Tonight’s college football championship game is intense. I’m going to be sad, as usual, that the season is ending. 🏈
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The “scientists” saying screen time is inherently dangerous are just seeking headlines.
there is “essentially no evidence” to support the idea that screen time is directly toxic to health Stop scaremongering about kids spending time on their phones
I’m old fashioned. 🥃
After days of nothing but rain and near freezing temperatures we have a lovely and warm severe clear day. Happy to get outside. 📷
We were young, once.
Picture of one of my early dev teams. Found in a stack of my comp sci books.
Family is feeling primitive this afternoon. The Internet at home went out so no streaming, no online games, etc. 🏕 It is a very rare event for us.
Giving and caring are good for the soul and returns to you many times over, I think.
This is one of the blessings of parenthood: every day is an opportunity. 🙏🏻 😇
Also, sadly some parents choose a different path. 👺
My first surprise of the new year: our 10 year old knows what dubstep is.
Note: he’s a big fan of dubstep.
A little pre-New Years adult beverage 🎉 while watching a bowl game 🏈
Final achievements of 2018
✅ Painted an interior wall (first time ever, in the kitchen)
✔️ Got back down to my pre-Christmas weight
Bring it on 2019!
Following the lead of some others, here is a collage of favorite photos from the past year. All made without Zuckerberg’s dirty fingers being involved 😉📷
Vicky is blogging about her one-bag nomad lifestyle. Enjoyed this post, gave me things to contemplate.
In giving things away, I felt I also got something back - a better perspective, mostly, on having things in the first place
Facebook found a new way to creep me out even though I deleted my account. Since last week graph.facebook.com is the top visited site on my network. Only my wife has an account and she uses it rarely. Rather than sniff this out I’m going to try blocking it. 😡
Sharing ten questions you might want to answer in a year-end journal entry. I’ve found these to be very beneficial.
I’ve found these questions to be a great launching point for a long-form journal entry looking at the prior year and considering the next.
What was your favorite single day/event of the year?
What was the best thing you built/created?
What was the most impactful decision you made for you and your family’s future?
What was your best financial achievement?
Did you achieve any lifelong goals?
What was the hardest lesson you learned over the past year?
Did you develop any new hobbies or passions? Are there any new hobbies or passions you want to develop in the New Year?
What was the most humbling experience of the past year?
What is the one thing you are most grateful for from this past year?
What are your personal goals for the coming year? Family goals? Religious goals? Health goals? Financial or career goals?
One of my big surprises locally was the announcement of a 15,000 seat cricket stadium to be constructed. This would mean we’d have professional cricket nearby before having a rugby team. All here in our little corner of Texas. I might have to learn the scoring rules! //@amit
Some of you might remember that a month ago I made a resolution to go from following 79 people to 100 by year end. I’m now at 120. What I find great about this is my timeline is still full of genuine people making quality posts. Quite unlike some social networks I could name…
This isn’t surprising but it is a fascinating read. Spoiler: probably a lot more thank you think. How Much of the Internet Is Fake?
Today was the first chance I got to do a RAW multi-photo editing session on my 2018 iPad Pro, going through our Christmas Day photos. Importing from my SD card, editing in Photos & editing in Darkroom were all fast. Exporting edits from Affinity Photo not so much. Overall ✔️
I don’t much believe in traditional-style New Year resolutions. But here are two things I am planning: 1. Continue reading articles in-depth rather than always speed reading 2. In January, regularly spend time at a local co-working space to network and shake up my brain a bit
9am status report: sitting here counting the minutes until I can dive into Christmas Day leftovers for lunch.
Binging on 7 Days Out on Netflix on this Christmas Eve.The quiet before tomorrow mornings chaos.
May your chestnuts be roasty and your mittens toasty. 🌰 🧤
Seasons greetings from Siri. Merry Christmas to Micro.blog-ites. 🎄 🎁
And with that last bit of tape our final Christmas gift is wrapped. I think the only thing on tomorrow’s agenda will be the pretty much inevitable last minute run for something from the grocery store. 🎄 🎁
In a random internet walk today I ran across this video from Young Guitarist of the year finalist Abigail Zapchko. It stopped me in my tracks. The maturity in her playing is stunning for a 14 year old. You might enjoy listening. 🎸 🎶