More posts
J Would Get Hurt Less if She Would Act More Lady-Like
S unexpectedly pulled into the driveway, got out of the car, returned with children's tylenol, muttered something about how J would get hurt less if she would act more lady-like at school, and then left. So many questions.
An App to Help With Tracking Your Lap Swimming
Some idle thoughts finally turned into an app. I put my phone at the edge of the swim lane, and it counts my laps, overall time, and shares the workouts with HealthKit and Strava. Now I can daydream while I swim instead of trying to track the lap count.
1 Year of Daily Blogging
Soon, We Will Not Have Any Nice Things at All
I heard a crash upstairs followed by whatever G-rated "swearing" S does: daggum or something like that. I went upstairs to investigate. S took one of my nice dishes and used it to smash another of my nice dishes, breaking both of them at the same time – while unloading the dishwasher.
Running Minecraft on a Mac SE
Facebook Marketplace is filled with civilization's cream of the crop, including this guy Logan who was upset at my lack of a direct answer when he wanted to know if my 1980s Mac SE would run Minecraft. Dude.
Bears, Mountains, Swimming and Software
I startled a black bear, but made it to the top of the mountain, grilled some delicious meat, and swam a mile. K has a Minecraft play date with a girl from school. I'm going to write an app to track my lap swimming. And Claude's Fable shows up Codex's Astra.
Wow, These FORM Smart Goggles Are Bad
Counting laps in my head and using an imprecise analog clock on the wall to track my time isn't exactly optimal. I had hoped these smart goggles would be the answer. Instead, it's like swimming with narrow blinders on. Utterly unenjoyable.
Don't Wake a Five Year Old at 5am
"A" wants to go to the gym with me, but I get up at 5am. I'm just not willing to wake up the 5yo that early. "S" goes to the gym right after me though, so she took him along this morning for a workout of jumping, running, medicine balls and more.
Areas with Room for Improvement
"S" is going to church this evening to meet with the session and express some "areas with room for improvement." As relative new comers, we don't have an emotional attachment to the way things are. Some people are just opposed to changing anything. But some things need to change.