I lived in the Seattle area for nearly 12 years, and one of my regrets is that I never took advantage of any of the Alaskan cruises that conveniently leave from Pier 91 a few miles out of downtown. Getting to Alaska from Austin is more of a hassle, but I figured I’d pair itContinue reading “Cruising Alaska (An Alaska Brews Cruise)”
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My Next Opportunity
This is the farewell email I sent to my Edge teammates yesterday. IWebBrowser3::BeforeNavigate() When I left the Internet Explorer team in 2012 to work on Fiddler full-time, I did so with a measure of heartbreak, absolutely certain that I would never be quite as good at anything else. When I came back to the EdgeContinue reading “My Next Opportunity”
End of Q2 Check-in
Back in January, I wrote about my New Years’ Resolutions. I’m now 177 days in, and things are continuing to go well. Health and Finance: A dry January. Exceeded. I went from 2 or 3 drinks a night six times a week to around 6 drinks per month, mostly while on vacations. Health: Track my weight andContinue reading “End of Q2 Check-in”
Thoughts on Impact
In this post, I talk a lot about Microsoft, but it’s not only applicable to Microsoft. It’s once again “Connect Season” at Microsoft, a biannual-ish period when Microsoft employees are tasked with filling out a document about their core priorities, key deliverables, and accomplishments over the past year, concluding with a look ahead to theirContinue reading “Thoughts on Impact”
Real-World Running
Yesterday, I ran my first 10K in “the real world”, my first real world run in a long time. Almost eleven years ago I ran a 5K, and 3.5 years ago, I ran a non-competitive 5 miler onThanksgiving. I was a bit worried about how my treadmill training would map to real world running, butContinue reading “Real-World Running”
End of Q1 Check-in
tl;dr: On track. Back in January, I wrote about my New Years’ Resolutions. I’m now 90 days in, and things are continuing to go well. Health and Finance: A dry January. Exceeded. I stopped drinking alcohol on any sort of regular basis; over spring break, I peaked at two drinks per day. Health: Track my weight andContinue reading “End of Q1 Check-in”
Mid-February Checkin
tl;dr: On track. Back in January, I wrote about my New Years’ Resolutions. I’m now 45 days in, and things are going pretty well. Health and Finance: A dry January. Dry January has turned into dry February. Beyond idle thoughts “What should I do right now? In the old days, I’d pour myself a drink”Continue reading “Mid-February Checkin”
getaddrinfo(2022)
New Years’ Resolutions aren’t really my jam. Over the years, I usually idly ponder some vague notion (usually “get in better shape“) in late December, and mostly forget about it by the second week of January or so. This year, I’m taking things a bit more seriously. It’s time to get busy living. Rather thanContinue reading “getaddrinfo(2022)”
Cruising Solo
For Christmas 2020, I was home alone. The highlight of my day was discovering that Jack in the Box was open. I enjoyed my Christmas cheeseburger dinner at a picnic table in a park down the street. Unexpectedly, my Christmas plans fell through for 2021, and I faced a repeat of 2020. But making JackContinue reading “Cruising Solo”
Objectively, the best cat
On March 15, 2009 we put my cat Jill (Jillian, Jilly, Jilly Bean, Jillkin) to sleep at an emergency vet. We didn’t know for sure why her kidneys failed, but it was sudden and unexpected. At times Jill could be grumpy and stubborn, but she was usually friendly, curious, and she was always very loved. IContinue reading “Objectively, the best cat”
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