Day 40!
Once again, as I sat down to write this evening, I was struggling with what I wanted to write about. I have a host of topics that I have opinions on, and I wouldn’t mind writing about. Anything from the case for owning physical books, movies, etc, to technical discussions on tools I use, to software, hardware, book, and other reviews. But I’m struggling to focus on any one to write about, especially after a day at work.
Continue readingToday marks the beginning of working from the office primarily again for me, instead of at home. I’ll still be working from home some, especially if/when I need to concentrate hard. But I expect that over the coming weeks the amount of time I spend at home will continue to decrease.
Somethings felt relatively natural in the office. Others, however, will take some getting used to. I was very much used to my normal routine at home, and lack of talking throughout the day… transitioning back to frequent conversations will be, shall we say, interesting.
Continue readingYesterday I wrote a brief blog post announcing that I had completed my new gaming PC build. Today… an update.
This morning I decided to run a few benchmarks against the machine (I literally only did initial OS installs yesterday). I very quickly noted during the tests that the CPU was getting much warmer than it should, and so I decided to take the machine apart and replace the CPU fan. I was using the stock cooler that came with the AMD Ryzen 5, but I had a spare CoolerMaster CPU fan that I didn’t end up using in a previous build, so I installed that. In all, it took me about an hour to remove the old fan and install the new one.
Continue readingI finished building my new gaming PC this afternoon (AMD processor, NVIDIA GPU, 32 GB RAM, 2 SSDs for storage). So far I’ve finished the OS install (Windows – this is the only Windows machine I keep, since it’s still better for gaming), and I’m working on installing some games. I’ll post more on it at a later date, after I’ve had a chance to use it some more (ie, break it in).
I’m publishing this as part of 100 Days To Offload (Day 36/100). You can join in yourself by visiting https://100DaysToOffload.com.
I ended up spending a lot of time cleaning/tidying up today. It’s interesting how that process simultaneously can feel a little counterproductive (“I’m not getting anything done”), and yet is very satisfying to finish. I think it has something to do with the visualization once the work is complete. Much of what I do is software/computer related, so it’s harder to see the differences I make in the real world from time to time. Clean up has easily visible outcomes. 🙂
I’m publishing this as part of 100 Days To Offload (Day 35/100). You can join in yourself by visiting https://100DaysToOffload.com.
I was originally hoping to post a more thought-out blog post today. However, after my normal morning routine, around 10 hrs at work, and just finishing dinner, I’m rather tired, and don’t have anything particularly insightful to talk about.
So instead, here’s a podcast recommendation: if you’ve never listened to Daily Tech News Show from Tom Merritt (and friends), I’d strongly recommend checking it now. It’s a nice daily tech news summary that I utilize to keep up to date with what’s going on without having to read a lot of news stories myself, unless I choose to.
Continue readingEvery once in a while, I wake up super early, and can’t fall back to sleep. Today was one of those days. I awoke around 3a, and have been up ever since.
Oddly enough, I don’t mind it that much, other than it messes my schedule up some. I’m normally up at 4a anyhow. I have a rather lengthy morning routine, due in part to the fact that I attempt to fit so much into my mornings before work:
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