From 452fec15adfe4f5f8f8fa53a88658ee2e4fc25fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eryn Wells Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 09:25:10 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Weeknotes, 2024W21 --- content/blog/2024/weeknotes-2024w21.md | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/blog/2024/weeknotes-2024w21.md diff --git a/content/blog/2024/weeknotes-2024w21.md b/content/blog/2024/weeknotes-2024w21.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..585bb4c --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2024/weeknotes-2024w21.md @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +--- +title: "Weeknotes for 2024W21" +slug: weeknotes-2024w21 +date: 2024-05-26T12:00:00-07:00 +categories: weeknotes +tags: [Tech, Soccer, Games, SwiftUI, LGBT, Health, Productivity] +--- + +## Meta + +Several people in my circles have been attemtping weekly-ish posts summarizing +things they've been doing, thinking, reading, watching, etc over the previous +week. I really like that idea, so I'm going to give it a try. + +## Doing + +Last Friday night, {{% tess %}} and I took EJ to a [Bay FC][bfc] game with some +friends. It was her first sports event, and a good game to boot! + +I've been playing a lot of Minesweeper the last few months as an idle activity. +Mostly, I use the [lofi & games][lofi] version because it's simple and easily +accessible. + +Inspired by the hype around [SwiftUI][swiftui], plus my fascination with +Minesweeper, I've been working on a SwiftUI implementation of the game for +myself. + +This is my second week going to the gym on a regular cadence to do some +exercise. I've been using [Apple Fitness+][fitness] workout videos and trying +not be feel too uncool being the person doing a workout video in the gym. I'm +learning some exercises I can use to build my own routines though, and they're +definitely good workouts. + +## Reading + +[The Deep Sky][deepsky] by Yume Kitasei. A murder mystery set on a space ship on +a long-term mission to colonize another planet. Given to me by a friend last +winter. + +[How Reporting on a 1978 Proposal to Ban Gay Teachers Changed My Understanding +of Queer History][gay-history]. Slow Burn's current season is about the Brigg's +Initiative, an attempt to ban gays and lesbians from working in California +public schools. + +[Half-Ass It][halfass]. + +[bfc]: https://bayfc.com +[lofi]: https://www.lofiandgames.com/minesweeper +[deepsky]: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250875341/thedeepsky +[swiftui]: https://developer.apple.com/xcode/swiftui/ +[fitness]: https://www.apple.com/apple-fitness-plus/ +[gay-history]: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/05/slow-burn-season-9-gays-against-briggs-launch.html +[halfass]: https://everythingchanges.us/blog/half-ass-it/