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"version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1",
"title": "Nick Kaczmarek",
"icon": "https://micro.blog/nickkaczmarek/avatar.jpg",
"home_page_url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/",
"feed_url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/feed.json",
"items": [
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/12/19/i-released-my.html",
"title": "I released my app!",
"content_html": "<p>Just over a week ago today, I released my first app to the iOS App Store. If you’re really curious, you can find it <a href=\"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/threesongdj/id1637762776\">here</a>.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Spoiler:</strong> it requires an Apple Music subscription to <em>really</em> work.</p>\n\n<p>I have a 1.1 coming soon with some bug fixes and improvements from my small TestFlight community. Send me a message/email/smoke signal if you want to be on future beta tests.</p>\n\n<p>It’s really freeing to be so unknown that I can release something that I’m not entirely happy with and not feel a large amount of stress over it. Maybe one day that will change. Here’s hoping.</p>\n\n<p>P.S. here’s <a href=\"https://nickkaczmarek.com/threesongdj\">the little website</a> I made for the app.</p>\n",
"content_text": "Just over a week ago today, I released my first app to the iOS App Store. If you're really curious, you can find it [here](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/threesongdj/id1637762776). \n\n**Spoiler:** it requires an Apple Music subscription to _really_ work.\n\nI have a 1.1 coming soon with some bug fixes and improvements from my small TestFlight community. Send me a message/email/smoke signal if you want to be on future beta tests.\n\nIt's really freeing to be so unknown that I can release something that I'm not entirely happy with and not feel a large amount of stress over it. Maybe one day that will change. Here's hoping.\n\nP.S. here's [the little website](https://nickkaczmarek.com/threesongdj) I made for the app.\n",
"date_published": "2022-12-19T22:24:21-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/12/19/i-released-my.html",
"tags": ["apps","iOS"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/11/27/im-working-on.html",
"title": "I'm working on an iOS app",
"content_html": "<p>I’m working on an iOS app and I’m getting so close to releasing the 1.0. I was looking at App Store Connect and noticed that I needed screenshots and I remembered that <a href=\"https://fastlane.tools\">Fastlane</a> has the ability to automate screenshot creation.</p>\n\n<p>Pretty cool I think. So I go through <a href=\"https://docs.fastlane.tools/getting-started/ios/screenshots/\">the process</a> of setting up and starting to work on the UI Tests that need to run in order to trigger the screens I want to show and then it hits me.</p>\n\n<p>The app I’m working on uses <a href=\"https://developer.apple.com/musickit/\">MusicKit</a> and unfortunately the Xcode Simulators aren’t able to really do anything with MusicKit i.e. they can’t search or play music which is kind of a big deal. This hadn’t been much an issue during development because I could just run the app on my phone.</p>\n\n<p>From what I can tell I will not be able to use Fastlane to automate this screenshot creation because it relies on using simulators for running the UI Tests that would then capture screenshots. What a bummer (though I sure hope I’m wrong!).</p>\n\n<p>Fortunately I found <a href=\"https://benoitpasquier.com/automating-appstore-localized-screenshot-xctest/\">another resource from Benoit Pasquier</a> that <em>might</em> make it possible for me to use UI Tests to automate screenshots to some degree. It won’t be quite as extensive, but my wife has a regular sized iPhone and I have a big one so at least I’ll have two sets of screenshots. No luck on the iPhone SE size. Hopefully that isn’t a dealbreaker, but we’ll see. This is all very new to me.</p>\n\n<p>This is my first time writing (re: rambling) about this app and if you’d like to hear more or be invited to the TestFlight, feel free to comment on this post or shoot me an email at <a href=\"mailto:nick_kaczmarek@icloud.com\">nick_kaczmarek@icloud.com</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Cheers 🥂</p>\n",
"content_text": "I’m working on an iOS app and I’m getting so close to releasing the 1.0. I was looking at App Store Connect and noticed that I needed screenshots and I remembered that [Fastlane](https://fastlane.tools) has the ability to automate screenshot creation.\n\nPretty cool I think. So I go through [the process](https://docs.fastlane.tools/getting-started/ios/screenshots/) of setting up and starting to work on the UI Tests that need to run in order to trigger the screens I want to show and then it hits me.\n\nThe app I'm working on uses [MusicKit](https://developer.apple.com/musickit/) and unfortunately the Xcode Simulators aren't able to really do anything with MusicKit i.e. they can't search or play music which is kind of a big deal. This hadn't been much an issue during development because I could just run the app on my phone.\n\nFrom what I can tell I will not be able to use Fastlane to automate this screenshot creation because it relies on using simulators for running the UI Tests that would then capture screenshots. What a bummer (though I sure hope I'm wrong!).\n\nFortunately I found [another resource from Benoit Pasquier](https://benoitpasquier.com/automating-appstore-localized-screenshot-xctest/) that _might_ make it possible for me to use UI Tests to automate screenshots to some degree. It won't be quite as extensive, but my wife has a regular sized iPhone and I have a big one so at least I'll have two sets of screenshots. No luck on the iPhone SE size. Hopefully that isn't a dealbreaker, but we'll see. This is all very new to me.\n\nThis is my first time writing (re: rambling) about this app and if you'd like to hear more or be invited to the TestFlight, feel free to comment on this post or shoot me an email at [nick_kaczmarek@icloud.com](mailto:nick_kaczmarek@icloud.com).\n\nCheers 🥂\n",
"date_published": "2022-11-27T23:09:05-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/11/27/im-working-on.html",
"tags": ["random","swift","Xcode","apps"]
},
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"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/11/21/first-day-of.html",
"content_html": "<p>First day of the fall feast. I love eating this food so much. Tried crockpot mashed potatoes today and boy was it a lot easier.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/11ac98a497.jpg\" width=\"599\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\"></p>\n",
"content_text": "First day of the fall feast. I love eating this food so much. Tried crockpot mashed potatoes today and boy was it a lot easier. \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/11ac98a497.jpg\" width=\"599\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\">\n",
"date_published": "2022-11-21T18:01:46-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/11/21/first-day-of.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/11/04/143058.html",
"content_html": "<p>👨👩👧 + 👶🏽 = 👨👨👧👧</p>\n",
"content_text": "👨👩👧 + 👶🏽 = 👨👨👧👧\n",
"date_published": "2022-11-04T13:30:58-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/11/04/143058.html"
},
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"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/11/02/pushing-my-daughter.html",
"content_html": "<p>Pushing my daughter in her car around the neighborhood.</p>\n\n<p><img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/a9be18e3fc.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2506.jpeg\" title=\"IMG_2506.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Pushing my daughter in her car around the neighborhood.\n\n<img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/a9be18e3fc.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2506.jpeg\" title=\"IMG_2506.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-11-02T13:12:28-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/11/02/pushing-my-daughter.html",
"tags": ["random"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/11/02/picture-from-my.html",
"content_html": "<p>Picture from my garage this morning. The sky was particularly pretty.</p>\n\n<p><img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/630b566f8b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2505.jpeg\" title=\"IMG_2505.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Picture from my garage this morning. The sky was particularly pretty.\n\n<img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/630b566f8b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2505.jpeg\" title=\"IMG_2505.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-11-02T13:11:10-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/11/02/picture-from-my.html",
"tags": ["random"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/11/02/vegan-buffalo-chicken.html",
"content_html": "<p>Vegan buffalo chicken wrap with homemade ranch. I’ll share the recipe if anyone is interested. Very tasty. 🤤</p>\n\n<p><img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/ec9b2b0996.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2487.jpeg\" title=\"IMG_2487.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"1512\" height=\"2016\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Vegan buffalo chicken wrap with homemade ranch. I'll share the recipe if anyone is interested. Very tasty. 🤤\n\n<img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/ec9b2b0996.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2487.jpeg\" title=\"IMG_2487.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"1512\" height=\"2016\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-11-02T13:07:38-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/11/02/vegan-buffalo-chicken.html",
"tags": ["food"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/10/22/the-sun-says.html",
"content_html": "<p>The sun says hello.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/635fe2d033.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\"></p>\n",
"content_text": "The sun says hello. \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/635fe2d033.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\">\n",
"date_published": "2022-10-22T10:26:52-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/10/22/the-sun-says.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/10/22/purple-beautyberry-callicarpa.html",
"content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/callicarpa-dichotoma/\">Purple beautyberry (Callicarpa dichotoma)\n</a></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/5daffe4397.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\"></p>\n",
"content_text": "[Purple beautyberry (Callicarpa dichotoma)\n](https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/callicarpa-dichotoma/)\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/5daffe4397.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\">\n",
"date_published": "2022-10-22T10:26:03-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/10/22/purple-beautyberry-callicarpa.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/10/22/went-to-a.html",
"content_html": "<p>Went to a park with a prairie this morning. Amazing to think that this used to be what much of the midwestern United States looked like.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/ae84bf6d04.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\"></p>\n",
"content_text": "Went to a park with a prairie this morning. Amazing to think that this used to be what much of the midwestern United States looked like. \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/ae84bf6d04.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\">\n",
"date_published": "2022-10-22T10:21:46-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/10/22/went-to-a.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/10/13/vulture-against-the.html",
"title": "Vulture against the blue sky.",
"content_html": "<p><img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/0406c77d87.jpg\" alt=\"Vulture against the blue sky\" title=\"IMG_2273.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>Taken at 12 pm CT in Eastern Missouri, USA.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>I took this while taking my daily walk around our neighborhood with my daughter. The sky is very clear and it was quite windy so this vulture was just gliding around.</p>\n",
"content_text": "\n<img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/0406c77d87.jpg\" alt=\"Vulture against the blue sky\" title=\"IMG_2273.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />\n\n> Taken at 12 pm CT in Eastern Missouri, USA.\n\nI took this while taking my daily walk around our neighborhood with my daughter. The sky is very clear and it was quite windy so this vulture was just gliding around.\n",
"date_published": "2022-10-13T11:28:03-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/10/13/vulture-against-the.html",
"tags": ["random"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/10/06/what-called-are.html",
"title": "What called are you named?",
"content_html": "<p>It seems in the UK (and perhaps other UK influenced places) they say “a person called Nick”, but in the US we say “a person named Nick”. I wonder why that is. Do you know?</p>\n",
"content_text": "It seems in the UK (and perhaps other UK influenced places) they say \"a person called Nick\", but in the US we say \"a person named Nick\". I wonder why that is. Do you know?\n",
"date_published": "2022-10-06T07:15:34-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/10/06/what-called-are.html",
"tags": ["random"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/10/05/a-word-that.html",
"title": "A word that doesn't exist and yet it does.",
"content_html": "\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>I’ll make it easy on you, this is the word: <code>smalm</code></p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>I was playing <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html\">Wordle</a> with my brother and dad the other day and my dad sent me a word he tried, but he was confused because autocomplete kept correcting it. He had never heard of it. Neither had I.</p>\n\n<p>I looked in the dictionary for the word and I couldn’t find it. I did a web search and couldn’t find it. Then I checked in the unix word list to see if I could find it there.</p>\n\n<p>I found it!</p>\n\n<p>But then I still couldn’t find a definition.</p>\n\n<p>I did eventually find a couple links to it on the web for scrabble word lists.</p>\n\n<p>My guess is that like map makers, dictionary makes must create fake words as a sort of copyright mechanism to check if people are copying their work. And because word game makers can’t check every word to see if they’re real, they include a word from a common list of words.</p>\n\n<p>Don’t believe me that it doesn’t exist?</p>\n\n<p><img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/1b8560cf65.png\" alt=\"terminal window showing me searching from smalm\" title=\"Screen Shot 2022-10-05 at 14.43.34.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"297\" height=\"74\" /></p>\n\n<h3 id=\"references\">References</h3>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeiATy-FfjI\">Video talking about locations that don’t exist</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://duckduckgo.com/?q=smalm&t=osx&safari_group=9&ia=web\">DuckDuckGo search for smalm</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=smalm\">Google search for smalm</a></p>\n\n<p>P.S. both searches think I’ve mistyped <code>smalm</code> and meant <code>small</code> but in any case you still won’t find anything.</p>\n",
"content_text": "> I'll make it easy on you, this is the word: `smalm`\n\nI was playing [Wordle](https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html) with my brother and dad the other day and my dad sent me a word he tried, but he was confused because autocomplete kept correcting it. He had never heard of it. Neither had I. \n\nI looked in the dictionary for the word and I couldn't find it. I did a web search and couldn't find it. Then I checked in the unix word list to see if I could find it there. \n\nI found it! \n\nBut then I still couldn't find a definition.\n\nI did eventually find a couple links to it on the web for scrabble word lists.\n\nMy guess is that like map makers, dictionary makes must create fake words as a sort of copyright mechanism to check if people are copying their work. And because word game makers can't check every word to see if they're real, they include a word from a common list of words.\n\nDon't believe me that it doesn't exist? \n\n<img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/1b8560cf65.png\" alt=\"terminal window showing me searching from smalm\" title=\"Screen Shot 2022-10-05 at 14.43.34.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"297\" height=\"74\" />\n\n### References\n\n[Video talking about locations that don't exist](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeiATy-FfjI)\n\n[DuckDuckGo search for smalm](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=smalm&t=osx&safari_group=9&ia=web)\n\n[Google search for smalm](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=smalm)\n\nP.S. both searches think I've mistyped `smalm` and meant `small` but in any case you still won't find anything.\n",
"date_published": "2022-10-05T13:51:08-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/10/05/a-word-that.html",
"tags": ["random","educational"]
},
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"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/10/04/its-chrysanthemum-season.html",
"content_html": "<p>It’s chrysanthemum season! Shot with my iPhone 14 Pro Max’s 48 megapixel camera. Curious how this will look on the web. (And also the file size)</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/0c6498ad67.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"599\" alt=\"\"></p>\n",
"content_text": "It’s chrysanthemum season! Shot with my iPhone 14 Pro Max’s 48 megapixel camera. Curious how this will look on the web. (And also the file size)\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/0c6498ad67.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"599\" alt=\"\">\n",
"date_published": "2022-10-04T10:04:05-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/10/04/its-chrysanthemum-season.html"
},
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"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/09/15/htmlinputelement-type-number.html",
"title": "HTMLInputElement type number fun fact",
"content_html": "<p>I am a web developer by day and was working on a feature that was supposed to create an input field that could only accept numbers. Super easy right?!</p>\n\n<p><code><input type="number" /></code></p>\n\n<p>I’m demoing said feature to the client (after having tested this) and I’m bashing on the home row and nothing is printing. I type some numbers and they print. Then I grab some text and paste it in an bam, a single letter <code>e</code>. That’s weird. I try another word. Another letter <code>e</code>. Hmm. I tell the client we’ll look into it.</p>\n\n<p>I shared this with a coworker and they were able to produce the same behavior. I then decided to look up the issue on the internet and of course this is a well known thing. I dig a little deeper and realize that the HTML spec allows for this behavior because of floating point numbers. For instance <code>2e5</code>.</p>\n\n<p>Anyways, that was a fun little journey.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/input.html#number-state-(type%3Dnumber)\">Link to the HTML spec for input type=number</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "I am a web developer by day and was working on a feature that was supposed to create an input field that could only accept numbers. Super easy right?! \n\n`<input type=\"number\" />`\n\nI'm demoing said feature to the client (after having tested this) and I'm bashing on the home row and nothing is printing. I type some numbers and they print. Then I grab some text and paste it in an bam, a single letter `e`. That's weird. I try another word. Another letter `e`. Hmm. I tell the client we'll look into it.\n\nI shared this with a coworker and they were able to produce the same behavior. I then decided to look up the issue on the internet and of course this is a well known thing. I dig a little deeper and realize that the HTML spec allows for this behavior because of floating point numbers. For instance `2e5`.\n\nAnyways, that was a fun little journey.\n\n[Link to the HTML spec for input type=number](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/input.html#number-state-(type%3Dnumber))\n\n",
"date_published": "2022-09-15T08:04:51-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/09/15/htmlinputelement-type-number.html",
"tags": ["technology","random","educational"]
},
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"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/09/11/burrito-with-refried.html",
"content_html": "<p>Burrito with refried pinto beans, Mexican rice, roasted potatoes, grilled on a comal, smothered in vegan cheese sauce, vegan sour cream, and herdez salsa chipotle cremosa. Outstanding. 🌯</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/df564f0636.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"599\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Burrito with refried pinto beans, Mexican rice, roasted potatoes, grilled on a comal, smothered in vegan cheese sauce, vegan sour cream, and herdez salsa chipotle cremosa. Outstanding. 🌯 \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/df564f0636.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"599\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-09-11T08:40:49-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/09/11/burrito-with-refried.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/09/07/some-sort-of.html",
"content_html": "<p>Some sort of gray tree frog was on my patio umbrella. 🐸 ☂</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/d6e7945419.jpg\" width=\"599\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/691d0db0d7.jpg\" width=\"599\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Some sort of gray tree frog was on my patio umbrella. 🐸 ☂ \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/d6e7945419.jpg\" width=\"599\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/691d0db0d7.jpg\" width=\"599\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-09-07T14:05:15-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/09/07/some-sort-of.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/08/21/another-burger-this.html",
"content_html": "<p>Another burger. This time half beyond meat, half impossible, field roast chao cheese, pretzilla bun, bens spicy mustard, sir kensington ketchup, home made salsa verde, and Whole Foods “tater puffs”. Delicious!!!</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/19f256728a.jpg\" width=\"599\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Another burger. This time half beyond meat, half impossible, field roast chao cheese, pretzilla bun, bens spicy mustard, sir kensington ketchup, home made salsa verde, and Whole Foods “tater puffs”. Delicious!!!\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/19f256728a.jpg\" width=\"599\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-08-21T11:17:43-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/08/21/another-burger-this.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/08/20/wow-i-really.html",
"content_html": "<p>Wow I really like this idea. Sharing code in SwiftUI has always felt weird to me.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.jessesquires.com/blog/2022/08/19/sharing-code-in-swiftui-apps/\">Sharing code in SwiftUI apps on www.jessesquires.com</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "Wow I really like this idea. Sharing code in SwiftUI has always felt weird to me. \n\n[Sharing code in SwiftUI apps on www.jessesquires.com](https://www.jessesquires.com/blog/2022/08/19/sharing-code-in-swiftui-apps/)\n",
"date_published": "2022-08-20T18:48:14-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/08/20/wow-i-really.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/08/02/friday-trip-to.html",
"title": "Friday trip to Bombay Food Junkies",
"content_html": "\n\n<p>I got off a little early this past Friday and we decided to take a trip to Bombay Food Junkies. It’s a vegan indian restaurant in Creve Coeur, MO that has an amazing selection of food. We had taken a trip there a few weeks ago for an ice cream social and had the chance to try their wings, milkshakes, and sundaes. Everything was amazing we couldn’t wait to go back!</p>\n\n<p>Last time we tried the buffalo wings, the chocolate milkshake, and the brownie sundae. This time we tried the mango habanero wings, the butter chicken with naan, the buffalo chicken sandwich with masala fries, and of course the brownie sundae. All I can say is wow. I can’t wait to go back. This weekend. 👀</p>\n\n<h4 id=\"mango-habanero-wings\">mango habanero wings</h4>\n\n<p><img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/8c7e220bdb.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0928.jpeg\" title=\"IMG_0928.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></p>\n\n<h4 id=\"butter-chicken-with-naan\">butter chicken with naan</h4>\n\n<p><img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/ed202ef5c0.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0929.jpeg\" title=\"IMG_0929.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></p>\n\n<h4 id=\"buffalo-chicken-sandwich-with-masala-fries\">buffalo chicken sandwich with masala fries</h4>\n\n<p><img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/9d6918f369.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0930.jpeg\" title=\"IMG_0930.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></p>\n\n<p><img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/68abb8c3dd.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0931.jpeg\" title=\"IMG_0931.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></p>\n\n<p><img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/c33b0a3501.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0932.jpeg\" title=\"IMG_0932.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></p>\n\n<h4 id=\"brownie-sundae\">brownie sundae</h4>\n\n<p><img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/fad280f44c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0933.jpeg\" title=\"IMG_0933.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "I got off a little early this past Friday and we decided to take a trip to Bombay Food Junkies. It's a vegan indian restaurant in Creve Coeur, MO that has an amazing selection of food. We had taken a trip there a few weeks ago for an ice cream social and had the chance to try their wings, milkshakes, and sundaes. Everything was amazing we couldn't wait to go back!\n\nLast time we tried the buffalo wings, the chocolate milkshake, and the brownie sundae. This time we tried the mango habanero wings, the butter chicken with naan, the buffalo chicken sandwich with masala fries, and of course the brownie sundae. All I can say is wow. I can't wait to go back. This weekend. 👀\n\n#### mango habanero wings\n<img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/8c7e220bdb.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0928.jpeg\" title=\"IMG_0928.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />\n\n#### butter chicken with naan\n<img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/ed202ef5c0.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0929.jpeg\" title=\"IMG_0929.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />\n\n#### buffalo chicken sandwich with masala fries\n<img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/9d6918f369.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0930.jpeg\" title=\"IMG_0930.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />\n\n<img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/68abb8c3dd.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0931.jpeg\" title=\"IMG_0931.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />\n\n<img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/c33b0a3501.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0932.jpeg\" title=\"IMG_0932.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />\n\n\n#### brownie sundae\n<img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/fad280f44c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0933.jpeg\" title=\"IMG_0933.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-08-02T06:53:38-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/08/02/friday-trip-to.html",
"tags": ["food"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/08/01/finally-made-my.html",
"content_html": "<p>Finally made my own salsa verde. For about $7 I made 32 oz of salsa. Comparing this to the 16 oz jars of salsa I buy for $4 it’s a huge win. Less waste, better taste. I’ll fine tune this as I go, but I’m happy with the results.</p>\n\n<p><img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/e803db63b5.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0976.jpg\" title=\"IMG_0976.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Finally made my own salsa verde. For about $7 I made 32 oz of salsa. Comparing this to the 16 oz jars of salsa I buy for $4 it's a huge win. Less waste, better taste. I'll fine tune this as I go, but I'm happy with the results.\n\n<img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/e803db63b5.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0976.jpg\" title=\"IMG_0976.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-08-01T08:09:41-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/08/01/finally-made-my.html",
"tags": ["food"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/30/i-was-listening.html",
"content_html": "<p>I was listening to the FunFact (@funfactfm) podcast recently and they mentioned this website. I finally got around to looking at it and it’s so cool! <a href=\"https://neal.fun/deep-sea/\">Here is the site</a> by Neal Agarwal (@nealagarwal) about the deep sea. He also has a bunch of other cool sites at <a href=\"https://neal.fun\">his website</a>. Enjoy!</p>\n",
"content_text": "I was listening to the FunFact (@funfactfm) podcast recently and they mentioned this website. I finally got around to looking at it and it's so cool! [Here is the site](https://neal.fun/deep-sea/) by Neal Agarwal (@nealagarwal) about the deep sea. He also has a bunch of other cool sites at [his website](https://neal.fun). Enjoy!\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-30T08:37:59-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/30/i-was-listening.html",
"tags": ["random","educational"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/29/lentil-chili-with.html",
"title": "Lentil chili with cashew sour cream.",
"content_html": "<p>Delicious bowl of lentil chili that my wife made. She also made cashew sour cream and cornbread to go with it. Absolutely amazing! Picture is a little messy, but I added more cayenne and chili powder, violife cheddar, nutritional yeast, and the cashew sour cream. I also ended up crumbling a little bit of corn tortilla chips in, but didn’t take a picture of that or the cornbread. 🌶🌽🫘</p>\n\n<p><img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/e8c84588b9.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 0894\" title=\"IMG_0894.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Delicious bowl of lentil chili that my wife made. She also made cashew sour cream and cornbread to go with it. Absolutely amazing! Picture is a little messy, but I added more cayenne and chili powder, violife cheddar, nutritional yeast, and the cashew sour cream. I also ended up crumbling a little bit of corn tortilla chips in, but didn't take a picture of that or the cornbread. 🌶🌽🫘\n\n<img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/e8c84588b9.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 0894\" title=\"IMG_0894.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-29T06:28:52-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/29/lentil-chili-with.html",
"tags": ["food"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/27/how-to-showhide.html",
"title": "How to show/hide desktop icons on macOS",
"content_html": "<p>I often want to do this while doing a demo or filming my screen so I’m writing this down so I remember. I found this on <a href=\"https://osxdaily.com/2009/09/23/hide-all-desktop-icons-in-mac-os-x/\">osxdaily.com</a> and have amended it slightly. Maybe this is a mac app I could make…</p>\n\n<p>To hide:</p>\n\n<pre><code class=\"language-shell\">defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false && killall Finder\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>To show:</p>\n\n<pre><code class=\"language-shell\">defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true && killall Finder\n</code></pre>\n",
"content_text": "I often want to do this while doing a demo or filming my screen so I'm writing this down so I remember. I found this on [osxdaily.com](https://osxdaily.com/2009/09/23/hide-all-desktop-icons-in-mac-os-x/) and have amended it slightly. Maybe this is a mac app I could make...\n\nTo hide:\n\n```shell\ndefaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false && killall Finder\n```\n\nTo show:\n\n```shell\ndefaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true && killall Finder\n```\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-27T13:40:41-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/27/how-to-showhide.html",
"tags": ["technology","random"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/26/dont-delete-your.html",
"title": "Don't delete your analytics if you want to see analytics.",
"content_html": "<p>I’m so curious about who views my site (as some may have noticed from <a href=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/12/who-are-you.html\">previous</a> <a href=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/06/06/site-analytics-with.html\">posts</a>) I was confused why my views dropped to zero this week. Was it because I hadn’t posted? No, it was because I accidentally deleted the script that captures views and sends them to <a href=\"https://goatcounter.com\">GoatCounter</a>. 🤦🏽♂️</p>\n",
"content_text": "I'm so curious about who views my site (as some may have noticed from [previous](https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/12/who-are-you.html) [posts](https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/06/06/site-analytics-with.html)) I was confused why my views dropped to zero this week. Was it because I hadn't posted? No, it was because I accidentally deleted the script that captures views and sends them to [GoatCounter](https://goatcounter.com). 🤦🏽♂️\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-26T08:01:19-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/26/dont-delete-your.html",
"tags": ["technology","random"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/25/trip-to-the.html",
"title": "Trip to the local Thai restaurant.",
"content_html": "<p>Pictured are spring rolls, yellow curry with tofu, and pad thai with tofu. All delicious, all vegan. The server was even kind enough to realize we were vegan (just by the way we were ordering) and mentioned that something we had planned to get was not vegan. I love when that happens.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/2d2a6f4911.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/31db4810f3.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/4a3dee6e87.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/206a4de441.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/7334ed293b.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/568c2b5161.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/912f961956.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/842e9cd15a.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/269a219b23.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/2aedd5a19d.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Pictured are spring rolls, yellow curry with tofu, and pad thai with tofu. All delicious, all vegan. The server was even kind enough to realize we were vegan (just by the way we were ordering) and mentioned that something we had planned to get was not vegan. I love when that happens.\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/2d2a6f4911.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/31db4810f3.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/4a3dee6e87.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/206a4de441.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/7334ed293b.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/568c2b5161.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/912f961956.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/842e9cd15a.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/269a219b23.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/2aedd5a19d.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-25T06:55:33-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/25/trip-to-the.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/25/a-little-breakfast.html",
"content_html": "<p>A little breakfast for dinner that my wife prepared last night. Homemade biscuits, vegan sausage gravy, and tofu scramble. So delicious. 🤤</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/d44e7e4104.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "A little breakfast for dinner that my wife prepared last night. Homemade biscuits, vegan sausage gravy, and tofu scramble. So delicious. 🤤\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/d44e7e4104.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-25T06:45:56-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/25/a-little-breakfast.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/24/til-on-macos.html",
"content_html": "<p>TIL: On macOS you can click <code>⌘F</code> and trigger the search in Maps and other apps. 🤦🏽♂️</p>\n",
"content_text": "TIL: On macOS you can click `⌘F` and trigger the search in Maps and other apps. 🤦🏽♂️\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-24T21:35:21-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/24/til-on-macos.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/16/what-cable-does.html",
"title": "What cable does the iPad Pro use again? 🤪",
"content_html": "<p>I’m working on an iOS app. Looks decent on my phone, but I’d like to check it out on my iPad. I grab the lightning cable (😑) plugged into my computer and try to plug it in. Reader, you probably know what happened next… 🙈</p>\n",
"content_text": "I'm working on an iOS app. Looks decent on my phone, but I'd like to check it out on my iPad. I grab the lightning cable (😑) plugged into my computer and try to plug it in. Reader, you probably know what happened next... 🙈\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-16T20:38:13-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/16/what-cable-does.html",
"tags": ["technology","random"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/16/this-is-the.html",
"content_html": "<p>This is the meat lovers with cashew cheese from Pizza Head and while it may not look creamy and delicious, looks can be deceiving. It’s phenomenal. Glad you’re aware of how bad STL style pizza is <a href=\"https://micro.blog/danielpunkass\">@danielpunkass</a>. It was a shock to me when I moved here.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/7a22cae224.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "This is the meat lovers with cashew cheese from Pizza Head and while it may not look creamy and delicious, looks can be deceiving. It's phenomenal. Glad you're aware of how bad STL style pizza is [@danielpunkass](https://micro.blog/danielpunkass). It was a shock to me when I moved here.\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/7a22cae224.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-16T20:20:59-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/16/this-is-the.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/16/the-most-responses.html",
"content_html": "<p>The most responses I’ve had to a tweet was a picture of a beyond burger. Good thing I’ve got another I want to post. 🤣</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/056faff7e1.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"599\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "The most responses I’ve had to a tweet was a picture of a beyond burger. Good thing I’ve got another I want to post. 🤣 \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/056faff7e1.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"599\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-16T18:28:21-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/16/the-most-responses.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/14/beyond-burger-with.html",
"content_html": "<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Beyond burger with pretzel bun and homemade pickles.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/5f250bbcf8.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Beyond burger with pretzel bun and homemade pickles.</p>\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/5f250bbcf8.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-14T15:33:26-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/14/beyond-burger-with.html",
"tags": ["food"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/14/i-will-never.html",
"content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://icecreamsandwichcomics.com/post/157923361474/you-are-only-making-him-more-powerful-full-image\">I will never tire of this comic.</a></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/df81870784.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "[I will never tire of this comic.](https://icecreamsandwichcomics.com/post/157923361474/you-are-only-making-him-more-powerful-full-image)\n\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/df81870784.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-14T13:05:11-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/14/i-will-never.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/14/i-am-really.html",
"content_html": "<p>I am really a big fan of this Apple keyboard. The wireless one that charges with lightning. I am <strong>really</strong> not a fan of the half height up/down arrows and full height left/right arrows. Pick a lane Apple!!!</p>\n",
"content_text": "I am really a big fan of this Apple keyboard. The wireless one that charges with lightning. I am **really** not a fan of the half height up/down arrows and full height left/right arrows. Pick a lane Apple!!!\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-14T07:52:07-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/14/i-am-really.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/13/this-is-how.html",
"content_html": "<p>This is how everyone pours a glass of water right? Right?</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/500fb18e76.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "This is how everyone pours a glass of water right? Right?\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/500fb18e76.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-13T19:45:45-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/13/this-is-how.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/13/weve-made-it.html",
"content_html": "<p>We’ve made it to level 3.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/486543817a.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"baby climbing on monkey bars\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "We’ve made it to level 3. \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/486543817a.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"baby climbing on monkey bars\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-13T10:45:26-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/13/weve-made-it.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/13/just-purchased-airbuddy.html",
"content_html": "<p>Just purchased <a href=\"https://v2.airbuddy.app\">AirBuddy</a> and <a href=\"https://xscopeapp.com\">xScope</a>. What a day!</p>\n",
"content_text": "Just purchased [AirBuddy](https://v2.airbuddy.app) and [xScope](https://xscopeapp.com). What a day!\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-13T10:33:36-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/13/just-purchased-airbuddy.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/13/my-wife-made.html",
"content_html": "<p>My wife made this last night and it was amazing. <a href=\"https://www.veganbell.com/lemon-spinach-risotto/\">Lemon Kale Risotto. (She also doubled the nutritional yeast)</a></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/1c5c9e7eba.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "My wife made this last night and it was amazing. [Lemon Kale Risotto. (She also doubled the nutritional yeast)](https://www.veganbell.com/lemon-spinach-risotto/)\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/1c5c9e7eba.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-13T07:16:07-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/13/my-wife-made.html"
},
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"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/13/frying-potato-tacos.html",
"content_html": "<p>Frying potato tacos. Started with enchilada mix of corn, onion, garlic, zucchini, and salsa verde then mixed in boiled and mashed yellow potatoes. Forgot to take a picture of the finished product. 🤷🏽♀️</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/9f45da0eb5.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Frying potato tacos. Started with enchilada mix of corn, onion, garlic, zucchini, and salsa verde then mixed in boiled and mashed yellow potatoes. Forgot to take a picture of the finished product. 🤷🏽♀️\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/9f45da0eb5.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-13T07:08:24-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/13/frying-potato-tacos.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/12/link-to-petapixel.html",
"title": "Link to PetaPixel - Comparing Webb's First Photos to what Hubble Saw",
"content_html": "<p>Following up on my post of the Carina Nebula from earlier, <a href=\"https://petapixel.com/2022/07/12/comparing-webbs-first-photos-to-what-hubble-saw/\">here’s a link from PetaPixel showing the differences between Hubble and JWST</a>.</p>\n",
"content_text": "Following up on my post of the Carina Nebula from earlier, [here's a link from PetaPixel showing the differences between Hubble and JWST](https://petapixel.com/2022/07/12/comparing-webbs-first-photos-to-what-hubble-saw/).\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-12T14:23:08-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/12/link-to-petapixel.html"
},
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"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/12/who-are-you.html",
"title": "Who are you and what are you doing here?",
"content_html": "<p>I added analytics (<a href=\"https://www.goatcounter.com\">https://www.goatcounter.com</a>) to my website so I can see people are seeing it but who are you!? And how are you finding these posts? Is this just my wife? 🤣</p>\n\n<p>P.S. I have comments now so write some, yo.</p>\n",
"content_text": "I added analytics (https://www.goatcounter.com) to my website so I can see people are seeing it but who are you!? And how are you finding these posts? Is this just my wife? 🤣\n\nP.S. I have comments now so write some, yo.\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-12T12:58:35-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/12/who-are-you.html"
},
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"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/12/enchiladas-verdes-con.html",
"content_html": "<p>Enchiladas verdes con arroz y frijoles.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/f54a26d276.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/6759f7d32d.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Enchiladas verdes con arroz y frijoles.\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/f54a26d276.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/6759f7d32d.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-12T12:38:48-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/12/enchiladas-verdes-con.html"
},
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"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/12/my-dog-named.html",
"content_html": "<p>My dog, named Wednesday, sitting up in a car seat while resting her head against the back.</p>\n\n<p><img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/964ec82ea8.jpg\" title=\"IMG_5376.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "My dog, named Wednesday, sitting up in a car seat while resting her head against the back.\n\n<img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/964ec82ea8.jpg\" title=\"IMG_5376.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-12T12:19:36-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/12/my-dog-named.html",
"tags": ["random"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/12/113315.html",
"content_html": "<p>First images from James Webb Space Telescope</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/6dec4603d7.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"347\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01G7ETPF7DVBJAC42JR5N6EQRH.png\">Link to full res</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "First images from James Webb Space Telescope\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/6dec4603d7.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"347\" alt=\"\" />\n\n[Link to full res](https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01G7ETPF7DVBJAC42JR5N6EQRH.png)\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-12T10:33:15-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/12/113315.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/12/113232.html",
"content_html": "<p>Some colorful lines from a child’s toy.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/f52f33806e.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Some colorful lines from a child's toy.\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/f52f33806e.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-12T10:32:32-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/12/113232.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/10/great-post-by.html",
"content_html": "<p>Great post by <a href=\"http://basicappleguy.com\">@basicappleguy.com</a>. I really need to evaluate my own subs again. I did it recently, but it’s amazing how quickly these numbers can add up. 💰</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/999month\">basicappleguy.com</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n",
"content_text": "Great post by [@basicappleguy.com](http://basicappleguy.com). I really need to evaluate my own subs again. I did it recently, but it’s amazing how quickly these numbers can add up. 💰\n\n> [basicappleguy.com](https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/999month)\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-10T13:20:09-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/10/great-post-by.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/09/drafts-custom-action.html",
"title": "Drafts custom action to create new draft in current workspace with keyboard shortcut",
"content_html": "\n\n<p>I made a <a href=\"https://getdrafts.com\">Drafts</a> <a href=\"https://docs.getdrafts.com/actions/\">custom action</a> that looks at the current <a href=\"https://docs.getdrafts.com/docs/drafts/workspaces\">workspace</a>, grabs the <a href=\"https://docs.getdrafts.com/docs/drafts/tagging\">tags</a>, and applies them to a new draft that is opened in the editor. It also supplies a keyboard shortcut:</p>\n\n<pre><code class=\"nohighlight\">\n(option + control + command + N)\n\n⌥⌃⌘N\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I hope someone else finds this as useful as I do.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://directory.getdrafts.com/a/2BC\">Link to action</a></p>\n\n<h1 id=\"code\">Code</h1>\n\n<pre><code class=\"language-javascript\">/// a drafts script that looks for the current workspace \n/// and adds a new draft with the associated tags\n/// then opens that draft in the editor\n\nconst currentWorkspace = app.currentWorkspace;\nconst workspaceName = currentWorkspace.name\nconst tags = currentWorkspace.tagFilter.split(",");\n\nlet d = new Draft();\ntags.forEach(tag => d.addTag(tag));\n\neditor.load(d);\n</code></pre>\n",
"content_text": "I made a [Drafts](https://getdrafts.com) [custom action](https://docs.getdrafts.com/actions/) that looks at the current [workspace](https://docs.getdrafts.com/docs/drafts/workspaces), grabs the [tags](https://docs.getdrafts.com/docs/drafts/tagging), and applies them to a new draft that is opened in the editor. It also supplies a keyboard shortcut:\n\n<pre><code class=\"nohighlight\">\n(option + control + command + N)\n\n⌥⌃⌘N\n</code></pre>\n\nI hope someone else finds this as useful as I do.\n\n[Link to action](https://directory.getdrafts.com/a/2BC)\n\n# Code\n\n```javascript\n/// a drafts script that looks for the current workspace \n/// and adds a new draft with the associated tags\n/// then opens that draft in the editor\n\nconst currentWorkspace = app.currentWorkspace;\nconst workspaceName = currentWorkspace.name\nconst tags = currentWorkspace.tagFilter.split(\",\");\n\nlet d = new Draft();\ntags.forEach(tag => d.addTag(tag));\n\neditor.load(d);\n```\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-09T08:03:46-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/09/drafts-custom-action.html",
"tags": ["technology","random"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/08/221156.html",
"content_html": "<p>Cut wheat, corn field, sky.</p>\n\n<p>Driving down the highway in rural Missouri can lead to some pretty photos.</p>\n\n<p><img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/9bd4d8d0cb.jpg\" title=\"IMG_0217.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Cut wheat, corn field, sky. \n\nDriving down the highway in rural Missouri can lead to some pretty photos.\n\n<img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/9bd4d8d0cb.jpg\" title=\"IMG_0217.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-07-08T21:11:56-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/07/08/221156.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/07/07/add-a-dark.html",
"title": "Add a dark (or light) theme to your website using prefers-color-scheme",
"content_html": "\n\n<p>This is one way to add a dark or light theme to your website. I use <a href=\"https://micro.blog\">Micro.blog</a> for my website, but this should be the same for basically any website hosting service or static website that one would use.</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Caveat:</strong> while I work as a software engineer and have spent many years building web code, I don’t know everything so some of the nitty gritty details might be wrong, but the code will make your website gain the ability to display a light and dark mode.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Important note:</strong> I may say theme here, but what I really mean is this is how you can set your website to automatically change colors based on the device’s settings. In macOS this is called appearance (found in System Preferences -> General -> Appearance). In windows they call it colors (found in Settings -> Personalize -> Colors) and I have no idea what Linux distributions call it.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"#code\">tl;dr (too long; didn’t read. take me to the code)</a></p>\n\n<h1 id=\"how-to-do-the-thing\">How to do the thing</h1>\n\n<p>Finally, how to do the thing.</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>This tutorial assumes you know a little bit about html and css or at the very least can use a search engine to find the relevant details if I miss something. I’ll do my best to cover it all and provide links.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Open either your website’s main html file or main css file.</p>\n\n<p>Figure out what your <code>background-color</code> and <code>color</code> are in the css. If you haven’t set them that’s fine too. By default the background color of your website will be unset which will likely render as white or <code>#fff</code> in hex and your foreground color will likely be black or <code>#000</code> in hex. (Hex colors are one way to define colors in css, <a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color_value/color_keywords#list_of_all_color_keywords\">but there are a group of named colors as well</a>.)</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Note:</strong> color refers to text or foreground <code>color</code> and <code>background-color</code> refers to…background color.\nThe below code snippet will leave your background as white and set your foreground color to gray. It will also set your font to the apple system font, but feel free to put whatever you want there. You’ll notice there are a bunch of fonts separated by commas. Those are fallbacks in case the first one isn’t present.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Assuming you’re starting with an un-styled light mode website, you’re going to put your colors from the above step in a chunk of code that will either live in your css file or in a <code><style></style></code> tag in your html.</p>\n\n<h1 id=\"code\">Code</h1>\n\n<h2 id=\"starter-light-mode\">Starter light mode</h2>\n\n<pre><code class=\"language-css\">@media (prefers-color-scheme: light) {\n html {\n color: #555;\n font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto,\n Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji',\n 'Segoe UI Symbol';\n }\n}\n</code></pre>\n\n<p><img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/434f043547.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of gray text on a white background\" title=\"Screen Shot 2022-07-07 at 21.57.25.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"76\" height=\"65\" /></p>\n\n<p>Next you’ll add a dark theme. You can choose whatever colors you want for background and foreground, but for simplicity I’ll stick with black (#000) for the background and white (#fff) for the foreground. Keep in mind that black background and white text is a bit intense to look at so feel free to mess with these colors. I’ve included the <code>font-family</code> attribute in both snippets, but you don’t need it in both or either unless you plan on setting a different font when in dark mode versus light mode.</p>\n\n<p>There are likely other elements that you’ll want to include in your dark mode styles (like <code>pre</code> or <code>code</code>) that will look weird if you only have body styled, but I’ll leave that as an exercise for the reader.</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"starter-dark-mode\">Starter dark mode</h2>\n\n<pre><code class=\"language-css\">@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {\n html {\n background-color: #000;\n color: #fff;\n font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto,\n Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji',\n 'Segoe UI Symbol';\n }\n}\n</code></pre>\n\n<p><img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/db2dd09dce.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of white text on a black background\" title=\"Screen Shot 2022-07-07 at 22.20.27.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"78\" height=\"57\" /></p>\n\n<h1 id=\"ending-thoughts\">Ending thoughts</h1>\n\n<p>I wrote probably way more than I needed to for what amounts to less than 20 lines of css, but I wanted to give some background and context.</p>\n\n<p>My inspiration for doing this to my website was browsing the web at night and being blinded by other’s websites. I wanted to be able to make my website not to searing and I made this post to hopefully share this information with others. At the end of the day you can take the two snippets and put them on your website and you’ll enable the ability to have two different themes for your site that follow what the operating system is rendering in terms of appearance.</p>\n\n<p>You can also get much more creative and have a number of themes, but you’ll likely need some sort of javascript to enable something like that. Maybe I’ll write about that in the future. Who knows.</p>\n\n<p>If you enjoyed this post, feel free to leave a comment or let me know on <a href=\"https://twitter.com/nickkacz/\">twitter @nickkacz</a> or if you use micro.blog (I hope you do) send me a mention there. I’d love to hear about it or what I could do to help.</p>\n\n<p>– Nick</p>\n\n<h1 id=\"my-theme\">My theme</h1>\n\n<p>And finally this is what my dark theme looks like:</p>\n\n<pre><code class=\"language-css\">@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {\n html {\n background-color: #000;\n color: #b4b4b4;\n font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto,\n Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji',\n 'Segoe UI Symbol';\n }\n .site__name {\n color: #b4b4b4;\n }\n pre {\n background-color: #282828;\n color: #b4b4b4;\n }\n}\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>And here is my light theme:</p>\n\n<pre><code class=\"language-css\">@media (prefers-color-scheme: light) {\n html {\n color: #555;\n font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto,\n Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji',\n 'Segoe UI Symbol';\n }\n}\n</code></pre>\n\n<h1 id=\"links\">Links</h1>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-color-scheme\">MDN prefers-color-scheme docs</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color_value/color_keywords#list_of_all_color_keywords\">MDN css color keywords docs</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "This is one way to add a dark or light theme to your website. I use [Micro.blog](https://micro.blog) for my website, but this should be the same for basically any website hosting service or static website that one would use.\n\n> **Caveat:** while I work as a software engineer and have spent many years building web code, I don't know everything so some of the nitty gritty details might be wrong, but the code will make your website gain the ability to display a light and dark mode.\n\n> **Important note:** I may say theme here, but what I really mean is this is how you can set your website to automatically change colors based on the device's settings. In macOS this is called appearance (found in System Preferences -> General -> Appearance). In windows they call it colors (found in Settings -> Personalize -> Colors) and I have no idea what Linux distributions call it.\n\n<a href=\"#code\">tl;dr (too long; didn't read. take me to the code)</a>\n\n# How to do the thing\n\nFinally, how to do the thing.\n\n> This tutorial assumes you know a little bit about html and css or at the very least can use a search engine to find the relevant details if I miss something. I'll do my best to cover it all and provide links.\n\nOpen either your website's main html file or main css file.\n\nFigure out what your `background-color` and `color` are in the css. If you haven't set them that's fine too. By default the background color of your website will be unset which will likely render as white or `#fff` in hex and your foreground color will likely be black or `#000` in hex. (Hex colors are one way to define colors in css, [but there are a group of named colors as well](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color_value/color_keywords#list_of_all_color_keywords).)\n\n> **Note:** color refers to text or foreground `color` and `background-color` refers to...background color.\nThe below code snippet will leave your background as white and set your foreground color to gray. It will also set your font to the apple system font, but feel free to put whatever you want there. You'll notice there are a bunch of fonts separated by commas. Those are fallbacks in case the first one isn't present.\n\nAssuming you're starting with an un-styled light mode website, you're going to put your colors from the above step in a chunk of code that will either live in your css file or in a `<style></style>` tag in your html.\n\n# Code\n\n## Starter light mode\n\n```css\n@media (prefers-color-scheme: light) {\n html {\n color: #555;\n font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto,\n Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji',\n 'Segoe UI Symbol';\n }\n}\n```\n\n<img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/434f043547.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of gray text on a white background\" title=\"Screen Shot 2022-07-07 at 21.57.25.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"76\" height=\"65\" />\n\nNext you'll add a dark theme. You can choose whatever colors you want for background and foreground, but for simplicity I'll stick with black (#000) for the background and white (#fff) for the foreground. Keep in mind that black background and white text is a bit intense to look at so feel free to mess with these colors. I've included the `font-family` attribute in both snippets, but you don't need it in both or either unless you plan on setting a different font when in dark mode versus light mode. \n\nThere are likely other elements that you'll want to include in your dark mode styles (like `pre` or `code`) that will look weird if you only have body styled, but I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader.\n\n## Starter dark mode\n\n```css\n@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {\n html {\n background-color: #000;\n color: #fff;\n font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto,\n Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji',\n 'Segoe UI Symbol';\n }\n}\n```\n\n<img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/db2dd09dce.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of white text on a black background\" title=\"Screen Shot 2022-07-07 at 22.20.27.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"78\" height=\"57\" />\n\n# Ending thoughts\n\nI wrote probably way more than I needed to for what amounts to less than 20 lines of css, but I wanted to give some background and context. \n\nMy inspiration for doing this to my website was browsing the web at night and being blinded by other's websites. I wanted to be able to make my website not to searing and I made this post to hopefully share this information with others. At the end of the day you can take the two snippets and put them on your website and you'll enable the ability to have two different themes for your site that follow what the operating system is rendering in terms of appearance. \n\nYou can also get much more creative and have a number of themes, but you'll likely need some sort of javascript to enable something like that. Maybe I'll write about that in the future. Who knows.\n\nIf you enjoyed this post, feel free to leave a comment or let me know on [twitter @nickkacz](https://twitter.com/nickkacz/) or if you use micro.blog (I hope you do) send me a mention there. I'd love to hear about it or what I could do to help.\n\n-- Nick\n\n# My theme\n\nAnd finally this is what my dark theme looks like:\n\n```css\n@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {\n html {\n background-color: #000;\n color: #b4b4b4;\n font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto,\n Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji',\n 'Segoe UI Symbol';\n }\n .site__name {\n color: #b4b4b4;\n }\n pre {\n background-color: #282828;\n color: #b4b4b4;\n }\n}\n```\n\nAnd here is my light theme:\n\n```css\n@media (prefers-color-scheme: light) {\n html {\n color: #555;\n font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto,\n Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji',\n 'Segoe UI Symbol';\n }\n}\n```\n\n# Links\n\n[MDN prefers-color-scheme docs](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-color-scheme)\n\n[MDN css color keywords docs](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color_value/color_keywords#list_of_all_color_keywords)\n",
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"content_html": "<p>8pm is much too late to ring someone’s doorbell asking for them to vote for you. It’s much to late to ring someone’s doorbell period. Especially when they might have a small child sleeping.</p>\n",
"content_text": "8pm is much too late to ring someone’s doorbell asking for them to vote for you. It’s much to late to ring someone’s doorbell period. Especially when they might have a small child sleeping. \n",
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"title": "Stop suggesting I upgrade to macOS Monterey on a computer that isn't allowed to update to macOS Monterey!",
"content_html": "<p>It’s just kinda rude.</p>\n<p><img title=\"Screen Shot 2022-06-22 at 19.01.53.png\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/067ae18cf1.png\" alt=\"macOS Notification suggesting upgrading to macOS Monterey\" width=\"370\" height=\"100\" border=\"0\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "<p>It’s just kinda rude.</p>\n<p><img title=\"Screen Shot 2022-06-22 at 19.01.53.png\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/067ae18cf1.png\" alt=\"macOS Notification suggesting upgrading to macOS Monterey\" width=\"370\" height=\"100\" border=\"0\" /></p>\n",
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"content_html": "<p>Got to see my brother from Colorado today. Also my brother who lives in the same city.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/b352055f9c.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Got to see my brother from Colorado today. Also my brother who lives in the same city. \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/b352055f9c.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" alt=\"\" />\n",
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"content_html": "<p>It’s kind of odd that we call some plants weeds and some not. If you’re planting a plant and something else is growing with it that you didn’t plant, you’re planting the weed.</p>\n",
"content_text": "It’s kind of odd that we call some plants weeds and some not. If you’re planting a plant and something else is growing with it that you didn’t plant, you’re planting the weed. \n",
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"content_html": "<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/4d3f03e1b6.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/4d3f03e1b6.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" alt=\"\" />\n",
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"title": "Site Analytics with GoatCounter",
"content_html": "<p>I haven’t been blogging for very long, but I was very curious about who (if anyone) might be seeing my site. So I looked around a little for an analytics platform I could use that would respect user privacy. I found one called Plausible Analytics that looked really nice, but I didn’t want to pay anything (I know, I know) and I also didn’t want to host anything (which also costs money). I eventually found something called <a href=\"https://www.goatcounter.com\">GoatCounter</a> and it seems like it’s just the right tool for the job.</p>\n\n<p>I am shocked to find that not only do people see my site, but apparently it’s more than 1 or 2. From March 31 until now (June 6th), I’ve received 91 page views!? That’s peanuts compared to more established people but I’m pretty happy to learn this.</p>\n\n<p>Something really nice about GoatCounter is that it gives you pretty basic data about who/what is seeing your site. Because I chose something that doesn’t want to infringe on user’s privacy, I can only see browsers, referrers, systems (OSes), device categories (Phones, Large phones, etc.), country of origin, and language. This is a lot, but I am still so curious who is seeing my site.</p>\n\n<p>I doubt many will see this post, but if you’re bored send me an email at nick.s.kaczmarek@gmail.com and say hello. You can also tweet at me at @nickkacz. If I’ve written anything helpful or useful, I’d love to hear from you.</p>\n\n<p>Cheers, <br />\nNick</p>\n",
"content_text": "I haven't been blogging for very long, but I was very curious about who (if anyone) might be seeing my site. So I looked around a little for an analytics platform I could use that would respect user privacy. I found one called Plausible Analytics that looked really nice, but I didn't want to pay anything (I know, I know) and I also didn't want to host anything (which also costs money). I eventually found something called [GoatCounter](https://www.goatcounter.com) and it seems like it's just the right tool for the job.\n\nI am shocked to find that not only do people see my site, but apparently it's more than 1 or 2. From March 31 until now (June 6th), I've received 91 page views!? That's peanuts compared to more established people but I'm pretty happy to learn this. \n\nSomething really nice about GoatCounter is that it gives you pretty basic data about who/what is seeing your site. Because I chose something that doesn't want to infringe on user's privacy, I can only see browsers, referrers, systems (OSes), device categories (Phones, Large phones, etc.), country of origin, and language. This is a lot, but I am still so curious who is seeing my site.\n\nI doubt many will see this post, but if you're bored send me an email at nick.s.kaczmarek@gmail.com and say hello. You can also tweet at me at @nickkacz. If I've written anything helpful or useful, I'd love to hear from you.\n\nCheers, <br />\nNick\n",
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"content_html": "<p>Just finished the WWDC 2022 keynote a little while ago and I’m super pumped. From WatchOS 9 to Stage Manager, Messages Edits, and everything else I’m incredibly excited for this fall. I’m also very curious what sort of hardware we’ll see as the year carries on. New computers? New Watch? New headphones? New Mac Pro? The list goes on.</p>\n\n<p></p>\n\n<p>Edit: I almost forgot about Lock Screen improvements as well as the updates to Wallet that add delivery notifications. Can’t wait for the Platforms State of the Union to hear about the nitty gritty details.</p>\n",
"content_text": "Just finished the WWDC 2022 keynote a little while ago and I'm super pumped. From WatchOS 9 to Stage Manager, Messages Edits, and everything else I'm incredibly excited for this fall. I'm also very curious what sort of hardware we'll see as the year carries on. New computers? New Watch? New headphones? New Mac Pro? The list goes on. \n\n\n\nEdit: I almost forgot about Lock Screen improvements as well as the updates to Wallet that add delivery notifications. Can't wait for the Platforms State of the Union to hear about the nitty gritty details.\n",
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"content_html": "<p>I rarely use Chrome, but when I do I think that “<code>Hold ⌘Q to Quit</code>” is dangerous and stupid. If you hold it too long, you end up quitting whatever application was next in the stack. Why did anyone make this a thing?</p>\n",
"content_text": "I rarely use Chrome, but when I do I think that \"`Hold ⌘Q to Quit`\" is dangerous and stupid. If you hold it too long, you end up quitting whatever application was next in the stack. Why did anyone make this a thing?\n",
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"content_html": "<p>I don’t know why this happens, but I use Apple Mail on my phone and computer and for some reason my phone likes to show me notifications for emails that are sent to junk.</p>\n\n<p>Does this happen to anyone else?</p>\n",
"content_text": "I don't know why this happens, but I use Apple Mail on my phone and computer and for some reason my phone likes to show me notifications for emails that are sent to junk.\n\nDoes this happen to anyone else?\n",
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"content_html": "<p>We went to Mellow Mushroom for the first time the other day with my in-laws (who are not vegan) and were pleasantly surprised at how amazing the pizza was. We got jerk tempeh and the flavor and texture was so much better than expected and the cheese was so melty. And my god was there so much cheese.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/73b4fafedd.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/4edf4ab3cb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "We went to Mellow Mushroom for the first time the other day with my in-laws (who are not vegan) and were pleasantly surprised at how amazing the pizza was. We got jerk tempeh and the flavor and texture was so much better than expected and the cheese was so melty. And my god was there so much cheese. \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/73b4fafedd.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/4edf4ab3cb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
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"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/04/21/xcode-gpg-not.html",
"title": "Xcode GPG not found issue",
"content_html": "<p>If you use GPG and Xcode you may have run into this error.</p>\n\n<p><img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/ee5cb63672.png\" alt=\"Xcode error message saying GPG cannot be found\" title=\"Screen Shot 2022-04-21 at 20.04.06.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"756\" height=\"506\" /></p>\n\n<p>From what I can tell if doesn’t really matter and you can still commit just fine (in the terminal if you want to use GPG), but it was annoying me. So I went spelunking and found <a href=\"https://github.com/isaacs/github/issues/675#issuecomment-219521841\">this post on GitHub</a>. In the post the author shares a git config command we can use to solve the issue.</p>\n\n<pre><code>git config --global gpg.program $(which gpg)\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Run this in your terminal and then when you create a project in Xcode, the warning should go away. Expect that you’ll need to enter your GPG password (if you have one) on the next project creation.</p>\n\n<p>For reference, <a href=\"https://gist.github.com/koshatul/2427643668d4e89c0086f297f9ed2130\">here is the gist</a> I followed to set up my GPG key for macOS.</p>\n",
"content_text": "If you use GPG and Xcode you may have run into this error.\n\n<img style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/uploads/2022/ee5cb63672.png\" alt=\"Xcode error message saying GPG cannot be found\" title=\"Screen Shot 2022-04-21 at 20.04.06.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"756\" height=\"506\" />\n\nFrom what I can tell if doesn't really matter and you can still commit just fine (in the terminal if you want to use GPG), but it was annoying me. So I went spelunking and found [this post on GitHub](https://github.com/isaacs/github/issues/675#issuecomment-219521841). In the post the author shares a git config command we can use to solve the issue.\n\n\n```\ngit config --global gpg.program $(which gpg)\n```\n\nRun this in your terminal and then when you create a project in Xcode, the warning should go away. Expect that you'll need to enter your GPG password (if you have one) on the next project creation.\n\nFor reference, [here is the gist](https://gist.github.com/koshatul/2427643668d4e89c0086f297f9ed2130) I followed to set up my GPG key for macOS.\n",
"date_published": "2022-04-21T19:14:49-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/04/21/xcode-gpg-not.html",
"tags": ["Xcode"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/04/20/jamiroquaibee-gees-mashup.html",
"title": "Jamiroquai/Bee Gees Mashup",
"content_html": "<p>I am a big fan of <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamiroquai\">Jamiroquai</a> and the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_Gees\">Bee Gees</a> and this mashup is just amazing. Looks like I’m a fan of <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomplamoose\">Pomplamoose</a> now. 🎵</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooZR4LSuppk\">Jamiroquai Bee Gees Mashup - Pomplamoose on YouTube</a></p>\n\n<p>Great album cover too.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://musicadekoala.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/eaf2375a002d60830e98f8b1e574e2f7d9558ee41.jpg\" alt=\"album cover for pomplamoose jamirobeegees mashup\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "I am a big fan of [Jamiroquai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamiroquai) and the [Bee Gees](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_Gees) and this mashup is just amazing. Looks like I'm a fan of [Pomplamoose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomplamoose) now. 🎵\n\n[Jamiroquai Bee Gees Mashup - Pomplamoose on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooZR4LSuppk)\n\nGreat album cover too.\n\n<img src=\"https://musicadekoala.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/eaf2375a002d60830e98f8b1e574e2f7d9558ee41.jpg\" alt=\"album cover for pomplamoose jamirobeegees mashup\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-04-20T12:42:26-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/04/20/jamiroquaibee-gees-mashup.html",
"tags": ["random"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/04/18/how-to-fix.html",
"title": "How to fix \"waiting for other installations to complete\"",
"content_html": "<p>I was trying to install an app (MS Teams) but was seeing a strange message from the installer:</p>\n\n<pre><code>waiting for other installations to complete\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I found something on <a href=\"https://superuser.com/a/321627\">stackoverflow.com</a> on how to fix it and it worked like a charm:</p>\n\n<pre><code class=\"language-shell\">sudo killall -1 installd\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Note: I did not run the command to remove any locked files, just filled the process and tried the install again.</p>\n\n<p>Hopefully this helps someone else (or future me).</p>\n",
"content_text": "I was trying to install an app (MS Teams) but was seeing a strange message from the installer: \n\n```\nwaiting for other installations to complete\n```\n\nI found something on [stackoverflow.com](https://superuser.com/a/321627) on how to fix it and it worked like a charm:\n\n```shell\nsudo killall -1 installd\n```\n\nNote: I did not run the command to remove any locked files, just filled the process and tried the install again.\n\nHopefully this helps someone else (or future me).\n",
"date_published": "2022-04-18T13:56:37-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/04/18/how-to-fix.html",
"tags": ["technology","random"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/04/08/til-xcode-has.html",
"title": "TIL: Xcode has the ability to split editors vertically",
"content_html": "\n\n<p>I have used VSCode for much of my career (for historical .NETy reasons) and really like its ability to split editor panes. Particularly the ability to split horizontally and vertically. I was bummed when moving to Xcode and found I wasn’t able to do this…Until now!</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"how-to-do-split-editor-vertically-in-xcode\">How to do split editor vertically in Xcode</h2>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Open Xcode (seems like it has to be a project, not a playground)</li>\n<li>Go to File -> New -> Editor Below (ctrl + option + cmd + T)\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/2cc5fa4c1c.png\" alt=\"macOS Xcode menu with Editor Below highlighted\" title=\"Screen Shot 2022-04-08 at 13.20.04.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" /></li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>This is very exciting, but I look forward to when other editors support the VSCode feature of dragging those pane corners more than one direction at a time. (VSCode allows you to grab at the corner of two panes and drag horizontally, vertically, or diagonally all in one motion while Xcode and Nova only allow one direction per click).</p>\n",
"content_text": "I have used VSCode for much of my career (for historical .NETy reasons) and really like its ability to split editor panes. Particularly the ability to split horizontally and vertically. I was bummed when moving to Xcode and found I wasn't able to do this...Until now! \n\n## How to do split editor vertically in Xcode\n\n1. Open Xcode (seems like it has to be a project, not a playground)\n2. Go to File -> New -> Editor Below (ctrl + option + cmd + T)\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/2cc5fa4c1c.png\" alt=\"macOS Xcode menu with Editor Below highlighted\" title=\"Screen Shot 2022-04-08 at 13.20.04.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" />\n\nThis is very exciting, but I look forward to when other editors support the VSCode feature of dragging those pane corners more than one direction at a time. (VSCode allows you to grab at the corner of two panes and drag horizontally, vertically, or diagonally all in one motion while Xcode and Nova only allow one direction per click).\n",
"date_published": "2022-04-08T12:26:45-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/04/08/til-xcode-has.html",
"tags": ["technology","Xcode"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/03/19/i-often-use.html",
"content_html": "<p>I often use Siri to add things to a shopping list. And for some godforsaken reason it believes that “green salsa” is two items. What the hell?</p>\n\n<p>It also thinks “oatmilk” is two items.</p>\n",
"content_text": "I often use Siri to add things to a shopping list. And for some godforsaken reason it believes that \"green salsa\" is two items. What the hell?\n\nIt also thinks \"oatmilk\" is two items.\n",
"date_published": "2022-03-19T08:34:07-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/03/19/i-often-use.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/03/18/heres-another-image.html",
"content_html": "<p>Here’s another image Duolingo sent me for completing a 365 day streak.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/c4a196852b.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"image showing me being part of a quote streak society in Duolingo. \" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Here’s another image Duolingo sent me for completing a 365 day streak. \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/c4a196852b.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"image showing me being part of a quote streak society in Duolingo. \" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-03-18T15:18:50-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/03/18/heres-another-image.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/03/18/days-is-the.html",
"content_html": "<p>365 days is the longest and most consistently I’ve ever practiced Spanish. I’ve missed about a month or so and have used many streak freezes but I’m proud either way.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/6087fe1d17.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "365 days is the longest and most consistently I’ve ever practiced Spanish. I’ve missed about a month or so and have used many streak freezes but I’m proud either way. \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/6087fe1d17.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-03-18T15:16:53-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/03/18/days-is-the.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/03/18/marsedit-download-preview.html",
"title": "MarsEdit Download Preview Template Feature",
"content_html": "<p>I use an app called <a href=\"https://redsweater.com/marsedit/\">MarsEdit</a> to author my blog posts. I really like it and I recommend anyone using a Mac to check it out. Great piece of indie developed software that just works.</p>\n\n<p>Something cool that it enables is the ability to preview your post in the style of your blog. The template that comes with the app isn’t bad but of course it likely doesn’t match your site. In the past I’ve gone into the web inspector in Safari and took the html for my site and put it into the preview template.</p>\n\n<p>I just learned however that MarsEdit has the ability to download a preview template from your website. I clicked the button and ~10 seconds later I have a preview of my site that just works. What an amazing feature. I don’t know if it’s new or not, but really appreciate the coolness factor.</p>\n\n<p>Thanks again <a href=\"https://redsweater.com\">Red Sweater Software</a> and <a href=\"https://micro.blog/danielpunkass\">@danielpunkass</a>!</p>\n",
"content_text": "I use an app called [MarsEdit](https://redsweater.com/marsedit/) to author my blog posts. I really like it and I recommend anyone using a Mac to check it out. Great piece of indie developed software that just works.\n\nSomething cool that it enables is the ability to preview your post in the style of your blog. The template that comes with the app isn't bad but of course it likely doesn't match your site. In the past I've gone into the web inspector in Safari and took the html for my site and put it into the preview template.\n\nI just learned however that MarsEdit has the ability to download a preview template from your website. I clicked the button and ~10 seconds later I have a preview of my site that just works. What an amazing feature. I don't know if it's new or not, but really appreciate the coolness factor.\n\nThanks again [Red Sweater Software](https://redsweater.com) and [@danielpunkass](https://micro.blog/danielpunkass)!\n",
"date_published": "2022-03-18T13:05:07-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/03/18/marsedit-download-preview.html",
"tags": ["technology","random"]
},
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"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/03/18/universal-control-on.html",
"title": "Universal Control on macOS and iPadOS",
"content_html": "<p>I’ve been using Universal Control since yesterday afternoon and I really love it. It’s seamless and I especially appreciate being able to isolate certain things to the iPad. This is particularly useful because I often pair program at work and it makes it so that I can talk to my wife or whomever without having to stop sharing or share that potentially private info. I wish the iPad could enable some sort of screensaver because I have some worries about it showing the same black text on white screen for most of the workday, but it’s not a deal breaker. If you have the means, I would highly recommend giving it a try. It feels even better because I’m using the Magic Trackpad so I can do all the gesture things on iPadOS.</p>\n",
"content_text": "I've been using Universal Control since yesterday afternoon and I really love it. It's seamless and I especially appreciate being able to isolate certain things to the iPad. This is particularly useful because I often pair program at work and it makes it so that I can talk to my wife or whomever without having to stop sharing or share that potentially private info. I wish the iPad could enable some sort of screensaver because I have some worries about it showing the same black text on white screen for most of the workday, but it's not a deal breaker. If you have the means, I would highly recommend giving it a try. It feels even better because I'm using the Magic Trackpad so I can do all the gesture things on iPadOS.\n",
"date_published": "2022-03-18T12:51:41-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/03/18/universal-control-on.html",
"tags": ["technology","random"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/03/14/today-i-learned.html",
"content_html": "<p>Today I learned that March 14 is both pi day and Saint Louis, Missouri day (because 314 is the area code). Who knew.</p>\n",
"content_text": "Today I learned that March 14 is both pi day and Saint Louis, Missouri day (because 314 is the area code). Who knew. \n",
"date_published": "2022-03-14T22:54:10-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/03/14/today-i-learned.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/03/14/zombie-baby.html",
"title": "Zombie baby",
"content_html": "<p>My daughter has decided she likes sleeping on her belly and it’s very cute. When she wakes up in the morning she launches her head up with such speed that it’s like she’s a zombie arising from the dead. The next thing she does is try to climb whatever is nearest, whether it’s us or the stacks of pillows around her. It’s both amazing and terrifying.</p>\n",
"content_text": "My daughter has decided she likes sleeping on her belly and it’s very cute. When she wakes up in the morning she launches her head up with such speed that it’s like she’s a zombie arising from the dead. The next thing she does is try to climb whatever is nearest, whether it’s us or the stacks of pillows around her. It’s both amazing and terrifying. \n",
"date_published": "2022-03-14T06:13:04-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/03/14/zombie-baby.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/03/12/primitive-technology-reemerges.html",
"title": "Primitive Technology re-emerges. ",
"content_html": "<p>So happy to see Primitive Technology back on YouTube. It’s been over two years since we last saw him and I’m just happy he’s back. Pro tip, turn captions on to see descriptions of what’s going on. Enjoy the serenity and check out the back catalog if you haven’t seen the videos.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://youtube.com/watch?v=0tZLCCLMws4&feature=share\">Primitive Technology: Thatched Workshop on YouTube</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "So happy to see Primitive Technology back on YouTube. It’s been over two years since we last saw him and I’m just happy he’s back. Pro tip, turn captions on to see descriptions of what’s going on. Enjoy the serenity and check out the back catalog if you haven’t seen the videos. \n\n[Primitive Technology: Thatched Workshop on YouTube](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0tZLCCLMws4&feature=share)\n",
"date_published": "2022-03-12T13:40:46-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/03/12/primitive-technology-reemerges.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/03/12/being-a-dad.html",
"content_html": "<p>Being a dad. My daughter refuses to take a nap but is extremely crabby and exhausted. She’s currently grunting in bed having a good ol’ time.</p>\n",
"content_text": "Being a dad. My daughter refuses to take a nap but is extremely crabby and exhausted. She’s currently grunting in bed having a good ol’ time. \n",
"date_published": "2022-03-12T11:39:13-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/03/12/being-a-dad.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/03/09/are-not-enough.html",
"title": "Are not enough people dying from COVID?",
"content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://kottke.org/22/03/how-did-this-many-deaths-become-normal\">kottke.org</a> When I read things like this it boggles the mind that it isn’t taken more seriously. Was the bubonic place filled with this much idiocy? The Spanish flu? Makes me think that if more people died we would be collectively taking this as seriously as we are now. Which is to say not at all.</p>\n",
"content_text": " [kottke.org](https://kottke.org/22/03/how-did-this-many-deaths-become-normal) When I read things like this it boggles the mind that it isn't taken more seriously. Was the bubonic place filled with this much idiocy? The Spanish flu? Makes me think that if more people died we would be collectively taking this as seriously as we are now. Which is to say not at all. \n",
"date_published": "2022-03-09T20:36:39-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/03/09/are-not-enough.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/03/07/tacos-con-arroz.html",
"content_html": "<p>Tacos con arroz y frijoles refritos</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/3dd28c9038.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/0b887982ad.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/7984cf9245.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/f5bb9b21f4.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/44d63c7cd0.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Tacos con arroz y frijoles refritos\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/3dd28c9038.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/0b887982ad.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/7984cf9245.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/f5bb9b21f4.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/44d63c7cd0.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-03-07T19:40:57-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/03/07/tacos-con-arroz.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/03/07/our-dog-named.html",
"content_html": "<p>Our dog named Wednesday. Isn’t she lovely?</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/3ee96091ce.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"my dog Wednesday sitting on her butt facing forward in the front seat of my car\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/16fac0b94a.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"my dog Wednesday sitting on her butt facing towards the drivers seat in the front seat of my car\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Our dog named Wednesday. Isn’t she lovely?\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/3ee96091ce.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"my dog Wednesday sitting on her butt facing forward in the front seat of my car\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/16fac0b94a.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"my dog Wednesday sitting on her butt facing towards the drivers seat in the front seat of my car\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-03-07T08:24:40-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/03/07/our-dog-named.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/03/07/my-wife-really.html",
"content_html": "<p>My wife really makes a delicious sourdough. This was made from our sourdough starter, Constance. She’s been making them for a month or two now and I think this is the best one yet! 🥖</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/aa7d6cb2ac.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"loaf of sourdough bread taken from above\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "My wife really makes a delicious sourdough. This was made from our sourdough starter, Constance. She’s been making them for a month or two now and I think this is the best one yet! 🥖 \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/aa7d6cb2ac.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"loaf of sourdough bread taken from above\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-03-07T07:46:00-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/03/07/my-wife-really.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/03/06/i-really-appreciate.html",
"content_html": "<p>I really appreciate the utility that Casey <a href=\"https://micro.blog/liss\">@liss</a> showcased the other day. The one where you put emoji over your kids face. But the thing I really like about the photos of my kid is the faces she makes. Maybe I’ll have a use case one day. Like cute outfits or something. 🤔</p>\n",
"content_text": "I really appreciate the utility that Casey [@liss](https://micro.blog/liss) showcased the other day. The one where you put emoji over your kids face. But the thing I really like about the photos of my kid is the faces she makes. Maybe I’ll have a use case one day. Like cute outfits or something. 🤔 \n",
"date_published": "2022-03-06T07:41:51-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/03/06/i-really-appreciate.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/03/06/yesterday-was-a.html",
"title": "Yesterday was a good day",
"content_html": "<p>Had a really fun day with the family yesterday. Went to a maple syrup festival and learned about how much work it is. I also got to try maple sugar which was phenomenal.</p>\n\n<p>Later we drove into the city to eat at a local vegan taco place called Terror Tacos. They have a heavy metal theme. What a wonderful place to try if you’re around St. Louis. Had a delicious quesadilla, birria burrito, and nachos.</p>\n\n<p>Finally we stopped in a big park and walked around a little and then put out a picnic blanket and hung out while my daughter crawled around.</p>\n\n<p>Didn’t even have to use the ak.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/19b4c52225.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/6e2716fa71.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/afa9929d76.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/56026cfb96.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/9c4ab8b010.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/6ad639faf1.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/017c5aa09b.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/20cb82b394.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Had a really fun day with the family yesterday. Went to a maple syrup festival and learned about how much work it is. I also got to try maple sugar which was phenomenal. \n\nLater we drove into the city to eat at a local vegan taco place called Terror Tacos. They have a heavy metal theme. What a wonderful place to try if you’re around St. Louis. Had a delicious quesadilla, birria burrito, and nachos. \n\nFinally we stopped in a big park and walked around a little and then put out a picnic blanket and hung out while my daughter crawled around. \n\nDidn’t even have to use the ak. \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/19b4c52225.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/6e2716fa71.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/afa9929d76.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/56026cfb96.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/9c4ab8b010.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/6ad639faf1.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/017c5aa09b.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/20cb82b394.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-03-06T07:31:04-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/03/06/yesterday-was-a.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/03/04/how-to-make.html",
"title": "How to make BBEdit show hidden files",
"content_html": "<p>I use BBEdit to write code and often have hidden files (files starting with a period) that I want to be able to see. This is a way for me to remember this in the future.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Click on the magnifying glass in the bottom left</li>\n<li>Select Everything under Show</li>\n<li>Profit</li>\n</ol>\n",
"content_text": "I use BBEdit to write code and often have hidden files (files starting with a period) that I want to be able to see. This is a way for me to remember this in the future.\n\n1. Click on the magnifying glass in the bottom left\n2. Select Everything under Show\n3. Profit\n",
"date_published": "2022-03-04T09:24:50-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/03/04/how-to-make.html",
"tags": ["technology"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/02/09/shortcut-to-open.html",
"title": "Shortcut to open Halide when opening Camera",
"content_html": "<p>I had no idea you could do this. Hoping it’s a little quicker when iOS 15.4 comes out.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/FlorianBuerger/status/1490623051549061122?s=20&t=d24hv9DdOAh7b7KKM-qYvg\">video on twitter.com</a></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>Florian Bürger (@FlorianBuerger) Tweeted:\niOS 15.4 Beta allows you to remove the notification (& delay) when running personal automations via Shortcuts…</p>\n\n<p>This means, opening Fjorden (or any other camera app) from the lock screen is now super quick and almost seamless 🤩 <a href=\"https://t.co/Ez2JGeVo6l\">t.co/Ez2JGeVo6…</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n",
"content_text": "I had no idea you could do this. Hoping it’s a little quicker when iOS 15.4 comes out. \n\n[video on twitter.com](https://twitter.com/FlorianBuerger/status/1490623051549061122?s=20&t=d24hv9DdOAh7b7KKM-qYvg)\n\n> Florian Bürger (@FlorianBuerger) Tweeted:\niOS 15.4 Beta allows you to remove the notification (& delay) when running personal automations via Shortcuts…\n\n>This means, opening Fjorden (or any other camera app) from the lock screen is now super quick and almost seamless 🤩 [t.co/Ez2JGeVo6...](https://t.co/Ez2JGeVo6l)\n",
"date_published": "2022-02-09T19:28:56-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/02/09/shortcut-to-open.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/02/02/the-hard-work.html",
"content_html": "<p>The hard work of my wife paid off. After making a sour dough starter from scratch, a little trial and error, and only a tiny amount of stress 🤪 we have a beautiful load of bread.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/4afee6ea26.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "The hard work of my wife paid off. After making a sour dough starter from scratch, a little trial and error, and only a tiny amount of stress 🤪 we have a beautiful load of bread. \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/4afee6ea26.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-02-02T09:37:21-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/02/02/the-hard-work.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/02/02/today-i-learned.html",
"content_html": "<p>Today I learned that my dad plays Wordle. I just assumed this was only big amongst the nerdy (❤️) crowd.</p>\n",
"content_text": "Today I learned that my dad plays Wordle. I just assumed this was only big amongst the nerdy (❤️) crowd. \n",
"date_published": "2022-02-02T06:57:09-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/02/02/today-i-learned.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/30/breakfast-and-lunch.html",
"content_html": "<p>Breakfast and lunch are done. Dinner is on its way. (Lunch is the pasta I made yesterday)</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/d0ad47b2b9.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Breakfast and lunch are done. Dinner is on its way. (Lunch is the pasta I made yesterday)\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/d0ad47b2b9.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-30T12:00:55-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/30/breakfast-and-lunch.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/30/cooking-as-a.html",
"title": "Cooking as a vegan is food safer. 🌱",
"content_html": "<p>Listening to an ATP episode from a couple years ago (because I’m currently listening to them all in order, but that’s a story for another time) and they’re talking about gift ideas. Marco Arment mentioned a kitchen thermometer and how you need it if you cooked and I’m reminded of how easy it is to cook and store food when you don’t eat animals. Y’all should try it. Food safety is basically a non issue.</p>\n",
"content_text": "Listening to an ATP episode from a couple years ago (because I’m currently listening to them all in order, but that’s a story for another time) and they’re talking about gift ideas. Marco Arment mentioned a kitchen thermometer and how you need it if you cooked and I’m reminded of how easy it is to cook and store food when you don’t eat animals. Y’all should try it. Food safety is basically a non issue. \n",
"date_published": "2022-01-30T09:43:06-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/30/cooking-as-a.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/30/my-wifes-sourdough.html",
"content_html": "<p>My wife’s sourdough starter. Her name is Constance. I know, I know. Bread is so 2020, but we got a house with a reasonable kitchen in 2021 so 🤷🏽♂️</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/142cd3a25d.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "My wife’s sourdough starter. Her name is Constance. I know, I know. Bread is so 2020, but we got a house with a reasonable kitchen in 2021 so 🤷🏽♂️ \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/142cd3a25d.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-30T09:01:50-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/30/my-wifes-sourdough.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/30/seriously-grind-your.html",
"title": "Seriously, grind your own peppercorns. You’ll thank me. ",
"content_html": "<p>I cook a lot and I always see “fresh black pepper” as an ingredient and I go and grab my pre ground pepper. Well yesterday I bought peppercorns and holy shit. Why did I not try this sooner?! Also you don’t need a pepper grinder if you have a mortar and pestle. (molcajete)</p>\n",
"content_text": "I cook a lot and I always see “fresh black pepper” as an ingredient and I go and grab my pre ground pepper. Well yesterday I bought peppercorns and holy shit. Why did I not try this sooner?! Also you don’t need a pepper grinder if you have a mortar and pestle. (molcajete)\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-30T08:48:14-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/30/seriously-grind-your.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/29/made-some-delicious.html",
"content_html": "<p>Made some delicious (vegan) meaty pasta. 🍝</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/8ef7e4da2f.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/d56a75ed9a.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/1fc7f1b203.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Made some delicious (vegan) meaty pasta. 🍝 \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/8ef7e4da2f.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/d56a75ed9a.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/1fc7f1b203.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-29T19:39:04-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/29/made-some-delicious.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/29/if-you-like.html",
"content_html": "<p>If you like hip hop, @leemlizzy has some great music on Apple Music. I stumbled upon him on Instagram and I’m so glad. Two albums to start with. Good, instrumental, sample based hip hop. Definitely a bop.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://music.apple.com/us/album/big-brother-butter/1343523076\">Big Brother Butter</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://music.apple.com/us/album/butter-trilogy-pt-2/1490298255\">Butter Trilogy, Pt. 2</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "If you like hip hop, @leemlizzy has some great music on Apple Music. I stumbled upon him on Instagram and I’m so glad. Two albums to start with. Good, instrumental, sample based hip hop. Definitely a bop. \n\n[Big Brother Butter](https://music.apple.com/us/album/big-brother-butter/1343523076)\n\n[Butter Trilogy, Pt. 2](https://music.apple.com/us/album/butter-trilogy-pt-2/1490298255)\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-29T19:33:55-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/29/if-you-like.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/29/i-find-im.html",
"content_html": "<p>I find I’m way more chill about people cutting me off if they wave and acknowledge it. I wonder if anyone else feels this way. I know my wife doesn’t. 🤪</p>\n",
"content_text": "I find I’m way more chill about people cutting me off if they wave and acknowledge it. I wonder if anyone else feels this way. I know my wife doesn’t. 🤪 \n",
"date_published": "2022-01-29T13:56:18-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/29/i-find-im.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/28/letterman-is-a.html",
"content_html": "<p>Letterman is a creep and it’s not hard to find several very creepy instances. 🤢 <a href=\"https://daringfireball.net/linked/2022/01/26/letterman-meyers\">daringfireball.net</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "Letterman is a creep and it’s not hard to find several very creepy instances. 🤢 [daringfireball.net](https://daringfireball.net/linked/2022/01/26/letterman-meyers)\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-28T19:37:26-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/28/letterman-is-a.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/28/icloud-fears.html",
"title": "iCloud fears",
"content_html": "<p>I’ve been nervous about this affecting me but so far so good. I will however be taking Jesse’s advice and turning off optimize storage and making sure to sync all my iCloud stuff to Backblaze I don’t have customers but I did convince my wife to store all of her stuff in there. 😬🤞🏽</p>\n\n<p>Thanks again @jesse_squires <a href=\"https://www.jessesquires.com/blog/2022/01/26/icloud-failures-developer-relations/\">www.jessesquires.com</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "I’ve been nervous about this affecting me but so far so good. I will however be taking Jesse’s advice and turning off optimize storage and making sure to sync all my iCloud stuff to Backblaze I don’t have customers but I did convince my wife to store all of her stuff in there. 😬🤞🏽 \n\nThanks again @jesse_squires [www.jessesquires.com](https://www.jessesquires.com/blog/2022/01/26/icloud-failures-developer-relations/)\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-28T19:30:46-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/28/icloud-fears.html"
},
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"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/28/here-we-go.html",
"title": "Here we go yo, so what, so what’s the scenario?",
"content_html": "<p>Great update from <a href=\"https://micro.blog/rogueamoeba\">@rogueamoeba</a>. They have seriously the best audio tools. I currently only own SoundSource but it’s 11/10. Can’t wait to buy some more!</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2022/01/26/rogue-amoebas-2022-status-report/\">weblog.rogueamoeba.com</a></p>\n\n<p>Also apprarently the best taste in music as noted by the screenshot of an Apple TV playing “Scenario” by A Tribe Called Quest.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://music.apple.com/us/album/scenario/278911460?i=278911479\">link to Scenario on Apple Music</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "Great update from [@rogueamoeba](https://micro.blog/rogueamoeba). They have seriously the best audio tools. I currently only own SoundSource but it’s 11/10. Can’t wait to buy some more!\n\n[weblog.rogueamoeba.com](https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2022/01/26/rogue-amoebas-2022-status-report/)\n\nAlso apprarently the best taste in music as noted by the screenshot of an Apple TV playing “Scenario” by A Tribe Called Quest. \n\n[link to Scenario on Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/scenario/278911460?i=278911479)\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-28T19:15:53-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/28/here-we-go.html"
},
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"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/28/i-dont-know.html",
"content_html": "<p>I don’t know why I’ve never thought to do something like this. It looks so good. I really need to brush up on using Acorn again.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2019/01/19/door-door-redrawn/\">Door Door Redrawn on blog.gingerbeardman.com</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "I don’t know why I’ve never thought to do something like this. It looks so good. I really need to brush up on using Acorn again. \n\n[Door Door Redrawn on blog.gingerbeardman.com](https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2019/01/19/door-door-redrawn/)\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-28T19:04:33-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/28/i-dont-know.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/26/just-started-writing.html",
"content_html": "<p>Just started writing a post from @overcast.fm and noticed this weirdness. Almost thought I wasn’t going to be able to post it. Not sure if this is on <a href=\"https://micro.blog/marco\">@marco</a> or <a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a>. Maybe <a href=\"https://micro.blog/help\">@help</a> would know?</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/4711560bb8.png\" width=\"277\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Just started writing a post from @overcast.fm and noticed this weirdness. Almost thought I wasn’t going to be able to post it. Not sure if this is on [@marco](https://micro.blog/marco) or [@manton](https://micro.blog/manton). Maybe [@help](https://micro.blog/help) would know?\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/4711560bb8.png\" width=\"277\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-26T12:24:55-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/26/just-started-writing.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/26/marsedit-and-microblog.html",
"title": "MarsEdit and Micro.blog",
"content_html": "<p>Just listened to the Microcast from <a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> and it’s talking about MarsEdit by <a href=\"https://micro.blog/danielpunkass\">@danielpunkass</a> how you can use both micro.blog and marsedit for the same things and I just thought it was interesting because I do that. Both amazing apps, though I use micro.blog more for browsing and quick posts and marsedit for longer stuff. I love that marsedit can pull in all your posts and edit them. Two amazing apps!</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://overcast.fm/+F18e26XHg\">overcast.fm</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "Just listened to the Microcast from [@manton](https://micro.blog/manton) and it’s talking about MarsEdit by [@danielpunkass](https://micro.blog/danielpunkass) how you can use both micro.blog and marsedit for the same things and I just thought it was interesting because I do that. Both amazing apps, though I use micro.blog more for browsing and quick posts and marsedit for longer stuff. I love that marsedit can pull in all your posts and edit them. Two amazing apps!\n\n[overcast.fm](https://overcast.fm/+F18e26XHg)\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-26T12:23:25-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/26/marsedit-and-microblog.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/24/i-am-speechless.html",
"content_html": "<p>I am speechless. Great rendition of the time loop paradox. It’s so amazing when you watch something so powerful and yet so brief.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://youtube.com/watch?v=68f27rqP_NY\">Omeleto on YouTube</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "I am speechless. Great rendition of the time loop paradox. It’s so amazing when you watch something so powerful and yet so brief. \n\n[Omeleto on YouTube](https://youtube.com/watch?v=68f27rqP_NY)\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-24T20:56:56-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/24/i-am-speechless.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/24/wow-this-was.html",
"content_html": "<p>Wow, this was so good. Hard to believe it was all shot on an iPhone.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://youtu.be/Me3PEs88pOU\">The Comeback</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "Wow, this was so good. Hard to believe it was all shot on an iPhone. \n\n[The Comeback](https://youtu.be/Me3PEs88pOU)\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-24T20:28:45-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/24/wow-this-was.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/24/excellent-piece-on.html",
"content_html": "<p>Excellent piece on <code>diff</code> exit codes by <a href=\"https://micro.blog/drdrang@mastodon.cloud\">@drdrang@mastodon.cloud</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://leancrew.com/all-this/2022/01/whats-the-diff/\">leancrew.com</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "Excellent piece on `diff` exit codes by [@drdrang@mastodon.cloud](https://micro.blog/drdrang@mastodon.cloud) \n\n[leancrew.com](https://leancrew.com/all-this/2022/01/whats-the-diff/)\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-24T19:36:10-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/24/excellent-piece-on.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/24/love-this-food.html",
"content_html": "<p>Love this food!</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/670f0f9b6a.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Love this food!\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/670f0f9b6a.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-24T17:21:34-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/24/love-this-food.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/21/please-give-us.html",
"title": "Please give us usb-c on iPhone Apple!",
"content_html": "<p>I was unsure if I really <em>needed</em> usb-c on my phone, but after using my wife’s iPad Pro more I’m realizing it is necessary. Okay, not necessary but I really would like to be able to charge both with the same cable and not have to unplug the cable from the charging brick and plug in the usb-c cable for the iPad. I am aware this is a classic “first world problem”, but that’s why I pay a bajillion dollars for these products.</p>\n\n<p>As always <a href=\"https://micro.blog/mjtsai\">@mjtsai</a> has great quotes to support this.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://mjtsai.com/blog/2022/01/21/how-apple-destroys-lightning/\">mjtsai.com</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "I was unsure if I really _needed_ usb-c on my phone, but after using my wife’s iPad Pro more I’m realizing it is necessary. Okay, not necessary but I really would like to be able to charge both with the same cable and not have to unplug the cable from the charging brick and plug in the usb-c cable for the iPad. I am aware this is a classic “first world problem”, but that’s why I pay a bajillion dollars for these products. \n\nAs always [@mjtsai](https://micro.blog/mjtsai) has great quotes to support this. \n\n[mjtsai.com](https://mjtsai.com/blog/2022/01/21/how-apple-destroys-lightning/)\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-21T19:02:26-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/21/please-give-us.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/21/messages-needs-mark.html",
"title": "Messages needs mark as unread. Maybe. ",
"content_html": "<p>Mark as unread would be amazing, but this is why I enable message previews. I can read most of the message and leave it in an unread state. I was really excited when Face ID came around and I could make them hidden from view unless unlocked. And the unread status still works!</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/gruber\">@gruber</a> of course has more thoughts about it.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://daringfireball.net/linked/2022/01/21/mark-as-unread-messages\">daringfireball.net</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "Mark as unread would be amazing, but this is why I enable message previews. I can read most of the message and leave it in an unread state. I was really excited when Face ID came around and I could make them hidden from view unless unlocked. And the unread status still works! \n\n[@gruber](https://micro.blog/gruber) of course has more thoughts about it. \n\n[daringfireball.net](https://daringfireball.net/linked/2022/01/21/mark-as-unread-messages)\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-21T18:57:45-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/21/messages-needs-mark.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/20/great-little-history.html",
"content_html": "<p>Great little history on what and why the filibuster exists. <a href=\"https://howdemocracyworks.wordpress.com/2012/05/15/what-filibuster-is-why-important/\">What the filibuster is and why it’s important - how democracy works</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "Great little history on what and why the filibuster exists. [What the filibuster is and why it’s important - how democracy works](https://howdemocracyworks.wordpress.com/2012/05/15/what-filibuster-is-why-important/)\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-20T19:55:02-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/20/great-little-history.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/20/success-air-fryer.html",
"content_html": "<p>Success! Air fryer rolled tacos! Took me a couple days of trial and error (and tostadas), but we did it. And my wife liked them too. I haven’t had rolled tacos in years so this was quite it nostalgic moment for me.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/6dbc22a405.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/46bb1953cd.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/44e24706a9.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/24a227bbef.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Success! Air fryer rolled tacos! Took me a couple days of trial and error (and tostadas), but we did it. And my wife liked them too. I haven’t had rolled tacos in years so this was quite it nostalgic moment for me. \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/6dbc22a405.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/46bb1953cd.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/44e24706a9.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/24a227bbef.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-20T17:51:46-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/20/success-air-fryer.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/19/might-as-well.html",
"content_html": "<p>Might as well post breakfast too. I make this burrito most days.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/af834407a0.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/b35f2febd4.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/edc01176d2.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Might as well post breakfast too. I make this burrito most days. \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/af834407a0.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/b35f2febd4.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/edc01176d2.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-19T08:04:47-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/19/might-as-well.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/19/tomato-potato-cauliflower.html",
"title": "tomato potato cauliflower pea and lentil curry for lunch",
"content_html": "<p>Aloo gobi mattar dal tamatar subzi. Potato, cauliflower, pea, lentil, and tomato curry. Adapted from the @veganricha recipe in her book page 87. I made this in the instant pot so had to adapt a little more but came out great. Also made some basmati rice and simmered mustard and cumin seed in oil and cooked that with the rice. Also pictured, roti cooked from dough I bought at the Indian grocery store.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/bfd59a3a60.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/e65e142b2d.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Aloo gobi mattar dal tamatar subzi. Potato, cauliflower, pea, lentil, and tomato curry. Adapted from the @veganricha recipe in her book page 87. I made this in the instant pot so had to adapt a little more but came out great. Also made some basmati rice and simmered mustard and cumin seed in oil and cooked that with the rice. Also pictured, roti cooked from dough I bought at the Indian grocery store. \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/bfd59a3a60.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/e65e142b2d.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-19T07:12:30-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/19/tomato-potato-cauliflower.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/19/tostadas-for-dinner.html",
"title": "tostadas for dinner",
"content_html": "<p>Tostadas con frijoles y arroz Mexicano. I intended to make rolled tacos but made my beans too runny so we decided to air fry tortillas to make tostadas. They came out amazing! My wife also made a cheese sauce from @ohsheglows cookbook. As always the rice is @morenita.salazar.k recipe but I’ve adapted it over time to be vegan. The tostadas have beans, lettuce, tomatoes, pickled jalapeños, cheese sauce, salsa verde, @herdezmexico chipotle cremosa (holy shit this stuff is good), and cashew sour cream. These were next level.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/2680cc188e.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Tostadas con frijoles y arroz Mexicano. I intended to make rolled tacos but made my beans too runny so we decided to air fry tortillas to make tostadas. They came out amazing! My wife also made a cheese sauce from @ohsheglows cookbook. As always the rice is @morenita.salazar.k recipe but I’ve adapted it over time to be vegan. The tostadas have beans, lettuce, tomatoes, pickled jalapeños, cheese sauce, salsa verde, @herdezmexico chipotle cremosa (holy shit this stuff is good), and cashew sour cream. These were next level. \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/2680cc188e.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-19T07:11:14-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/19/tostadas-for-dinner.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/18/what-goes-into.html",
"title": "What goes into making an OS to be Unix compliant certified? by Terry Lambert",
"content_html": "<p>I read his post on NetNewsWire and didn’t realize he actually did link the post but I already typed this so…</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://shapeof.com/archives/2022/1/making_macos_x_unix.html\">Link to Gus’ post</a>. Thanks Gus!</p>\n\n<p>Gus Mueller from Flying Meat software, maker of the amazing graphics editor Acorn and Saint Louisan, posted a very interesting excerpt on his blog about macOS and Unix ceritification. <s>He didn’t link the post and I was very curious so I found it for anyone who cares to read it</s> 🤦🏽♂️. Super interesting!!! Warning, it’s on Quora.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.quora.com/What-goes-into-making-an-OS-to-be-Unix-compliant-certified/answer/Terry-Lambert\">Answer to What goes into making an OS to be Unix compliant certified? by Terry Lambert</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "I read his post on NetNewsWire and didn’t realize he actually did link the post but I already typed this so…\n\n[Link to Gus’ post](https://shapeof.com/archives/2022/1/making_macos_x_unix.html). Thanks Gus!\n\nGus Mueller from Flying Meat software, maker of the amazing graphics editor Acorn and Saint Louisan, posted a very interesting excerpt on his blog about macOS and Unix ceritification. <s>He didn’t link the post and I was very curious so I found it for anyone who cares to read it</s> 🤦🏽♂️. Super interesting!!! Warning, it’s on Quora. \n\n[Answer to What goes into making an OS to be Unix compliant certified? by Terry Lambert](https://www.quora.com/What-goes-into-making-an-OS-to-be-Unix-compliant-certified/answer/Terry-Lambert)\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-18T21:13:43-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/18/what-goes-into.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/17/yes-cryptocurrencies-and.html",
"content_html": "<p>Yes, cryptocurrencies and NFTs are indeed a scam. <a href=\"https://www.jessesquires.com/blog/2022/01/16/nfts-and-web3/\">www.jessesquires.com</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "Yes, cryptocurrencies and NFTs are indeed a scam. [www.jessesquires.com](https://www.jessesquires.com/blog/2022/01/16/nfts-and-web3/)\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-17T19:09:56-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/17/yes-cryptocurrencies-and.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/17/really-cool-stop.html",
"title": "Really cool stop motion video of a milk crate being made",
"content_html": "<p>I caught this on the Tom Scott newsletter, but for anyone who hasn’t seen this it’s very interesting. As noted in the video, no CG was used. Just a bunch of photos. And even more time.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://youtu.be/eMYWVKd0ar0\">Video by omozoc on YouTube</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "I caught this on the Tom Scott newsletter, but for anyone who hasn't seen this it's very interesting. As noted in the video, no CG was used. Just a bunch of photos. And even more time.\n\n[Video by omozoc on YouTube](https://youtu.be/eMYWVKd0ar0)\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-17T15:31:30-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/17/really-cool-stop.html",
"tags": ["random"]
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/15/what-if-we.html",
"title": "What if we were using Mac OS 9 in 2021?",
"content_html": "<p>Really cool video from Michael Feeney exploring what it would be like to use the technology of today with the limitations of yesterday. It’s amazing the skills that some people have. Amazingly well done.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://swallowmygraphicdesign.com/project/macostalgia\">Link to his site</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://youtube.com/watch?v=2DwJNQMBCOk&feature=share\">the video</a></p>\n\n<p>I used Mac OS 9 a few times when I was in the 4th or 5th grade, around 2002-2003. I can remember there being a couple iMac G3s in the back of my classroom. I wish I could’ve used it more.</p>\n",
"content_text": "Really cool video from Michael Feeney exploring what it would be like to use the technology of today with the limitations of yesterday. It’s amazing the skills that some people have. Amazingly well done. \n\n[Link to his site](https://swallowmygraphicdesign.com/project/macostalgia)\n\n[the video](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2DwJNQMBCOk&feature=share)\n\nI used Mac OS 9 a few times when I was in the 4th or 5th grade, around 2002-2003. I can remember there being a couple iMac G3s in the back of my classroom. I wish I could’ve used it more. \n",
"date_published": "2022-01-15T20:14:18-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/15/what-if-we.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/14/i-find-this.html",
"content_html": "<p>I find this absolutely hilarious. DRM is restricting the DRM creators. <a href=\"https://mjtsai.com/blog/2022/01/14/canon-forced-to-ship-knockoff-ink-cartridges/\">mjtsai.com</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "I find this absolutely hilarious. DRM is restricting the DRM creators. [mjtsai.com](https://mjtsai.com/blog/2022/01/14/canon-forced-to-ship-knockoff-ink-cartridges/)\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-14T20:06:12-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/14/i-find-this.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/13/kfc-plant-based.html",
"title": "KFC plant based chicken nuggets are meh",
"content_html": "<p>Tried the new Beyond Meat chicken nuggets from KFC because why not. Great breading, but unfortunately they were dense as hell. Another local restaurant, Sybergs, serves the beyond meat chicken tenders and while the breading isn’t as good, they are moist and juicy. It was worth the try and I’d eat if I were stuck in the middle of nowhere, but it’s about on par with the Burger King impossible whopper. Which is to say that non vegans seem to struggle with cooking non meat products.</p>\n\n<p>What a shame because I love that there are more plant based options accessible to people who normally wouldn’t seek that out. I’m hoping this is the beginning and not the end and there is only upside from here because we really shouldn’t be raising animals for food. For many reasons.</p>\n\n<p>🫂 🐓🐄🐪🦬🐐 🐑 🐖 🦌 🦃</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/82aaa7b2ae.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/85c929385c.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/9b7b576d74.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Tried the new Beyond Meat chicken nuggets from KFC because why not. Great breading, but unfortunately they were dense as hell. Another local restaurant, Sybergs, serves the beyond meat chicken tenders and while the breading isn’t as good, they are moist and juicy. It was worth the try and I’d eat if I were stuck in the middle of nowhere, but it’s about on par with the Burger King impossible whopper. Which is to say that non vegans seem to struggle with cooking non meat products. \n\nWhat a shame because I love that there are more plant based options accessible to people who normally wouldn’t seek that out. I’m hoping this is the beginning and not the end and there is only upside from here because we really shouldn’t be raising animals for food. For many reasons. \n\n🫂 🐓🐄🐪🦬🐐 🐑 🐖 🦌 🦃 \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/82aaa7b2ae.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/85c929385c.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"uploads/2022/9b7b576d74.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-13T06:54:30-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/13/kfc-plant-based.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/09/ticket-to-ride.html",
"title": "Ticket to Ride Local multiplayer with DLC maps",
"content_html": "<p>** tl;dr you choose the map on your phone, not on the game console. **</p>\n\n<p>I purchased Ticket to Ride on my PlayStation 4 recently after playing the board game. I wanted to play the expansions as well and particularly in local mode so I could play with my wife. When we first purchased the DLC for the game, it was unclear to us how, if it all, to play the other maps. After spending an hour or so looking into it and reading online we couldn’t find anything so we decided to try to get a refund on the DLC and just play the base game. So sad.</p>\n\n<p>Through some sort of luck, we noticed something when playing the base game again after the refund…</p>\n\n<p>A little background first.</p>\n\n<p>When you start the game and choose local mode, the game asks you to install an app on your mobile device so that you can keep your cards to yourself. Makes sense. What we didn’t realize is that the mobile interface is actually how you choose the maps! ¡Fantástico! In other play modes you choose the map with the controller so we must have missed this earlier.</p>\n\n<p>So like any reasonable person, we bought the DLC again and we were able to play the Europe version of the game! It was so much fun and more challenging than the US map. Highly recommend this game.</p>\n\n<p>Footnote, thanks to Sony for giving us a refund. I also reached out to the company who made the game with the same question and they never got back to me after saying they’d reach out to the engineers. Amazing that no one had this info so hopefully this post will help some other poor soul who just wants to play the train game.</p>\n\n<p>🚞🚊🚂🚆🚄🚅🚃🚇🚝🚋🚈🛤🚉</p>\n",
"content_text": "** tl;dr you choose the map on your phone, not on the game console. **\n\nI purchased Ticket to Ride on my PlayStation 4 recently after playing the board game. I wanted to play the expansions as well and particularly in local mode so I could play with my wife. When we first purchased the DLC for the game, it was unclear to us how, if it all, to play the other maps. After spending an hour or so looking into it and reading online we couldn’t find anything so we decided to try to get a refund on the DLC and just play the base game. So sad. \n\nThrough some sort of luck, we noticed something when playing the base game again after the refund…\n\nA little background first. \n\nWhen you start the game and choose local mode, the game asks you to install an app on your mobile device so that you can keep your cards to yourself. Makes sense. What we didn’t realize is that the mobile interface is actually how you choose the maps! ¡Fantástico! In other play modes you choose the map with the controller so we must have missed this earlier. \n\nSo like any reasonable person, we bought the DLC again and we were able to play the Europe version of the game! It was so much fun and more challenging than the US map. Highly recommend this game. \n\nFootnote, thanks to Sony for giving us a refund. I also reached out to the company who made the game with the same question and they never got back to me after saying they’d reach out to the engineers. Amazing that no one had this info so hopefully this post will help some other poor soul who just wants to play the train game. \n\n🚞🚊🚂🚆🚄🚅🚃🚇🚝🚋🚈🛤🚉\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-09T10:01:05-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/09/ticket-to-ride.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/09/small-accomplishment-but.html",
"content_html": "<p>Small accomplishment, but I’m happy with it. ¡Pero hay más que aprender!</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/0f478412e0.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "Small accomplishment, but I’m happy with it. ¡Pero hay más que aprender!\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/0f478412e0.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-09T09:46:24-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/09/small-accomplishment-but.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/05/171246.html",
"content_html": "<p><img src=\"uploads/2022/d92f589a14.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n",
"content_text": "\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2022/d92f589a14.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-05T17:12:46-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/05/171246.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/04/cant-wait-to.html",
"content_html": "<p>Can’t wait to set this up! Really looking forward to having more photos on my photo page.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.manton.org/2022/01/02/wrote-a-plugin.html\">www.manton.org</a></p>\n",
"content_text": "Can’t wait to set this up! Really looking forward to having more photos on my photo page. \n\n[www.manton.org](https://www.manton.org/2022/01/02/wrote-a-plugin.html)\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-04T07:31:38-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/04/cant-wait-to.html"
},
{
"id": "http://nickkaczmarek.micro.blog/2022/01/02/why-does-xcode.html",
"title": "Why does Xcode 13 not include an Info.plist for SwiftUI projects?",
"content_html": "\n\n<p>I keep forgetting about this so maybe this will keep it in my mind.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://useyourloaf.com/blog/xcode-13-missing-info.plist/\">Xcode 13 Missing Info.plist</a></p>\n\n<h3 id=\"most-important-bit-go-to-project-settings-and-click-on-info-tab\">Most important bit, go to project settings and click on info tab</h3>\n\n<h4 id=\"the-why\">The why</h4>\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>Projects created from several templates no longer require configuration files such as entitlements and Info.plist files. Configure common fields in the target’s Info tab, and build settings in the project editor. These files are added to the project when additional fields are used. (68254857)</p>\n</blockquote>\n",
"content_text": "I keep forgetting about this so maybe this will keep it in my mind.\n\n[Xcode 13 Missing Info.plist](https://useyourloaf.com/blog/xcode-13-missing-info.plist/)\n\n### Most important bit, go to project settings and click on info tab\n\n#### The why\n\n> Projects created from several templates no longer require configuration files such as entitlements and Info.plist files. Configure common fields in the target’s Info tab, and build settings in the project editor. These files are added to the project when additional fields are used. (68254857)\n\n",
"date_published": "2022-01-02T22:25:13-06:00",
"url": "https://www.nickkaczmarek.com/2022/01/02/why-does-xcode.html"