(updated 2024-10-01)
Home
We’re in the “shakedown” phase of new home ownership, where things are lovely and bright and we’re learning what sorts of unintentional damage we’re doing to this a that. For example, the baseboard behind my desk is all chipped because it happens to be at the same height as the noses on the base of my office chair. A little white plastic L extrusion and some VHB tape should sort that right out.
Oh, and landscaping is done other than we haven’t met the city’s tree requirements, so there’s a little more to do.
Family
The girl has a plan and is putting it into action. That’s all I want as a father.
Work
After leaving Belkin for Concentric Sky, Concentric Sky for Cayuse, then getting laid off about year later, I quickly landed at Invoca; it has been a year and three quarters and fun so far. The core task is steering an inward-looking (and engineering-dominant) culture and a powerful but fragmentary product toward actual customer-centricity.
Body
After accidentally pulling a 400lb deadlift twice a while back I’m doing it on the reg, so my interim goal of 450 is near enough to be enticing. That or I should lose 25lbs to get to pulling 2x bodyweight. (Hint: that’s the right answer – lose the spare tire.) So I’ve started logging my food. There’s not much more boring than being told about someone’s diet or exercise program, save maybe their dreams, so I’ll stop there.