My co-workers reminded me that yesterday marked 5 years of working at Automattic. It’s a neat milestone as it means I’ve now been at Automattic longer than any school I attended or any previous job I held. Looking forward to the next 5 years.
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Delicious grilled pizzas with Daniel, Leah, and Stijn; great Friday.
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Took advantage of summer weather to grill burgers, eat watermelon (with lime), and play board games with friends. Having a grill on the patio is fantastic.
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Took advantage of Portland’s annual fake-spring to get a 3.5-mile run in on the waterfront. Totally looking forward to running in nicer weather more consistently.
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Note to future self: always have a functioning backup keyboard in the house. You’ll save yourself a lot of hassle, and productivity, when your favorite keyboard dies.
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This weekend is great timing for NBA League Pass to be free. Was just able watch the Warriors game from last night where Klay Thompson put up 37 in a quarter.
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Definition of a good Saturday: breakfast at Besaw’s, a 3-mile walk, reading Universe on a T-Shirt, and making beef stew for dinner.
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My Labor Day weekend project was moving this site to Linode. It’s all up and running now, along with a new Twenty Thirteen child theme I put together. Overall the process was pretty simple. Linode’s default script for a LAMP stack worked well. From there I set up a multisite network, adjusted some virtual host records, and was on my way. The upside is that the site’s now way, way faster than it used to be. Huzzah for SSDs.
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Daemon, and its sequel Freedom, by Daniel Suarez are two of the best fiction books I have read in a long time. Props to Daniel for the recommendation.
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I want an Instapaper-style app that connects to my blog and then tells me what percentage of articles I end up linking to.