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Sandra Boynton is a big hit in our house, too!
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Indie bookstore score today: Full Sandman series, each book signed by Gaiman, at regular retail price.
I’ve only ever checked these out of the library, so I’m stoked to have the full set on my shelf now.
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Noticed an AI button in my email app today. Wasn’t expecting that! Not seeing any announcements about it on Airmail’s social or website. Am I opted in to beta features?
I don’t think I’ll use it. I try to use email as little as possible.
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20 years later, Less Than Jake’s Anthem album holds up. I remember my older cousins being skeptical when it came out because they liked their earlier albums and were worried it wouldn’t be as good.
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Tonight’s tiki drink: Chartreuse Swizzle. Quite good with my homemade falernum. https://imbibemagazine.com/recipe/chartreuse-swizzle-recipe/
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Ah, thanks for pointing me to the GitHub issue! I weighed in on the conversation, offering an option to reintroduce the Classic functionality without needing to make it a dynamic block by not updating the order in the editor. https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/9701#issuecomment-1441197733
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I got a Sainlogic, the wifi-enabled version. It does temperature, precipitation, wind speed and direction, pressure, humidity, UV and light. It was a birthday present so I didn’t pick it, but it seems to be working well so far. The app is horrible and I had to think like a QA person to finally get it connected to the internet, but once I got it set up it has been working well. I also started syndicating the data from Wunderground to WeatherCloud, PWS Weather, Windy, WindGuru, and OpenWeatherMap using this nifty script.
I think the next thing I’d like to add to the setup is an air quality monitor.
The Tempest ones look pretty cool and seem to have the best app.
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Bookmarked https://www.mygreekdish.com/recipe/extra-syrupy-greek-yogurt-cake-oranges-portokalopita/.
TIL about Portokalopita, a Greek cake made with phyllo, oranges, and yogurt. Syrupy and delicious. Bookmarked a recipe for making at home later.
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I wonder what it would take to add a random order option to the Gallery block on WordPress? It is one of the few things I miss about the Classic editor.
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I got a weather station for my birthday and am now quickly falling down the rabbit hole. Hooked it up to Wunderground and WeatherCloud, and exploring ways to forward that data to other networks.
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Bookmarked https://worklouder.cc/shop/creator-micro/.
I can think of a lot of ways to use this nifty little macro keyboard in my daily workflow. A friend sent me a photo of one on his desk today and I’m very tempted to get one.
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It is ridiculous that my toddler’s room is the tidiest room in the whole house. Probably because he spends so little time in there.
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When AI is good enough to automate most information worker tasks, what will happen to the price of those services? Sam Altman thinks that the cost of manual labor will rise relative to digital labor. He is probably right, but I think there will be a new tier of information work that continues to have a high price: Concierge-style services, or people willing to pay extra to work with a human on a particular task instead of AI. Of course, the concierge might still use AI on the backend.
Good thing I enjoy woodworking and can fall back on that. Though I work on a digital concierge team right now focusing on WordPress, so maybe I’m covered either way. (And we do use things like ChatGPT and Copilot to accomplish some of our tasks… maybe the future is already here.)
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Bookmarked https://slowfil.es/.
One of those tools that is really handy but hard to find once a year when you need it. Returns a file type and specific status code for you on a delay.
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Crocuses are flowering already on February 14 and the daffodils are starting to pop up!
I noticed the daffodils on Feb 18 last year and the crocuses on March 10.
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My new response to SEO spam emails: “What are your thoughts on microformats?” No replies yet. 🤷♂️
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Repost from Amanda. Happy Valentine’s Day!
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A friend asked:
I was wondering what your go-to recommendation for a book for a beginning spoon carver would be? Also what beginner level knife set (if any) is the most preferable?
My answer:
For beginner knives: You need a Sloyd knife and a hook. I recommend a Mora 106 for the sloyd and probably the BeaverCraft Open Curve Spoon Knive for the hook.
Both are roughly $20-$30 each and unless you do carving to sell things on a daily basis, you might not outgrow them. As long as you keep them sharp they’ll serve you well.
I can’t remember if you are left or right handed, but know that most hook knives can come left or right handed. It looks like the specific one I recommended from BeaverCraft is right hand only, but Robin Wood has a similar open curve style that comes left or right. (In fact, it is his design originally)
For sharpening, get some sandpaper in various grits from 120-3000 and use that on a flat block to sharpen your sloyd and on a round dowel to sharpen the hook.
This is a great video on sharpening from Emmet van Driesche:
For books: The one I want to recommend isn’t available yet. My friend Emmet van Driesche is writing one now. So I think I’ll recommend Barn the Spoon’s Spoon book.
I think that is along the lines of what you are looking for: Primary greenwood carving with knives and axes, not bandsaws and sanders. Though if that assumption is wrong, I can recommend others.
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Driving across a bridge while out running errands, I looked out to the river and saw a friend rowing a Guideboat we made together! I’d recognize that boat anywhere. Made my day.
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Creative way to paper windows in a closed shop. Tarrytown, NY.
