Auckland
It was a short visit and I didn’t get much time to go shooting. We managed to win a pub quiz despite our non-NZ knowledge handicap. It’s a nice place. I’d like to see more of it.
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Flora
Getting Back Into It
Starting a new job has meant I haven’t been getting out to shoot as much as I’d like. I’m slowly getting back into the habit. Here’s a grab bag of photos from the last few months.
An LLM-Augmented Work Wiki
I like to maintain my own personal set of Markdown notes for work. The act of typing ideas and information helps me process them mentally. I tend to organise my notes as a series of daily notes with links to …
Red Rocks
I was in Denver last week for work. I managed to get out to Red Rocks on my final morning. It was fantastic during the day—I can only imagine what it would be like seeing a gig there at night.
Latest links
21 Australian History Books Worth Reading
Andrew Kemp’s post itself has loads of interesting tidbits.
Where You Should Live
Via Kottke: Your 10-minute radius matters more than almost anything else about where you live: Think about what you can get to in ten minutes without making it a whole thing.
You Didn't Do It Right
Jason Cohen: The “You didn’t do it right” retort rests on a fallacy: that the framework always works, so any failure must be the fault of the implementator. I call this the “Precision Fallacy”: the belief that …
Treat Your to-Read Pile Like a River, Not a Bucket
Oliver Burkeman: To return to information overload: this means treating your “to read” pile like a river (a stream that flows past you, and from which you pluck a few choice items, here and there) instead of a …
Anker Prime Charger
The 160W 3 port version is a banger if you need to charge a bunch of things from a single power point.
Latest notes
My sports teams suck but the good news is that margaritas still work.
I’m basking in my role as the family Cookie Monster.
Found a sweet new meeting room.
I feel like building a canoe on Alone rarely pays off.
Good yarns.