I know this is problematic but I'm always disappointed when a yellow cab driver in New York City uses an app for turn-by-turn directions
I only got a couple months into a daily journal using Obsidian last year but since the start of 2024 I'm trying again. Additionally, this year I'm trying to start each entry with a short summary of the day. That way it's a little easier to add something every day, and hopefully at the end of the year I can pull all those single lines into a big-but-not-indigestible view of the year as a whole. But also since I usually can't summarize the day before it's begun, most entries start with "TODO" and then I'm going back and updating them the following morning. (⌘T to jump to Today's journal entry and ⌘Y to jump to Yesterday, or technically the day before the current entry, are really helpful here.)
It's hard to find any information on the web about Byte, the app that Dom Hoffman and co. created as a successor to Vine in 2018. It's apparently impossible to find any information on the web about Byte, the app that Dom Hoffman and co. created as a successor to Hypercard in 2015. I really loved the latter and wish I could revisit some of those creations!
For those of you who chart the weather by my watch band: I switched from nylon to leather today so now it is cold
Last week I made a costume! It's the Cab Calloway leggy ghost from "Snow-White," the Max Fleischer Betty Boop short. I haven't sewn anything in a long time, and I made a lot of mistakes but I also really enjoyed the process and am excited to do some more soon.
Just booked a stay at Efteling hell yeah
A truly astounding UX oversight that one can search “Star Wars bar” in the Disneyland app and Oga’s Cantina is not among the results. (I remembered that it was called “Oga’s Cantina” as I was typing this.)
The other day I was a bar and a strange approached me. He asked, "Are you Paul Rust?" I said no. He smiled and put his hand out for a shake and said "I'm a big fan, just finished the series, loved it." I said "No, I'm not Paul Rust."
Did he think I was joking? Was he just rehearsing his big Paul Rust intro so hard that he didn't hear my answer? Does Paul Rust famously deny his identity in public?
I bought an old exterior door for $100 today from a friendly guy on Craigslist. I knew it wasn't going to fit in the car, so I brought some ratchet straps. What I didn't expect was that this guy lived on the higest point in Highland Park, up like a 50° hill. The car beeped the whole time home to make sure I knew the lift gate was unlatched, but otherwise I'm very proud of my tethering abilities! Also he threw in a solid interior door for free that I guess I'll use for lumber, hell yeah.