I just got back from a writing retreat, and since I answered why I return during the retreat, I figured I’d write a post about it as well
Caleb Huitt
Programmer, writer, mostly quiet
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In a time when many (occasionally including me) make fun of the name football, it seems fitting that a game was decided due to the size of a player's foot
@ghoulpus@xoxo.zone Would one from a community slack work? I know of https://github.com/randsleadershipslack/documents-and-resources/blob/main/code-of-conduct.md and it also has links to sources it used
I agree and backed it also (not quite as early)
Some good news in medicine @dabertime@mstdn.ca
I finished 65 books in 2023, mostly fiction. More in brief review at https://calebhuitt.com/posts/reading_review_2023/
Month ago, I intended to blog more frequently about things I like and recommend. Well, quarterly is still more frequent, I think?
Anyway, I recommend https://4thewords.com to writers who enjoy RPG gamification on top of their drafting. More details (and a referral code, if that’s of interest) at https://calebhuitt.com/posts/4_the_words/
@randytayler@mastodon.social I can maybe see replacing banks, but getting above cable companies or cell phone providers on the list of people’s least-liked may take longer
Comments in @pluralistic@mamot.fr’s book review of How Infrastructure Works led me to a short post on how changing circumstances lead to processes that would have looked absurd otherwise — and likewise, make the past processes look equally absurd.
https://calebhuitt.com/posts/changing_circumstances_code_reviews_and_energy_abundance/
Howard Tayler is kickstarting a print run of book 18 of Schlock Mercenary. It’s a good one to back:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/howardtayler/mandatory-failure-schlock-mercenary-book-18
If you want a longer explanation, I wrote a few more paragraphs about and around it: