The quest to De-Google continues, but is starting to hit some limits. First I want to call out the irony that my personal phone is actually a Google Pixel 6 and I’m waiting with bated breath for Google Fiber to come to my neighborhood. It may seem laughable that I’m trying to disentangle myself from their apps and services when the actual hardware I rely on to do my job and live my life are from Google. Well… Except for…
I can’t point to any particular trigger that caused the decision, but I’m doing my best to get Google out of my life and off my devices. It’ll take a bit of time, but I’m working on it. I’ve had a Proton account for quite a while now and have been enjoying their products. They also won’t sell everything I discuss, look up, buy, etc. to every marketing company on the planet: proton.me. A lot of their products are free,…
This last weekend we finally launched a year-long project at work. It was a weird situation for me, I’m the tech lead on the original codebase that this project is based on, but I work full time for that client so couldn’t lead this new project. So I ended up in more of a consultant-type role I guess? Meaning I only had a couple of hours a week I could work on anything on this new project so spent most…
There’s a drain pipe that runs through my neighborhood, from the houses at the highest point, down through several yards to the lowest. I think it may come out by the river, but don’t know for sure. An iron grate in my backyard covers an intersection of some of those pipes, and rustling noises have been coming from it for a while. Until a week ago, I’d never heard any vocalizations or smelled skunk or anything else to give me…
Still alive and kicking! Trying to avoid the heat this week as we’re going over 100 for the next several days. 😒 Took a long, 4-day weekend for the holiday and finally tackled a quilt kit I’ve had for a while now: It’s quite big, 78″ wide x 94″ high! The kit is the latest from the designer of the red and blue dragon quilts I made a couple of years ago. This one was more complicated on the sides,…
Happy Mother’s day to all the moms out there! We celebrated yesterday since most stuff is closed on Sundays in Utah. I did a breakfast/brunch spread for everyone and then we headed over to “Just Add Chocolate” in Lehi. We spent a good hour or so making lots of chocolate treats, oh so yummy! They also had several for sale if there was a particular flavor you missed out on. There was a chocolate fountain machine with a “conveyor” belt…
Last year as I prepared to run the next D&D campaign for our group, I decided I wanted to make it more like a board game. No electronics would be allowed at the table, just paper and pen, printed paper maps, and any handouts were printed and ready to go. Here’s an example of the cards I made: When you start a new game at level 1, there’s very little your character knows how to do. Everything is just the…
My sister took me to “Clue” at the Hale Centre Theater in Sandy for an early birthday present. 😁 I’m a fan of the original from 1985: They did a great job! Multiple endings and all! Many of the lines were straight from the movie and it was a fun cast. The butler rather stole the show, and probably needed a shower and nap after the performance he gave. There’s still some tickets left: Clue on Stage. I’ve recently seen…
I think the kitchen is the worst room when it comes to moving. It’s the hardest to pack, to move, and to unpack. There’s just so much stuff, and a lot of it is fragile. There are definitely spots in my kitchen now that don’t make a lot of sense. I remember being tired and just done with the whole moving process and shoving stuff wherever just to get it out of the way. March seems to be my spring…
Saw Dune Part 2 today and really enjoyed it! I’m a big fan of the series though, and recently reread the first 6 books in the series. I’d be interested to hear thoughts from people who haven’t read the books. The casting is great and it stayed pretty true to the book. The producer/director wants to do 1 more, so 3 total, but won’t do more than that. Judging by reviews and ticket sales, I think it’s safe to say…