diff --git a/content/blog/2020-01-31-january/contents.lr b/content/blog/2020-01-31-january/contents.lr new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2812410 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2020-01-31-january/contents.lr @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +title: January +--- +pub_date: 2020-01-31 +--- +_template: blog/post.html +--- +body: + +![Munich in January](./munich.jpg) + +I didn't have much time for anything on January since I have spent more +time traveling than anything else: Being on my homecity for christmas, +traveling for work two times and then another conference just because. + +At least the planes gave me some time to read and finish some pending +things, though I hope next month is more relaxed. + +## Conferences +- DevConf, Brno [^link devconf.cz] + + Not much to comment apart from feeling a complete newbie about + everything, but more on that on another post in the near future. + +## TV Shows/Movies + +- Watched The Witcher S01 [^link the witcher] + + I'm not sure if coming to the TV Show without having read the books + or played the games was good or bad, but I enjoyed it. Not sure why + some of the hate out there. It may be a bit difficult to put + everything together if you're not focusing on it (as it happened to + me), but it's a good fantasy show and I'm glad they renewed for a + second season. + +## Books + +- Stopped reading Prince of Thorns[^link prince of thorns] + + I didn't get involved with the story, the characters and so on. Only + read a few chapters but there are tons of books to read to stop on + one I wasn't enjoying. I may try again in the future. + +- Started reading The last wish[^link the last wish] + + This was obvious, having watched the series it seems like an awesome + fanstasy world to explore and so far so good. Looking forward to the + game too. + +## Games + +- I started and dropped Pokemon Shield[^link pokemon] on record time. + Got some hype from a friend and from a recent announcement but it's + just the same as always and it bored me going through. Made to the + second or third gym and I just didn't want to turn on the Switch to + play, so... + +## Articles + +Some stuff I've read over the month. Since I don't store a proper +history this is just what came to mind, but I'm going to try keeping a +record for the coming months. Also I'm going to use this as a pressure +point to read some more pending articles, at least to the point that +I read more than I add to my pocket account. + +- There's No Such Thing as Knowing Your Computer 'All the Way to the + Bottom' [^article1] +- You should have a personal website [^article2] +- The boring technology behind a one person internet company [^article3] +- From 15,000 database connections to under 100: DigitalOcean's tale of + tech debt [^article4] +- What happens when you push to git.sr.ht, and why was it so slow? + [^article5] +- How SSH port became 22 [^article6] + + +[^article1]: https://codefol.io/posts/no-such-thing-as-knowing-coding-all-the-way-to-the-bottom/ +[^article2]: https://writing.markchristian.org/2019/04/29/personal-web-sites/?c=1 +[^article3]: https://broadcast.listennotes.com/the-boring-technology-behind-listen-notes-56697c2e347b +[^article4]: https://blog.digitalocean.com/from-15-000-database-connections-to-under-100-digitaloceans-tale-of-tech-debt/ +[^article5]: https://sourcehut.org/blog/2019-11-22-what-happens-on-git-push/ +[^article6]: https://www.ssh.com/ssh/port#how-ssh-port-became-22 +[^link devconf.cz]: https://www.devconf.info/cz/ +[^link the witcher]: https://www.tvtime.com/en/show/362696 +[^link prince of thorns]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9579634-prince-of-thorns +[^link the last wish]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40603587-the-last-wish +[^link pokemon]: https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-Switch/Pokemon-Escudo-1522110.html diff --git a/content/blog/2020-01-31-january/munich.jpg b/content/blog/2020-01-31-january/munich.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1277889 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/2020-01-31-january/munich.jpg differ