Tag: 2023

  • Do Unforgettable Work

    Some thoughts deserve to be forever available online. This one from Taylor Town is a true gem. On 20230727 https://taylor.town/do-unforgettable-work ### Do unforgettable work. This is not hyperbole. At minimum, customers must think you are superhuman. Respond instantly. Finish work quickly. Check in frequently. Proactively prevent problems. Deliver stellar quality. Exceed expectations in every possible…

  • Windows 10 and Python

    Update on 20230801

  • Desafio 100 coisas para fazer em São Paulo

    Desafio 100 coisas para fazer em São Paulo

    A revista Bula organizou essa lista. Vou deixar ela aqui para ir marcando as coisas feitas ao longo dos anos. 22 checks até julho de 2023 1 — Conhecer o Pátio do Colégio, marco zero da cidade de São Paulo, onde a cidade foi fundada em 1554 ✅ 2 — Fazer um tour pelas criptas…

  • Opsec updates 2023 – Windows

    last updated on July 23, 2023 I have recently switched back to Windows after being an Ubuntu user for 16 years. Reasons are lightly stated in a previous post if you care checking them out. Barbie (land) is at the local movie theaters right now and so am I into the Microsoft mindset for personal…

  • 2 apps you cannot live without if you are a Windows user

    I switched back to Windows last week and since then I have (re)discovered some true gems I used to enjoy until I decided to move to Windows on the desktop. Image viewer IrfanView! The name is strange, so is its icon. I remember when I shared my screen with somebody online and his reaction was:…

  • I’m keeping a No CSS minisite alongside

    I have stumbled upon this No CSS Club website today and then found this very well crafted minisite by Thricegreat. So I decided to join the club, literally speaking. It’s at /minisite Some personal touches I gave to it: Syncthing syncs the folder with my local server, which then runs lftp via a cron job…

  • You are not a magician, you are an entertainer

    People are very creative now when describing themselves in the ‘About’ section of their LinkedIn profile pages. Are we really capable of describing ourselves accurately? How good are we in the task of evaluating ourselves and describing difficult aspects of us like ‘competencies’? No, not a magician. Maybe you are in the business of making…

  • Things you need to know to be in the game

    last updated on September 14, 2023. Click the image to enlarge it. the least you need to know

  • Hard Things I Can Do

    Inspired by Nat Eliason’s great piece of philosophy, here are the hard things I think I can do.

  • Goodbye Ubuntu

    As of this weekend I’m no longer using Ubuntu on my laptop. Thank you, Canonical, for all the good service provided since 2007, but I could not continue on this journey. I got tired of all the error messages, subpar hardware compatibility, restrictions of all sorts, Linux version not available, warsaw modules etc. I’m jumping…