After watching the Bosch series on Amazon, I’m delving into the Bosch Universe books by Michael Connelly. I really like his writing. After watching the shows, it’s easy to connect Connelly’s characters in my mind’s eye while reading.
Thoughts
Quick notes, scattered ideas, and candid updates from whatever’s on my mind.
I have to be honest… The whole *OS 26 glass look is not bugging me too much. There’s some weirdness here and there, but I’m really not minding it so far. Of course I haven’t delved deeply into my workflows yet, so we’ll see later in the day.
And what’s the first thing I did this morning? I began updating all my devices to their respective OS 26 variants. I swore I wasn’t going to do this… 🤞🏻
Thursday, September 11, 2025 →
Let’s not forget: The US flag flying half-staff today is not for a single right-wing extremist who was assassinated. No. It’s for the nearly 3,000 innocent lives, including eight children, who were murdered on September 11, 2001 – plus the numerous first responders who selflessly came to their aid.
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 →
I’ve been able to lock in a return to work date of 10/6 with all my doctors, which is good because the week after is an industry conference (Dreamforce) which my team and I will be traveling to. Having the extra week before will let me get my ducks in a row. I’m so ready to get back to work!
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 →
After watching the CNET quick cut of yesterday’s Apple event, there’s nothing for me here. I see no upgrades or updates in my immediate future, including anything OS 26 related.
I set up a “random” post link in my site navigation with @sod’s Surprise me! Micro.blog plugin yesterday. I’ve already spent too many hours over the last two days clicking it myself, both reliving and cringing at past posts. Fun times…
Back in January, I decided to try Raycast Pro for a year and, after nine months, I’m committed to renewing. Its AI features have come to help validate some of my development decisions and answer questions. Plus it replaces several standalone apps, making the price worthwhile to me.
I’ve gotta say, after a few days, I am not regretting moving my Fediverse presence back to Micro.blog. I think it’s going to stick this time.
It’s always super-dangerous when I go to the watch shop. I went to get a battery replaced in my wife’s Bulova and was so close to walking out with a new Citizen Promaster Dive watch…
Rather than a simple walk around the neighborhood for exercise today, I’m actually getting out on a real hiking trail, even if it’s classified as easy with very little elevation gain. It’s time to get some dust on the trail runners again…
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 →
Okay… I pulled the trigger on moving my Fediverse presence back to Micro.blog. If you followed me on my “dot social” instance, you should have been automatically moved here. I’m going to try hard to keep it this way. ✌🏻
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 →
I woke up a couple hours earlier than usual today, so I spent the time reorganizing my Obsidian vault and tweaking my OmniFocus setup.
I feel accomplished.
The date has been set for my TCAR surgery. Of course it’s the Wednesday before the Monday I was supposed to return to work. That means I’ll have to take a little extra time off for recovery. Dang it! I’m so ready to get back to the day job already.
I’m in a “simplify all the things” state of mind, which means I’m once again giving serious thought to moving my Fediverse (Mastodon) presence back to Micro.blog and spinning down my single user instance… 🤔
After a day of coding and house chores, it’s time to fire up the smoker to try a new smoked chicken recipe.
Life is good…
I started wearing my Apple Watch more over the last couple of weeks to track cardio rehab efforts.
I realized this morning I’ve become a Slave to the Rings™ yet again…
It’s time (unintended pun) to put it away and go back to wearing a “real” watch.
I’m giving Zen Browser another spin today…
In a weird and much appreciated twist, I’m starting to get checks BACK from my health insurance for co-pays made thanks to hitting my max out-of-pocket for the year. I’ll take it! 🎉
Rocking a new theme on the blog based on mnml. I think I’m going to keep this one to myself for a while…
I reactivated my @hemisphericviews subscription this morning, this time as a global supporter. You should support them too if you don’t already. @canion, @jason and @martinfeld are doing the people’s work. I’ve held off listening to any episodes until now in fear of laughing too hard.
It turns out the longer walk route is not quite as long as I thought it was. I need to add another quarter mile to hit or exceed my target. Easy enough…
Starting a reread of David Allen’s Getting Things Done with the intention of tightening up my task management when I return to work. I always catch a new idea when I read it.
Drats… I went for a longer and brisker walk than usual today, hoping to fully close a smart watch ring. Sadly, I somehow managed to pause the workout midway through, so no ring for me. That’s okay. I’ll make it up when we walk downtown for a beer and back. I know I got the work in…
The orientation for cardiac rehab went smoothly this morning. I’m already way beyond what most patients start at. The schedule is three times a week for the next six – though the program is really 12 weeks long. I should be in much better shape than I was pre-op by the time I head back to work. 💪🏻
It’s been a while since I mentioned it, so…
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For fun, I decided to give GitHub CoPilot a chance to optimize some of mnml’s CSS this morning. It caught some things that needed fixing, but the code changes I let it make for me were not valid. I had revert, review its recommendations, and then manually change on my own.
Six weeks post-op today. That means real coffee and beer are back on the list of things allowed – but in moderation. This morning’s coffee was the best I think I’ve ever had. Tomorrow morning, we plan to walk to a local coffee shop for a REAL pour over. That should be heaven.
So sad to learn today that the family ranch I spent many childhood years on was lost to the Canyon Fire in Castaic, CA last week. The houses were built nearly 100 years ago, if not more. 😔
I finally took the maintenance exams for my industry certifications today that I’ve been putting off for six months. Yep… Feeling accomplished today.