Rach Smith
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  • I’ve been trying out a new thing lately - carrying a pocket notebook around with me and using it to capture diary entries, thoughts and tasks instead of my phone.

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    → 9:17 AM, Jun 18
  • rachsmith.com/a-weblogp…

    #WeblogPomMo2024 no. 29. Almost there!!

    → 8:30 PM, May 30
  • rachsmith.com/an-easing…

    #WeblogPoMo2024 no. 29

    → 8:47 PM, May 29
  • rachsmith.com/why-phone…

    #WeblogPoMo2024 no. 28

    → 8:15 PM, May 28
  • rachsmith.com/code-sket…

    #WeblogPoMo2024

    → 8:29 PM, May 26
  • rachsmith.com/code-sket…

    another code sketch for #WeblogPoMo2024

    → 7:53 PM, May 25
  • I need some quotes to letter

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    #WeblogPoMo2024

    → 7:34 PM, May 24
  • written all by myself :)

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    #WeblogPoMo2024 no. 23

    → 8:33 PM, May 23
  • I’ll be a gardener for life 🌱

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    #WeblogPoMo2024

    → 8:45 PM, May 22
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    #WeblogPoMo2024 no. 21

    → 7:57 PM, May 21
  • for #WeblogPoMo2024 no. 20 I’m sharing some observations about my new journaling habit.

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    2/3 of the way through peeps. We’re on the home stretch now!

    → 2:09 PM, May 20
  • another code sketch for #WeblogPoMo no. 19

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    → 8:33 PM, May 19
  • a little housekeeping for #WeblogPoMo2024

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    → 2:46 PM, May 18
  • #WeblogPoMo2024 is a confession…

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    → 8:09 PM, May 17
  • implementing permissions, man, it’s a bloody minefield

    → 7:08 AM, May 17
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    #WeblogPoMo2024 no. 16

    → 7:58 PM, May 16
  • how quickly can I make a project with #Astro DB? Pretty freaking quick

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    #WeblogPoMo2024 no. 15

    → 8:33 PM, May 15
  • for #WeblogPoMo2024 no. 14 I’m liveblogging my first attempt at using #Astro DB

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    → 8:44 PM, May 14
  • For #WeblogPoMo2024 no. 13 I’m thinking about the old days when I had a bad case of Post Brain.

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    → 2:05 PM, May 13
  • #WeblogPoMo24 no. 12! Happy Mother’s Day to all who celebrate.

    rachsmith.com/on-being-…

    → 8:03 PM, May 12
  • technically I was supposed to publish #WeblogPoMo no. 11 last night. I’m backdating it because I’m a completionist.

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    → 1:59 PM, May 12
  • #WeblogPoMo no. 10 could have been forsaken for a TikTok session, but I made the better choice.

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    → 8:58 PM, May 10
  • I’m on to #WeblogPoMo2024 post no. 7 and I’m wondering if there’s something to the idea of focusing on just one thing for the month…

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    → 8:14 PM, May 7
  • wow, I’ve made it to #WeblogPoMo2024 post no. 5

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    → 4:55 PM, May 5
  • #WeblogPoMo no. 4 is basically just a whinge

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    → 2:41 PM, May 4
  • post no. 3 for #WeblogPoMo2024. Inspired by all the YouTube embeds in yesterday’s post.

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    → 8:06 PM, May 3
  • I haven’t posted many notes here of late. It’s not like I’ve had writer’s block or have been struggling with perfectionism. It’s just amongst the juggle of all the different priorities, responsibilities and interests I have, I’ve dropped the..

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    #WeblogPoMo2024

    → 7:59 PM, May 1
  • A small update as I spent around half of the month sick (since when do adults get ear infections?)

    Seattle and West LA. For leg 2 and 3 of our big USA trip we stayed with friends in Seattle, and then headed back to West LA to…

    rachsmith.com/mnnm-4/

    → 7:56 PM, May 1
  • The end of March came around while we were on our big US trip. Then I was really sick and things were hectic coming back and blah blah blah somehow we’re at the end of April. So this update is a month late.

    We went to Disneyland!! Most of the month was spent…

    rachsmith.com/mnnm-3/

    → 8:28 PM, Apr 30
  • ooooh, I just noticed Google Photos now identifies similar “stacks” of photos, and lets you choose one and delete the rest. Something I’ve wanted for years!! A rare actually-useful AI/ML feature in the wild.

    → 11:10 AM, Apr 25
  • just watched The Sign. A perfect 10/10 Bluey episode. Absolutely fucked me up.

    → 11:56 AM, Apr 15
  • code sketch #3 codepen.io/rachsmith…

    → 8:46 PM, Mar 9
  • code sketch #2 codepen.io/rachsmith…

    → 2:33 PM, Mar 9
  • my sincerest apologies to anyone searching for “huge ass” and ending up on my nerdy site with my nerdy notes about productivity.

    A screenshot of a Google Search performance result. Top growing queries are listed as “huge ass”, “alastair method bullet journal” and “a big ass”.
    → 9:47 AM, Mar 5
  • 📝 Month notes & numbers №2 rachsmith.com/mnnm-2/

    → 8:38 PM, Mar 4
  • there are few emails sitting in the inbox more unnerving than the one from the school, simply titled “Headlice”

    → 9:31 AM, Feb 23
  • Done! (And the before, for those joining now).

    I’m gonna do the toy shelf next

    some organised pantry shelves. Everything is in its place!The shelves before I tidied them. Food and containers and other items are randomly placed.

    → 11:11 AM, Feb 4
  • I’ve got the whole morning to myself, so I’m going to sort out these shelves that have been bothering me on a daily basis, for months. Sharing the before for some accountability, so I actually do it and post an after shot, instead of TikToking all morning.

    Some pantry shelves with assorted food items and containers
    → 8:07 AM, Feb 4
  • 📝 month notes & numbers for January rachsmith.com/mnnm-1/

    → 7:56 AM, Feb 3
  • 📝 I turned off the analytics for my site 📊 rachsmith.com/i-turned-…

    → 6:01 AM, Jan 30
  • 📝 Chronicling rachsmith.com/chronicli…

    → 2:53 PM, Jan 29
  • 📝 new note: we got a piano 🎹 rachsmith.com/roland-f7…

    → 5:39 AM, Jan 28
  • 📝 A not so casual gamer rachsmith.com/a-not-so-…

    → 7:52 AM, Jan 27
  • I thought maybe 20 years of added maturity might make me more likely to be able to read sheet music. It is still incredibly hard. Upsetting!!

    → 10:28 AM, Jan 16
  • bought the family a piano and now I’m trialling some of these learn to play piano iPad apps. I feel like I would have practiced a lot more if I had these as a child/teen!

    → 10:22 AM, Jan 16
  • am I losing it or does command+C not copy selected text in the Chrome devtools console? why 😭

    → 8:05 AM, Jan 10
  • 📝 Conditionally adding content to my Obsidian daily note with the Templater plugin rachsmith.com/condition…

    → 6:38 PM, Jan 9
  • TIL: yarn install excludes devDependencies if the NODE_ENV is set to production.

    Crazy how you can work so long with some tech and not know basic stuff like that. 4 hours of my life lost over this 😭

    → 2:03 PM, Jan 5
  • submitting my request to the universe 🕯️I would love to be able to use an #emmet plugin in #obsidian 🙏🏼

    → 9:55 AM, Jan 4
  • I noticed an increase in traffic from Google in my plausible analytics. Turns out it is from people searching “big ass calendar” lol

    → 5:48 PM, Jan 2
  • 📝 A work from home reset for the new year rachsmith.com/work-from…

    → 2:30 PM, Jan 2
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