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This one’s a bit of a rollercoaster, so strap in. It’s got mistakes, more mistakes, death (sadly, not a joke), and a result I’m very proud of, even though it’s not perfect. After completing the kitchen cabinet, my next “serious” woodworking project was a coffee table, which I promised to have done in time for
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I figure I might as well use this rarely-updated blog as a place to log my journey in woodworking as I slowly try to replace/improve the cheap furniture in our house. I have made a few pieces of furniture prior to this, including the desk organizer and exercise bike table/tray/thing I’m currently using, but this
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As is tradition, we’ll start by reviewing last year’s goals. (Just for the record, this year’s post is late because we went to China over New Years). 2024 Goal Review Read 20+ books: F. I might finish one more before the end of the year, but per Goodreads I’ve only finished nine so far, so
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Well, it’s that time of year again: I’m taking a look back at how I did in 2023 and then diving into 2024 goals. It’s probably worth noting that these goals are aspirational, so (as usual) I’m grading myself on a sort of curve, where earning an A means I accomplished the goal, and lower
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2022 was in a lot of ways a pretty good year, although I definitely got off-track with some of my goals and the fitness goals were marred by a lengthy injury after a bad bike crash in the spring. 2022 Books I read just 7 books in 2022, a reflection of the fact that our
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2021 was another eventful year (and another pandemic year), and a pretty good one although it didn’t start very well. The disappearance of the Longhash side job led me to look for alternatives, which (via Stephen’s recommendation) led me to a job at Cockroach Labs, the first job I’ve ever had that pays enough that
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I have finished what is, by any objective measure, a completely ridiculous side project. First things first: here is the result, and here’s the Github repo that’s running it. (Although that repo doesn’t include some of the code, for reasons I’ll explain below). It does produce some interesting ideas. For example: Questionable jumping advice: Modern
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Hoo boy. My guess is that, even a decade from now, I’m not going to have to remind myself (or anyone else) what happened in 2020. This year’s goals review isn’t going to be pretty, so let’s just rip the band-aid off. 2020 Books Red Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson) The Wandering Earth (Liu Cixin) Negroes
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2019 was an interesting year, and one in which we made some big changes, including buying a used Tesla Model 3 and getting a large solar power array for our home. It was also a year that marked a sharp leftward turn in my political thinking, driven primarily by concerns about climate change. 2019 Books
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I have come up with a new workout plan. While I have no delusion that anyone other that myself would be interested in this, I’m going to document it here anyway, mostly for the sake of having it in writing somewhere. I’m calling it 5-50-5 because it’s very simple: run 5 miles a day. do
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