Here’s Baymax checking out the top of the cabinets. He had his annual shots yesterday and he’s been acting like he doesn’t feel a hundred percent, so this was a good sign. Porculent though he may currently be, he can certainly still jump.
I’m mentioning the big football game in lieu of any coding accomplishments. I’ve been busy busy busy, but not coding coding coding. Don’t worry, dear reader, I’ll get there.
So what have I been doing this past week or so instead? For one, reading. I have a two-book-a-month reading schedule this year and I’ve just gotten to book 2: Writing to Learn, by William Zinsser. It has an interesting premise: we learn by writing. There – I just saved you a few dollars.
But Zinsser tells it in a much more interesting – and wordy – fashion than I do. He quotes extensively from other writers, some of whom were already excellent practicioners of their subject and also excellent writers. Other time, excellent writers address a subject and learn it during the act of writing about it. It’s an interesting premise and an excellent book. More than worth the $5.50 I spent for the Kindle version.
While taking my lifelong hobby of reading back up, I got my Kindles out and assessed their condition. Everything still works fine. The two actual Kindles – my 7th-gen unlit one and my 7th-gen front-lit one, both from 2015, along with my 7-inch 5th-gen Fire Tablet from 2016 – are in great shape, with flawless displays, controls, and batteries. Add to that my iPhone, iPad, and cheapo Android tablet, all of which have the Kindle app, and I never lack for something to read and some device to read it on.
Joanne also recently convinced me by example to start using Goodreads. It’s a great place to track progress and share status with friends (she’s my only friend, natch), but it doesn’t seem to give me the ability to plan my reading order. So I’m using my installation of osTicket to track that on its Tasks list. I have my next 5 books and their completion due dates logged there.
So far, I’m ahead of my 2025 reading plan by a few days. I doubt that will continue indefinitely.
Kickoff is in an hour, so I’m outta here. See you soon.