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  • Finally getting the house put back together.

    December 26,2018
  • Coming up to the finish line of three years of daily journaling in Day One. Looking forward to getting them all printed in the New Year!

    December 26,2018
  • Haiku

    My First Robot

    Waiting under tree,

    A robot vacuum for me!

    Get to work, robot!

    December 25,2018
  • Reading

    Currently reading: Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals by Michael Hyatt 📚

    December 25,2018
  • There’s a robot vacuuming my floor. This is the best.

    December 25,2018
  • Remarkably calm in the neighborhood this morning.

    December 25,2018
  • Haiku

    Christmas Eve Stress

    So much secrecy,

    Putting presents out at night.

    Glad I wasn’t caught!

    December 24,2018
  • China Applies Xinjiang’s Policing Lessons to Other Muslim Areas - WSJ

    China’s aggressive policing of Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang is being replicated in other parts of the country, particularly in areas with other Muslim communities.

    The camps aren’t far behind.

    December 24,2018
  • My wife is either legitimately at work, or she is frantically driving all over town trying to find a Turboman.

    December 24,2018
  • ChetCast

    Episode 48: Christmas Eve

    The kids are very excited about Christmas tomorrow.

    December 24,2018
  • Haiku

    Sunday Nap

    Sunday naps were forced,

    When I was a lad. Now a

    Very special treat!

    December 23,2018
  • I love this time of evening.

    December 23,2018
  • Haiku

    HomeKit Garage Doors

    Merry Christmas, Chet!

    Now your garage is HomeKit.

    “Hey Siri, open.”

    December 22,2018
  • Date night.

    December 22,2018
  • Just put my garage on HomeKit with the Insignia WiFi plug. Product reviews were inconclusive, so I’m hoping things work out with my mesh network and HomePod home hub.

    December 22,2018
  • Apple’s Dan Riccio - MacRumors

    Relative to the issue you referenced regarding the new iPad Pro, its unibody design meets or exceeds all of Apple’s high quality standards of design and precision manufacturing.

    Thanks for all of the cash, enjoy your bent iPad!

    December 22,2018
  • Haiku

    Chinese Robocall

    Strange area code.

    I answer. “Ni hao," they say.

    Not a call for me.

    December 21,2018
  • Christmas lights at the civic gardens.

    December 21,2018
  • First time getting a Chinese robocall.

    December 21,2018
  • Haiku

    She Got Cricut

    Wife got a cricut,

    Started working right away.

    Well, she will be missed.

    December 20,2018
  • Crazy reporting in the Journal over the past few days about review scams on Amazon. Now I don’t know what to believe.

    December 20,2018
  • Airpower.

    December 20,2018
  • What is the design process for a minivan that results in 3 LATCH positions instead of a more reasonable 4?

    December 20,2018
  • Haiku

    Karate Master

    Boy was good tonight,

    Great form, good effort. It’s clear,

    he’s learning quickly!

    December 19,2018
  • NYT:

    Facebook allowed Microsoft’s Bing search engine to see the names of virtually all Facebook users’ friends without consent, the records show, and gave Netflix and Spotify the ability to read Facebook users’ private messages.

    Another day, another scandal!

    December 19,2018
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