Progress on the media center case. It’s coming along nicely, but…some assembly will definitely be required 🙈
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Seriously, Time Budgeting Is Life-Changing.
Following up on a new methodology of budgeting time in the same way as budgeting money. (Hint – it’s still life-changingly good)
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Four Ways to Handle Technical Leadership
Your business faces critical tech decisions, but every quick fix piles up hidden debt, draining your focus just when you need momentum most. There are four strategic ways to solve this problem.
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Alex Standiford
My wife shared a really thoughtful post about the concept of “nice”.
“At times it feels as though, “be nicer” is on equal footing with the much loathed gibe “you should smile more,” and it feels mildly paternalistic and insulting to me”
https://open.substack.com/pub/argumentsinkind/p/maybe-nice-isnt-the-nicest
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Alex Standiford
The computer is built. Now I just have to design and print a box for it!
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Alex Standiford
Really enjoying this Jazz arrangement of some familiar tunes from Final Fantasy VII. Would love to see this for 6, and 9 as well.
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Alex Standiford
Looking through some of my old archives, and stumbled on this fun cornhole board project I did a decade ago. I never did build this thing. Maybe this is the year?
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Alex Standiford
I’m building a custom PC build for a Linux-based home media center!
Kate and I decided we wanted a Blu-ray player because we’re tired of the antics of streaming services and want to regain a modicum of control over our media again. I shopped around and didn’t find one that didn’t have a bunch of baked-in streaming services that was any good.
So with this incredibly flimsy excuse, I took this as an opportunity to finally build my first custom PC, complete with a blu-ray drive. It will be a Linux-based media center on either LibreELEC or Debian + KODI, and will be able to connect to my PLEX server upstairs.
I ended up spending about what you’d spend on a decent mid-range Blu-ray player today, but I’d wager the hardware I got is much better, and I’ll actually be able to control the software.
Oh, and I plan on 3D printing the case.
Really excited about this project!
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Alex Standiford
Eat your heart out, Italy 😂😭
