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1 --- 2 title: "Dispatch #2 (April 2023)" 3 date: 2023-04-03T09:49:46-04:00 4 draft: false 5 tags: 6 - dispatch 7 references: 8 - title: "The Enduring Point of Pointless Corp | Viget" 9 url: https://www.viget.com/articles/the-enduring-point-of-pointless-corp/ 10 date: 2023-04-05T14:58:49Z 11 file: www-viget-com-97ckk4.txt 12 - title: "How to tell if AI threatens YOUR job: No, really, this post may give you a way to answer that" 13 url: https://blog.testdouble.com/posts/2023-03-14-how-to-tell-if-ai-threatens-your-job/ 14 date: 2023-04-05T14:58:50Z 15 file: blog-testdouble-com-ft5qbw.txt 16 - title: "This Page is Designed to Last: A Manifesto for Preserving Content on the Web" 17 url: https://jeffhuang.com/designed_to_last/ 18 date: 2023-04-05T14:58:50Z 19 file: jeffhuang-com-njdbjn.txt 20 --- 21 22 March was great -- took a two night/one day work retreat, spent a weekend out in the woods with the family, had my annual trip to Las Vegas, and participated in Viget's [Pointless Week][1]. Also got to spend some quality time with Nevie; she's a great kid and it's amazing to see her personality come out. 23 24 <!--more--> 25 26 In April, I'm finishing training for (and then running) the [Tar Heel 10 Miler][2], and heading down to Lake Norman for the first time in 2023. Hoping to get Claire on an e-bike this month, as well (eyeing the [Aventon Pace 500.3][3]). 27 28 [1]: https://www.viget.com/articles/the-enduring-point-of-pointless-corp/ 29 [2]: https://capstoneraces.com/tar-heel-10-miler/ 30 [3]: https://www.aventon.com/products/pace500-3-step-through-ebike?variant=42381879279811 31 32 I didn't make much progress on the closet project this month (took some measurements and had some discussions with Claire), but I did manage to build this "learning tower" for Nev and started acquainting myself with Affinity Designer. 33 34 {{<dither tower.jpg "782x1200">}}Little chef-in-training stands proudly on a wooden helper tower, making snack time at the kitchen counter a hands-on adventure.{{</dither>}} 35 {{<dither rocket.png "782x1200">}}Bright yellow rocket streaks skyward, leaving a soft teal burst of exhaust.{{</dither>}} 36 37 38 ### This Month 39 40 * Adventure: Catawba River kayaking ([route][4]) 41 * Project: closet shelves (again) 42 * Skill: [Go][5] -- every time I find a new tool I'm excited about, it's written in Go. Seems about time to learn it and make something. 43 44 [4]: /journal/dispatch-2-april-2023/catawba.pdf 45 [5]: https://go.dev/ 46 47 ### Reading 48 49 * Fiction: [_No Plan B_][6], Lee Child & Andrew Child 50 * Non-fiction: [_Make Time_][7], Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky 51 52 [6]: https://bookshop.org/p/books/no-plan-b-a-jack-reacher-novel-lee-child/18543325?ean=9781984818546 53 [7]: https://bookshop.org/p/books/make-time-how-to-focus-on-what-matters-every-day-jake-knapp/12094196?ean=9780525572428 54 55 ### Links 56 57 * [verbose.club][8] -- I got to work on this as part of Pointless Week. Super fun to build, and the game's actually pretty good! 58 * [Caddy - The Ultimate Server with Automatic HTTPS][9] -- used this to serve 👆 in a docker compose setup. 59 * [How to tell if AI threatens YOUR job: No, really, this post may give you a way to answer that][10] 60 * [This Page is Designed to Last: A Manifesto for Preserving Content on the Web][11] 61 62 [8]: https://verbose.club/ 63 [9]: https://caddyserver.com/ 64 [10]: https://blog.testdouble.com/posts/2023-03-14-how-to-tell-if-ai-threatens-your-job/ 65 [11]: https://jeffhuang.com/designed_to_last/