2022-07-23

Eat the frog first

In the middle of Avoiding Toxic Productivity Advice for ADHD: Find What Actually Works — suddenly I and my ADHD are directly attacked:

EAT THE FROG FIRST

STARE AT THE FROG FOR HOURS AND FEEL LIKE A FAILURE FOR AVOIDING THE FROG ALL DAY AND GETTING NOTHING DONE AT ALL MEANWHILE WONDERING WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU AND WHY YOU CAN’T FOLLOW THIS BASIC ADVICE THAT MUST WORK PERFECTLY FOR EVERYONE ELSE AND DREAD SEEING THE SAME FROG WAITING FOR YOU TOMORROW

Activity Log

hackers.town: 2022-07-23 Sat 09:11

Enjoying the Readwise Logseq plugin (and the banners plugin too)

If you’re curious, the book being highlighted is “Emerald Street: A History of Hip Hop in Seattle” by Daudi Abe

https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295747569/emerald-street/

hackers.town: 2022-07-23 Sat 09:33

“RT if…” no, fuck off.

hackers.town: 2022-07-23 Sat 10:06

so Readwise export to Logseq customization uses jinja2 which has me once again thinking about a rudimentary Python PKM with MyST / ReST, jinja2, and a whole lot of Textual.

[looks at TODO list]

[sighs wistfully]

hackers.town: 2022-07-23 Sat 12:07

Just tried to eat my Thinking Putty® so I don’t think it’s working.

hackers.town: 2022-07-23 Sat 13:32

YAY WE ARE GOING A PLACE

hackers.town: 2022-07-23 Sat 17:12

It’s rough when the question of “how long have you known this person” comes up for my Perl friends because time is slippery and those are the ones I’ve known longest probably.

Longer than an El Sobrante fortnight, I know that much.

hackers.town: 2022-07-23 Sat 17:13

@stapper Cheesecake Factory, so definitely not the A place. Maybe not even the B place.