100 Days to Offload: Day 1

2020-04-25 5 min read

I sat down approximately 5 hours ago to start writing this post. And then, as often happens anytime I write a blog post, I promptly got distracted making completely unrelated tweaks to how my website works. Therefore, I now have a new theme installed, updated my plugins, and cleaned up my blog post categories. And with that, I am finally starting in on the new post!

I have found over the years that some of the best changes in my life happen when I choose to do something somewhat at random, and don’t put a lot of extra research and planning into it. My switch to the keto diet a few years ago is one good example. Another was the choice a little over a week ago to join challenge to do 2000 lunges in 10 days (1000/leg) with my sister, which turned out to improve my workout habits some while working from home. And that brings us to last night…

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Sibling Summit: Episode 5: Slacking or Relaxing

2020-04-16 1 min read

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What tech do each of us use in our daily lives? Is social media a blessing or a curse, and how do we each deal with it? Is there a way to tell the difference between slacking and relaxing? And what do we each do to relax? Join us for disucussions on all this and more!

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Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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Micro-Update: KDE Konsole and tmux

2020-04-13 1 min read

I ran into an interesting issue this morning after running system updates on my main desktop computer (running Arch Linux with the KDE Plasma desktop). For some reason, although I don’t think any behavior was intentionally changed by the developers (and I’m not blaming anyone), Konsole (a KDE terminal app) started intercepting the CTRL+B key combo that is used by tmux. It turns out that this is a standard “Add Bookmark” shortcut in the Plasma desktop environment.

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Sibling Summit: Episode 3: The Corona Effect

2020-03-16 1 min read

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What does life look like in 3 different parts of the US with the COVID-19 outbreak and precautions? Why did we name the podcast Sibling Summit? What does “under the weather” really mean? Join us for disucussions on all this and more!

Plus, Hannah talks about the music group Black Violin, Jonah attempts to explain why we should watch Supernatural, and Justin geeks out about a new tea he discovered!

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Sibling Summit: Episode 2: All in the Mind's Eye

2020-03-01 1 min read

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What does it take to start a podcast, and what did we learn in the process? What is aphantasia, and how do each of us view things in our mind’s eye? And with all of the cool things to learn and do, how do you choose? Join us as we discuss all three!

Plus, Hannah talks about ambient-mixer.com, and Justin explains what RSS is, and the new setup he is using for an RSS feed reader!

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