---
title: "Dispatch #2 (April 2023)"
date: 2023-04-03T09:49:46-04:00
draft: false
tags:
- dispatch
references:
- title: "The Enduring Point of Pointless Corp | Viget"
  url: https://www.viget.com/articles/the-enduring-point-of-pointless-corp/
  date: 2023-04-05T14:58:49Z
  file: www-viget-com-97ckk4.txt
- title: "How to tell if AI threatens YOUR job: No, really, this post may give you a way to answer that"
  url: https://blog.testdouble.com/posts/2023-03-14-how-to-tell-if-ai-threatens-your-job/
  date: 2023-04-05T14:58:50Z
  file: blog-testdouble-com-ft5qbw.txt
- title: "This Page is Designed to Last: A Manifesto for Preserving Content on the Web"
  url: https://jeffhuang.com/designed_to_last/
  date: 2023-04-05T14:58:50Z
  file: jeffhuang-com-njdbjn.txt
---

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.

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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/the-enduring-point-of-pointless-corp/
[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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  {{<thumbnail tower "400x600" />}}
  {{<thumbnail rocket "400x600" />}}
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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]: catawba.pdf
[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 Week. 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/