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I've been thinking about the number of discussions about whitespace in #javascript I was involved in before #prettier came along. I do not miss a single one of them. 😬🎉

Pretty chuffed with my growing collection of Decemberists vinyl. 🌈

Decemberists records in various colors. Picaresque, The King is Dead, The Crane Wife, I’ll be your girl, and Colin Meloy Sings Together

Me: Shall I make you an origami fish?

T (5 y/o): Yeah!

Me: <meticulously makes origami fish for the first time in 10 years.>

T:It’s a duck…

T:You tried so hard.

A few thoughts watching this: 1) I had no idea drone delivery tech had come this far. 2) what an amazingly valuable application. 3) Rwanda is a beautiful place.

https://youtu.be/DOWDNBu9DkU

Am I currently dancing like an idiot with a massive grin on my face listening to Catchy Song in a public flex office space? Why yes, yes I am.

https://music.apple.com/album/catchy-song-feat-t-pain-that-girl-lay-lay/1456337561?i=1456337696

Catchy Song (feat. T-Pain & That Girl Lay Lay) by Dillon Francis

Catchy Song (feat. T-Pain & That Girl Lay Lay) by Dillon Francis

Listen to Catchy Song (feat. T-Pain & That Girl Lay Lay) by Dillon Francis on Apple Music. 2019. Duration: 2:48

music.apple.com

Happy two weeks of pan-Atlantic scheduling confusion until Europe’s clocks move forward on March 28th. 🇪🇺🇺🇸🕰️☠️

My wife and I are becoming more and more smitten with Pedro Pascal. He just seems to be a delightful person. I mean. Just look at this hug. This is a good hug. I would like to be hugged by Pedro Pascal.

Pedro Pascal giving a cozy hug to Graham Norton

One skill I’m a little too proud of is being able to choose exactly the right sized food container for any given left overs. 💪

I wrote a thing! Just a quick write up on my favourite sci-fi reads. ✨

And just for fun here are some emojis to represent each book. 🤖💌🫖🪨🔘

https://piet.me/my-favourite-scifi-reads/

Love this. You don’t need to be good at your hobbies.

When I focus too much on getting better at something, it creates room for failure. I don’t want to fail in my relaxation time – I just want to go with the flow and soak in the fun.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/04/the-joy-of-mediocrity-we-need-hobbies-even-if-were-bad-at-them-to-free-us-from-perfection

The joy of mediocrity: we need hobbies, even if we’re bad at them, to free us from perfection | Kerri Duncan

The joy of mediocrity: we need hobbies, even if we’re bad at them, to free us from perfection | Kerri Duncan

When I focus on getting better at something, it creates room for failure. I want only carefree pleasure from my down time

theguardian.com