Sal's
Sal's
Sal
I'm Sal, and this is my spot. I'm a middle-aged guy with a wife, kids, and a job. Isn't that exciting?? I've had several blogs over the years and have enjoyed all of them. With each iteration, I lower my ambitions, take it less seriously, and try to have more fun. This one is another step in all of those directions, and I'm hoping it sticks around the longest. Disclaimer: I tend to write in short timeboxes and following the 70% rule. If a post seems shallow or half-baked ... yep!
Latest Posts
FunnyThanks for this, Kottke. ZedZed continues to be great. I’m still using it to remotely edit my notes. And I’m still flopping back and forth on Vim mode. The latest flop is in favor of it. AllergiesJTR is right: ‘Tis the season. I’ve...
Funny Thanks for this, Kottke. Zed Zed continues to be great. I’m still using it to remotely edit my notes. And I’m still flopping back and forth on Vim mode. The latest flop is in favor of it. Allergies JTR is right: ‘Tis the season....
I started skateboarding two weeks ago at 46 years young. And I’m loving it. This was unexpected. My 12-year-old son started skating a month ago and got pretty excited about it. I got him a lesson at a local skate shop. He was working on...
I started skateboarding two weeks ago at 46 years young. And I’m loving it. This was unexpected. My 12-year-old son started skating a month ago and got pretty excited about it. I got him a lesson at a local skate shop. He was working on...
Love this page by Terry Godier: The Last Quiet Thing. I found it via this HN thread about Gary's post, I love my dumb watches, which cites Kev's post on smartwatches, which helped me shelve my Apple Watch a while back. I've been happily...
I like to think of myself as something of a power user of the macOS default keyboard shortcuts, but somehow these have eluded me: ⌥↑ and ⌥↓ (Option-Up and Option-Down) move to the start and end of a paragraph, respectively. And of course...
Here in Portland we have a street that used to be called 39th. It existed right in between 38th and 40th. The city later renamed it to César E Chávez Boulevard to honor the latino activist. Fast forward to now: Cesar Chavez, a Civil...
There's one bill that I actually enjoy getting each month: my Quantum Fiber internet bill. After all the shenanigans trying to get any sort of transparent pricing out of Xfinity, receiving a clean, $50 invoice — exactly $50 with no extra...
This is one of my favorite emoji reactions to chats at work: 🙂 When I hover over that emoji reaction in chat, it reads: :slightly-happy:. I’ve worked with a couple guys who use that one a lot. I think they both use it to mean, genuinely:...
I have nice mechanical keyboards. I’ve owned probably around ten of them. I’ve tried brown switches, blue switches, red switches, clear switches, and other switches than I can’t remember the name of. I have keyboards that can...
Cheers to Robb and his post, Back to Alfred, for validating my own journey from Alfred to Raycast and back again. I went back to Alfred about a year and a half ago, and I haven't missed Raycast one bit. Nothing against Raycast. Just...
Re: User interface for Hey, Soul Sister by Train Dear Spotify, Please add a button labeled I fucking hate this song and allow it to be activated at least one thousand times. Please send me a new mouse because I will break mine pressing...
Well, Vim mode is back on. And, disclaimer: pretty much the only reason I'm writing this is to test out blog writing with Zed's Vim mode. I'm at the end of a long day and am not sure I can put coherent sentences together. So, dear...
In Obsidian, I want to link to local files that aren’t in my vault. For example:  The above markup will fail due to the spaces in the file path. I spent a...
I’m a bike commuter. I’m lightly ashamed to admit that I get a wee bit of pleasure when, in the depths of rush hour, I cruise past a big ol' line of cars stuck in traffic. Or maybe two wee bits.