Projects, et al Projects and Updates, 2020-07-01 It's been a weird three months. Playlist of music in this post: Spotify Life in the age of SARS-CoV-2 Obviously the novel coronavirus has thrown everyone's life kittywampus; luckily I've
Projects, et al Projects and Updates, 2020-04-01 I was considering writing a section on the Google Home app and how it isn't fully functional on the Google Pixelbook or Google Pixel Slate. Instead, here is a one
Revisited 1973 Briefly Revisited: AotY 1973 is yet another year the Grammys nominated 5 mediocre albums and ignored almost twice as many very good ones. If you only listen to one song: "Superwoman"
AotYWinners 1973 OMAs: Album of the Year 1973 One Man AcademyAlbum of the Year Rule Zero "If zero albums are up to OMA standards in a given year, none of the albums get an award that
AotYNominees 1973 Nominees: Album of the Year --> Playlist(s) of music in this post: Spotify The 1973 nominees for Album of the Year American Pie, Don McLean The Concert for Bangladesh, George Harrison & Friends[1]
Projects, et al Projects and Updates, 2020-01-01 Dear Amazon- In fairness, it was sort of fun in the beginning! See you in a few years, once you own all the other companies in the world. xoxo Me
1972 1972 Briefly Revisited: AotY This is officially the year there's too much music to revisit. If you only listen to one song: "What's Going On (Live)", Marvin Gaye Too much music I've
Projects, et al Projects and Updates, 2019-10-01 A quick party hack: I've been adding Post-It Notes to my door to let guests know they've found the right place. (The crowd favorite is a note that simply reads:
Projects, et al Projects and Updates, 2019-07-01 For the last 3 months, I've definitely spent more time playing tennis than designing or coding. It's been great. Playlist of music in this post: Spotify App Updates I've been
AotYWinners 1972 OMAs: Album of the Year At this point, All Things Must Pass is my favorite album by a Beatle, including all of the Beatles' albums. 1972 One Man AcademyAlbum of the Year All Things Must
AotYNominees 1972 Nominees: Album of the Year For the second straight year, I've heard of all the Album of the Year nominees. We'll see how long this streak lasts... Playlist(s) of music in this post: Spotify
Projects, et al Projects and Updates, 2019-04-01 People of Minnesota: eat the last cookie. Please. Don't leave it, don't cut it in half. You crushed the first 49, finish the job. That's apropos to nothing in this
Projects, et al Using Python and Python-Docx to build Word Docs As someone who loves automating things, I've learned to... well... not. It's often not worth it. I'll look to automate if I think it will improve the accuracy of a
Revisited 1971 Briefly Revisited: AotY The 1971 award cycle was a decent year for music. If you only listen to one song: "Pullin'", Aretha Franklin The Beatles Let It Be sounds very un-Beatles-ish
Consolidated and Non Sequitur Thoughts on So-Called Social Media Here are some thoughts that, somehow, all fit together in my head. Throwing Rocks At The Google Bus I read a book called Throwing Rocks At The Google Bus and
Projects, et al Projects and Updates, 2019-01-01 I moved! And it consumed as much time and energy as you would expect. The new view is great and I'm excited to drink ALL THE BUBBLES on my new
AotYWinners 1971 OMAs: Album of the Year 1971 One Man AcademyAlbum of the Year Elton John, Elton John Worth a listen Sweet Baby James, James Taylor If you only listen to one song: "No Shoe Strings
AotYNominees 1971 Nominees: Album of the Year For the first time in this project, I'm actually familiar with all of the artists who were nominated for this year's Album of the Year award. (But will I like
Projects, et al Projects and Updates, 2018-10-01 Event and Invitation Managing Software My phone now runs a beta alpha whatever-comes-before-alpha version of my event planning/invitation managing software. I've been using the software for about 6 weeks
One Man Academy 1970 Briefly Revisited: AotY OMG Zeppelin Yes. If you only listen to one song: "Prologue, August 29, 1968" and "Someday (August 29, 1968)", Chicago The history in the music The
AotYWinners 1970 OMAs: Album of the Year The Beatles keep on being The Beatles; I right a wrong and give Johnny Cash an Album of the Year award. 1970 One Man AcademyAlbum of the Year Abbey Road,
Projects, et al Projects and Updates, 2018-07-01 Here's the thing with testing voice interfaces... you sound like you're losing your mind while you're doing it: "Computer, where's my train? Computer, where's MYYyyyy train? Computer, where's mahtrain?
AotYNominees 1970 Nominees: Album of the Year Before hearing a single note, it's fairly obvious 1970's nominees are better than 1969's. This is a relief. Playlist(s) of music in this post: Spotify It's officially the 70s!
Revisited 1969 Briefly Revisited: AotY This project often becomes an exercise in wondering: Wow... how in the world did y'all get this So Wrong?? If you only listen to one song: "(You Make Me
Projects, et al Project Updates, et al: 2018-04-01 Creating an Alexa Skill Sometime in January, I decided I wanted a better way to time my morning commute to work. A few obsessive weeks later, I have an Alexa
