Sal's
Sal's
Sal
I'm Sal, and this is my spot. I'm a middle-aged guy with a wife, kids, and a job. Isn't that exciting?? I've had several blogs over the years and have enjoyed all of them. With each iteration, I lower my ambitions, take it less seriously, and try to have more fun. This one is another step in all of those directions, and I'm hoping it sticks around the longest. Disclaimer: I tend to write in short timeboxes and following the 70% rule. If a post seems shallow or half-baked ... yep!
Latest Posts
Another good post from Cal Newport: Is the Internet Hijacking Our Ambition? I just preordered the book he discusses, Brad Stulberg's The Way of Excellence: A Guide to True Greatness and Deep Satisfaction in a Chaotic World. Even though I...
I just started doing this recently, and I’m kicking myself for not starting earlier! It’s easy, at least on my cars. Search YouTube and you’ll probably find a video of someone showing you how to do it with your specific vehicle. I just...
I tend to write posts about apps only when I'm frustrated with an old one or in the honeymoon phase with a new one. To buck that trend, today I'm writing merely to announce fair winds and smooth sailing on the sea of Miniflux. I began...
Linux has been in the air lately. For example: I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great Four More Tech Bloggers Are Switching to Linux Linux Market Share Remains Above...
I went into rapid-fire buying mode during the holidays. There were a lot of people to get gifts for, not to mention the aching memory of the year when I completely forgot about my wife’s stocking. So, in a mix of fear and generosity, I...
I was skimming Hacker News comments the other day and saw this: I used to be totally into productivity hacks and being on top of things, goal setting, habit tracking, everything. I stopped when I realized I could just... Not, and still...
I've seen a number of posts recently lamenting the nature or quality of posts showing up on Bear Blog's trending-posts feed. There are concerns about AI posts, Hacker News slop, etc. Here's a fix to try: use the most-recent feed instead....
After a couple months of CLI fervor, I’ve reached a state of relative calm. Despite my heavy reinvestment in Neovim and several other CLI tools, during which I tried to use them for damn near everything, I now find myself not really...
Pierce Freeman wrote a blog post, Go ahead, self-host Postgres, which sparked lively discussions on Hacker News and Lobste.rs. Pierce says: I'd argue self-hosting is the right choice for basically everyone, with the few exceptions at...
Alright, I finally did it. I pumped all my Obsidian journal entries into Day One. Here’s the post (or one of them, anyway) that spurred me into action. Obsidian is ideal on paper. Everything's in one place and stored as local, plain text...
My son and I saw this in the theater last night, and we had a blast! The Yautja (the Predator's species) is the protagonist in this movie, and there's some comic relief throughout, both of which rubbed some OG Predator fans the wrong...
I won't be, not after reading poor Dr. Paris's horror story. Here's the HN thread in case you're into that sort of thing. Yikes :(
I’m starting a ~6-hour flight across the States. I’ve been looking forward to this for weeks. I love a long flight! I love it in part because I don’t have to travel very often, so there’s a novelty factor. But I love it mostly because,...
I've been two-sentence journaling for a bit now, and I'm digging it. I first heard the idea from Alexander in his post, Allow me to introduce the two-sentence journal (which is also where I discovered Thousand Year Old Vampire): What I...
I'm writing this on borrowed time. I'm out at the Oregon coast with extended family, tucked away in a corner on my laptop. "What are you doing," my wife is hollering from across the room. But I already missed the one-year anniversary of...