Have you ever written down your personal values? Have you shared them somewhere publicly?
Currently reading: The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey đź“š
Visiting my comfort zone
Finished reading: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carré 📚
First of my ”outside my comfort zone” reads. It is a fine book I had trouble get into but part three of it was quite interesting in terms of the plot. I simply don’t care about spy stories and most of all, I did not care for any of the main characters one bit
Saw also the 2011 movie and it was both very competent yet also didn’t make the characters any more interesting but 1970’s London was very nice
I love watching Lamar Jackson play, he makes everything look so effortless. He must run backwards faster than most top athletes run forward
I don’t get why everyone is so complacent about the second DT presidency. He has had his practice run and dismantled all the systems limiting his actions. And still, people are making jokes about it like he was still a candidate from 2015 that we ought to take “seriously, not literally.”
We are going to see so many literal things he does this year. That is what populists do when they get into power
I couldn’t navigate Facebook anymore to deactivate my account. At least on Threads and Instagram, it was relatively easy. I will have the energy to find the hidden menu item someday.
I thought of cutting down on text-based social media anyway and going full POSSE , and Mr. Zuckerberg made the decision easier
I am pretty sure my kid is supposed to study for a test now. Obviously, she has cleaned the whole apartment. Amazingly well I might add
Long-term me might regret this, but short-term me is very happy
Currently reading: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carré 📚
Theme for 2025 books is going to be ”outside my comfort zone”. I will read books that I would not consider and let’s start with a spy story. First a classic, then a modern one and then a Finnish one. The same routine for all the genres I will have time to visit. Other part of this tour is geographical
Now hear me out: Expanse the animated series. One season per book (+novellas happening in same time frame). Easier to show certain developments in the story and hopefully get to telling the complete story. Still miffed about the end of the TV series
I know what my ”helicopter dropped me $1 billion” vanity project would be
Finished reading: Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey đź“š
🥺 this is such a good book (again)
Weird thing about AWS S3 is that while it is everywhere it is hard to find actually working example code with proper error handling beyond the simplest things. I can’t be the only one using multipart uploads over a network where failures are common? Or find proper documentation on error codes
Happy new year everyone! This was my favourite moment of 2024. Walking on sand during low tide at Blackpool in early August. Just wind, sound of seagulls, sand and the Irish sea
Currently reading: Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey đź“š
Final re-read of the year 2024
Unpopular opinions: unpopular opinion posts are very interesting look into minds of people and their inability to assess popularity of opinions
Currently reading: The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong đź“š
Read a book: Finnish fantasy this time. Nice, easy read (if you know Finnish natively, that is). Mixes Finnish realism with fantasy elements. Midnight sun comes with spirits and monsters and tells also a story of climate change and forgotten and dying countryside. Highly recommend it
Finished reading: Hobitti eli Sinne ja takaisin by J. R. R. Tolkien đź“š
Read this book in three different editions: English paperback, audiobook and in Finnish. You can’t tell me this isn’t a perfect little book. Similar to what ”Paranoid” is to rock songs
I’ve been debugging CSS that looks weirdly off for days and can’t get it to look nice. Then I realized I was looking at a 150% zoomed-in window I had opened for presenting the page at a meeting. How is your day going?
Idea for iOS — conditional screen time: the system only let’s you procrastinate after you have completed your todo list of the day. No social media before laundry and no games before Duolingo
Anyone use Airtable to automate memos and press releases, I have a document that is 95% same and the changing parts are easy to parameterize. Can I somehow go from data in Airtable to PDF document (roughly 2 pages) easily? Or should I use something else?
Finally saw Megalopolis. This was an awesome mess, perfect movie for me. I wish there was movies like this
Never done anything with Wordpress, but this drama still makes me uneasy. Can you no longer trust massively popular open source projects either?