Ham's Statuslog

It's hammock season!

Two more days of work until I'll start my 5-week sabbatical. Can't believe it's happening. So much room for activities!

It's freezing today. At least the sun's out for a bit.

Listening to a lot of Frank Turner this week. Hits just right.

Last week was a blur. I was exhausted and barely functional all week and couldn't figure out why. Today seems to be better - so here's to a good Monday.

Shared some photos of my trip to Athens

Having tons of fun with terminal color palettes and TypeScript right now.

2 weeks of sweet, sweet vacation. Let's gooo!

Sun's out!

I finished Baldur's Gate 3 last night. What am I supposed to do with my time now?

I don't wanna jinx it, but my sleep has been great for a few days straight. I wake up just before the alarm, feeling relaxed and refreshed, getting a solid 8 hours of sleep each night. It's wild how much better everything is when you're feeling recharged.

Long weekend ahead. Meeting my friends on Saturday, relaxing on Sunday, and a ton of garden work on Monday before spring hits. This is gonna be good!

Lately quite a bunch of people who read my blog took the time to send me an email to say "hi" and "thank you" and I'm really really happy about this. It's such a wholesome, short, and personal interaction with strangers out there.

My "Discover Weekly" on Spotify is on fire this week! 🔥

New blog post going out in a few

Started a new strength training routine yesterday. I expected to be wiped out today, but I'm feeling great, and I beat old personal records on the first day of training. Sweet!

My teenage daughter and I are going to her first rock show tonight. I find it hard to find a chance to spend quality time with teenagers, so I'm super pumped about this 🥰

How's it only Wednesday?

3 weeks of vacation seriously messed up my sleep schedule. I feel like I'm dealing with the worst jet-lag ever.

Back to work

Walks and naps and some Baldur's Gate 3. I love this vacation lifestyle.

Today's the day. I'm gonna publish my new website. This one's been cooking for a few weeks now and I'm happy to get it out of the door!

Writing quite a lot this morning. Published a new blog post and still working on more.

Never fight a man with a perm

Getting sick, just in time for the weekend. At least I'll be back on track in time for my vacation. Oh well.

It's been a few weeks since I last made pizza at home. That's way too long. I ran out of semolina a while ago and haven't gotten to buy more yet, and now I'm cursing past Ham for being such a lazy bugger.

Almost finished reading Dan Simmons' . It's been a long time since a book captured me like this. I'm kinda sad that the story is coming to an end, it's been an intense ride.

There must be better ways to start the week than getting soaked walking the dog. At least I'm awake now.

Editing XML like it's 2005

4 weeks of work remaining for this year. 20 workdays to go before I've got 3 weeks of blissful doing-whatever-I-want. Can't wait!

TIL that you can search for emoji in Gnome's plain old search (the one you get when you hit the key). The Characters app will display search results, and that one surfaces matching emoji, too. This is gonna come in handy.

Kudos to

I just finished Bram Stoker's Dracula. I read it via the "Dracula Daily" newsletter () and it's been a super fun experience. Huge recommendation!

Over-caffeinating. Today's gonna be packed, and I need all the help I can get.

Feeling good this morning. Worked a good bit on my new website over the weekend and it's slowly coming together.