Been a Minute

I hope you're all doing really well, though. So much has happened since we met. Find me.

Out of Place

This is a still from Menschen am Sonntag, a film released in 1930.

People in historical photographs and movies can feel very distant and foreign, but you would not think twice if you saw this person around town. 84 years and they do not seem out of place or time.

Trains

Witness statusmaps.net which aggregates Amtrak train data, providing real-time maps, late train alerts, historical arrival/departure data, and these sweet-ass station boards.

Menteed

We maintain a Mentoring wiki page at work. If you want to mentor others, add your name to the list. If you need a mentor, ping someone on the list.

I sought a mentor through this setup but it didn't really stick. We chatted and identified some things I should work on, mostly around building self-improvement into my schedule. But like all those self-improvement projects that are never a priority, keeping up with a mentor was just one more thing for the backburner.

I don't really want a mentor right now. I want peers. I want a group of folks who are struggling and sharing and lifting each other up. I'd like it to be coworkers but it doesn't have to be. But forming connections is hard.

I made a graph

It shows logged-in user count over time.

I put it here.

Top 1 JPEG I Found in my Downloads Folder

1. This one about counting with potato

Top 6 Vim Commands

6. yyP
5. 2df>
4. gggUG
3. gqap
2. 30<C-x>
1. dap

Top 3 Ways to Fall Off a Bicycle

3. Accidental backwards wheelie ("Uncle Charlie")
2. Pushed off bridge (while wearing wingsuit)
1. Crashed into David Byrne ("omg i loved Stop Making Sense")

Top 4 Git Commands

4. git reset --hard @{u}
3. git commit -v --amend
2. git log --graph --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit
1. git rebase -i