Barry Hess on blogging:

You don’t need to labor over your posts. You don’t need to have perfect grammar or spelling. You don’t need to leave a post in draft for seven months, pouring over research. (Though you can if you want!) You don’t really need to have an idea.

Just write. Then share.

You’re a Blogger, Not an Essayist

I’ve shared before that one of my rowing goals is to row a 10k in 40 minutes flat. I’ve gotten close but I still have some seconds to shave off my best time:

Today’s 7500 was a surprising jump, especially for a weekday row (fueled by nothing more than a cup of coffee and some pineapple). I managed to keep my pace at just about 2:00 and finished just over 30 minutes. That’s only 75% of the 10k total I’m shooting for, but I was pleased.

Here’s this week’s list of things to check out:

1. Notion Calendar: One of the development artifacts of macOS’s UNIX routes is a preference for single-purpose apps. Unlike Outlook, Apple includes separate mail, contact, and calendar apps. You can swap out your favorite software for any of those build-in apps; I use MailMate, MimeStream, and Fantastical on my Mac, and Fantastical and Spark on iOS and iPadOS. Microsoft touts Outlook as an integrated solution, and is deprecating its standalone apps in favor of it. I’ve been generally happy using Outlook on Windows, but I still search for good standalone options. Notion Calendar is no Fantastical, but it looks quite a lot like it, and works nicely on Windows (it is severely limited on iOS, though).

2. Blue Cork Winery: I recently visit the town of my soon-to-be employer, and stopped on the ride home to grab a bottle of wine to share with Rhonda. We’ve been drinking Rosé at most of the wineries we’ve visited, and while this was a solo mission, I was glad to find their Cab Franc Rosé in the fridge. We had it with sushi Friday night, and while it’s a bit more berry-forward than Sharrot or Bellview’s take on this wine, it was very Outer-Coastal-tasting and emblematic of the local style.

3. Dr. Martens Men’s 1460 in Cherry Red: A fit of nostalgia found me searching online for Doc Martens in blood red. I didn’t find that color, but the Cherry Red is, I suppose, the modern equivalent. I haven’t work Docs in over 20 years, but I started thinking they might not look bad with some of my officewear and especially my more casual selections (which I am prone to, at work, these days). They are pricey but I have really enjoyed wearing them since they came in, although they’re tough to break in. I imagine some black and brown Docs are in my future!

Blue Cork Rosé

George Hahn:

The Chemex was invented in 1941 in New York City by a German-born chemist named Peter J. Schlumbohm. This beautiful and simple coffee maker is made of heat-proof, laboratory grade, borosilicate glass with a wood handle tied to the neck with a leather strip. No plug. No electricity. It’s a work of modern art… literally. (It’s part of the permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Smithsonian and the Corning Museum.)

My Coffee Method of Choice: Chemex

Totally getting a chemex for my new office.

Haven’t had a pair of these in over 20 years. Tough to break in but I’m enjoying them more than I thought.

On the heels of much writing celebrating writing blogs, I added a blogroll page to Uncorrected. Enjoy.

Here’s this week’s list of things to check out:

1. Tabbs: Tabbs is a Chrome extension that adds some flair and functionality to the default tab search in your Chromium-based browser of choice (I’m using Brave). You can search your open tabs, close duplicates, creat tab groups, and more.
2. Tri-Tip Roast: Tri-Tip might get its own post here on Uncorrected. This roast is from the sirloin of the steer, and this one came complete with a nice fat cap. I sous vided it at 129 for about three hours and seared over lump charcoal for about ten minutes. Delicious.
3. Dune: I haven’t seen the second install ment of Villaneuva’s interpretation of the Frank Herbert sci-fi classic, but I can’t wait. It’s getting good reviews. I read all six of the original books in college. My roommate was one book behind me and gobbled them up right after I did.

This is Tonewood Brewing‘s Bend Hoppy Brown. 5.2% Dark Specialty Malts w. Chinook & Cascade. Milk Chocolate & Orange Zest. One of the best brews i ever had.

Picked up these orange suede Clarks last weekend cause they had a sale. Nice counterpoint to my blue ones.

This recipe looks amazing in all the wrong ways. I was thinking about trying it tomorrow but I’ll wait for another time.

@groarkboysbbq

My Christmas present to you! #macandcheese

♬ original sound – TheMeatTeacher

Blew myself up today on this 30-minute piece. I did a 10-minute warmup with the missus using Apple Fitness+ (intervals with Josh) which set me up with almost 2500 meters before the 30. Ranked me in the middle of the pack.

Ride the wave.

So long Sriracha…

I’m spacing on this week’s Sunday Serial, but I did want to share that my youngest son, the culnarian, is making his own sriracha sauce. He took thai chilis from the garden and chopped them up. They are currently fermenting in a brine, needing a daily burp. Can’t wait to try the finished product.

I replaced the 256 GB Kingston stock SSD in my Asus Zenbook with one of the new Samsung 990 Pro SSDs. I’m not sure that I’ll be able to tell the difference doing basic office work, but the stats look nice. Reinstalling the OS makes a big difference, too. Not something I experience with macOS.