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Layoffs have been hitting the tech sector for a while now and up till yesterday, it’s all been “theory." 😔 I’m still employed (being a “jack of all trades” software engineer has it’s perks) but a we all found out “the number” of employees who’ve been let go in the past two weeks last night. 😮💨
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I was listening to Pivot (one of my favorite podcasts) over my lunch and there was an exchange between the two hosts that’s stuck with me, enough that I’m actually posting about it. 😅 I think they’re both right, we need new words for masculine / feminine. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Totally worth a listen. 🎤🎙️🔈
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🍿 Date Night: Greek food and Sleepless in Seattle. It was my first time seeing it and yes, I would totally watch it again.
★★★☆☆
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☕️ Wow, just realized I made some coffee at 10:00 this morning but never drank it; it’s been a busy day at work. 🤣
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Kinda amazed and dismayed at Nintendo right now: lately, every time I try to sign into their store to buy a game, the login process crashes / fails. Do they not want my money…?! 🎮
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We normally take down Christmas on January 6th (growing up, we’d leave Christmas up until Epiphany) but given the craziness of last weekend (trip to the theater, an engagement party, chores, & migraines), we just didn’t get to it…so tonight is it, say farewell to the Home Alone house. 🎄📷
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Just used an Apple Shortcut created by @jarrod to use OpenIA to generate image descriptions for alt text. 😁 Very cool and will be using it on conjunction with another Shortcut (for Micro.blog uploading) in the future. I keep forgetting I can use Shortcuts for scripting instead of C#. 🤣
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Finished reading: Path of Stars by David North 📚
★★★☆☆My least favorite of the series since book one, I finished this last night. The one places more emphasis on the main character, which is good but abandons almost all the other ones. It’s also a bit…meandering. Still, excited for the next one.
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Snowfall and a Show
Over the weekend, my Partner and I were offered tickets to see Mrs. Doubtfire at the local theater. 🎭 It was an unexpected treat (our friends had just come back from London and were rather jet-lagged), both the show and the holiday decoration in the theater.🎄 📷
It was also the first serious snowfall of the season. 🌨️ It was mostly melted by the time we woke up in the morning but it was a pretty drive home (took back roads, to avoid all the people who are bad at driving in snow 🤣). ❄️
All in all, it was a lovely night. 👏🏻
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🍿 In honor of Glynis Johns passing a few days ago, we watched The Court Jester tonight. It was an absolute riot, a musical comedy that spoofs elements of Robin Hood and had us laughing the entire time.
★★★☆☆
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Finished reading: Astral Threads by David North 📚
★★★☆☆I finished reading this last night (woke up with the kindle on my chest)… 🤭 It’s the fourth of the series and progresses nicely but leaves you with a giant cliffhanger. 😱 That said, each book is better than the previous.
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Whilst out walking on my lunch break, I saw some winter lettuce. 😀 🚶🏼♂️ 🥬 📷
It was good to get out of the house for some fresh air; I really need to do more of that this Winter.
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Tried out the Copilot app but this isn’t going to work for me. I want to love it (it’s so pretty) but it’s missing fundamental features I’ve seen / used in other app (bulk-import, transaction renaming rules, the ability to import Apple Savings transactions). 😭
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Year In Books - 2023
I didn’t get nearly as much reading done in 2023 as I’d planned but that’s just the way the cookies crumble. I plan to do more reading in 2024 and spend some of my reading time focusing on books outside the fantasy / sci-fi genre.
Note: I only started using Micro.blog’s bookshelf feature midway through the year.
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I always find it ridiculous companies (in this case a gym) make it so easy to sign up for services but if you want to cancel your membership, you have to go do it in person. 🤯 (The backstory: I want to move to a cheaper gym.)
