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I’m gonna sit out the socials for a bit...

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 21:43:28 -0600

I’m gonna sit out the socials for a bit. If you wanna say hi, feel free to email me.

Some good takeaways from @johnnunemaker.com’s Self-Made is a Myth appearance...

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:48:26 -0600

Some good takeaways from @johnnunemaker.com’s Self-Made is a Myth appearance.

I should probably up the priority on automating imports to Pika.
I, of time-tracking descent, am going to try time-tracking again (gasp!). I’m hoping for positive feelings around what got done.

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:28:43 -0600

Now to figure out how to rip this scratched PAL disc…

I finished the podcast Dead Eyes...

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:47:55 -0600

I finished the podcast Dead Eyes. It was pretty good! Now I need a new podcast.

Happy “Facebook Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation Settlement Administrator has sent you $14.89 USD” day...

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 14:37:03 -0600

Happy “Facebook Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation Settlement Administrator has sent you $14.89 USD” day to those who celebrate.

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:05:27 -0600

An absolutely huge advancement in the treatment of Huntington’s disease.

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 08:30:48 -0600

New post: A Bit Naive bjhess.com/posts/a-b…

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 14:15:08 -0600

New post: Today’s Home Screen bjhess.com/posts/tod…

While the national anthem was sung at this soccer game, church bells...

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 10:03:25 -0600

While the national anthem was sung at this soccer game, church bells rang very slowly (every 10 seconds or so). Very foreboding.

Made a sad error yesterday and didn’t hear the delivery person ringing...

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 09:37:15 -0600

Made a sad error yesterday and didn’t hear the delivery person ringing the bell with our new iPhone. Guess we’ll wait until Monday. To be fair, yesterday was a wild day of household logistics.

I believe Patreon’s unsubscribe feature is broken and I’m about to start...

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:32:19 -0600

I believe Patreon’s unsubscribe feature is broken and I’m about to start marking as spam. (Though, admittedly, my sample size is one Patreon member.)

Codex has been the worst AI agent experience I’ve had...

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 08:50:48 -0600

Codex has been the worst AI agent experience I’ve had. It’s results have been…okay. But it’s integration with the system has been very lacking. There’s probably ways around it, but…🤷‍♂️.

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:28:12 -0600

That was fun!

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:22:58 -0600

I should re-watch Sneakers.

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:38:31 -0600

A good night in Des Moines with Lawrence and Lake Street Dive.

I’ve been trying JetBrains’s Junie as an AI coding agent...

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:08:25 -0600

I’ve been trying JetBrains’s Junie as an AI coding agent. Read good things, but turned out slow and expensive and meh in terms of results. Going to give Codex a try next. If that’s underwhelming, I’ll head back to augmentcode.

I’m on an iPhone 14 Pro and my better half is on...

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 20:05:23 -0600

I’m on an iPhone 14 Pro and my better half is on the 13 Pro. Our youngest’s 13 Mini battery is toast. I think we’ll move the 13 Pro to the youngest and replace the Mini with a 17 (non-Pro). Four-year cycle!

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 10:03:20 -0600

Thankful to be interviewed for Alexandra’s latest at New_ Public: newpublic.substack.com/p/the-han…

I’m already crying: [YouTube Embed]: https://www.youtube.com/embed/hatkPBCcYUI

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:20:10 -0600

I’m already crying:

A first for me: bugs in the rice...

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 12:01:51 -0600

A first for me: bugs in the rice. I’m shook, y’all.

After many past threats, I guess it’s time to finally get off...

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 07:42:04 -0600

After many past threats, I guess it’s time to finally get off Arc.

Going to a movie tonight and I’m not really a horror fan...

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 13:10:00 -0600

Going to a movie tonight and I’m not really a horror fan. Do I force myself to Weapons or go for Caught Stealing?

My head needs some clearing, so taking a break from CDN/S3 troubleshooting...

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:59:13 -0600

My head needs some clearing, so taking a break from CDN/S3 troubleshooting and primarily working on some smaller Pika things this week.

Getting CloudFront/S3 to be responsive and consistently hitting its cache may be...

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 23:00:54 -0600

Getting CloudFront/S3 to be responsive and consistently hitting its cache may be the death of me. Wishing I could go back in time and start with Cloudflare, but is the grass really greener?

I’d like to try Monarch, but I just assume it will be...

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 15:58:23 -0600

I’d like to try Monarch, but I just assume it will be bought and run into the ground at some point. And so I don’t.