For most of my life my morning routine was: get up and get to work. I would squeeze in a shower and coffee and maybe some breakfast but for the most part it was a scramble to get to work. This persisted up till about a year ago when I decided to make and change…… Continue reading Morning routine
Category: Off the Bike
Recent Reading/Listening Aug 2021
Books Some coworkers started a company book club a few months ago and we just finished our 4th book. I have wanted to be part of a book club for a while and this has been a lot of fun. I am listening to all of them as Audio Books as I don’t have much…… Continue reading Recent Reading/Listening Aug 2021
Getting Educated on Trails
Last year I wrote about building Kiss of Cactus and Fenceline trail on our land. I learned how to build those from years of hiking and riding trails. I also read a lot of websites and watched some Youtube Videos talking about design and technique. In June I talked about how my local trail group,…… Continue reading Getting Educated on Trails
Looking Closely is Everything — by Craig Mod
The question is: When the gears of society start moving again, will we carry the wisdom of this stillness forward? I hope so. Out the other side, back onto those transatlantic and transpacific flights, pressed against one another on our daily subway commutes, schedules full of dinner parties, brunch dates, weddings, funerals, brit milahs, concerts,…… Continue reading Looking Closely is Everything — by Craig Mod
Work From Home: Tech Companies Cut Pay of Workers Moving Out of Big Cities – Bloomberg
Nice coverage of how work from home WFH is changing pay and diversity. White-collar workers are taking advantage of a newfound flexibility to leave expensive coastal cities, even as companies move to “localize” their pay. — Read on www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-12-17/work-from-home-tech-companies-cut-pay-of-workers-moving-out-of-big-cities
Hush
There are so many pop ups on web sites anymore that one is reminded on the mid 2000’s when pop up windows were the rage. If you use the Safari browser you may want to give hush a look. It targets those insipid, never-ending, utterly pointless “cookie notices”, popovers begging you to join email newsletters,…… Continue reading Hush
Should you Late Merge? aka Zipper Merge
tldr; Yes you should as it can reduce wait times by up to 40%. You know the scenario: You are driving down a highway with two or more lanes. In the distance you see a construction sign warning that one or more lanes are closed up ahead. For some people this is a signal that…… Continue reading Should you Late Merge? aka Zipper Merge
The sad state of WordPress backups
In my day job I migrate WordPress websites from various web hosts to Kinsta.com. I get to see a wide variety of WordPress setups and configurations. One consistent issue I see is how people choose to backup their websites. This is mainly due to the host they have not supplying an easy to use backup…… Continue reading The sad state of WordPress backups
Kindness is my intention
At the start of most yoga classes the teacher will take a moment to have you set an intention for the class. For a long time I have almost exclusively made my intention kindness. First of all I am intent on being kind to myself during class. I do not want to injure myself and…… Continue reading Kindness is my intention
45 min Yoga chest and hip opening
I have been doing at least one yoga class a day on the Apple Fitness+ app since it came out Dec 14th 2020. I have discussed the app before and continue to be impressed with the quality and quantity of classes they keep outputting. Today I did this 45 minute class with Jessica Skye which…… Continue reading 45 min Yoga chest and hip opening