Chuck Grimmett

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  • I have a new weather station set up! Will set up data syndication next week. For now, you can view it here: https://cagrimmett.com/weather/

  • I call this the Peacock & Purple.

    • Hook: Size 12 Czech nymph
    • Thread: White GSP, 100 Denier, colored with a purple marker
    • Rib: Purple floss
    • Body: Peacock herl
    • Hackle: Hen pheasant

  • I asked Eric Davis about the difference between bsky.app and bsky.social and why a single login works in both places. His answer:

    so your Personal Data Server (PDS) is hosted by Bluesky (the company) at bsky.social(*)

    when you log into bsky.app you’re actually firing off a request to bsky.social to authenticate (check devtools, it should be visible)

    bsky.app is the main client of bluesky, but there are others like https://skeetdeck.pages.dev/ and some mobile apps. But bsky.app is not privileged, they all work the same — by talking directly to your PDS.

    (*) technically bsky.social is the “entryway” to a fleet of individual PDS servers created as a convenience (https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/entryway) but not important here. But if you ever see “mushroom servers” mentioned, those are the individual PDS servers. There are 66 right now, each around 500k users.

    every PDS in operation has a default domain and new user registrations become a subdomain of it — hence why most everybody is “NAME.bsky.social”

    TIL!

  • This is fun!

    Notion Faces
    New year, new you. Create a custom self-portrait in Notion, the workspace shaped by you.
    faces.notion.com

    Here is mine:

  • Tying some peacock herl body flies tonight 🦚

  • Anyone fill up SodaStream cartridges from 5lb CO2 tanks? I want to learn from you.

  • Bookmarked Weeknotes 28.

    I love how Anh styles unordered lists as chat bubbles.

  • In reply to A weekly note by Jeremy Felt.

    The part about A and eggs cracked me up. I had to show Amanda.

    Charlie is in the same boat re: eggs. Butter, too. He loves when butter is in something, but he can’t see us put it in, or he will refuse to eat it.

    We’re going to try the JD Biscuit Rollups the next time we go to the store.

  • Chaotic idea: Randomize the password requirements so each user has different requirements they must follow.

  • I don’t know why I’ve ever used Goo Gone. Regular acetone works about 100x better.

  • Winter fly box ideas

  • I don’t mess around with Facebook Marketplace. I’m loyal to Craigslist.

  • I am delighted when I encounter things like this. The digital equivalent of peeling wallpaper or chipped paint that offers the faintest glimpse of what lies beneath.

  • Sketching fly ideas with colored pencils is fun!

  • Sketching some flies I want to tie.

  • The key to sticking with a hobby, enjoying it fully, and letting yourself explore it in an open-ended way is to not try to monetize it.

    Whenever I post something I’ve made and someone says, “you should sell these!”, I know they don’t get it.

  • Morning after Thanksgiving: Having pie with coffee for breakfast while the turkey stock simmers.

  • Tied some soft hackle flies tonight in sizes 12, 14, and 18.

  • Trying hard to keep the tradition of making our own Christmas cards going. This year’s card just arrived. The past couple years we’ve had a different local artist make them, but this year the artist was me. Send me your address if you aren’t already on our list!

  • I love reading niche blogs and seeing that one of my friends already commented.