I am greatly enjoying How Iceland Changed the World by Egill Bjarnason. Interesting history and stories. It is also a great prelude to our trip there this summer! 📚✈️ 🇮🇸

When I read articles from people sharing their bespoke Obsidian setups I think one of the best things I’ve done for my productivity is to completely ignore Obsidian.

Web 1 → read-only, publish
Web 2 → read-write, APIs, social
Web 2.5 → semantics, microformats, payments (bank)
Web 3 → trust, identity, ownership, payments (direct)

All build on each other. Forward adoption not mandatory.

We just booked the flights for our 2-week trip to Iceland this summer! I can’t wait to return and this time with the whole family. Iceland is such a beautiful and magical place. 🇮🇸

Enjoyed Ron’s Gone Wrong tonight. It was a super fun movie, with a good story, and a good criticism of social apps and kids. Plus Ron was an awesome character. 🍿

The Omicron variant is spreading at an incredible rate. 👀 Via The New York Times (Jan 7, 2022).

At SPS one of our engineers started a thread for everyone to share their “Frequently Used” emoji from Slack. It was really fun and interesting to see the themes across different peoples suggestions. Here are mine.

I got really lucky on my first Wordle.

Wordle 200 2/6

🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

See collection of Wordle game.

664 days into the COVID-19 pandemic and I got it. 😞 Two days after significant exposure. Fully vaccinated and boosted. Symptoms are congestion, low energy levels, tired. No coughing or headache. Taste and smell just fine.

We just barely beat the new Robot Rampage room at Trapped Puzzle Rooms in St. Paul. 59m 36s. Whew! It was a fun room! Room 38!