Matthew Lang

Took the wee guy to the driving range for a session today. Weather has been awful this week for golfing.

I love Michael Wade’s reason for using a fountain pen.

Thoughts flow more smoothly and there is an artistic aspect to the handwritten page.

— Return to Old School by Michael Wade

This morning, I received a nice little haul from Field Notes. A few items I saw in a recent sale.

I’m always hesitant about using AI tools while coding, but I have found one good use for AI while coding: naming things. I’m terrible at naming things.

This week, though, I’ve been using Copilot to see if I can improve on the names of the objects and methods I have. I’ve had good results so far.

I like the new Journal feature by 37signals included in their Hey product. I’ll explore this for a few weeks as I’m also trying Apple’s Journal app instead of Day One.

Another good day for Ethan on the golf course.

He won the Junior County Champion of Champions this afternoon at Paisley Golf Club.

Closing off the golf season with a couple of trophies, well done big yin!

I used the word “huzzah” without thinking during stand-up this morning. I think I might just go with it and use it more often.

Turn your phone into a dumb phone.

I love this, and I will definitely try some aspects of it. However, I can’t say if I’ll go the whole way and do everything in this video. If you prefer to read, there’s also a web page with instructions.

I replaced the plastic castors on my Ikea office chair with rollerblade-style castors. The difference is like night and day, and the new castors are better for our new wooden flooring in the office. My only gripe is that the office isn’t long enough to see how fast my chair can go!