Weeknotes 7
- Because linkding is so good at managing bookmarks, I’m not going to include a kitchen sink list of potentially interesting links in the Weeknotes series anymore. I will include a shorter list of stuff that I’ve actually tried and adopted or read fully, or things that have made the internal compass recalibrate itself. The rest are in my linkding instance (also at the Bookmarks link in the menu above).
- I went back to Safari after using Arc for a good long time. I will say that Arc kept me out of a lot of open-tab bankruptcy, but I always felt like I never knew where something would open when I used it. I never cared for the way the login page for my bank’s website would stay open in the background while the accounts page would open in a floating window above it after I signed in. And I don’t need my downloaded files renamed with A.I., although that was neat the first time I saw it work. With Safari, there is one row of tabs, nothing closes by accident until I close it myself, and my phone and laptop are always in sync.
- “Jack Baty” is a cool name!
- Hearing Luc Beaudoin on Hookmark on The Informed Life makes me want to understand Hookmark, which I have never gotten. I like his belief that you should be able to get to anything you need within two seconds. Also that relying on search to find emails, notes, and documents (instead of direct links) can too easily distract you from the thing you were looking for.
- 50.5% of voters elected President #45 again. I don’t have much to add that isn’t already covered in someone else’s hot take. I realize Democrats are out of touch and Trump voters are playing an entirely different game, but he also wouldn’t spend so much time being a belligerent racist, xenophobe, queerphobe if he didn’t think that would appeal to a lot of people. Whatever was behind it, I was blindsided, got through the stages of grief in record time, and now I’m just resigned. Getting wound up every day of his first term was completely unproductive. I have things to learn about all the reasons that got others to the point where voting for him didn’t make them want to vomit.
- Deleted my Twitter account. Don’t miss it.
- The bathroom mold remediation began today. Our sole toilet is disconnected and we’re using a camping toilet — a seat with a hole and a bio-bag — on the screened back porch. It’s not as bad as I thought it would be!
- The Diplomat on Netflix is so, so great. I needed something this well-shot and expertly acted.
- And Leave the World Behind (2023) on Netflix is incredible. Gonna take me all night to calm down from it.
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November 9, 2024