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crickets
No comments this week.
I’m going to take this opportunity to ask something. Do you ever take the recs from this blog, newsletter, writing thing?
I’m contemplating removing the recs or repositioning them and would love to hear from people.
update life 📈
Assembled a squadron of dailies:
CluesBySam, PocketGrids, Syllo, NYT Mini, Wordle, Connections, and Strands!
Calling into a meeting and saw some people I’ve become really fond of
A tour of Rajasthan and Punjab
The Blue City, Johdpur
A fort
A memorial made of the same marble used to make the Taj Mahal
The Golden City, Jaisalmer
A fort
Preserved houses that are beautiful art that took 12 years to build and probably should be better maintained…
The desert of Jaisalmer
A beautiful sunset
A camel ride
Stargazing
Jeeps and ATVs in the dunes
Numerous flight cancellations/delays that have led to bleary eyed mornings. Our latest cancellation led to a 14 hours bus ride to our final destination, Amristrar.
I can say that no one can annoy me like my family.
I can also say that I’ll look upon these memories fondly.
break ice ⛏
5 across: vehicle, travels on ice.
SLEDS
icebreaker:
What would you do if you were guaranteed to fail?
my reply:
When I hear this question, it really is - what should I be doing right now? Or what do I enjoy the process of?
For me it’s something that involves writing, talking to people, and solving a hard puzzle with smart people. Which sounds like my job, but there’s probably a less for a corporate way to do this that I should explore!
words 🗣
I haven’t read much of Mr. Salinger’s work outside of Catcher in the Rye. I wasn’t a fan, from what I’ve learned from fans of the book - I wasn’t angsty enough to be one though.
I am a fan of this quote though and might start to look at more of his books.
Against my better judgment I feel certain that somewhere very near here—the first house down the road, maybe—there’s a good poet dying, but also somewhere very near here somebody’s having a hilarious pint of pus taken from her lovely young body, and I can’t be running back and forth forever between grief and high delight.
read 📖: if you’re not a user of JS you can skip this
I make this simple. Big company own trademark to JavaScript. They don’t need to. Creators of major frameworks agree and wrote a letter. Sign the letter like your job depends on it.
It doesn’t…
Okay, maybe read it…
Then sign it!
watch 📺: so you want to build a board game?
Tim Ferris is the poster child for productivity. While I appreciate that side of him, the part I’ve been drawn to is his desire to flourish and live a good life.
I’m not here to debate definitions of a good life, I just know part of his good life includes creativity and chasing/creating opportunities to practice it.
So, here’s Tim Ferris talking through making a card game. AP if you can stand to listen through this, I’d be so curious on your take.
I have not played it and cannot confirm whether it is fun or not. Play it at your own discretion.
write 🖋
:)
Last week, I bought a Chocolate & Vanilla Wheelcake from a shop.
The charge popped up on my phone, “Another Boba Shop.” (They sell boba too.)
I snorted in amusement.
Nice :)
This store found a moment to add some delight. A moment where I’d normally swipe away the notification. They held me there smiling for an extra second.
They intentionally made their name a little funny instead of some missable blah shit like, “SUMUP WhlCkIs.”
There are so many moments to delight people that don’t require that much effort.
T’is was a good reminder!
:)
another boba consumer,
1 Ants are in a hil. The hil in question? The humans I love category ❣️
