Not Quite Abandoned
Mon July 13 2015 by ChristopherHoly smoke it's been almost a year since the last time I added something new here! That is not at all because I haven't had anything new to talk about. Rather, there's been too much going on and I haven't had even half a chance to circle back and write up a blog post.
I do wonder where those folks who write constantly find time. I know when I end up with extra time it either means I can finish doing something I've needed to do to the house (add a new outlet, make a frame for a mirror, build a retaining wall, etc.) or else do something with the kids. Usually that means go exploring with them. Sometimes I have "spare" time at the end of the day but usually if I'm awake, then I'll read.
I DID finally take a little time to convert this blog to Pelican (away from Blogger). Some links might be broken, and I still have a little housekeeping I want to do (like put the content in a git repo and set it to build and publish automatically on each commit for instance). But so far, I think the transition is looking pretty good!
In general though, I'm sorry to say adding new things to the blog is pretty low priority at the moment. Maybe I need to set aside some time once a week to write up some of the interesting stuff I ran across the previous week :)
Treehouse
When I was little, we had a tree house we could play in. It was a fantastic place to hang out for long stretches, and provided an excellent foundation for countless games of imagination. I'm pretty sure it was mostly a space ship, but it was probably also a pirate …
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Your to-do list
It's easy to lose sight of your dreams when you're neck-deep in the day to day stuff you need to do just to survive. If you are at least taking time to make lists of things you need to get done, and prioritizing them at that, Paul Graham makes a …
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