Currently waiting for a Zero Trust 2FA email to arrive. It’s been about 8 minutes and I still hasn’t received it. I could always request a new code, but the minute I do that, the old code comes up and I have to wait another 5 minutes for the new code to arrive. Of course if I don’t do that, and the original code email failed for some reason, then I’ve waited 8 minutes for nothing.

Why does Stripe delete test subscriptions after 90 days? What resources do these test subscriptions actually take up? I can understand deleting them after, say, 2 years, but 90 days seem a bit short.

“Get out more” goal for August achieved. ✅

Boardgames at the Melbourne Central Lion Hotel. Played Codewords and Avalon. Was fun. I didn’t stay long but I’m considering this a success. Will probably go again.

I rather services that were not localised than badly localised. Saw at an addressed in my calendar with Melbourne VI at the end. What the heck does “Melboune VI” mean? Melbourne the 6th? I then realised that it was short for Victoria, the state, typically abbreviated as Vic in Australia. But being a US service, they assume that states only had 2 characters. No, bad assumption. If you can’t do it right, don’t even ask for the state.

I generally dislike people writing one sentence a message in Slack or any other messaging app, especially when they’re pushing out messages rapidly, constantly pings my phone. But I think I like the idea of one question per message, allowing the responder to answer it in a thread.

🛠️ VisBug

Same ShopTalk show mentioned VisBug which I’ve never heard of before. It’s a Chrome(ium) plugin that has a bunch of layout, colour, and text tools allowing you to view and modify style properties of the elements on a webpage. Could be useful.

Big week this week. Lots of new experiences coming up, mainly doing things with other people. I don’t work well with new experiences involving other people. In fact, they kind of terrify me. My mind goes into overdrive thinking about… what? About things going wrong? No, it’s not that. I think is mostly a fear of people having a negative opinion about me. About showing up with differing expectations or insufficient “preparation” about the task at hand. Will try to approach it by doing as much prep work as I think I need, then just go with the flow. But I won’t lie to you, I’d be happier when this time next week comes around.

Wish I had a reason to buy a reMarkable 2 tablet. Passed by one while shopping yesterday and gave it a test. Wow, it feels so good to write on. Was able to write out my signature. I’ve not been able to write my signature on any electrical device.

Bought new shoes today, meaning it’s now time to do a value analysis of this article of clothing:

Price was: $179.99
Lifecycle: let’s say 7 months
Monthly depreciation: $25.71 /month

So, shoe subscription entrepreneurs: this is the price to beat in order for me to consider your service.

At the cafe looking out the window at the pigeons wondering about. The suburb I live in is not as built up as some areas, yet there’s quite a large number of them living nearby. I have a bit of a soft spot for pigeons. Despite being introduced, I find them an interesting bird to watch. Doubly so when you consider their history and relationship with humanity.

Just saw a magpie have a go at a cyclist, twice. You know what this means: it’s officially swooping season again. 👷‍♂️

Can’t hear what your friend is saying? Instead of speaking loudly, consider taking your Air Pods out first. You may experience a difference. 🙉

Does Github just refuse to send emails out when a new issue is created? Opened a repository and found an open issue that was over a month old. 😠

Apologies for the delay.

Okay, get out more goal for August has been organised. I won’t fail this month!

When it comes to making real-world friends, I am absolutely, bloody awful (I know everyone says this but trust me: as bad as you may think you are, I’m worse). But by shear accident of showing up at the same cafe at the same time every weekend, one might be starting to ignite.

Or at the very least, it may have a chance to. While talking with this fellow this morning, my mind casted back to this piece by JCProbably about how making friends as an adult requires effort, yet it’s worth it at the end (my writing about it is not doing it justice; go read it, it’s good). I think this might be worth it, so I’ll give it a try.

But first, I need to get overcome a rather embarrassing hurdle: I need to get confirmation of his name. I remember making a note of it, and based on what I found, I think I’ve found it (there’s no date on the note) but I’m not certain. Yeah, like I said: making friends is not my strength. 😏