Asides

2018-08-30
Aug 31, 2018

Very tired this week.

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Possibly the best joke I've ever heard
Aug 22, 2018

Me: Want to hear a joke about ghosts? Them: <basically any response, e.g. “sure”, “no”, “meh”, “leave me alone”> Me: That’s the spirit Can’t remember where I heard this one, but it cracks me up.

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lunr.js
Mar 27, 2018

I was able to figure out getting search running on this site with Lunr (interesting because this is a static site). I’ll need to see if I can do a write-up of my setup at some point after I have a chance to clean up some of the JS a bit since I didn’t see any really clear walkthroughs on getting this fully working from start to finish.

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy Test Flight
Feb 6, 2018

If you haven’t watched this yet … you should now.

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Neti Pot
Jan 16, 2018

Just tried a Neti Pot for the first time and I gotta say, if you’re having sinus issues and never tried one, you should look into it — Matt Walters (@mwalters) January 16, 2018

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Fried Turkey No5
Nov 23, 2017

Fifth year in a row Happy Thanksgiving folks! pic.twitter.com/z9AltKCrmu — Matt Walters (@mwalters) November 23, 2017

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Blog Post Not Blog
Oct 12, 2017

My dying breath just might be me saying, “you published a blog post, not a blog”. I know I’ve lost the fight, but it still annoys me — Matt Walters (@mwalters) October 12, 2017

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Flight Center Down
Jul 11, 2017

Hmm. pic.twitter.com/dL1SSiZmeA — Matt Walters (@mwalters) July 11, 2017

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Just the Facts Maam
Jan 28, 2016

I don’t want to watch your video on how to do “x,” even though I want to do “x.” For technical things I really think a write up is better. — Matt Walters (@mwalters) January 28, 2016

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Management
Aug 5, 2014

There are bosses that feed off you and ones that propel you forward. I’ve experienced both. The former is too common and is one that I hope to avoid going forward in my career.

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