Week Notes 07
Week Notes for May 21-27, 2024
Things I made:
- Trying "Vanilla Freddo Cappuccino" (here's a picture of said coffee)
- In Which My Dog Fell Off a Boat
- Pulling from the Stack(Edit)
- Jays From Home #130 - L3, 4-6
- Productivity Traps
Personal
- I thought I'd move my softball results to its own heading.
- I'm getting tired with Simplenote - I love the app and all, but the captchca requirements every time I log in to the web app really irritates me. I'm trying to find something similar but most notes apps automatically convert markdown to WYSIWYG editing which I don't want.
- Notesnook seems to be able to export your notes to markdown, but I'm unclear if that's a Pro feature or not
- Trying out Notion's editor as well; it seems a little more straightforward for exporting as markdown.
- SimpleNote still winning out for simplicity + easier to edit in plain text with an option to preview
- I remembered Stack Edit. It's browser-only but is not giving me grief with captchcas.[1]
- Also, I have a bunch of things written in here I forgot about.
- Never mind the above. I gave up on apps and web based stuff...I'm doing all of this with text files and OneDrive. It's better that way.
- Re-installed the Daylio app) - I want something for tracking my monthly goals)
- I started building a habit tracker in Notion and then remembered there are apps that do the hard work of setting this up much better than starting from scratch
Professional
- I celebrated 18 years with my organization on the 22nd. Crazy to think that I've been there almost 20 years. The longest I've been with one company before that was 5 years, and that was a McDonald's.
- Employee tech issues are stressful. My team constantly needs help, and I do my best, but it can be taxing on the mental health.
Softball
- Only got one game in this week. Hit 2-for-3 with a walk. 2 RBIs[2] as well
Healthy Living
- My foot is feeling so much better. I went out for two long-ish walks at lunch at work this week. I've been holding off for the last few weeks to try to rest my foot a little.
- Of course I undid some progress by spending all day outdoors on uneven ground Saturday, wearing sandals.
Media
- My wife and I moved on to season 6 of The Crown (Netflix)
- I found seasons 4 and 5 to be disappointing. It feels like after the first 3 seasons the producers/writers got bored and wanted to skip to the salacious material (i.e. Charles & Diana). Several things were touched on in one episode and then completely ignored. Phillip's father was killed when his boat was blown up - but no follow-up to the IRA after that?
- Fell down a rabbit hole and watched a YouTube video analyzing how realistic the law is portrayed in Liar Liar
- A cool explainer of decaf coffee