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| Dispatch #10 (December 2023) | 2023-11-27T22:43:47-05:00 | false |
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We spent the week of Thanksgiving with my sister near Albany, New York.
It was great for Nevie to get some extended time with her cousins.
In what's now I guess an annual tradition, I ran a 10K the morning of Thanksgiving, this time the Troy Turkey Trot. I felt great, and I'm happy with my time (results, certificate). Claire joked that someone once told her that after you run a marathon, a half-marathon becomes your favorite race distance. That's how I feel about 10Ks -- it's like the first half of a half-marathon, before it really starts to suck.
I spent few evenings building a tool to keep Markdown links in order, which I've called mdrenum. I documented the process thoroughly in a separate post. Super fun to make and quite useful for writing these posts. It's up on GitHub if you're interested.
I bought a 201 Pocket Piano after seeing it on Bonobo's gear list so that I could make some music while we were traveling. This thing is cool! Great sounds and patterns, MIDI in/out, battery powered and a built-in speaker. The company that makes it releases new synths pretty regularly, and it's super straightforward to swap them out -- just plug it into your computer, hit a couple keys, and it shows up as a drive.
Here's a new track I made with it, called "Cirrus" (keeping with the cloud theme):
I published a few other things this month: "Maintenance Matters: Good Tests" on my company blog (mirrored here). I also had to do a company-wide presentation and ended up just doing a gift guide of things we own and recommend. Doesn't seem worth a standalone post (this is not that sort of website) but I did copy the list into a note.
This month:
- Adventure:
- Project: Nev art table
- Skill:
Reading:
Links: