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+title: "Dispatch #2 (April 2023)"
+date: 2023-04-03T09:49:46-04:00
+draft: false
+tags:
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+---
+
+March was great -- took a two night/one day work retreat, had my annual trip to Las Vegas, and participated in Viget's [Pointless Weekend][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.
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+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]).
+
+[1]: https://www.viget.com/articles/whats-the-point-of-pointless-weekend/
+[2]: https://capstoneraces.com/tar-heel-10-miler/
+[3]: https://www.aventon.com/products/pace500-3-step-through-ebike?variant=42381879279811
+
+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.
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+<div class="image-set">
+  {{<thumbnail tower "400x600" />}}
+  {{<thumbnail rocket "400x600" />}}
+</div>
+
+This month:
+
+* Adventure: Catawba River kayaking ([route][4])
+* Project: closet shelves (again)
+* 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.
+
+[4]: https://www.mapometer.com/canoeing/route_5442768.html
+[5]: https://go.dev/
+
+Reading:
+
+* Fiction: [_No Plan B_][6], Lee Child & Andrew Child
+* Non-fiction: [_Make Time_][7], Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky
+
+[6]: https://bookshop.org/p/books/no-plan-b-a-jack-reacher-novel-lee-child/18543325?ean=9781984818546
+[7]: https://bookshop.org/p/books/make-time-how-to-focus-on-what-matters-every-day-jake-knapp/12094196?ean=9780525572428
+
+Links:
+
+* [verbose.club][8] -- I got to work on this as part of Pointless Weekend. Super fun to build, and the game's actually pretty good!
+* [Caddy - The Ultimate Server with Automatic HTTPS][9] -- used this to serve 👆 in a docker compose setup.
+* [How to tell if AI threatens YOUR job: No, really, this post may give you a way to answer that][10]
+* [This Page is Designed to Last: A Manifesto for Preserving Content on the Web][11]
+
+[8]: https://verbose.club/
+[9]: https://caddyserver.com/
+[10]: https://blog.testdouble.com/posts/2023-03-14-how-to-tell-if-ai-threatens-your-job/
+[11]: https://jeffhuang.com/designed_to_last/