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I recognize this an unpopular opinion, but I’ve always appreciated when things go back to normal post holidays. From a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving until the first full week back post New Year’s, we live in this odd time warp that doesn’t exist the rest of the year. It’s common enough that it has … Continue reading “Back to Normal”

I had some time off over the holidays. Kind of a long stretch, well long for me. I keep the majority of my time off usage to 3 or 4 day weekends so having December 23 through January 1 off, 12 days if we include weekends, is a good chunk of time. At the beginning … Continue reading “What I Did Over Break”

I am pretty happy to see Bluesky take off. I’ve ranted many times on this blog about how I’m annoyed that my favorite social network began to devolve into some ugliness pre-Musk (I’d say 2016 is when it started getting really bad) but since the Musk takeover, it’s just been awful. However I love the … Continue reading “Share to Social Button for Bluesky”

Well it’s that time of year again. You have no doubt seen the Spotify Wrapped and related year in reviews. It’s time for a personal version of that.  I noticed I didn’t do this last year. I think 2023 was a year that I was simply happy it was over. Looks like I wrote it … Continue reading “2024 Year in Review”

I think a lot about habits and just how people go about their day to day. I find it interesting. One thing I find interesting is the sleep requirement. According to the CDC, adults need 7 or more hours of sleep a night. I think 7 to 9 is the usual window and we typically … Continue reading “7 to 9 Hours of Sleep”

Hi! It’s been awhile. It’s me, Andrew. I used to blog here fairly often. Been away for a little bit. Completely by accident but trying to get back on the blog track. So I figured I’d log what was keeping me away for a little bit. The WordPress drama.This is the item that feels like … Continue reading “Catching Up”

Has anyone else been getting a ridiculous number of spam texts this election cycle? I didn’t get this many in 2020. I don’t recall getting any in the midterms. I’m getting at least one daily now. Even reporting it as junk in iMessage. The funny part is I’d say 75% of them are Ohio related. … Continue reading “Text Spam this Election Cycle is Ridiculous”

Following up on The Verge’s miniseries on productivity and how people work…well the latest episode is about and productivity systems. As usual, definitely worth checking out! However for this week, and this follow-up I thought I’d write about my personal productivity system. Is it perfect? No. Is it ever evolving? Absolutely. In fact, in the … Continue reading “Productivity Systems”

I think View Transitions are really neat technology. When used properly, they give a site some polish that I think users appreciate (even if they don’t notice) and of course, it provides the native app feel that users are used to. View Transitions are enabled in Safari Technology Preview v. 192. However there are two … Continue reading “Safari and View Transitions”

David Pierce and the fine folks over at The Verge have a miniseries going on the Vergecast about productivity and work. This is a subject I think about a lot because I find it very interesting. Especially now in our current environment where there are so many ways to work. I’m not sure if I’ll … Continue reading “Productivity and Work”