---
title: "Dispatch #3 (May 2023)"
date: 2023-04-30T23:00:00-04:00
draft: false
tags:
- dispatch
references:
- title: "Some Favorite Reads From 2022 • by Kyle Aster"
url: https://warpspire.com/posts/some-favorite-reads-2022
date: 2023-04-30T18:47:22Z
file: warpspire-com-bhv7lv.txt
- title: "Simple Commit Linting for Issue Number in GitHub Actions | Viget"
url: https://www.viget.com/articles/simple-commit-linting-for-issue-number-in-github-actions/
date: 2023-04-30T18:47:23Z
file: www-viget-com-biybeb.txt
- title: "What Do You Want to Make Real in the World? — Anna Havron"
url: https://www.annahavron.com/blog/what-do-you-want-to-make-real-in-the-world
date: 2023-04-30T03:38:36Z
file: www-annahavron-com-34fw9w.txt
- title: "A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden"
url: https://maggieappleton.com/garden-history
date: 2023-04-30T18:47:58Z
file: maggieappleton-com-n6xsqa.txt
---
Another month in the books. Man, year's flying by. We filled it up though: went down to the lake for Easter weekend, took the kayaks out on the Catawba. Claire went out to California to visit a friend, so I got to spend a lot of one-on-one time with Nev and made a big dent in the closet project. The first unit is done and installed. Claire seems really happy with it. The second unit should go a lot quicker since most of the thought work is done.
{{}}Kayaking down a sunlit river, paddles slicing through ripples beneath a clear blue sky.{{}}
{{}}Makeshift lemonade stand takes shape in a cluttered garage workshop.{{}}
{{}}Light spills into a closet corner where a wooden three-drawer dresser sits beneath hanging clothes, topped by an overflowing white laundry basket.{{}}
{{}}Jury-rigged closet shelf with raw lumber and metal braces perched above a row of neatly hung shirts.{{}}
I ordered Claire an [e-bike][1] thinking it might arrive before her birthday mid-May, but it showed up just a few days later. It's been a blast taking Nevie to the museum and around town. We also ran the Tar Heel 10 Miler last weekend. Super fun, and I did better than I expected to based on my training ([result][2], [certificate][3]) -- there's something about an organized race that just gives that extra push I guess.
[1]: https://www.aventon.com/products/pace500-3-step-through-ebike
[2]: /journal/dispatch-3-may-2023/10_miler_results.pdf
[3]: /journal/dispatch-3-may-2023/10_miler_certificate.png
### This Month
* Adventure: do some non-electric biking ("acoustic biking" as it were), ideally after getting a rack installed on the car
* Project: finish this closet off
* Skill: gonna say learning Golang again, though the fact that I'm struggling to pick a project makes me think my interest is more theoretical than practical
### Reading
* Fiction: [_Long Shadows_][4], David Baldacci
* Non-fiction: [_Building a Second Brain_][5], Tiago Forte
* _Looks like the author did a [podcast][6] I should check out_
[4]: https://bookshop.org/p/books/long-shadows-david-baldacci/18261851?ean=9781538719824
[5]: https://bookshop.org/p/books/building-a-second-brain-a-proven-method-to-organize-your-digital-life-and-unlock-your-creative-potential-tiago-forte/18265370?ean=9781982167387
[6]: https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/advice/podcast-816-building-a-second-brain/
### Links
* [_This Is How You Lose The Time War_][7] -- just _fantastic_ little book I read this month. Hard to describe, but highly recommended. [Originally recommended here.][8]
* [Simple Commit Linting for Issue Number in GitHub Actions][9] -- short post on my company blog about two topics dear to me: continuous integration and information retrieval.
* [What Do You Want to Make Real in the World?][10]
* [A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden][11]
[7]: https://bookshop.org/p/books/this-is-how-you-lose-the-time-war-amal-el-mohtar/18270911
[8]: https://warpspire.com/posts/some-favorite-reads-2022
[9]: https://www.viget.com/articles/simple-commit-linting-for-issue-number-in-github-actions/
[10]: https://www.annahavron.com/blog/what-do-you-want-to-make-real-in-the-world
[11]: https://maggieappleton.com/garden-history