As someone firmly upper-middle-class, I feel like I have been blessed with privilege and luck. Sure I have abilities and developed some skills. I’ve even made a few smart decisions, but I would have not gotten as far as I have without privilege and luck.
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Coder who dabbles in writing and is currently Austin-based after stints in New York City and Connecticut. You can find my writings at both this microblog as well as on my long form blog found at the totally trustworthy wormsandviruses.com.
LinkedIn recently surfaced an event titled “The Power Of Building Untaxable Wealth”. To my eyes, it might as well have read “fuck your neighbors.”
Ever have the feeling that there is literally no place in the grocery store where you won’t be in the way?
“Why!?”
- School-aged me, in response to my mother prompting me to drink more water.
“How is this 32oz tumbler empty again!?”
- Middle aged me, in response to my now perpetually thirsty body.
Confession: Sometimes I confuse the names “Fiona Apple”, “Sharon Van Etten”, and “Sharon Apple” into the singular name “Sharon Van Apple”.
Still a sucker for 3/4 and 6/8 time signatures.
Most people: “But Electron apps aren’t that bad.” Me: “Closes window of only discover there is no way to open a new window without restarting the Electron app.”
(Yes, I realize there are good examples of Electron apps.)
After doing a dedicated “legs day” for the first time in over a year yesterday, my plan for today is to… (checks notes) avoid sitting on the toilet.
If you also hate browser tabs created by Zoom, I’ve made a Mac Shortcut to join the next meeting directly in the Zoom app. It requires Apple Calendar, but should work with all calendar services and isn’t creepy.
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/3041e1d36d01437788b7c93dfb81609b
I fixed a bug in my workflows to rate music. I use duration to locate the library version of a song playing on Apple Music. This didn’t work for pre-Apple Music library songs that can have a slightly different duration as the version playing.