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title: "Dispatch #11 (January 2024)"
date: 2024-01-04T14:09:47-05:00
draft: false
tags:
- dispatch
references:
- title: "Organization – Office - Christopher Butler ☼"
  url: https://www.chrbutler.com/organization-office
  date: 2024-01-10T19:08:51Z
  file: www-chrbutler-com-294dnz.txt
- title: "Analog Office - The Life-Changing Magic of Keeping a File Index"
  url: https://analogoffice.net/2023/05/31/the-lifechanging-magic.html
  date: 2024-01-10T19:09:00Z
  file: analogoffice-net-xmnih2.txt
---

That's a wrap on 2023. Our little Nevie turned two in December. It's hard to imagine her changing as much in the next year as she did in the last, but I suppose it's inevitable. We spent Christmas at Claire's folks' house in Greensboro and hit up both the [Greensboro Children's Museum][1] and [Greensboro Science Center][2].

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[1]: https://mbcmuseum.com/
[2]: https://www.visitgreensboronc.com/things-to-do/attractions/the-rotary-club-of-greensboro-carousel.aspx

* Work — writing Java
* Arturia KeyStep 37
	* It's a MIDI controller, so it's really only as cool as what you plug it into and your skill as a pianist
* Cleaning up basement
	* Getting shit out of house
	* New shelves
	* Making space for an office + music/hobby station
	* Big changes are coming (more on that soon), and we need to make some more space
	* <https://www.chrbutler.com/organization-office>
	* <https://analogoffice.net/2023/05/31/the-lifechanging-magic.html>

I also dusted off the Switch to play [Dead Cells][3]. It's similar to [Hades][4] but in a more retro side-scrolling format. Highly recommended if you don't mind dying a lot.

[3]: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/dead-cells-switch/
[4]: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/hades-switch/

Here's a new track, called "Orographic":

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This month:

* Adventure: New Market, VA
* Project: music/hobby table -- **no new gear** until I have a place I can actually use the stuff I have (then probably a [Roland Juno][5] as a reward)
* Skill:

[5]: https://www.roland.com/us/products/ju-06a/

Reading:

* Fiction: [_Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales_][6], Yogo Ogawa -- I'm trying to read better books this year, and this caught my attention when I saw it mentioned on [Hacker Stations][7]
* Non-fiction: [_Title_][8], Author

[6]: https://bookshop.org/p/books/revenge-eleven-dark-tales-yoko-ogawa/8623565
[7]: https://hackerstations.com/setups/kasia/
[8]: https://bookshop.org/

Links:

* [Title][9]
* [Title][10]
* [Title][11]

[9]: https://example.com/
[10]: https://example.com/
[11]: https://example.com/