Had an amazing morning surfing at Pipes with a group from the Farcaster surfing channel, including Kyle, Michael, Jeremy, and Sam. Really hit it off with Michael and am excited to hang out and do some co-working with him. The vibe was great all around, and I'm also looking forward to disc golfing with Kyle. Starting to consider exploring North County more, given its proximity to friends like Chandler. Will is also interested, so it might be worth investigating further. It was just a super solid day overall.
This morning, Chandler and I enjoyed a fun surfing session at Del Mar. Despite the small waves, we had a good time sharing stories and catching up. The highlight was spotting a whale, although it vanished before we could get close. Chandler also tried out my longboard and liked it. Overall, it was a pretty amazing morning.
I just finished surfing at Sunset Cliffs today. It was an average day with pretty slow surf. I'm planning to surf with Chandler tomorrow, but the waves are expected to be even smaller, so I'm anticipating it might not be the best day for surfing. Despite the possibility of challenging conditions, I'm still looking forward to being in the ocean. It's always a positive experience, very calm and mellow. Overall, I can't complain too much; it's nice to just be out there.
This past week has been incredibly hectic for me, with hardly any time to rest or catch my breath. Despite the chaos, I'm excited about all that I've been doing. My week has been packed with family visits, including a nice Easter celebration at my grandparents' place and having one of my grandfathers over at our house. I got to enjoy some outdoor activities as well, like stand-up paddleboarding at Lower Lake Clementine and going on a snowy hike at Mount Laguna with friends—a rare sight for April. Amid these adventures, there were cozy gatherings, like a dinner I hosted with friends where I made a mushroom stew I was particularly proud of, and another where we celebrated Jordan's birthday at a place called Raised by Wolves. Even with all the socializing and outdoor exploits, I still managed to find time for personal activities, like slacklining and planning workouts. Looking ahead, I have plans to meet up with Kristen before dropping her off at the airport and am anticipating the launch of something by the end of the week. Despite the excitement of these busy days, part of me longs for relaxation, though I'm not quite sure what that will entail yet. Reflections and the need to clear my mind are also on the horizon as I endeavor to keep moving forward every day.
Today, I took a moment for a five-minute meditation while my car was charging, hoping it would be enough to continue my journey home. I'm grateful for the progress we've made.
Today, I managed to squeeze in a peaceful five-minute meditation, followed by an adventurous outing of slacklining with my friend Edgar at Presidio Park. He was kind enough to start teaching me how to juggle, which has me quite excited. Adding to the day's joy, the weather was simply stunning - everything looked beautifully green, and the view of the water over the bay was breathtaking. Truly, we live in a magnificent place.
I had an incredible day that felt just like a weekend, even though it was only Thursday. After many years, I reunited with my friend Will Knox, who's back in San Diego. We spent the evening climbing and catching up on everything we've missed over the years, which was really fulfilling. It's amazing to have someone I resonate with deeply in the same city again. Will has grown a lot and we share many interests, including music, which he's eager to introduce me to more of. Our conversation could've gone on for hours, and I'm excited about further developing our relationship and introducing him to my other friends, hoping to integrate him into our climbing outings and social circle. Additionally, the day was packed with fun and food; we grabbed beers at White Labs Brewing, appreciating the unique yeast varieties in their beers, followed by a meal and more beer at Ballast Point. Earlier, I enjoyed lucha libre for lunch with Kim and Jordan, and started the day with rice and beans for breakfast. It's rare to have such perfect days where everything aligns so well, making me extremely grateful. I'm looking forward to the future, but for now, I'm just soaking in the joy of an unexpectedly perfect Thursday.
I just got back from an amazing two-hour bike ride to downtown and back. I'm not exactly sure when I left, but it's 7:30 now, so maybe around 5:30? My legs are tingling, but it was totally worth it. The entire ride was just what I needed—it felt like I teleported. So cool.
Today, I spent a good chunk of my time wrestling with whisper bindings for Python, making decent progress despite the challenge. My day's culinary highlight was making red beans with a special chicken hatch chili sausage from a local farm, which tasted okay but probably wasn't the best use for such a flavorful sausage. Despite missing other meals, this was a solid attempt, though I pondered if a different type of sausage might have been better and considered altering the cooking technique for added flavor. Additionally, I ventured out for some physical activity, which included biking and slack-lining, where I met up with Edgar, Ryan, and Julian. Julian, in particular, impressed me with his passion for highlining, a fervor so contagious it made the encounter especially enjoyable. With my departure approaching in a couple of days, I'm contemplating creative ways to use up the fresh tomatoes and assortment of potatoes I have at home. My aim is to find interesting culinary uses for them to ensure they don't go to waste.
The author is exploring different approaches to improve the rendering and performance of a canvas in P5.js. They are considering using a one-pixel density to render a larger image and are curious about the potential benefits of browser-based sharp edges rendering. The author is also contemplating using a pan zoom library or setting up a camera inside P5 for panning and zooming controls. They express concern about the performance impact of updating a 2D array of 3,000 by 3,000 pixels and are eager to conduct performance testing. Additionally, they are exploring the idea of swapping out P5 rendering pixels for PNGs with sharp rendering and are pondering the implications of working with a canvas of the size 3,000 by 3,000. Despite feeling unsure about their approach, the author is determined to find a solution to increase the canvas size and eliminate blurriness.
The speaker is reflecting on the outdated nature of their resume and the challenges of representing their skills and experiences in a traditional format. They express frustration with the limitations of a resume and their discomfort with the idea of being evaluated and graded. The process of creating a new resume feels stressful and daunting, as they grapple with the disconnect between their past experiences and their current capabilities. Overall, the speaker finds resumes to be a strange and inadequate tool for conveying their abilities and identity.
The author is reflecting on the challenges of effectively showcasing their work on the internet, particularly in relation to portfolios and resumes. They express frustration with the limitations of resumes in capturing the depth of their experience and contributions. Additionally, they discuss the ongoing financial and practical challenges of maintaining online projects and the importance of preserving past work for the benefit of future creators. The author considers using archive.org as a potential solution but expresses reservations about outsourcing this responsibility to a non-profit organization. They ultimately prioritize the use of such resources for preserving knowledge that benefits the broader community rather than their own personal or professional work. The speaker is exploring the idea of preserving their work and experiences in a meaningful and sustainable way. They express concerns about relying on external platforms like archive.org and consider alternatives such as hosting their own content and encoding it into a lower fidelity medium. They also discuss the concept of creating their own encapsulation and representation of their work, which they hope will be more long-term sustainable. The text discusses the idea of creating a collaborative storytelling and writing platform that acts as a memory time capsule by archiving and snapshotting links. It addresses the challenge of link rot and suggests that decentralized hosting and a network of machines could potentially help in the future. The text discusses the concept of a scoped IPFS that functions similar to RAID, where each file is known only once but stored multiple times based on its significance. It also touches on the importance of data permanence on the internet, addressing concerns about archiving family photos and trusting companies like iCloud to maintain data indefinitely. The author questions if they should trust these companies and expresses uncertainty about the longevity of their data stored on such platforms.
The text provides insights into the challenges of finalizing and shipping a product, highlighting the complexities of resetting and managing various states and default values. It also touches on the need to consider potential issues and the importance of thorough testing. The author reflects on potential improvements for future projects, such as incorporating safeguards for duplicate signatures and considering time-based randomization. Additionally, the text emphasizes the importance of attention to detail, particularly in visual aspects, during the final stages of development and deployment. The speaker discusses their increasing comfort with refactoring and componentizing complex structures. They express excitement about making code more readable and coherent, although the components are currently specific to the project. The speaker notes the trade-off between using brain cycles to save CPU cycles and vice versa, while also reflecting on past regrets and lessons learned. They emphasize the importance of simplifying and automating processes to reduce complexity and potential confusion. Additionally, they mention the need to minimize the number of possible states to maintain control and avoid tangled situations. The text contains various thoughts on working with render loops and passing signals as props in React components. The author also discusses the importance of validating metadata before deployment in order to avoid costly mistakes on the main net. Additionally, the author reflects on the need for breaks during long coding sessions and the frustration of having to rename components. Overall, the text reflects the author's experiences and insights while working on a project.
The text provides details about a long walk taken by the speaker, covering approximately seven miles, with a route that included both trails in the neighborhood and back streets and alleys. The speaker expresses a preference for the diversity and unpredictability of alleys compared to paved streets, highlighting the organic shapes and structures found there. Overall, the walk improved the speaker's mood, and they reflect on the positive effects of movement. The speaker also mentions the possibility of doing more work and appreciating the sunset.
Savannah and I hosted 17 people from our apartment building and it turned out to be a great event with plans for future activities. Realizing the hassle of dismantling our bed in the living room whenever guests arrive, we now simply move the mattress off the floor for future gatherings. For apartment events, we've adopted a "bring your own chair" approach, which worked well, and for larger gatherings, we're considering using folding chairs and a table. Ultimately, we've found that the simplest solution for hosting is just moving the mattress, which is cost-effective and allows us to enjoy our time with guests.
I've been battling a non-COVID illness for about two weeks with symptoms like headaches, body aches, a sore throat, and a severe cough. It's been a long time since my last illness due to a healthier lifestyle, with over three years passing since I needed to take a sick day. This experience has been a humbling reminder of the vulnerability to sickness. I'm starting to recover, and AI has been instrumental in allowing me to continue coding despite the illness.
I fulfilled my 2024 goal of deepening relationships tonight. I rode my bike looking for puddles to splash in after the rain, but found none. Instead, I had a rewarding conversation with Claire and Sam at Ichiban. This interaction was very satisfying.
The speaker conveys their frustration with a difficult fundraising experience, describing a particularly unsatisfactory video call with a fund representative. The caller was in a bad mood, hadn't reviewed the provided materials, and hesitated to engage with the product's features. This led to a tense exchange where the speaker challenged the representative's commitment to valuing founders versus purely focusing on financial metrics. Feeling disillusioned, the speaker is left with a distaste for these disengaged "NPCs" and remains focused on their vision of fostering creative and engaging spaces.
A team of four individuals with diverse skills in front-end and back-end design is coordinating on a project, facing the common and challenging problem of group collaboration. The group is utilizing tools like Zoom, Slack, and Notion to orchestrate their efforts effectively, ensuring that tasks are assigned and completed without impeding each other's progress. The success of their collaboration hinges on a shared understanding of their plan, rather than the tools themselves, highlighting the importance of methodology over the prescriptive nature of some project management software. Despite the difficulty of managing a team, especially when it exceeds two people, the experience demonstrates that while the right tools are helpful, the group's approach to working together is what ultimately leads to success in coordination.
This is a voice note testing out Brito place from Savannah's iPhone. Yo, yo. That's right.
I embarked on an exploration of diagram websites and found a vast amount of content – about 200 unique sites with diverse styles and topics. Ellie's effective categorization into tags and categories helps navigate through them, but the sheer volume presents a risk of overwhelming users. I've discovered personal connections within these sites, including a project I co-signed and work by Weiwei and Spencer. To engage others and prevent information overload on Friday, I'm considering creating a broad scavenger hunt to make the exploration process more interactive and thought-provoking.
I've always been drawn to the peculiar and unexplored, which makes me wonder if I can pepper my writing with a bit of the offbeat—things that don't quite fit the mold. Question is, can I make it work? Ditching the third-person narrative and opting for a chat with you in the first person could make my stories feel more intimate, more like we're in this together. And hey, isn't that what storytelling's all about? Let's find out.
The author contemplates the process of converting an audio note into a transcript, then summarizing it on their "burrito" page. They express a desire to adjust the summarization voice to better represent themselves on the page. Recognizing that this feature may not have widespread appeal, the author nonetheless sees value in providing users with controls to personalize their "burrito." The concept of allowing users to fine-tune their experience is seen as an intriguing possibility.
The speaker is discussing the principles of social design in the context of creating engaging digital spaces, drawing on the collaborative work with Kristen. They emphasize the importance of social participation, challenges, and focused attention in driving user engagement within a product. Kristen's expertise in designing environments for coherence, sense-making, and collaboration is highlighted, particularly in the transition to digital spaces. The speaker believes that fundamental design elements, like those in a burrito, are critical for crafting unique and compelling user experiences in social design.
The speaker is reflecting on their experience with making audio burrito posts, noting that it often requires multiple attempts to get into the correct mindset—similar to drafting written posts. They're grappling with the challenge of monologuing without a clear understanding of the audience, as they are aware that at least John and CJ will hear it, but uncertainty about the wider audience affects their ability to communicate effectively. This creates a 'contextual membrane shakiness' as the speaker finds the lack of audience boundaries difficult to navigate, which they recognize may vary among different people. The speaker concludes by deciding to end the current note and start a new one.
After a hike, I encountered Steph, leading to ongoing communication about hosting events. We discussed her co-organized salon on the AI alignment problem in March and my interest in hosting a website-building event during startup week, potentially in April or May. We also contemplated a tool for managing our projects and events, like a specialized project management software. Further, we talked about the connection between online communities and the physical gatherings they can inspire, emphasizing the cyclical relationship between the two.
Welcome to my burrito place! I'm testing out CJ's new gadget and hoping it captures my thoughts accurately despite my struggle with stream-of-consciousness voice notes. My goal is to document my food discoveries in London and eventually identify and share my favorite spots. Enjoy your visit and the food recommendations that will follow!
The text is a single word, likely intended as an exclamation or expression, possibly of Jamaican origin.
Pascal, from Brooklyn, is excited to engage with a new social network and a burrito he just tried. He's currently experiencing winter weather and has consumed a weed gummy before diving into work on the Tanaki app with multiplayer live video features. He plans to get a massage to unwind physically and mentally. Pascal hopes for a feature that enables connection with his audience to avoid feeling isolated and looks forward to interacting with others on the platform.
After leaving the grocery store, I realized I was missing one of my AirPods. Using Apple's Find My Device feature, it showed the AirPod across the street in a parking lot. Despite the AirPod seemingly moving with me, I checked the store again and located it under a sliding door using proximity alerts. The GPS was not precise, but local proximity helped me recover the AirPod.