• Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls Recent WSJ Report About Jony Ive ‘Absurd’ - MacRumors

    The story is absurd.

    Now I believe the reporting even more.

    July 1,2019
  • Vatican Hits Back at Attempts to Break Confession Secrecy - WSJ

    saying the seal of confidentiality is inviolable and quashing suggestions there might be scope for compromise or exemptions.

    100% yes. Rocca does a great job unpacking the issue.

    July 1,2019
  • ChetCast

    Episode 89: Stitch Comes to Town

    Cleaning day is in full swing, and a Disney character stops by to play.

    July 1,2019
  • Jony Ive Is Leaving Apple, but His Departure Started Long Ago - WSJ

    But people in the design studio rarely saw Mr. Cook, who they say showed little interest in the product development process—a fact that dispirited Mr. Ive.

    Great reporting by Tripp. Things make more sense now.

    July 1,2019
  • Haiku

    IndieWeb Summit

    Didn’t go, but hacked!

    Updated six years of blogs.

    Good use of weekend!

    June 30,2019
  • It took hours, but I’ve completed my hack weekend. I’m really excited to roll out this project later this week that I’ve been working on since August.

    June 30,2019
  • Haiku

    Outside Bliss

    Went on an errand,

    Met family at the park.

    We played: smiles, fun!

    June 29,2019
  • Making good progress on my weekend hack. Still several more hours to go before I’m ready to roll out the updates. 335/726 blog posts will be sporting their new featured images in the coming days.

    June 29,2019
  • ChetCast

    Episode 88: Zachbot Army

    A nice Saturday morning takes a turn for the worse.

    June 29,2019
  • I’m not attending the Indie Web Summit this weekend, but I am participating remotely! I have on my Indie Web Camp shirt and will be hacking away on my oldest blog, updating all of my posts form 2013-14 with new photos.

    June 29,2019
  • Haiku

    Day Disrupted

    Morning: son wakes up.

    Oh, my. Time to call doctor.

    Whew! Not a big deal.

    June 28,2019
  • It’s annoying that seeing full reviews in Apple Maps requires you to have the Yelp app. I refuse to give in.

    June 28,2019
  • Pharmacists love staples.

    June 28,2019
  • The point of having primary care is so that they can help you avoid unnecessary Urgent Care/ER visits. Not very useful when you need to be seen, and instead of talking to a scheduler, you’re asked to leave a… voicemail. I’m sure I’ll be hearing from them very soon.

    June 28,2019
  • A key to a healthy reading habit is to be curious enough to read a variety of subjects and genres, but discerning enough to put down books that aren’t enjoyable.

    June 28,2019
  • Reading

    Book Review: Path of the Assassin 📚

    My enjoyment of Brad Thor’s Scot Harvath series continues. I picked up this book and finished it a day later. To call the books in this series “thrillers” is an understatement.

    I particularly enjoy how Thor rips current events from the headlines and weaves his story into them. It’s plausible while not being frightening. Like a Bond or Mission Impossible film, Thor takes his readers to new and exotic locations, which is fun.

    I can’t wait to keep reading the series, but I’m going to head back to nonfiction for a few books. The problem with books like these is that they’re so exciting that I spend all of my time reading and my other tasks fall to the wayside.

    Would I recommend: YES

    ISBN: 978-1451608274

    June 28,2019
  • Haiku

    Just A Slab

    Day started with slab,

    Now there’s a framed house next door.

    Impressive craftsmen!

    June 27,2019
  • Architects of the world: a residential structure requires more than one window per side of the house. 🏡

    June 27,2019
  • Mission Impossible: Fallout 🍿

    No matter how many times I watch it, it’s still a great experience.

    June 27,2019
  • I love that my daughter’s default facial expression is to smile.

    June 27,2019
  • Haiku

    Afternoon with Mom

    Mom came home early,

    Off to park, errands, the Chick.

    Daddy took a nap.

    June 26,2019
  • Reading

    June 26,2019
  • Reading

    Book Review: Lions of Lucerne 📚

    After finishing Spymaster, I had a plan to go back to my nonfiction backlog. But I couldn’t stop reading. So I went back to the first book in the series, The Lions of Lucerne.

    The book was fine, if not a bit overdone. Thor’s novice status in this, his first book, was evident. He told a good story but, unlike the later books in the series, this one had some pretty unrealistic elements. It required a bigger dose of suspension of disbelief than Spymaster.

    Either way, I finished the book in two days and enjoyed every minute.

    Would I recommend: YES

    ISBN: 978-1439195130

    June 26,2019
  • Reading

    Finished reading: Path of the Assassin by Brad Thor 📚

    June 26,2019
  • Haiku

    Reading Too Fast

    Finished my new book,

    In one day. Engaging, fun!

    Now, time to slow down.

    June 25,2019