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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

To my surprise, I’ve managed to shed quite a few pounds over the past year. I started out around 193 pounds, which, on my 5 foot 10 frame (more like 5 foot 10 and 5/8, but who’s counting), put me on the pudgy side. And I felt pudgy. I...
For years I've seen people praise NetNewsWire, and the latest batch of positive sentiment finally pushed me to try it — primarily because I learned that you can use Miniflux as the backend. As everyone of course remembers, I started...
TLDR: Check whether a used device is in a Mobile Device Management (MDM) pool before buying it. I bought a used iPad Pro 12.9” off of Craigslist. I bought it to use with my new exercise bike, which I may write about in another post....

Sleep

Sal's · 9mo

I’ve always had issues falling asleep. My wife conks out in minutes, while I proceed to flop around for an hour or more. And then I wake up to pee around 3-4 a.m., usually leading to more flopping and lost sleep. It can be frustrating. I...
I have a lot of things I really want to write about. But I'm just not sitting down to write them. I'm reminding myself not to feel bad about this or that it "means" anything — other than that I've got a lot of stuff going on right now....
Rounding out my hat-trick of posts this morning: Kudos to Ree for their post, 11 things I like about my job. Three cheers for positivity on the internet!
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