From ca85ea7696e301b9bea11029bfd05f7ddd14605e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Eisinger Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 16:16:33 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] progress --- .dictionary | 3 + .../dispatch-31-september-2025/index.md | 77 +++++++++++-------- 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) diff --git a/.dictionary b/.dictionary index a1f1d97..8a3aa28 100644 --- a/.dictionary +++ b/.dictionary @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ askjeeves autolayout autotest awscli +bakfiets barebones bien bikeshedding @@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ omfg organisations overhyped pandoc +pgpull poppler preg projectname @@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ webscale webservice whatchanged whizzy +whoopie wireframes wireframing worldbuilding diff --git a/content/journal/dispatch-31-september-2025/index.md b/content/journal/dispatch-31-september-2025/index.md index b4aab0e..f4eeba0 100644 --- a/content/journal/dispatch-31-september-2025/index.md +++ b/content/journal/dispatch-31-september-2025/index.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ references: file: brainbaking-com-jlvqtp.txt --- -Some thoughts here... +Big month! Nico took his first steps. Nev's onto a new school (well same school, but moved from the 0-3 building to the 3-5). She seems to be taking to it pretty well, but keeps asking if she can go back to being a little girl, which is adorable and absolutely heartbreaking. + +We spent a week with my family up in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The highlight was Nev running wild with a whoopie cushion, blasting strangers with fake farts and running away cackling "MY TOOTS ARE THE BEST." @@ -21,52 +23,59 @@ Some thoughts here... {{}} {{}} +Next we spent Labor Day weekend up in Brooklyn for a high school buddy's wedding. He owns and runs a music venue called [Silo][1] where they held the event. Super fun, but I'd say "I don't live like that anymore" if I ever actually lived like that. + +[1]: https://www.silobrooklyn.com/ + {{}} {{}} -- Family - - Nev graduated - - Nico so close to walking -- Running - - How’s it going? - - Did you get new shoes? -- Rehoboth - - What’d you do? - - Run - - Bike -- Field recording -- New music -- NYC - - Silo - - Spurs match -- DB backup tool (`pgpull`) - - -- EXIF data - - - - +Finally, I just got back from a bachelor weekend on [Lake Gaston][2]. Now I'm just looking forward to ten days of treating my body with respect. + +[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Gaston + +Half-marathon training is going pretty well. Managed to get about 20 miles in while we were at the beach. Felt great, though I've struggled to reach that kind of mileage in the weeks since. Need to buckle down in the remaining five weeks and I should be able to at least finish if not match my time from previous years. I'm eyeing some new shoes -- [maybe these][3]? Running shoes are crazy these days, and I can't tell if all these technical advancements really make a difference for someone of my ability. If you have any thoughts/recommendations, [let me know][4]. + +[3]: https://www.asics.com/us/en-us/novablast--5-wide/p/ANA_1011B975-101.html?width=Wide +[4]: /about/#contact + +I vibe-coded another tool called `pgpull` for pulling PostgreSQL data dumps from remote servers. ChatGPT did 98% of the work, including some nice [fish][5] auto-completion. It's available on [SourceHut][6]. + +[5]: https://fishshell.com/ +[6]: https://git.sr.ht/~dce/pgpull + +[This post][7] about how much personal information EXIF data gives away led me to check the photos on this site. Despite [removing almost all of the actual photo data][8], I was still including all of the metadata, which runs counter to the privacy preservation I'm going for. Adding [`-strip`][9] to the ImageMagick call clears it all out, and as a nice bonus, cuts the file size roughly in half. + +[7]: https://brainbaking.com/post/2025/08/what-exif-data-reveals-about-your-site/ +[8]: /journal/encrypt-and-dither-photos-in-hugo/ +[9]: https://git.sr.ht/~dce/davideisinger.com/commit/3890cc8f094224d05dab56d5fb89b4b107b1e8a6 ### This Month -* Adventure: DENMARK +* Adventure: taking the family to **Copenhagen** for about a week; looking forward to [Lego House][10], [Tivoli Gardens][11], and tooling around in a [_bakfiets_][12] * Project: * Skill: +[10]: https://www.lego.com/en-dk/attractions#blt281a0fddfffea922 +[11]: https://www.tivoli.dk/en +[12]: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bakfiets + ### Reading & Listening -* Fiction: [_The Fox_][1], Frederick Forsyth -* Non-fiction: [_Title_][2], Author -* Music: [_Getz / Gilberto_][3], Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto +* Fiction: [_The Fox_][13], Frederick Forsyth +* Non-fiction: [_Title_][14], Author +* Music: [_Getz / Gilberto_][15], Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto -[1]: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-fox-frederick-forsyth/d4cd693999f83d5e?ean=9780525538431 -[2]: https://bookshop.org/ -[3]: https://www.turntablelab.com/products/stan-getz-joao-gilberto-getz-gilberto-acoustic-sounds-180g-vinyl-lp +[13]: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-fox-frederick-forsyth/d4cd693999f83d5e?ean=9780525538431 +[14]: https://bookshop.org/ +[15]: https://www.turntablelab.com/products/stan-getz-joao-gilberto-getz-gilberto-acoustic-sounds-180g-vinyl-lp ### Links -* [Title][4] -* [Title][5] -* [Title][6] +* [Title][16] +* [Title][17] +* [Title][18] -[4]: https://example.com/ -[5]: https://example.com/ -[6]: https://example.com/ +[16]: https://example.com/ +[17]: https://example.com/ +[18]: https://example.com/