I would have sworn they had pumps… but no! No moving parts. What a clever mechanism!
I accidentally broke my carafe today while cleaning it. It’s crazy how it costs $20 for a new carafe but $10 for a whole new coffee maker including the carafe. I hate that this is possible.
To not be wasteful, I got a generic brand carafe for $10 at Walmart. But it was tempting to get a new one!
I welcome this and all other contenders for the Best Chicken Sandwich!
That said, the Popeyes one wasn’t very good. Went with two friends—TWICE!—and it was just meh. Not good, not bad, but definitely not worth the hype nor the wait.
Let’s hope McDonald’s (and the others) do better!
I’ve always voted on Election Day. I love the excitement. I love seeing the lines, the posters, and the last minute pitches. It’s actually really awesome that we get to choose our leaders. Democracy is a wonderful thing. We—we—get to pick who is in charge of our nukes and aircraft carriers, who speaks on our behalf among the nations, who we trust to help us in tornadoes and hurricanes. Voting is powerful!
This year I voted early. Early voting has its pluses, which I didn’t know of before! If you’re not a lines person, then you will enjoy reduced lines. In fact, I didn’t wait a second! No lines whatsoever. On the last midterm election, I waited over an hour.
A cool benefit this year are the local businesses that give you free stuff with your sticker! Here’s a list for Austin, TX.
Whether early or day-of, go vote!
This post also serves as a test of blogging from an airplane 😄
Also, trying to keep this up-to-date. Any writing is better than no writing! (Well, most of the time.)
On Tuesday, I had free time to shop for household essentials. I was looking for a monitor stand, speakers, plastic containers for organizing, cleaning supplies, etc. One of my goals this winter is to organize my office… gosh, finally.
I randomly ended up at an Office Depot, after a partially successful Walmart run. There, I found a set of Logitech Z130 speakers for $14.99. Crazy! I also found a monitor stand — which unfortunately — was more expensive, clocking in at $19.99 ($17.99 with a coupon a manager gave me).
I debated for a long time whether to buy these items:
After much deliberation (honestly, too much) I opted to buy both. Figured I could return them if I don’t like them.
Turns out 10W is insufficient for my office auditory needs. Not loud enough! No bass whatsoever. Probably OK for light listening or conference calls, but not to enjoy music.
On the other hand, the monitor stand worked exceptionally well. I wouldn’t have normally bought this stand at $17.99 since Amazon carried cheaper options, but seeing it on my desk sold it for me. I would have returned them if I didn’t like them.
What I like about this was that I turned this purchase into research. I learned that 10W speakers are not enough. I also learned that a monitor stand has to look good on my desk, and so I was willing to pay a bit more than just a functional piece.
This is a simple blog post because the morale is simple:
Opt for action. Especially if you can easily reverse the decision (i.e. return the item). You may learn something along the way!
Got this Jekyll thing working! And this is my first post 😃
Not sure. Never been a priority. But now I’m on vacation all December, so why not?
Whatever I want 😄 it’s my site! Probably stuff I research posted whenever I have time.
A few years ago, a colleague asked me how I selected and installed my security cameras. I wish I had a had a place to document what I told her, so I could link to it again the next time a friend asks me (happens more often than not). That sort of thing!
I’m mainly writing this site for me. And for linking on Twitter and emailing links to my friends/family.
What a journey! I experimented with many ways to make a site:
I finally settled on Jekyll on GitHub Pages.
Markdown is a simple yet powerful way to edit text. Having had a good experience recently with Markdown in VS Code at work (wrote a big design spec), I realized the experience can compete with a WYSIWYG editor such as WordPress. However, Markdown/Jekyll comes without the baggage. The simplicity of not managing a database and the general awesomeness of GitHub helped cement my decision.
At the end of the day, I’m trying to make great content, not manage a website.
Turns out, I really like the default theme. It’s readable and familiar to all developers who have used GitHub (and who hasn’t).
Instead of messing endlessly with the design–as I often do with website–I stuck with it. After all, I want to focus on building great content, not pixel tweaking my website.
Well OK… I modified it a tiny bit to add some basic navigation and improve HTML5 support, but otherwise it’s Primer.