: Looks like the Iron Canyon Fish Passage project is in full swing.
: Currently reading: A Parade of Horribles (Dungeon Crawler Carl) by Matt Dinniman 📚
: Currently reading: A Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman 📚
: BEAT UP CHANEL$ is an absolute banger. Sex, money, drugs, chains on my chest, vintage Celine …
: Finished reading: The Faith of Beasts Book Two of The Captive’s War by James S. A. Corey 📚
: Currently reading: The Faith of Beasts Book Two of The Captive’s War by James S. A. Corey 📚
: Finished reading: Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots 📚
: Currently reading: Crisis Engineering Time-Tested Tools for Turning Chaos Into Clarity by Marina …
: Goodbye Scottsdale, see you next year.
: More like welcome to HEAT STROKE
: Sunday hike, Sutter Buttes in the distance (looking south from Upper Bidwell Park)
: Finished reading: Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman 📚
: Finished reading: Empire of AI by Karen Hao 📚
: Back to our regular Sunday hike.
: Finished reading: Memory’s Legion by James S. A. Corey 📚
: Currently reading: Outlive by Peter Attia, MD 📚
: Finished reading: The Good Fight by Liane Davey 📚
: Welcome to my post mid-life crisis.
: Currently reading: Empire of AI by Karen Hao 📚
: Day 4 of Advent(ure) in System Seeing. I did a little research on where my water comes from and …
: Advent(ure) in System Seeing Day 3. I’ve got a head cold so thinking and focusing are not really at …
: It’s Day 2! It’s hard not to try and zoom out to infinity when thinking about the context that …
: Advent(yet) in System Seeing: Day 1
: Currently reading: Joy of Agility by Joshua Kerievsky 📚
: Finished reading: Essex Dogs by Dan Jones 📚
: BC Place in Vancouver is a wild looking stadium from the outside.
: Do you miss Men in Blazers Early Kickoff? That team is now making a new podcast, First Up Football. …
: Currently reading: Count Zero by William Gibson 📚
: Finished reading: The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi 📚
: I’m 52 today, so tradition insists we get ice cream at Shubert’s.
: I used to take this same photo nearly every day. I stopped because it got boring, but once in a …
: Finished reading: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman 📚
: Not great, but not terrible.
: Finished reading: The Butcher’s Masquerade by Matt Dinniman 📚
: Finished reading: The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman 📚
: Finished reading: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman 📚
: Currently reading: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman 📚
: I have no idea what to do with stuff like this.
: Wherein I finally start writing about ExploreDDD 2025 that took place in Denver.
: A week in Denver really makes you appreciate oxygen at lower elevations! The Saturday long run was …
: Finished reading: When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi 📚
: Currently reading: When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi 📚
: Currently reading: Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday 📚
: Nice for a bit, then a rain delay.
: Beautiful day and evening for baseball. We saw the Giants take care of the White Sox and then …
: Sunday hike in the wind and rain
: Currently reading: Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport 📚
: Finished reading: Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman 📚
: K.Flay at Ace of Spades in Sacramento
: Finished reading: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman 📚
: Finished reading: Reset by Dan Heath 📚
: Currently reading: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman 📚
: Want to read: Collaborative Software Design by Evelyn van Kelle 📚
: The Vaccines at Wonder Ballroom in Portland last night. Fantastic show!
: Currently reading: Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert 📚
: Finished reading: Polostan by Neal Stephenson 📚
: Finished reading: Dune by Frank Herbert 📚Again…hadn’t read it since high school.
: Posey has a slight foot injury, so no hiking for her this fine Sunday.
: Want to read: The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande 📚
: Want to read: Learning Systems Thinking by Diana Montalion 📚
: Go ahead, count them. Spoiler alert…it’s 30.
: Currently reading: Facilitating Software Architecture by Andrew Harmel-Law 📚
: Finished reading: Livesuit by James S 📚
: Over on the big blog is my 2024 music wrap-up.
: Third rainy Saturday long run in a row.
: Log off, goofballs! Happy holidays!
: Foggy morning in Upper Bidwell Park
: Never had this many flights booked at one time. Achievement unlocked.
: Fall in Upper Park is quite the thing.
: According to Strava I’m only 17.9mi from hitting my yearly goal of running 1,200mi. I’ve got this.
: So I tried to use Claude to help make my 2024 new to me music list (inspired by …
: Sunday hike on Saturday. Need to give the hamstring another day of rest.
: Currently reading: Platform Engineering by Camille Fournier 📚
: Currently reading: Polostan by Neal Stephenson 📚
: Bidwell Park is gorgeous in the Fall.
: Finished reading: The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey 📚
: Sunday hikes are back, now that Upper Park is mostly open. The line the fire cut is quite a thing.
: Upper Park is still closed due to the Camp Fire, but finding ways to get the miles in.
: Currently reading: Hack Your Bureaucracy by Marina Nitze 📚
: Currently reading: Radical Respect by Kim Scott 📚
: Finished reading: The Engineering Executive’s Primer by Will Larson 📚
: Currently reading: The Engineering Executive’s Primer by Will Larson 📚
: Finished reading: The Manager’s Path by Camille Fournier 📚
: I love my Apple Watch. I love my Dexcom. I’m not sure if they’re ready for each other like this …
: Finished reading: EMPOWERED by Marty Cagan 📚
: I used to work in a university library. This is one of my efforts to figure out where the data was …
: View from a hotel window. In Venice.
: Currently reading: EMPOWERED by Marty Cagan 📚
: Finished reading: Transformed by Marty Cagan 📚
: I’d work here. www.tbray.org/ongoing/W…
: Currently reading: The Manager’s Path by Camille Fournier 📚
: Finished reading: The Staff Engineer’s Path by Tanya Reilly 📚
: Added Glasgow Eyes to the collection.
: Want to read: Building Evolutionary Architectures by Neal Ford 📚
: Want to read: Transformed by Marty Cagan 📚
: Connections Puzzle #281 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨
: Finished reading: Decisive by Chip Heath 📚
: Every once in a whilehile the stars align. Connections Puzzle #280 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪
: The Kill at Ace of Spades Sacramento. What a fantastic show!
: Want to read: The Engineering Executive’s Primer by Will Larson 📚
: Mistakes were made. By me. I made this mistake.
: Currently reading: Decisive by Chip Heath 📚
: Finished reading: The Friction Project by Robert I. Sutton 📚
: Currently reading: The Friction Project by Robert I. Sutton 📚
: Finished reading: The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu 📚
: Finished reading: How Big Things Get Done by Bent Flyvbjerg 📚
: Currently reading: Upstream by Dan Heath 📚
: Currently reading: The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu 📚
: Finished reading: Switch by Chip Heath 📚
: Currently reading: Switch by Chip Heath 📚
: Finished reading: Wiring the Winning Organization by Gene Kim 📚
: This day in the life of living with type 1 diabetes is spot on with my experience.
: Finished reading: Product Roadmaps Relaunched by C. Todd Lombardo 📚
: Currently reading: Wiring the Winning Organization by Gene Kim 📚
: Connections Puzzle #172 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩
: Obligatory new camera, I mean phone, photo.
: I know these aren’t new, but I still think it was a genius idea. When I’m donating blood, I’m …
: It’s not the greatest dataviz, but here’s all the 5k runs I’ve done that I could find in the various …
: Ah, the futility of raking leaves under a Liquid Amber.
: Want to read: Implementing Service Level Objectives by Alex Hidalgo 📚
: Want to read: Tidy First? by @kentbeck@hackyderm.io 📚
: Want to read: Product Operations by Melissa Perri 📚
: Currently reading: Product Roadmaps Relaunched by C. Todd Lombardo 📚
: Finished reading: Escaping the Build Trap by Melissa Perri 📚
: Finished reading: The Crux by Richard P. Rumelt 📚
: This almost makes him look like a puppy again.
: Back at it after a 3-week break
: Rad seats at the SJ Quakes match.
: Different Sunday hike, without the pup
: A successful trip to Murphys always involves brunch at Grounds
: Castles! (More 5 years ago Ireland)
: Five years ago we were in Ireland and it was awesome.
: Sometimes a dog with a stick is the happiest being imaginable
: Fire made for all to burn Foolish end for all concerned But water will still come Man should …
: She really does love the park.
: Flowers in the park are in really popping.
: Really like this shot of Posey on our morning hike in Upper Bidwell Park
: Finally back at spring training and I love it.
: Kat and I went on the 2023 JoCo Cruise. It was awesome. Here are some photos
: Six-ish Years of Living with Type 1 Diabetes #t1d blog.patandkat.com/2023/03/s…
: Refueled at LAX, next stop Miami
: It’s almost JoCo Cruise time! I can’t wait to grab a 6am flight 😬
: Blog post I wish I could write: You Can’t Fight Conway’s Law with Project Managers
: Because on Sunday, we hike. The park is super green right now and wild flowers are starting to think …
: Want to read: The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz 📚
: Doing our Sunday morning Upper Park thing.
: Made it to 16 miles today. This was at the 8mi turnaround point.
: This morning the channel had that cool layer of mist to make everything a little creepy.
: More from the park this morning
: The Sunday morning hike with Posey.
: Want to read: Strategic Monoliths and Microservices by Vaughn Vernon 📚
: Let’s check on the water level
: Surveying the park after the storm.
: As they say, goals matter. For running I am aiming for 24mi/week and 1,200mi/year. So far, so good.
: The bins needed a landing pad.
: Gorgeous morning in Upper Bidwell Park and Posey was having a blast.
: Added Living in Data by Jer Thorp 📚 to my reading list.
: Happy Friday, the new Ladytron album Time’s Arrow is out!
: velociraptor eating bananas, Photo, Realistic
: Just added Cherry Tree Vol. 4 from The National to my vinyl collection🤘🏼
: Finished reading: Modern Software Engineering by David Farley 📚
: We saw a coyote in the park this morning, so then of course everything might have been a coyote.
: The Saturday long run had less than optimal timing. I don’t mind running in the rain, but torrential …
: Morning and evening. The levels are still rising.
: Here Comes the Flood The flooding happening or coming soon to a California location near you is unlikely to have a direct …
: Currently reading: The Dark Tower by Stephen King 📚I’m really glad I’m on the last book. While I …
: Pretty good year on Strava. I’m be of my favorite subscription services. www.strava.com/athletes/…
: It’s that time again. Time to list out the albums I added to my “Library” this year.
: Park check. Things are okay.
: Testing out SongShift playlist sharing songsha.re/open/1bfa…
: Currently reading: Modern Software Engineering by David Farley 📚
: I have TSA Pre, will I be shamed as well?
: Derping through the park on a foggy morning.
: I didn’t take any photos of Christmas. I’m not sure why.
: Happy holidays from the bear and me.
: File footage: Duncan looking south from North Rim trail in Upper Bidwell Park
: Posey and me on our Sunday hike. Photo in Upper Bidwell Park, facing west.
: Denial? It’s telling that, seemingly after years of denial, Apple has accepted the fact that it needs to not …
: First water flow in the Lindo Channel since May 12, 2022.
: If you’re driving near downtown Sacramento and you see a purple beam going up into the sky…it means …
: I know it can take a long time to run a marathon but 12 hours is probably past most cutoff times
: Looking east from Upper Bidwell Park while on the weekend long run.
: Over in the fediverse @jwz@mastodon.social provides us with one his timely reminders of what’s …
: Watch Billie Eilish do her sixth Vanity Fair interview. Still fascinating to watch somebody like …
: Speaking of exploring new and old social apps, there was a piece on Last.fm turning 20 years old …
: Watch Duty, a nice app/system for keeping a very close eye on fires is in a donation doubling …
: overcast.fm/+7_XRjAE4… Great illustration of where markets fail…when you need moral decisions that …
: It’s a great time to explore the social space and maybe even find something again for the first …
: While I love this victory, the narrative will remain “which Spurs are going to show up today” for a …
: I really like the clouds in this one.
: The Last Emperox is coming out in April of 2020! This will be book three in The Interdependency …
: Even though it was 71°, it was still a pretty nice morning for the run.
: Another nice upgrade in the Dexcom G6 is that it dumps my data right into Apple Health.
: I’ve switched to the Dexcom G6, which is more accurate than the Freestyle Libre that I was using. My …
: My alma mater has launched a podcast, Out of Curisosity. They also go the extra mile and provide …
: Is Wimbledon the Glastonbury for the olds (aka rich) of England?
: I thought it would be fun to try and get on the newsletter bandwagon. It’s a really hard thing to …
: If you don’t already subscribe to The Ride Home, you should consider it. I may still have the only …
: The new K.Flay album Solutions is really fun. You should check it out and listen to it on repeat for …
: Eternal Brightside The Killers playing Mr. Brightside at Glastonbury 2019 is fantastic, and not just because Johnny …