The Photo Game: Appliance Love This week's prompt is "Appliance Love," which I struggled with. I'm not very fond of most of my household appliances. In fact, my mood sours whenever I think about my Internet-connected, touchscreen-controlled oven. So dumb!
The Photo Game: Wintertime This week's prompt is "Wintertime," which seemed straightforward. Just find some pictures of cold-looking, snowy things. Right?
The Photo Game: Living In a Material World This week's prompt is "Living in a Material World." So without much thought, my family and I headed to the nearest shopping mall in search of the "material world."
The Photo Game: Friend, Best Friend, Some Kind of Friend This week's prompt is "Friend, Best Friend, Some Kind of Friend." My submission shows three friends at what looks like their regular coffee meetup.
How to Host a File on S3 Publicly Goals * Host static files, like images, in an S3 bucket. * Each file should be available for download via a publicly accessible URL. * The public should have read-only access to the files. * Create an AWS user with read/write access to the bucket but no other AWS permissions. Instructions Step 1:
Building the Photo Habit I took these two photos in Castlewood Canyon [https://goo.gl/maps/59AAnmahGaVWjv1X7] today. The midday light was harsh, so I spent my time looking for interesting details in the shadows. The roses above were left on top of a small overlook. I'm not sure who left them or when
Notes: Week of April 11 some thoughts on lumber prices, technical debt, and scheduling a COVID vaccine
Notes: Week of March 21 A short list of things that caught my attention this week: espanso [https://espanso.org/] I've used a service called TextExpander [https://textexpander.com/] for years. It's a simple, but powerful tool for text replacement that works as you type. Example: When I type ;date, TextExpander automatically replaces it with
diskprices.com I initially found this tool when someone shared a link on Reddit. It's a handy way to compare storage options available on Amazon. I use it whenever I need to add or upgrade hard drives or SSDs. When looking for a new hard drive, I typically use the following filters:
My Backup Framework The 3-2-1 rule for backup means that you should have three copies of your data, the original data plus 2 backups. One of those backups should be off-site. The idea is to protect yourself from a single point of failure. If one or two of those copies disappears, no problem.
