Paul Verbeek-Mast: Fast-forward to 2017. I’m slamming my keyboard in frustration as another mysterious error appears in my build script. I don’t know how this works! I also don’t care. Plus, now I have to learn what Redux is, and how Vue is the next best thing that happened since Angular 2.0. How to use styled-components to make JavaScript in React do what CSS can do on it’s own. And whenever I switch projects, something has broken because I don’t understand how Node works.

I am no longer backing up my drives using a cloud backup service. Namely, Arq to Backblaze B2. This seems like a terrible idea, and perhaps it is, but a few things happened recently that have caused me to throw up my hands and quit. First, I’ve locked myself out of my Backblaze B2 account. This is because I stupidly wiped my iPhone before reconfiguring my two-factor auth entries in Google Authenticator.

There isn’t a single WordPress theme that I really like. I may just make my own. If only I worked at a company that’s been designing and building for the web for nearly a quarter century.

I’m fascinated by Keybase. They just added teams, also fascinating. https://keybase.io/blog/introducing-keybase-teams

Technology exhausts me.

James Somers in the Village Voice: “It’s a real person — the stationery they commissioned, the paper they put into their typewriter.” She described a personal archive as “a deep well of empathy.” This really makes me want to visit more archives. Fascinating.

Tried updating my (Gravatar) avatar to what I thought was a nice B&W photo of me. Don’t like it at the small size. Plus, I like the yellow in my current avatar. Changed it back.

After weeks of flakiness with my iPhone SE, I decided to wipe it and start over. This always seems like a good idea at the time. Every time I do this, I plan to install only the absolutely necessary non-stock apps. “Absolutely necessary” ends up meaning “apps I want to have” I guess. Here’s the list. Omnifocus Audible Drafts Dropbox Carrot 1Password Watchlist MoviePass YNAB Ulysses Hello Weather Orbi Micro.

My Car Has 51 miles on it

My Gyros" My Gyros My favorite Gyro place doesn’t look like much. This is straight out of the X-Pro2 using the nifty new Acros filter. I like the black lines on the road.

Car wash. Fuji X-Pro2. 23mm f2.0" Car wash. Fuji X-Pro2. 23mm f2.0 I’ve never used a do-it-yourself car wash like this one.

This is Ron, co-founder of Russ & Ron’s auto service. I’ve been taking my cars to his shop for many years.