http://yummymelon.com/devnull/2022-09-23T13:19:00-07:002022-09-23T13:19:00-07:002022-09-23T13:19:00-07:00Charles Choitag:yummymelon.com,2022-09-23:/devnull/odds-and-ends.html

<p>Dang, <em>nine</em> years? Some random news about me, maybe I'll delve deeper in future posts.</p>

<p>Wow, so much to call out over the past <em>nine</em> years that I have <em>not</em> posted here. It's a bit overwhelming to think on much less capture so I'll make some quick bullet points. Thinking I'll elaborate more on these points in future posts, but we'll see. 😏</p> <ul> <li>I officially left the employ of <a href="https://tile.com">Tile</a> on August 1, 2022. I started there as employee 2 in the summer of 2013 and was their first engineering <a href="http://yummymelon.com/devnull/what-i-did-in-the-summer-of-2013.html">hire</a>. I was brought on to architect and write the <a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/id664939913">Tile app for iOS</a> which was achieved to successful effect.</li> <li>Wow we had a GLOBAL PANDEMIC. It was and still is awful.</li> <li>Bicycling is my primary mode of transportation now.</li> <li>Combining pandemic living and bicycling, I started routinely posting photos of San Francisco from my bike rides on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kickingvegas/">Instagram/Facebook (Meta)</a>.</li> <li>I use <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/">Emacs</a> and in particular <a href="https://orgmode.org/features.html">Org Mode</a> daily. Profoundly life-changing, and that's understating their impact.</li> <li>In late 2017, I let <a href="https://konmari.com" title="KonMari">Marie Kondō</a> in my life and combined with <em>Org Mode</em>, they markedly improved it.</li> <li>Immersed in DJ culture again (especially thanks to <a href="https://www.twitch.tv">Twitch</a>), especially over the past two years. So grateful for my years DJing at <a href="https://www.wtju.net">WTJU</a> that started it all.</li> <li>My French-style omelet game now is undefeated.</li> </ul>2013-04-22T16:14:00-07:002013-04-22T16:14:00-07:00Charles Choitag:yummymelon.com,2013-04-22:/devnull/watching-artists-die.html

<p>The melancholy of watching artists who made their bones in the 20^th century.</p>

<p>Recording technology and its distribution in the second-half of 20^th century enabled the unprecedented exposure and flourishing of artists in film, music and writing. At best we experienced transcendence through their work. So it is peculiar to mourn with increasing frequency the passing of 20^th century artists in a way never possible before such technology existed. For people, like myself, who have spent a considerable amount of their lives collecting their works, it can be sad to recount their contributions as their deaths are announced. On the other hand, with recording and nearly frictionless distribution, we can remember them in communion for the many ephiphanies they have brought to our lives. </p> <p>For this, I'm thankful.</p>2009-05-01T00:52:00-07:002009-05-01T00:52:00-07:00Charles Choitag:yummymelon.com,2009-05-01:/devnull/song-of-the-day-41.html

<p>&ldquo;Feeling Good&rdquo; - Nina Simone</p>

<h2>Update 2022-09-22</h2> <p>Video animation using "Feeling Good" by Nina Simone now unavailable. It was gorgeous. </p>