Welcome to my personal homepage, as the header suggests, this is really just a culmination of various aspects of my life, some things I am proud of, others not as much. It’s a blog, WIP, and an uncultivated digital garden of snippets, interesting links, pictures, things that have inspired me, hobbies, projects, key moments in my life, travel, work, and nostalgic lists of material, and immaterial things that have made me who I am.
Cycling: FTP over time
Tracking cycling endurance training progress over time. As I have shifted my focus from MTB racing to Endurance/long distance triathlon, My sprint power has decreased slightly (5 minutes and 1 minute) but FTP (20 min+) has slowly been ticking upward. Since I have been swimming and running more, it probably has not increased as much as I hoped, but I am learning endurance is not something that gets established overnight ….
Don’t ask for forgiveness, radiate intent
Source: https://medium.com/@ElizAyer/dont-ask-forgiveness-radiate-intent-d36fd22393a3
Here are 4 reasons that radiating intent is better than begging forgiveness:
- Radiating intent gives a chance for someone to stop you before you do a thing, in case it’s truly harmful
- Radiating intent gives people who have information, or want to help, an opening to participate
- Radiating intent leaves better evidence of your good will
- Radiating intent shows others that adventurous behavior is acceptable in the org.
Radiating intent also has the advantage over asking permission that the “radiator” keeps responsibility if things go sour. It doesn’t transfer the blame the way seeking permission does, which is good. We should be responsible for our choices.
An example of radiating: I recently spent a day working from Canada. I’m still not sure if it was allowed, but I mentioned it to my supervisor. I mentioned it to my supervisor’s supervisor. I mentioned it to more than a few colleagues. One of them told me I could request permission for my work phone to be used internationally. I did this. It worked. There were many chances for a slow-mo “Noooooooooo” if this travel was going to cause a problem.
Sustainability + Opensource = Win
I really like this sort of manifesto from Bruno (an open source alternative to Postman, Insomnia, ++) – which is a API testing tool. Building useful open source tools or products is generally a labor of love (= Github Stars), but sometimes the love fades (= Github Forks), and inevitably no one wins (= Github Unfollow). As an open source developer, and consumer is to have zero expectations – I got this product for “free” and I am sharing this product for “free” is generally part of my ambitions.
However, many consumers of open source software want to the product to grow and thrive at that free tier which is more often than not unreasonable. This sus up some options around the lifecycle surrounding open source and what consumers, and developers should expect.
Bucket List: Golf Courses
Aside from all the courses I have been lucky enough to play, I think these are still my Top 10 courses I am wanting to play:
Course | Location |
Whistling Straits | Kohler, WI |
Erin Hills | Erin, WI |
Augusta National | Augusta, GA |
Bandon Dunes (Multiple Courses) | Bandon, OR |
Pebble Beach | Pebble Beach, CA |
Shadow Creek | Las Vegas, NV |
St. Andrews | St. Andrews, Scotland |
Bethpage State Park: Black | Farmingdale, NY |
TPC Sawgrass |
Garmin Varia + Canyon Speedmax Seat Mount
Another fun/practical application of 3D printing, where it probably would be easier and cheaper just to buy it, but … not as much fun.