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Jim Mitchell

Tinylytics uptime monitoring of my Micro.blog site has been reporting an awful lot of sporadic downtime lately. Anyone else experiencing the same?

A huge shoutout (and thanks) to @jean for putting together the April Photoblogging Challenge. It was a kick finding my own images, as well as seeing other’s interpretations for prompts. Just one more pin to go to have them all now.

Score! Jobby job office clutter put out by someone for the claiming. It’s mine now… I’ve been meaning to read this one for a while now.

The cover illustration of Ayn Rand’s book ‘The Fountainhead’.

Two months after “the episode” I’ve managed to shed 17 pounds. A balance of meds, extreme dietary change and exercise made it possible. I’ve managed to develop a refined sugar aversion/phobia because of it too.

📷 Bonus Day 2: Unputdownable.

The title page of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath novel

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One of my all-time favorite books. My family came to California in much the same way, so to me, it was completely relatable.

Today, I was a hero. I saved a four man-hour meeting with a single email that took less than five exchanges to resolve. Remember kids, a meeting is not always needed to get something done if you’re clear and concise with your questions up front.

📷 Bonus Day 1: Bubble.

Closeup of a glass of beer with the word Bodega on the glass

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📷 Day 30: Hometown.

a view of the Huntington Beach pier at Christmas time.

#mbapr #SurfCityUSA @mattypenny

📷 Day 29: Drift.

a pool full of people drifting around.

#mbapr @SimonWoods

📷 Day 28: Community.

Cultural dancers in a parade as the crowd looks on.

#mbapr @stupendousman

📷 Morning low tide while camping at Carpenteria State Beach Campgrounds.

A serene beachscape is depicted with a rocky shoreline in the foreground, calm blue waters, and a mountainous landform on the horizon under a clear sky.

📷 Day 27: Surprise.

A MacBook Air box on a desk.

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📷 Day 26: Critter.

A curious squirrel looking at the camera.

#mbapr @7robots

📷 Day 25: Spine.

#mbapr @thedimpause

One EchoFeed caveat… Do not post and then edit the post. You’ll end up with double postings on Bluesky and Mastodon. Didn’t seem to happen on Micro.blog though.

jimmitchell.org/2024/04/2…

After seeing how cool and powerful EchoFeed really was, I decided it was a tool I could definitely use. Totally worth the $20 a year.

jimmitchell.org/2024/04/2…

📷 Day 24: Light.

#mbapr @eumrz

📷 Day 23: Dreamy.

#mbapr @maique

📷 Day 22: Blue.

Boats anchord in Catalina harbor.

#mbapr @lzbth

Nerd friends… Looking for a reliable VPS recommendation that runs about $10 per month with decent specs to handle a WordPress site. Currently looking at IONOS as an option. Anything better?

📷 Day 21: Mountain.

A mountain summit far off in the distance with forest trees in the foreground.

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📷 Day 20: Ice.

A snowy mountain range with buildings in the foreground.

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macOS users… Do you prefer widgets on your desktop? If so, how many do you have? I’ve tried it, but the clutter stresses me out. I have to have a 100% clean desktop.

📷 Day 19: Birthday.

A homemade birthday cake with candles for a 23rd birthday.

#mbapr @crossingthethreshold

Doing dev type work today that I haven’t done in quite a while. It took a few minutes to remember the correct syntax… I used to be able to do this stuff in my sleep. Gotta start working that individual contributor muscle again.