A placeholder page to track weight loss and exercise. Going to write more about this in the future.
Continue reading “Health”Author: James Aaron
Dad. Oregonian. U.S. Army Veteran. Science Fiction Novelist. Member of #SFWA, the Eugene #Wordos and #transfamilies.
I like digging in the yard, building stuff, riding bikes and reading books. Trying to do good in my bit of the world.
Workflows
I realized recently that I spend a lot of time futzing with gadgets and making aspirational purchases with the idea that I’m going to get to something in the future. My gadget inventory is proof that I probably also enjoy owning retro tech that was out of reach in the past.
Still, I would like to make things, not collect things. As I look at paring down the stuff I have, I want to link the remaining stuff to some sort of desired outcome, i.e. I want to finish more novels and short stories, and I want to take more photos and make more videos.
So I’ve been thinking of all this in terms of workflows. What gear, time and process lead me to accomplish my goals?
First I’ll list the workflows I’m thinking of, and then I’ll build them out so the stuff I have is accomplishing a purpose and not just taking up storage.
Continue reading “Workflows”Reading
Tracking my recent reading/listening (post 2020), most recent first
The Extinction of Experience – Christine Rosen
Low Tech Life: A Guide to Mindful Digital Minimalism – Jose Briones
Days of Atonement – Walter Jon Williams
Dragon’s Egg – Robert L. Forward
Eat, and Love Yourself – Sweeney Boo
Hardwired – Walter John Williams
Green House and Garden
A placeholder to track work on the Green House and annual garden.
Mom’s Cottage
From March to May of 2024, I built my mom a cottage with bathroom in our backyard, added a patio, and still need to finish the detail work. This page documents the project.
Inventory
Attempting to track the various gadgets in my collection and decide if I actually want to keep them or not.
Continue reading “Inventory”LoRa-Meshtastic
A placeholder for various LoRa projects
3d Printing
12/14/24 Testing what happens when I update a Project post. Does it go to the top of the Category page?
Update – It doesn’t currently.
Now it does! I used the WPCode plugin and ChatGPT to create the snippet answer questions about where to place the code. Sweet.
A placeholder for updates on 3d printing projects.
New story in Express Elevator to Hell from Theogony Press
I contributed to a four part novella along with Rick Partlow, L.L. Richman and Jeffery H. Haskell in this new anthology that’s packed with military science fiction greats. Express Elevator to Hell is up for pre-order now, and free to read on Kindle Unlimited.
The cycle of consumerism
Includes Kondo getting Kondo’d.
#thrifting, #downsizing, #sparkjoy
