202401 - now

geography / location yes, still in minnesota. bouncing to the bay area for work on a reasonably frequent basis (1-2x/month). spending time in minneapolis and lanesboro depending on how we want to mix things up. i expect more north shore time this year. work life is basically back to pre-pandemic operation and i’m up to my eyeballs in projects and various dorkish bits. i don’t expect a lot will change on this front this year....

January 1, 2024 · steve ulrich

2023 books

books the high sierra: a love story (kim stanley robinson) i’m a recent convert to KSR’s stuff. i’ve loved all of it and this is no exception. this is the first bit of non-fiction i’ve read by him. honestly, i don’t know if he has more. having done a limited amount of hiking in the sierra’s, i was hooked and burned through this faster than i expected to. a book like this makes you question your life decisions....

December 31, 2023 · sulrich

2023 media diet

movies knives out (no, not the new one) white noise (netflix) why did we watch this again? pinocchio (netflix) - very good. would recommend. the menu (on the plane) - very good. would recommend. jurassic world: dominion (amazon prime) - amusing, would not recommend. ticket to paradise (on the plane) - saccharin. would not recommend. patagonia films (on the plane) - i’ve been watching these on flights lately. they really make me feel like i’ve been living my life wrong....

December 31, 2023 · sulrich

FediFetcher

fedifetcher a link to this landed in my mastodon feed the other day and i spent a little bit of time installing it and tweaking for my setup. running as a container via cron it fits the bill beautifully for filling in the missing bits of replies that are associated with a post in your feed. FediFetcher for Mastodon - blog.thms.uk

March 30, 2023 · steve ulrich

colson whitehead nails it

a reasonable take on the twitter situation. this pulltweet pretty much nails it. – this tweet has since been deleted. meta location: minneapolis, mn

March 9, 2023 · steve ulrich