Highlight of the week: I got a real, productive workday on Friday! It’s been a long time since I’ve actually gotten what I’d describe as a “work day”, sticking to a schedule and everything. Here’s hoping I keep it up next week.
things I did
- I published a blog post: currency is an abstraction of value
- Finished a poem for Nantucket Lit’s First-Class Fiction. Speaking of which, a piece of microfiction I wrote will be the next postcard to go out!
- Worked out a lot of error handling for Ariadne, my web crawler. This was some of the work I’d been most putting off for the project, which means I’m practically-speaking a good deal closer to being able to release all the progress. I’ve also significantly sped things up by making the logic more sophisticated to avoid pauses.
- I got to make Chana Masala for guests on Wednesday! I made Hummus at the same time.
- I survived some particularly harrowing social interactions.
- After many attempts without improvements, I’m finally making a lot of progress on roasting chickpeas as snacks. I’ve finally gotten the crispiness level perfect; now I just need to hone in on the flavor and seasonings.
- I’ve begun experimenting with seasonings; tonight I tried using garam masala, though I haven’t had a chance to taste the result yet.
things I read
Didn’t actually read much this week, other than blog posts (see below for that).
words I looked up
- effluent
- vituperative
things I listened to
Honestly, I may retire this section. I don’t keep track of what I’m listening too closely while doing it, and it’s easy to forget things looking back.
- Lots of James Taylor albums
- The Manhattan Transfer - Bodies and Souls
- Chick Corea - all three Trilogy albums
If I do drop the section, I’ll replace it with something else, don’t worry.
links around the small web
- Being Certified ‘Cool’ - the Wry Writer
- Time flies — bojidar-bg.dev
- Be sure to check out the fun minigame linked: Cursor survival — bojidar-bg.dev
- March Tinkering
- Recognized for my brilliance and forethought 🥕 - small good things
- #algernonReviewsHackerNews - Chronicae Novis Rebus
- Please Compensate The Work You Appreciate | Brain Baking (this feels to me like a more practical take on the topic I addressed in my blog post this week, where mine was more “here’s some theory behind what money even is”)
- Initial thoughts on the tiny XTEINK X4 ereader | Neil’s blog
- curl > /dev/sda
- This Is My Genre (Science Fiction!)
- The 49MB Web Page | thatshubham
- Unpolished human websites
- Oh Hello Ana - Overthinking: AI wasn’t the first to break my heart
- NeoVim is Dead (to Me)? Long Live Who Knows What - The Darth Mall
- Art journaling in The Brunch Book the last two Sundays - small good things
- Can I hear a difference between MP3s and uncompressed audio? - 82MHz
