think (through all the doom and gloom) the Web truly has gotten better in the past decade.

  • Mastodon gaining real traction as decentralized social media
  • Blogging & RSS still thrive, though more niche (substack, patreon, etc)
  • Signal provides encrypted messaging and is open source & non-profit

And that's not even mentioning new tech like CRDTs that will make the Web even better. #optimism

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Adventurer's Codex is live on Mastodon!

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A perfect day in San Diego.

It’s clear, sunny, 70F, and green.

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Git is magic.

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This is a week I will remember the rest of my life.

More context later in the week.

(Yes it’s a good thing, don’t worry)

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Just had coffee.

Want more coffee. ☕️

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Life hack: How to quickly list the counts of unique items in a column in excel/numbers:

  1. Select column
  2. Cmd+C
  3. Open terminal
  4. pbpaste | sort | uniq -c | sort -n -r
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Tipped

3/24/23

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It is 2023 and I'm over here emailing git patch files like an old-schooler.

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Looks like Disk Utility was able to fix it!

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Checking the fsroot tree.

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Not so much worried about the data (it’s backed up in multiple places) it’s more the inconvenience of my primary being out of commission for an indeterminate amount of time.

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My primary computer has data corruption issues. Lovely.

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Waterfront

3/18/23

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Spring weather has arrived in San Diego.

3/18/23

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It's really happening!

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Making some custom artwork for our patrons. If you use Adventurer's Codex and want to support it (and get some sweet artwork), then support us on Patreon.

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'lol' may have lost all of its meaning over time, but for me 'LOL' still means that I literally laughed out loud.

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New Adventurer's Codex Update just dropped!

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Imminent news!

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Green and Blue

3/12/23

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It is that rare time of year for San Diego is green everywhere you look. 

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Ever since publishing Going Indie, I’ve gained a serious appreciation for books as physical things. There are so many decisions that go into making a good book: font, spacing, paper, size, etc.

A good book must also get these things right.

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Working through “The Book of Hidden Things” by @fdimitri and it is lovely.

Also both it and Never the Wind are some of the best books-as-objects I’ve seen. The cover material is great, the layout is easy-going, and the page counts are ideal. Also the art is 👌

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A great writer is one who does in ten words what others do in a hundred.