BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//joshbeckman.org//NONSGML Jekyll iCal//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Josh Beckman's Organization - Blog METHOD:PUBLISH REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:P1D X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1D BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/lcd-soundsystem-at-aragon-in-2026@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260307T200025Z DTEND:20260307T210025Z SUMMARY:LCD Soundsystem at Aragon in 2026 DESCRIPTION:I’ve seen LCDS many times before (previously)\, but not as ma ny as my friend Ned. It’s a wonderful experience going to see this band with Ned. He knows how they structure their shows for different coun URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/lcd-soundsystem-at-aragon-in -2026 CATEGORIES:concerts,aragon-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/29162046-a8d4-4b1 a-9cfa-4d24c38a3e88.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/trust-but-verify@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260306T141908Z DTEND:20260306T151908Z SUMMARY:Trust But Verify DESCRIPTION:I’ve been a huge fan of webcomic name for years. Every comic ends with “oh no”. Perfect. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/trust-but-verify CATEGORIES:software-engineering,llm,ai,trust IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/955f9c15-077b-4b7 1-b2ca-0b77b0287e07.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/comed-hourly-pricing-as-calendar-events@joshbeckman.or g DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260301T011500Z DTEND:20260301T021500Z SUMMARY:ComEd Hourly Pricing as Calendar Events DESCRIPTION:I built an iCal feed of ComEd electricity price changes so I ca n plan around cheap hours from my calendar. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/comed-hourly-pricing-as-cal endar-events CATEGORIES:tools,consumption,time,open-source IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/7da27360-4fa4-4eb 5-8fbb-9aa80f34e9b7.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/music-frozen-dancing-2026@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260221T194258Z DTEND:20260221T204258Z SUMMARY:Music Frozen Dancing 2026 DESCRIPTION:Of course we went to Music Frozen Dancing again this year. And this time we got a spot near the front so we could get our faces visible i n the annual photo. A fun bit from last year: I’m kinda feature URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/music-frozen-dancing-2026 CATEGORIES:music,chicago,empty-bottle-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/c2781a7a-51f1-483 2-a643-f5d9e29a3356.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1212868052-possessor@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260220T000000Z DTEND:20260220T010000Z SUMMARY:Possessor DESCRIPTION:I can see this as the stepping stone to Infinity Pool that this would become. \nLike Infinity Pool\, this perfectly balances world-buildi ng reveals through character action and scene make-up. Also simil URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1212868052- possessor CATEGORIES:movies,art,writing,entertainment,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/6/8/5/4/0/368540 -possessor-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=c949ea1fc0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/divvy-2025-in-review@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260218T150116Z DTEND:20260218T160116Z SUMMARY:Divvy 2025 in Review DESCRIPTION:Last week I opened the Divvy (bikeshare system for Chicago) app and they prompted me with a 2025 year-in-review. Strange! A bit late? But I appreciate it all the same. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/divvy-2025-in-review CATEGORIES:year-in-review,chicago,biking IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/79266feb-73a0-47d 8-94fb-d6d8f3718e04.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1210579568-le-samourai@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260218T000000Z DTEND:20260218T010000Z SUMMARY:Le Samouraï DESCRIPTION:This review may contain spoilers.\nIf you spend your days plann ing the perfect way to kill others\, of course you want to control how you die. \nThis film removes the sexy glamor of contract killing and URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1210579568- le-samourai CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,art,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/8/8/1/7/48817-le -samourai-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=11267d74cc TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/ical-feeds-for-a-jekyll-site@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260216T170000Z DTEND:20260216T180000Z SUMMARY:My Entire Blog History as Calendar Events DESCRIPTION:I built a Jekyll plugin that generates iCal feeds so I can see my entire posting history in my calendar. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/ical-feeds-for-a-jekyll-site CATEGORIES:jekyll,personal-blog,tools,time TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1208720778-the-conversation@joshbeckma n.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260215T000000Z DTEND:20260215T010000Z SUMMARY:The Conversation DESCRIPTION:This review may contain spoilers.\nI\, too\, have been an edito r that thought themself a genius\, discovering the perfect refinement to c reate something from nothing\, only to find that a crucial nuance wa URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1208720778- the-conversation CATEGORIES:movies,writing,entertainment,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/1/5/2/9/51529-th e-conversation-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=12ad21bbbf TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1202680979-everything-everywhere-all-a t-once@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260213T000000Z DTEND:20260213T010000Z SUMMARY:Everything Everywhere All at Once DESCRIPTION:With our one month-old in a stroller\, we entered the elevator behind a woman carrying a potted flower and groceries. After the doors clo sed\, she smiled and leaned over to look at our daughter's face a URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1202680979- everything-everywhere-all-at-once CATEGORIES:letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/7/4/4/7/4/474474 -everything-everywhere-all-at-once-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=281f1a041e TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/weval-at-outset@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260212T233033Z DTEND:20260213T003033Z SUMMARY:Weval at Outset DESCRIPTION:This show was so much better than I had expected! URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/weval-at-outset CATEGORIES:concerts,outset-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/7b16c3ed-cc2d-4cf a-bced-566eb50ab889.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/photos/a-new-q@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260211T145006Z DTEND:20260211T155006Z SUMMARY:A New Q DESCRIPTION:After buying it on release and for my graduation\, I had and lo ved my Fuji X100 for 10 years. It was the perfect camera for me for many y ears. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/photos/a-new-q CATEGORIES:photography,tools IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/4ab0d9fe-a469-4e6 f-b09a-4fda72476f57.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/listening/fela-kuti-fear-no-man@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260210T044835Z DTEND:20260210T054835Z SUMMARY:Fela Kuti: Fear No Man DESCRIPTION:The Fela Kuti: Fear No Man podcast from Jad Abumrad was a beaut iful series I listened to while shoveling snow and lifting weights this wi nter. I had been listening to Fela’s music for a decade but nev URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/fela-kuti-fear-no-man CATEGORIES:podroll,music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/338712d9-c936-44a 5-9d69-8e8abe113f46.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1199494440-28-years-later-the-bone-tem ple@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260210T000000Z DTEND:20260210T010000Z SUMMARY:28 Years Later: The Bone Temple DESCRIPTION:There are always so many things to say about a really good film . \nI haven’t felt so teeteringly sick with gory terror since The Green Room and that was white-knuckle fun. The gore in this film was wre URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1199494440- 28-years-later-the-bone-temple CATEGORIES:letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/1/5/6/4/0/9/1156 409-28-years-later-the-bone-temple-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=131058c6ff TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/photos/its-still-very-cold-here@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260209T150141Z DTEND:20260209T160141Z SUMMARY:It's Still Very Cold Here URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/photos/its-still-very-cold-here CATEGORIES:chicago IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/c8c0e917-4f2e-4cf 2-9d14-432ce847f117.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/photos/bright-eucalyptus-ikebana@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260208T165920Z DTEND:20260208T175920Z SUMMARY:Bright Eucalyptus Ikebana URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/photos/bright-eucalyptus-ikebana CATEGORIES:flora IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/36f988a3-40fa-4ce 6-8743-79fb3a1878fb.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/all-the-food-is-on-the-lawn@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260206T232045Z DTEND:20260207T002045Z SUMMARY:All The Food is On The Lawn DESCRIPTION:Today is Friday. On Sunday night\, Marybeth opened the fridge a nd said\, “this water is warm.” URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/all-the-food-is-on-the-lawn CATEGORIES:maintenance,food,chicago TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/building-a-user-preferences-page-for-my-static-site@joshbeckman.o rg DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260205T215930Z DTEND:20260205T225930Z SUMMARY:Building a User Preferences Page for My Static Site DESCRIPTION:I’ve been wanting to give visitors more control over how they experience this site. Not everyone wants the same thing from a personal w ebsite - some prefer dark mode\, some want to disable tracking\, an URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/building-a-user-preferences-page-for-m y-static-site CATEGORIES:jekyll,code-snippets,personal-blog,tools,language-javascript TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1191800928-mars-express@joshbeckman.or g DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260205T000000Z DTEND:20260205T010000Z SUMMARY:Mars Express DESCRIPTION:This review may contain spoilers.\nI really enjoyed the first h alf of this\, with fast and fantastic world building elements strewn throu ghout the backgrounds of most panels. I love feeling pulled along URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1191800928- mars-express CATEGORIES:fiction,entertainment,art,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/1/4/6/7/2/514672 -mars-express-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=2d6892c805 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/116013616677995190@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260204T174825Z DTEND:20260204T184825Z SUMMARY:GovTrack.us: Your Source for Congressional Insights DESCRIPTION:GovTrack.us is a Good Source of Congressional Updates\nhttps:// www.joshbeckman.org/notes/govtrackus-is-a-good-source-of-congressional-upd ates\nI have really started to enjoy and learn from the GovTrack URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/116013616677995190 CATEGORIES:government,politics,social-networks,research,education,mastodon TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/116013616627681282@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260204T174824Z DTEND:20260204T184824Z SUMMARY:Encrypting Personal Posts in Jekyll DESCRIPTION:Client-Side Encrypted Posts in Jekyll\nhttps://www.joshbeckman. org/blog/encrypted-post\nI’ve been wanting to write more personal things on this site. Not everything needs to be public\, but I still want URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/116013616627681282 CATEGORIES:personal-blog,jekyll,writing,mastodon TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/encrypted-post@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260203T000000Z DTEND:20260203T010000Z SUMMARY:Client-Side Encrypted Posts in Jekyll DESCRIPTION:I’ve been wanting to write more personal things on this site. Not everything needs to be public\, but I still want the convenience of h aving it all in one place - searchable\, linkable\, backed up in git URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/encrypted-post CATEGORIES:personal-blog,security,language-javascript,jekyll TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/encrypted-example@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260203T000000Z DTEND:20260203T010000Z SUMMARY:Encrypted Example Post URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/encrypted-example CATEGORIES:tests TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/displaying-letterboxd-like-counts-on-my-movie-reviews@ joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260202T182713Z DTEND:20260202T192713Z SUMMARY:Displaying Letterboxd Like Counts on My Movie Reviews DESCRIPTION:I’ve been crossposting my Letterboxd reviews to this site for a while now. The posts link back to the original review\, but I wanted to show engagement metrics the same way I do for Mastodon\, Bluesky\, URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/displaying-letterboxd-like- counts-on-my-movie-reviews CATEGORIES:personal-blog,letterboxd,jekyll,language-javascript IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/21addc37-7230-405 5-97e9-959509301ba3.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1189278242-charade@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260202T000000Z DTEND:20260202T010000Z SUMMARY:Charade DESCRIPTION:I’m sorry\, I just couldn’t believe how horny Audrey Hepbur n was for Cary Grant. He literally continues to get worse and she just get s more and more into him! Stop\, girl! You don’t need that man! You h URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1189278242- charade CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,writing,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/9/1/2/9/49129-ch arade-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=33e133ab90 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/3mdsqlk5n6c2h@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260201T162412Z DTEND:20260201T172412Z SUMMARY:Appreciating Small Seasons: A Quick Reply DESCRIPTION:@rosszurowski.com thanks for writing! I loved reading your Smal l Seasons this morning: RE: Small Seasons URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/3mdsqlk5n6c2h CATEGORIES:personal-blog,communication,writing,bluesky IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oclgv sz6g6bsosawrkchxyyq/bafkreial4j3x3xljyeahpjqn6w4a3yvubm5jbzivdlelzkm3gx4f2 br2hi@jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1187276660-a-different-man@joshbeckman .org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260201T000000Z DTEND:20260201T010000Z SUMMARY:A Different Man DESCRIPTION:This review may contain spoilers.\nUnexpected revelation throug h personal transformation.\nThe Substance is my favorite film of the past couple years\, so there's no surprise that I love the plot here. B URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1187276660- a-different-man CATEGORIES:movies,personal-blog,art,entertainment,fiction,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/8/9/1/2/9/1/891291 -a-different-man-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=f19de2db41 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/trying-new-photography-printers@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260131T173124Z DTEND:20260131T183124Z SUMMARY:Trying New Photography Printers DESCRIPTION:I’ve been a long time customer of Parabo Press for all my wal l art photography prints. I’ve especially loved their large engineer pri nts\, but I’ve also extensively printed with their matte fine-art pr URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/trying-new-photography-printers CATEGORIES:photography,publishing,art TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1185420823-the-french-connection@joshb eckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260131T000000Z DTEND:20260131T010000Z SUMMARY:The French Connection DESCRIPTION:This movie has the best chase scenes - both fast and slow - I ve ever watched. I was out of breath - or holding bated breath - with the characters multiple times\, and the handheld camera really pulled URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1185420823- the-french-connection CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,crime,culture,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/m0/ut/ds/ts/5XSGvIKl 2yPvOkieFjc3rzLw7x0-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=b5eb5cf6f7 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1184513264-agatha-christies-seven-dial s@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260130T000000Z DTEND:20260130T010000Z SUMMARY:Agatha Christie's Seven Dials DESCRIPTION:We watched this is one sitting while the baby slept and that wa s enough of a win to put me in a good mood. \nI liked the main actress an d Helena and the guy who played Lomax but ultimately I think ther URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1184513264- agatha-christies-seven-dials CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/4/8/8/0/2/4/1488 024-agatha-christies-seven-dials-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=f1f1338832 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/links-that-survive-the-printer@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260122T161153Z DTEND:20260122T171153Z SUMMARY:Links That Survive the Printer DESCRIPTION:How I built automatic QR code footnotes so printed pages keep t heir links. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/links-that-survive-the-prin ter CATEGORIES:personal-blog,code-snippets,language-javascript,publishing,acces sibility IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/d3b4eef5-6d42-4ae 9-87e0-3fd0df13af74.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1141972014-no-other-choice-2025@joshbe ckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260104T000000Z DTEND:20260104T010000Z SUMMARY:No Other Choice DESCRIPTION:While I did love the cinematography - long moving shots\, super -positions\, framing and placements - I think this movie muddled itself wi th too wide of an edit\, and the energy that it built up in the be URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1141972014- no-other-choice-2025 CATEGORIES:movies,cinematography,art,travel,culture,personal-blog,letterbox d IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/6/5/9/5/2/565952 -no-other-choice-2025-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=87ef42b9f5 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/site-traffic-in-2025@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260103T170330Z DTEND:20260103T180330Z SUMMARY:Site Traffic in 2025 DESCRIPTION:2025 was the first full year I had basic analytics on this site (via Goatcounter)\, so I figured I would review the most popular posts/pa ges. I also wrote more in 2025 than in (any?) prior years. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/site-traffic-in-2025 CATEGORIES:data,personal-blog,year-in-review IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/3c613879-fed3-4a7 5-bfd0-a73ed18c6ba6.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/my-letterboxd-2025-in-film@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260103T163640Z DTEND:20260103T173640Z SUMMARY:My Letterboxd 2025 in Film DESCRIPTION:Because 2025 is over\, I just got my 2025 Letterboxd Summary of movies. This was the first year I reviewed every new movie I saw\, using the Letterboxd platform (and pulling the reviews into my site via URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/my-letterboxd-2025-in-film CATEGORIES:movies,data,year-in-review IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/7f159755-7b5c-43c 9-bde1-df4ab8c3bc80.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/deep-dive-on-watches@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260103T045719Z DTEND:20260103T055719Z SUMMARY:Deep Dive on Watches DESCRIPTION:Maybe it started when my friend Colin mentioned that Zodiac wat ches were on sale at Ross department stores because the company was going bankrupt. Or maybe it was when\, for some unknown reason\, I re-w URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/deep-dive-on-watches CATEGORIES:tools,closhing IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/c07a44bd-b1bf-46e c-b5cf-7b14ed05f51b.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/bringing-back-webmentions@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260102T160830Z DTEND:20260102T170830Z SUMMARY:Bringing Back Webmentions DESCRIPTION:A year and a half ago I dropped support for webmentions on this blog\, but I’ve brought them back over the last month. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/bringing-back-webmentions CATEGORIES:personal-blog,publishing,blogs,social-networks IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/87ae2e1d-f1b8-4cd c-9aed-2b60e218a294.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1137443522-sorry-baby-2025@joshbeckman .org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260102T000000Z DTEND:20260102T010000Z SUMMARY:Sorry\, Baby DESCRIPTION:This review may contain spoilers.\nThis film is arresting becau se it\, like the main character\, has nothing to prove to you and all the reason to prove it. I moves constantly\, not quickly or slowly\, thr URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1137443522- sorry-baby-2025 CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,fiction,art,writing,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/0/9/0/4/6/4/1090 464-sorry-baby-2025-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=c011d7fe20 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1133277980-double-indemnity@joshbeckma n.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20260101T000000Z DTEND:20260101T010000Z SUMMARY:Double Indemnity DESCRIPTION:Edward G. Robinson steals the show for me on this one. I loved every second of him on the screen. Fred MacMurray's lines had me reeling\, finding the base of every film noir trope I've ever heard. Barb URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1133277980- double-indemnity CATEGORIES:movies,personal-blog,entertainment,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/1/1/7/3/51173-do uble-indemnity-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=8e753e6645 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1132578619-marty-supreme@joshbeckman.o rg DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251230T000000Z DTEND:20251230T010000Z SUMMARY:Marty Supreme DESCRIPTION:This review may contain spoilers.\nI was riveted through this e ntire film and loved it so much. It's not about table tennis\; it is a met aphorical ball of emotion launching itself back and forth across URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1132578619- marty-supreme CATEGORIES:movies,fiction,art,entertainment,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/1/9/7/4/9/9/1197 499-marty-supreme-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=b14a26bb43 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1124142364-the-taking-of-pelham-one-tw o-three@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251225T000000Z DTEND:20251225T010000Z SUMMARY:The Taking of Pelham One Two Three DESCRIPTION:What if we made a heist movie but everyone was bumbling and gre asy and cramped and you didn't really like them but they all worked togeth er in the end? Would it make you love New York?\nI was so primed URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1124142364- the-taking-of-pelham-one-two-three CATEGORIES:movies,fiction,entertainment,racism,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/7/8/0/0/47800-th e-taking-of-pelham-one-two-three-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=b04395e6e7 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/youtube-recap-2025@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251223T140423Z DTEND:20251223T150423Z SUMMARY:YouTube Recap 2025 DESCRIPTION:My 2025 YouTube Recap was delivered today. It seems they calcul ate their “top” metrics based on minutes watched\, not number of video s watched. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/youtube-recap-2025 CATEGORIES:data,youtube,year-in-review IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/1a9ece9c-9627-446 0-a7e8-b4d665556de3.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1123008920-avatar-fire-and-ash@joshbec kman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251223T000000Z DTEND:20251223T010000Z SUMMARY:Avatar: Fire and Ash DESCRIPTION:They shouldn’t let James Cameron write the dialog. Almost eve ry heightened scene was brought to a simpering halt by terrible\, floppy a ttempted-one-liners said by a character with flat affect and no re URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1123008920- avatar-fire-and-ash CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,art,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/7/0/0/0/7/70007-av atar-fire-and-ash-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=5d2f8b35b1 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/strava-year-in-sport-2025@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251222T161102Z DTEND:20251222T171102Z SUMMARY:Strava Year in Sport 2025 DESCRIPTION:Just like my Apple Music year-in-review\, Strava wants to give me an annual aggregation before the year is done. But here are their highl ights: URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/strava-year-in-sport-2025 CATEGORIES:exercise,data,year-in-review IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/c5c47d20-6937-413 e-b7ca-3ea1735c1dac.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/my-github-wrapped-2025@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251221T153722Z DTEND:20251221T163722Z SUMMARY:My GitHub Wrapped 2025 DESCRIPTION:First I used git-wrapped.com again to pull my 2025 stats but th en I built gh-wrapped to give a better overview. Here’s what it gave me for this far through 2025. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/my-github-wrapped-2025 CATEGORIES:github,data,open-source,year-in-review IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/194cb282-c047-4e6 4-9880-3d6747d755ab.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/ghnvimusernamekeywords-github-mention-autocomplete-in- your-neovim-editor@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251219T133858Z DTEND:20251219T143858Z SUMMARY:gh-nvim-username-keywords: GitHub @-mention Autocomplete in Your Ne ovim Editor DESCRIPTION:I’ve been writing my GitHub issue and PR comments in neovim m ore and more. Sometimes through the gh CLI directly\, sometimes through in teractions with claude-code: both places where I can pop into an n URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/ghnvimusernamekeywords-gith ub-mention-autocomplete-in-your-neovim-editor CATEGORIES:tools,github,open-source,vim IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/b767b9ff-5e57-4be 8-9b8d-666ad8cd7331.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/ghwrapped-is-your-github-wrapped-year-in-review-on-dem and@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251219T031129Z DTEND:20251219T041129Z SUMMARY:gh-wrapped is Your GitHub Wrapped Year in Review\, On Demand DESCRIPTION:Recent Decembers\, I watch people share their “Spotify/etc. W rapped” results and wonder about building a proper GitHub version. Vario us “GitHub Wrapped” websites pop up each year\, but they always fall URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/ghwrapped-is-your-github-wr apped-year-in-review-on-demand CATEGORIES:tools,github,open-source,CLI,year-in-review IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/c00b8275-9b80-41c 1-bbea-86bc33607789.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/mastodon-and-bluesky-wrapped-2025@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251219T022531Z DTEND:20251219T032531Z SUMMARY:Mastodon and Bluesky Wrapped 2025 DESCRIPTION:I’ve been syndicating my posts to Bluesky and to Mastodon all of 2025. These are the two generalist “social media platforms” that I use actively. And by “actively use” I mean:\n\n syndicate my blog po s URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/mastodon-and-bluesky-wrapped-2025 CATEGORIES:social-media,mastodon,bluesky,year-in-review IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/85f7d141-e1a9-47f d-bbf6-9ea8540e413b.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/my-raycast-wrapped-2025-and-prior-years@joshbeckman.or g DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251216T174633Z DTEND:20251216T184633Z SUMMARY:My Raycast Wrapped 2025 (and Prior Years) DESCRIPTION:I’ve been using Raycast on my work and personal computers for over 3 years now and heavily use it (example) for text snippets and app/s ite navigation. It’s so much more than an app launcher and still URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/my-raycast-wrapped-2025-and -prior-years CATEGORIES:tools,year-in-review IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/6d14ad30-7d58-48f 0-8991-59e64f46378e.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-december-14-2025@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251214T180202Z DTEND:20251214T190202Z SUMMARY:Desk\, December 14\, 2025 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-december-14-2025 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/60aa1d9c-c463-4df 8-8272-6b003f32e303.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/newsletter-issue-8-images-of-fall-2025@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251214T155052Z DTEND:20251214T165052Z SUMMARY:Newsletter Issue #8: Images of Fall 2025 DESCRIPTION:I do also run a newsletter for this site\, and published the la test issue yesterday: Images of Fall 2025. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/newsletter-issue-8-images-of-fall-2025 CATEGORIES:personal-blog,publishing IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/5527ee2e-344a-4a8 3-abc8-570629fb7d58.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/zeds-dead-with-apashe-at-wintrust-arena@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251213T225821Z DTEND:20251213T235821Z SUMMARY:Zeds Dead with Apashe at Wintrust Arena DESCRIPTION:I’ve seen Zeds Dead many times now and still they do not disa ppoint. There’s just something undeniably fun and healing to be in a roo m with other people and feel the air be pushed around you\, throbbin URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/zeds-dead-with-apashe-at-win trust-arena CATEGORIES:wintrust-arena-venue,concerts IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/d58c4f47-21dd-442 1-ba86-82db120c0244.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1102303321-rope@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251212T000000Z DTEND:20251212T010000Z SUMMARY:Rope DESCRIPTION:This review may contain spoilers.\nThis is why you can't be too sarcastic with kids – they'll get confused about what to actually belie ve.\nThroughout this film I kept getting distracted by Brandon's be URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1102303321- rope CATEGORIES:movies,philosophy,adaptation,culture,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/0/9/5/4/50954-ro pe-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=bd8d1695a5 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1101201610-tenebre@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251211T000000Z DTEND:20251211T010000Z SUMMARY:Tenebre DESCRIPTION:This movie gets high marks firstly because its soundtrack seede d one of my favorite albums: Justice. It’s crazy how directly the sample s were lifted from this score\, and damn do they feel right in the URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1101201610- tenebre CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/2/6/2/3/32623-te nebre-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=7486dd976a TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/listening/apple-music-replay-2025@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251210T163037Z DTEND:20251210T173037Z SUMMARY:Apple Music Replay 2025 DESCRIPTION:It’s still strange to me that Spotify Wrapped and Apple Music Replay and others prompt me to view my “year’s Worth of Listening” well before the year is done. But here are some highlights from this ye URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/apple-music-replay-2025 CATEGORIES:music,data,year-in-review IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/6c170300-e555-4ba c-ae3f-69778d3de972.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/shopify-editions-winter-26@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251210T162131Z DTEND:20251210T172131Z SUMMARY:Shopify Editions Winter '26 DESCRIPTION:Jump to 15:10 of the X spaces livestream to get a brief overvie w of a big project I championed for a bit this fall: AI-generated workflow s with Sidekick. (view in Editions) URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/shopify-editions-winter-26 CATEGORIES:shopify IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/71f8da65-6b8b-413 d-a8fa-384983c1522d.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1096348048-kill-bill-the-whole-bloody- affair@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251206T000000Z DTEND:20251206T010000Z SUMMARY:Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair DESCRIPTION:This is the way in which one must watch Kill Bill now. If you d on't have the time for all of the hours\, just watch Vol. 1.\nI hadn't see n these stories in a few years\, and they hold up so beautifully w URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1096348048- kill-bill-the-whole-bloody-affair CATEGORIES:movies,writing,art,music,culture,parenting,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/4/8/4/3/9/348439 -kill-bill-the-whole-bloody-affair-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=5d08ead101 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1093959706-possession@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251204T000000Z DTEND:20251204T010000Z SUMMARY:Possession DESCRIPTION:Some things in life are inherently gruesome: birth\, murder\, e tc. This movie makes physical - makes visible - the internal gore\, the me ntal anguish\, the torture of heartbreak.\nIt's incredibly uncomfort URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1093959706- possession CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,fiction,art,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/8c/pk/z8/4v/aIjO3kra eaD4MDBSef3rTO2vIuZ-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=cb9f332628 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/my-studio-stool@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251130T160026Z DTEND:20251130T170026Z SUMMARY:My Studio Stool DESCRIPTION:I bought the instruction zine for The Studio Stool from Manual months ago and then cut up some 3/4” plywood sometime this summer and fi nally reorganized enough to finish it yesterday. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/my-studio-stool CATEGORIES:building,folk-creations IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/fb89850e-8d79-4e0 f-9e85-712ab5878942.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1090126714-wake-up-dead-man@joshbeckma n.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251130T000000Z DTEND:20251130T010000Z SUMMARY:Wake Up Dead Man DESCRIPTION:The best part of this was the fall of light and shadow cast acr oss every argument while Brolin's booming voice and Close's biting whisper anchored every scene.\nNeither this nor the Glass Onion top the URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1090126714- wake-up-dead-man CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/7/2/9/1/1/3/729113 -wake-up-dead-man-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=85f3366617 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1088240035-witness-for-the-prosecution -1957@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251128T000000Z DTEND:20251128T010000Z SUMMARY:Witness for the Prosecution DESCRIPTION:Why didn't I enjoy this movie more?\nI grew to love Charles Lau ghton as the barrister after he initially put me off.The courtroom reparte is delightful.There's enough B-plot for things to stay lively.\n URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1088240035- witness-for-the-prosecution-1957 CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,writing,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/2/7/1/7/5/27175-wi tness-for-the-prosecution-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=e7538a44b3 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/listening/getting-killed-by-geese@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251121T043438Z DTEND:20251121T053438Z SUMMARY:Getting Killed by Geese URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/getting-killed-by-geese CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/album_art/geese-g ettingkilled.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/a-digital-twosentence-journal@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251119T140634Z DTEND:20251119T150634Z SUMMARY:A Digital Two-Sentence Journal DESCRIPTION:A vampire's journal and a physical notebook inspired me to writ e a program to store my experiences URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/a-digital-twosentence-journ al CATEGORIES:writing,games,note-taking,code-snippets IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/7521025c-92a3-4a6 d-8c06-9abcd751fdd9.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/the-flop-house-live-at-sleeping-village@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251117T035001Z DTEND:20251117T045001Z SUMMARY:The Flop House Live at Sleeping Village URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/the-flop-house-live-at-sleep ing-village CATEGORIES:sleeping-village-venue,podroll IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/e6e41542-2f3d-4e2 f-a064-2d21869ba960.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1074770403-taking-care-of-business@jos hbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251115T000000Z DTEND:20251115T010000Z SUMMARY:Taking Care of Business DESCRIPTION:This script got high off its own supply. \nThere’s one funny scene where Charles Grodin answers the phone. The rest of the scenes are like: Jim Belushi gives a toast\, “to big t*ts!” and the woman acros URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1074770403- taking-care-of-business CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/8/3/3/6/48336-ta king-care-of-business-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=73933ef835 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/contributing-to-opensource-should-be-required-like-jur y-duty@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251111T163152Z DTEND:20251111T173152Z SUMMARY:Contributing to Open-Source Should be Required\, Like Jury Duty DESCRIPTION:A note I found in my journal\, from seven years ago\, on the da y I was summoned to participate in a jury of my peers: URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/contributing-to-opensource- should-be-required-like-jury-duty CATEGORIES:open-source,government,popular TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/word-count-bookmarklet@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251111T152524Z DTEND:20251111T162524Z SUMMARY:Word Count Bookmarklet DESCRIPTION:Inspired by See Your Word Count While You Write from dreeves\, I whipped up my own word count bookmarklet. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/word-count-bookmarklet CATEGORIES:language-javascript,code-snippets,writing IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/8736b73f-6fd5-4e5 d-a3d3-216654c9d160.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/youtube-eo135DkzgN0@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251111T140259Z DTEND:20251111T150259Z SUMMARY:Lakefront Marathon 2025 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/youtube-eo135DkzgN0 CATEGORIES:events,sports,running,youtube IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://i2.ytimg.com/vi/eo135DkzgN0/hqdefault.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1074185398-bugonia@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251111T000000Z DTEND:20251111T010000Z SUMMARY:Bugonia DESCRIPTION:This review may contain spoilers.\nThis is the second story in a week (see The Overstory) to dramatically tell me that humans are killing the planet and each other because they see only humans as valua URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1074185398- bugonia CATEGORIES:environment,culture,communication,conflict,philosophy,ethics,let terboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/6/2/5/4/0/0/625400 -bugonia-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=4c6649150e TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/the-overstory@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251109T205607Z DTEND:20251109T215607Z SUMMARY:The Overstory DESCRIPTION:This book is like a fictional\, tragic rhyme with Braiding Swee tgrass. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/the-overstory CATEGORIES:flora,environment,fiction IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/558dc098-e6ce-4e6 9-a322-c68928d23dfe.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1067773849-evil-under-the-sun@joshbeck man.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251108T000000Z DTEND:20251108T010000Z SUMMARY:Evil Under the Sun DESCRIPTION:Marybeth had just read this book for High Stakes book club and so it was on our minds. She had many differences between the book and the movie to point out\, but we still enjoyed it quite a bit.\nThere URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1067773849- evil-under-the-sun CATEGORIES:fiction,movies,music,hiking,entertainment,personal-blog,letterbo xd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/9/4/7/5/49475-ev il-under-the-sun-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=5510ca9383 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/making-mcp-tool-calls-scriptable-with-mcpcli@joshbeckm an.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251106T141522Z DTEND:20251106T151522Z SUMMARY:Making MCP Tool Calls Scriptable with mcp_cli URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/making-mcp-tool-calls-scrip table-with-mcpcli CATEGORIES:llm,tools,open-source,automation,language-ruby IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/f4041c35-1df5-42a 4-ac64-2a2ac880ee48.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/kaytranada-and-justice-at-the-united-center@joshbeckman .org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251105T230101Z DTEND:20251106T000101Z SUMMARY:KAYTRANADA and Justice at The United Center DESCRIPTION:I’ve long been a fan of KAYTRANADA (see his latest album) but have only ever been able to see him perform at outdoor venues (e.g. Lolla palooza)\, so I jumped at the chance to see him indoors at The Uni URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/kaytranada-and-justice-at-th e-united-center CATEGORIES:concerts,united-center-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/5e2f2b58-b49b-46c b-a07d-423ef145430d.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/tame-impala-at-the-united-center@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251103T234458Z DTEND:20251104T004458Z SUMMARY:Tame Impala at The United Center DESCRIPTION:I had never been to see Tame Impala before but had only heard g ood things and so I went with friends to watch the most colorful rainbow l ight show I’ve ever seen. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/tame-impala-at-the-united-ce nter CATEGORIES:concerts,united-center-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/b5cc7504-7888-43e 7-96bb-f4718f671370.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/systems-and-methods-for-selectively-executing-usergene rated-logic@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251030T143239Z DTEND:20251030T153239Z SUMMARY:SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY EXECUTING USER-GENERATED LOGIC DESCRIPTION:Our (me and some of my team members at Shopify) U.S. patent app lication (number 10677\, with the menacing all-caps title “SYSTEMS AND M ETHODS FOR SELECTIVELY EXECUTING USER-GENERATED LOGIC”) was publis URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/systems-and-methods-for-sel ectively-executing-usergenerated-logic CATEGORIES:shopify,united-states IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/a83005c6-32d9-400 7-8f09-2e8d4cd0847a.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/pittsburgh-fall-2025@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251025T211527Z DTEND:20251025T221527Z SUMMARY:Pittsburgh\, Fall 2025 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/pittsburgh-fall-2025 CATEGORIES:united-states,travel IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/73ab7a5e-aa71-46a 8-bc42-7d506473b4bc.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/no-kings-protest-chicago-20251018@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251019T160425Z DTEND:20251019T170425Z SUMMARY:No Kings Protest\, Chicago\, 2025-10-18 DESCRIPTION:We protested Trump and his fascist federal government actions a gain (previously). And by “We” I mean “We the people”: 300\,000 of my fellow Chicago citizens and 2\,700 other cities across the United Sta URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/no-kings-protest-chicago-20251018 CATEGORIES:chicago,protest,united-states,videography IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/77430079-5c1f-4c1 0-bf85-2116ecd2ed57.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/andor@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251018T223534Z DTEND:20251018T233534Z SUMMARY:Andor URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/andor CATEGORIES:protest IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/6b1c0ca5-9d8d-4f7 1-b351-8ee65d935cb9.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/bedmounds-in-montreal@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251016T112616Z DTEND:20251016T122616Z SUMMARY:Bedmounds in Montreal DESCRIPTION:The light was beautiful in my Hotel Monville Montreal room this morning\, so I made a tribute to Bedmounds by Noah Kalina. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/bedmounds-in-montreal CATEGORIES:canada,photography IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/36741523-77df-4ae 2-abc1-64c49d28d5ab.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/ensorcelled@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251012T161533Z DTEND:20251012T171533Z SUMMARY:Ensorcelled DESCRIPTION:I pre-ordered Ensorcelled on a recommendation from Craig Mod an d read it this morning over tea and cold sunshine and it had me brushing a way tears by the end. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/ensorcelled CATEGORIES:writing IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/a1d49987-ccff-4cb 5-9fd9-128f3421b8b6.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/earning-the-right-to-be-illegible@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251012T144106Z DTEND:20251012T154106Z SUMMARY:Earning the Right to Be Illegible DESCRIPTION:Seeing like a software company is the best writing about large- company software engineering I’ve read in quite a while. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/earning-the-right-to-be-ill egible CATEGORIES:management,software-engineering,communication,leadership IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/d09a6887-eafc-403 7-ab7f-0ee489b7cee4.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1039608007-the-thing@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251011T000000Z DTEND:20251011T010000Z SUMMARY:The Thing DESCRIPTION:What a treat to watch this in a private screening at Logan Thea ter for Caleb's birthday. That brought in a few horror-movie non-fans that yelled and jumped at all the scares and made it so much fun.\nS URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1039608007- the-thing CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,culture,articles-23259660,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/t3/qn/vs/p5/s5fH3GqF cHbi2F0NSBSh4KRNTc0-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=01880125bb TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/listers@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251008T022809Z DTEND:20251008T032809Z SUMMARY:LISTERS URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/listers CATEGORIES:movies,fauna,competition IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/listers.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/ice-on-chicagos-lips@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251006T124949Z DTEND:20251006T134949Z SUMMARY:ICE on Chicago's Lips DESCRIPTION:Over the weekend\, ICE and illegal federal raids were asked/tal ked about in most conversations. We haven’t seen any in person\, yet\, b ut their disgusting actions are all over the news and there are heli URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/ice-on-chicagos-lips CATEGORIES:chicago,fascism,united-states TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1030754741-one-battle-after-another@jo shbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20251001T000000Z DTEND:20251001T010000Z SUMMARY:One Battle After Another DESCRIPTION:This movie is long but earns the runtime by keeping you running through its entirety. A deep family backstory builds into a crescendo and then "goes kinetic" with methodical and punctuated motion.\nThe URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1030754741- one-battle-after-another CATEGORIES:movies,fiction,entertainment,art,culture,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/9/5/1/2/7/7/951277 -one-battle-after-another-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=d27c4cc662 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/sg-lewis-at-radius@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250927T214251Z DTEND:20250927T224251Z SUMMARY:S.G. Lewis at Radius DESCRIPTION:I most wanted to see the opener\, Sofia Kourtesis\, a Peruvian producer\, vocalist\, and DJ from Berlin. So we got there early enough to see the DJ before her and dance ourselves into a good stage-right s URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/sg-lewis-at-radius CATEGORIES:concerts,radius-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/8742a445-064c-4d1 8-9390-4e525d6f0b0a.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/reinvesting-in-local-ci@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250927T162734Z DTEND:20250927T172734Z SUMMARY:Re-Investing in Local CI DESCRIPTION:I read this great post by Brandur over the weekend and got insp ired. Specifically\, the sketch of a world where continuous integration (C I) for your software is local and takes less than 2min to run! URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/reinvesting-in-local-ci CATEGORIES:tests,software-engineering,shopify IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/289ad3e9-b5f4-422 5-b130-12353c24b777.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/the-box-model-a-framework-for-role-clarity@joshbeckman .org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250925T125304Z DTEND:20250925T135304Z SUMMARY:The Box Model: A Framework for Role Clarity DESCRIPTION:I spent months as a Senior Staff Engineer before realizing nobo dy had clear and consistent expectations of what I should be doing. In lea dership roles\, everything becomes less defined. You’re responsi URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/the-box-model-a-framework-f or-role-clarity CATEGORIES:software-engineering,leadership,career IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/75d5f1fe-d78d-41b 8-b2bc-626a27c330eb.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/polo-pan-at-the-salt-shed@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250922T213146Z DTEND:20250922T223146Z SUMMARY:Polo & Pan at The Salt Shed DESCRIPTION:Polo &\; Pan came to the Salt Shed for our friend Paul’s b irthday and brought Tycho along as an opener. We ate and played at bit at Elston Electric beforehand\, but soon moved out into the sunset to URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/polo-pan-at-the-salt-shed CATEGORIES:concerts,salt-shed-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/908af08c-c65b-42c c-80f0-0fb8e931e21a.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/listening/on-keeping-a-notebook@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250922T000000Z DTEND:20250922T010000Z SUMMARY:On Keeping a Notebook by Joan Didion\, Read by Parker Posey DESCRIPTION:This is my favorite essay on writing\, by Joan Didion\, read by Parker Posey. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/on-keeping-a-notebook CATEGORIES:writing IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/selected-shorts.j pg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/apple-calendars-search-just-doesnt@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250921T212418Z DTEND:20250921T222418Z SUMMARY:Apple Calendar's Search Just Doesn't DESCRIPTION:I cannot\, for the life of me\, figure out what Apple Calendar s search feature doesn’t return events/results with titles that exactl y match my query. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/apple-calendars-search-just -doesnt CATEGORIES:interfaces TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/bending-the-fiddle-leaf-fig@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250921T204104Z DTEND:20250921T214104Z SUMMARY:Bending the Fiddle Leaf Fig DESCRIPTION:This fiddle leaf fig has been in two homes with us now for abou t 7 years\, maybe 8. It first grew from about a foot tall to our 8’ cei lings at our old home. Once we moved here\, to the capacious 25’ ma URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/bending-the-fiddle-leaf-fig CATEGORIES:flora IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/e870664f-3072-44b b-9a46-1a80e47f116f.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/big-wild-at-the-salt-shed@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250919T215440Z DTEND:20250919T225440Z SUMMARY:Big Wild at The Salt Shed DESCRIPTION:This was my fourth time seeing Big Wild (previously) and it see med like the shortest concert\; I wanted it to last so much longer. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/big-wild-at-the-salt-shed CATEGORIES:salt-shed-venue,concerts IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/88336bbc-0f1d-41b 1-bf13-2a77b4de73b3.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/lady-gaga-at-united-center@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250918T214619Z DTEND:20250918T224619Z SUMMARY:Lady Gaga at United Center DESCRIPTION:It’s a good thing there’s a stage as big as this to hold La dy Gaga’s drama. She needs (and deserves) a lot of attention. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/lady-gaga-at-united-center CATEGORIES:united-center-venue,concerts IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/4c249f76-d25f-411 a-95b9-5e69a4e13f9e.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/directed-notifications-for-claude-code-async-programmi ng@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250916T033756Z DTEND:20250916T043756Z SUMMARY:Directed Notifications for Claude Code Async Programming DESCRIPTION:This afternoon I leveled up my previous Claude Code notificatio ns. Now I have Claude’s notifications:\n\n grouped by project/directory \n take me directly to the relevant terminal pane if clicked\n pers URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/directed-notifications-for- claude-code-async-programming CATEGORIES:code-snippets,ai,tools,popular IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/ab4a116a-65da-4bc 0-84c1-1cbecefc941d.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/releasing-ghprstaleness-github-cli-extension-for-commi ts-behind-target@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250914T164111Z DTEND:20250914T174111Z SUMMARY:Releasing gh-pr-staleness: GitHub CLI Extension for Commits Behind Target DESCRIPTION:Working in a monorepo and with a merge-queue (as we are now doi ng inside Shopify - I’m grappling with it)\, it becomes imperative that pull-requests (proposed changes) are compared and tested against t URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/releasing-ghprstaleness-git hub-cli-extension-for-commits-behind-target CATEGORIES:tools,llm,language-ruby,open-source IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/d8238fc8-3f69-4c5 1-9be0-94d238607ceb.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/website-redesign@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250914T161818Z DTEND:20250914T171818Z SUMMARY:Website Redesign DESCRIPTION:I’ve spent the last week or so redesigning my personal blog/s ite to make images/video/code/tables stand out more while remaining readab ly inline. I recoded a video walkthrough: URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/website-redesign CATEGORIES:personal-blog,interfaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/03127241-d3f8-482 d-9d88-79a64c3495cf.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1014860664-unknown-number-the-high-sch ool-catfish@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250914T000000Z DTEND:20250914T010000Z SUMMARY:Unknown Number: The High School Catfish DESCRIPTION:The story so far:Cell phones were created.This has made a lot o f people very sad and been widely regarded as a bad move. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1014860664- unknown-number-the-high-school-catfish CATEGORIES:fiction,movies,entertainment,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/3/9/3/7/7/5/1393 775-unknown-number-the-high-school-catfish-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=2ca7cc0c d5 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1013829523-crooked-house-2017@joshbeck man.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250913T000000Z DTEND:20250913T010000Z SUMMARY:Crooked House DESCRIPTION:While I appreciated the color palettes and I appreciated Gillia n Anderson\, I didn’t find the characters likable in their quirkiness an d the detective was mostly annoying. Also he was so mean to his co URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1013829523- crooked-house-2017 CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/5/3/5/9/0/353590 -crooked-house-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=8d3dd95cd8 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/darius-at-outset@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250911T225436Z DTEND:20250911T235436Z SUMMARY:Darius at Outset DESCRIPTION:Scenes from the Darius show:\n\n at one point\, someone dancin g in the front row takes a FaceTime call and gives their phone to Darius w ho takes it up on stage and waves to the caller\n later\, another p URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/darius-at-outset CATEGORIES:concerts,outset-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/35ab88c3-b180-4b4 7-91da-72d70c28c205.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/wet-leg-at-the-salt-shed@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250910T224433Z DTEND:20250910T234433Z SUMMARY:Wet Leg at The Salt Shed URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/wet-leg-at-the-salt-shed CATEGORIES:salt-shed-venue,concerts IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/ca616dfb-66ff-408 4-a6e2-020eff6d1db8.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/beach-bunny-pool-party-2025-at-the-salt-shed@joshbeckma n.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250907T223559Z DTEND:20250907T233559Z SUMMARY:Beach Bunny Pool Party 2025 at The Salt Shed DESCRIPTION:This second time seeing Chicago-native Beach Bunny (previously) was in much colder weather but the stage still exudes warm spirits. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/beach-bunny-pool-party-2025- at-the-salt-shed CATEGORIES:salt-shed-venue,concerts,chicago IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/c735e7fb-9221-42f 7-a9a7-16ecf1bb4404.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/ric-wilson-and-air-credits-at-edgewater-music-fest@josh beckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250906T204513Z DTEND:20250906T214513Z SUMMARY:Ric Wilson and Air Credits at Edgewater Music Fest DESCRIPTION:Two Chicago bands playing in the street on a cool summer night got the crowd bouncing. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/ric-wilson-and-air-credits-a t-edgewater-music-fest CATEGORIES:concerts,chicago IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/7a08aa7f-be86-4a8 0-b01e-106cfb6c1413.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1006297102-sorcerer@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250905T000000Z DTEND:20250905T010000Z SUMMARY:Sorcerer DESCRIPTION:Just… wow. \nFirst of all\, this soundtrack has Tangerine Dr eam *and* Keith Jarret which is unbelievable. Second of all\, the amount m y body was clenched throughout this film made me appreciate a return URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1006297102- sorcerer CATEGORIES:movies,music,entertainment,art,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/2/5/6/5/0/25650-so rcerer-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=8dd4d17006 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/listening/just-cosmo-ep-by-cosmo-pyke@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250903T141113Z DTEND:20250903T151113Z SUMMARY:Just Cosmo - EP by Cosmo Pyke URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/just-cosmo-ep-by-cosmo-pyke CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/album_art/cosmopy ke-justcosmoep.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1003621942-shifty-2025-1@joshbeckman.o rg DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250902T000000Z DTEND:20250902T010000Z SUMMARY:Shifty DESCRIPTION:I don't think Adam Curtis actually wants you to watch this one\ , and that makes me sad. I'm sorry you're questioning your effects\, Adam\ , but I want to see you make good films again. I remember watching URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1003621942- shifty-2025-1 CATEGORIES:culture,history,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/3/7/5/8/4/6/1375 846-shifty-2025-1-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=c14a9c3fc4 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/us-open-in-nyc@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250901T025341Z DTEND:20250901T035341Z SUMMARY:US Open in NYC DESCRIPTION:After reading about the old version of the US Open from David F oster Wallace (on my way to stumbling into a tournament in New Zealand) I was excited to go see the big modern cultural and competitive e URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/us-open-in-nyc CATEGORIES:sports,tennis,travel IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/adff9d65-3a90-4b0 5-81ef-33885b8dedd6.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1002818668-citizen-kane@joshbeckman.or g DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250901T000000Z DTEND:20250901T010000Z SUMMARY:Citizen Kane DESCRIPTION:I was waffling between a four and a five but what’s it matter ?\nNed thought I was joking when I walked off the plane and said I watched Citizen Kane. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1002818668- citizen-kane CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,non-fiction,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/2/7/0/2/2702-citiz en-kane-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=56bbc53dfd TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-july-9th-2025@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250828T125650Z DTEND:20250828T135650Z SUMMARY:Desk\, July 9th\, 2025 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-july-9th-2025 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/c5f255dc-5fd2-460 8-84e6-2dfae3624ea9.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-996832737-hellraiser@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250826T000000Z DTEND:20250826T010000Z SUMMARY:Hellraiser DESCRIPTION:I think *Se7en* has better "what's in the box?!" energy than th is film\, but this was fun. I did not expect "come to daddy" to be the mos t-repeated line in this movie\, and that felt out of place! Maybe URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-996832737-h ellraiser CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/7/4/3/8/47438-he llraiser-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=c927113564 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/listening/vice-city-magic-by-mustard-service@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250824T022149Z DTEND:20250824T032149Z SUMMARY:Vice City Magic by Mustard Service URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/vice-city-magic-by-mustard-s ervice CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/album_art/mustard service-vicecitymagic.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-993243061-blood-simple@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250823T000000Z DTEND:20250823T010000Z SUMMARY:Blood Simple DESCRIPTION:I didn't actually like much of the first two acts\, but the fin al act is *just* so perfect. And I gave another star just for M. Emmet Wal sh's performance.\nYou can see so much of what a Cohen style woul URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-993243061-b lood-simple CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,writing,art,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/b7/yw/x0/25/blood%20 simple-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=5be2a698f3 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-991467845-mulholland-drive@joshbeckman .org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250821T000000Z DTEND:20250821T010000Z SUMMARY:Mulholland Drive DESCRIPTION:This review may contain spoilers.\nA mobius strip of dreams tha t I enjoyed more while watching it than I did while turning it over in my mind the rest of the night. Like a dream\, I guess. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-991467845-m ulholland-drive CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,art,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/kv/7n/p8/tv/fMC8JBWx 2VjsJ53JopAcFjqmlYv-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=3d69c00608 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/listening/aint-no-damn-way-by-kaytranada@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250820T145418Z DTEND:20250820T155418Z SUMMARY:AIN'T NO DAMN WAY! by KAYTRANADA URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/aint-no-damn-way-by-kaytrana da CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/album_art/kaytran ada-aintnodamnway.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/bookmarklet-to-find-and-display-rss-feeds@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250819T125751Z DTEND:20250819T135751Z SUMMARY:Bookmarklet to Find and Display RSS Feeds DESCRIPTION:I wanted to get notified when my friend Kevin posts new photos to his Flickr profile. Flickr’s documentation says it supports many feed formats (including RSS/XML) but in order to actually get those f URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/bookmarklet-to-find-and-display-rss-fe eds CATEGORIES:code-snippets,language-javascript IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/1da6be97-f108-41e 4-8708-5ebf0705cd9c.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/the-barrelaged-cocktail-experiment@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250817T163159Z DTEND:20250817T173159Z SUMMARY:The Barrel-Aged Cocktail Experiment DESCRIPTION:We went to The Office (beneath The Aviary) for Marybeth’s bir thday last year and on their menu they had a barrel-aged Boulevardier cock tail and it was one of the best I’d ever tasted. Theirs was aged URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/the-barrelaged-cocktail-experiment CATEGORIES:cocktails IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/0a764c9b-824d-419 e-80f2-967d8e2bef5c.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/my-markdown-preview-utility@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250812T171845Z DTEND:20250812T181845Z SUMMARY:My Markdown Preview Utility DESCRIPTION:I write a lot of markdown and I am delivered a lot of markdown\ , increasingly from LLM agents. And while markdown is easy to read inline\ , often I want a preview of how it will render or maybe I just ne URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/my-markdown-preview-utility CATEGORIES:code-snippets,vim,tools,llm-prompts IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/83488d01-ae66-42c 1-bcaf-2b2e01cff096.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/ui-vs-api-vs-uai@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250811T130215Z DTEND:20250811T140215Z SUMMARY:UI vs. API. vs. UAI URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/ui-vs-api-vs-uai CATEGORIES:interfaces,llm,popular IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/0d522991-da20-408 a-9433-2e956c3b814f.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/black-mother-super-rainbow-at-metro@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250809T225045Z DTEND:20250809T235045Z SUMMARY:Black Mother Super Rainbow at Metro DESCRIPTION:I hadn’t seen BMSR before but everyone else had and so I didn ’t know the treat I was in for. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/black-mother-super-rainbow-a t-metro CATEGORIES:music,metro-venue,concerts IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/de393d15-9920-4cc 2-a09d-af9542962ecc.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/feedforward-tolerance-feedback-improving-interfaces-fo r-llm-agents@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250809T162342Z DTEND:20250809T172342Z SUMMARY:Feedforward\, Tolerance\, Feedback: Improving Interfaces for LLM Ag ents DESCRIPTION:My team is building an agent for complex\, multi-language artif acts with interdependent parts. We keep coming back to this hierarchy: URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/feedforward-tolerance-feedb ack-improving-interfaces-for-llm-agents CATEGORIES:ai,llm,safety,validation,controllability,error,software-engineer ing,system-design,interfaces,popular IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/bc5cfb31-6430-4fa 0-8176-f891f86dc8b6.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-980487650-its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world@ joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250809T000000Z DTEND:20250809T010000Z SUMMARY:It's a Mad\, Mad\, Mad\, Mad World DESCRIPTION:I watched this numerous times as a kid in my grandparents' hous e in Michigan on an old TV set from a dual-tape VHS box that I usually pic ked because it was double the size of all the others and so the URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-980487650-i ts-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,culture,writing,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/kq/99/hb/e0/7WsTQx9C AmXumSZKHiYmZ3hqvT5-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=93e2a45fc2 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/the-gem-exec-command-gives-me-hope-for-ruby-in-a-world -of-fast-software@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250807T125307Z DTEND:20250807T135307Z SUMMARY:The gem exec command gives me hope for Ruby in a world of fast soft ware DESCRIPTION:As more and more software is being developed quickly by LLMs\, I’m seeing this “fast software” as akin to “fast fashion”. I’m seeing more people gravitate to Python and JavaScript as the common langu ag URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/the-gem-exec-command-gives- me-hope-for-ruby-in-a-world-of-fast-software CATEGORIES:language-ruby,tools,open-source TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/im-more-optimistic-about-llms-when-the-press-releases-are-only-in crementally-better@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250807T025448Z DTEND:20250807T035448Z SUMMARY:I'm More Optimistic About LLMs When The Press Releases are Only Inc rementally Better DESCRIPTION:A coworker friend of mine asked me yesterday\, “You seem to b e publishing a ton recently [on building with LLMs]. Conscious decision to post more? or are you just hacking more?” URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/im-more-optimistic-about-llms-when-the -press-releases-are-only-incrementally-better CATEGORIES:ai,technology,programming-languages,software-engineering,open-so urce,machine-learning,communication,research IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/0de7c5d9-ccb5-47b 8-8419-5b12c752163b.gif TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-976481187-weapons-2025@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250807T000000Z DTEND:20250807T010000Z SUMMARY:Weapons DESCRIPTION:Like a kaleidoscope but instead of you rotating it\, it rotate s you and behind every corner there’s another sick and sloppy toothless grin and still it made me cackle in delight as it sunk its teeth in URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-976481187-w eapons-2025 CATEGORIES:fiction,entertainment,movies,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/9/7/2/1/0/9/972109 -weapons-2025-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=8100270337 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/dont-forget-remote-mcp-servers-are-just-curl-calls@jos hbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250806T032057Z DTEND:20250806T042057Z SUMMARY:Don't Forget: Remote MCP Servers are Just cURL Calls DESCRIPTION:You can call any streamable-http transport MCP (Model Context P rotocol) server tool with any HTTP client - even cURL! URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/dont-forget-remote-mcp-serv ers-are-just-curl-calls CATEGORIES:code-snippets,software-engineering,llm,popular TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/orchestra-resavoir-at-millennium-park@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250804T195437Z DTEND:20250804T205437Z SUMMARY:Orchestra Resavoir at Millennium Park DESCRIPTION:This was part of the annual Millennium Park Summer Music Series \, so we went with a picnic blanket’s worth of friends and brought cockt ails and snacks and desserts and relaxed into the lilting jazz as URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/orchestra-resavoir-at-millen nium-park CATEGORIES:music,concerts,millennium-park-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/1e1a1417-1775-4d9 a-99d0-16f6cd6fbcfc.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/building-paperboy-a-personal-reading-recommendation-en gine@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250804T180241Z DTEND:20250804T190241Z SUMMARY:Building Paperboy: A Personal Reading Recommendation Engine DESCRIPTION:I have a problem. My Readwise Reader inbox has over a thousand articles waiting to be read. Despite reading daily\, I almost always reach for something recent\, leaving that backlog perpetually growing. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/building-paperboy-a-persona l-reading-recommendation-engine CATEGORIES:automation,llm,readwise-ruby,language-ruby,popular IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/c403a529-190b-4c2 a-8ac4-5ba840c320d8.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/magdalena-bay-at-the-vic-theatre@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250730T224259Z DTEND:20250730T234259Z SUMMARY:Magdalena Bay at The Vic Theatre URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/magdalena-bay-at-the-vic-the atre CATEGORIES:chicago,vic-theatre-venue,concerts IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/e97cb160-e10e-4f2 7-a5c3-f39f1455e29f.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/claude-code-notifications-for-async-programming@joshbe ckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250727T154920Z DTEND:20250727T164920Z SUMMARY:Claude Code Notifications for Async Programming DESCRIPTION:I’m doing so much asynchronous programming through agents now . While at work I’m generally running one to several agents working on i deas or bugs or monitoring things for me. To avoid having to visit URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/claude-code-notifications-f or-async-programming CATEGORIES:ai,tools IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/5d859726-2875-445 c-acb8-f433bef74e4b.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/listening/overmono-boiler-room-manchester@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250726T160808Z DTEND:20250726T170808Z SUMMARY:Overmono Boiler Room Manchester URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/overmono-boiler-room-manches ter CATEGORIES:music,concerts IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/00092490-e479-42e 1-ace9-76ecd602c0d6.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/scoochie-boochie-at-schubas-tavern@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250725T232229Z DTEND:20250726T002229Z SUMMARY:Scoochie Boochie at Schubas Tavern URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/scoochie-boochie-at-schubas- tavern CATEGORIES:music,chicago,schubas-tavern-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/34ef684d-6d10-451 4-9022-fc4623f6b5c3.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/my-foursometimes-five-bullet-incident-snapshot@joshbec kman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250725T202235Z DTEND:20250725T212235Z SUMMARY:My “Four-(Sometimes Five-) Bullet” Incident Snapshot DESCRIPTION:Detection → Mitigation → Remediation → Impact (+ Comms) i n a minute URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/my-foursometimes-five-bulle t-incident-snapshot CATEGORIES:metrics,software-engineering,incident-management IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/956166c6-08dc-4d9 1-b5f5-60b333b506ff.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-959583071-the-fantastic-four-first-ste ps@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250724T000000Z DTEND:20250724T010000Z SUMMARY:The Fantastic Four: First Steps DESCRIPTION:Lots of pretty CGI and claims of someone being smart but not do ing smart on screen and lots of magic claiming to be science and confusing changes of scale I think is just not for me. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-959583071-t he-fantastic-four-first-steps CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,science,technology,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/4/3/9/6/7/543967 -the-fantastic-four-first-steps-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=ab7c919b04 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-959583071-the-fantastic-4-first-steps@ joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250724T000000Z DTEND:20250724T010000Z SUMMARY:The Fantastic 4: First Steps DESCRIPTION:Lots of pretty CGI and claims of someone being smart but not do ing smart on screen and lots of magic claiming to be science and confusing changes of scale I think is just not for me. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-959583071-t he-fantastic-4-first-steps CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/4/3/9/6/7/543967 -the-fantastic-four-first-steps-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=ab7c919b04 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/my-graham-evaluation@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250723T172105Z DTEND:20250723T182105Z SUMMARY:My Graham Evaluation DESCRIPTION:So yesterday someone at work shared this fun video of a guy try ing out the Dia browser and its “skills” feature to evaluate online pe rsonas (basically just a prompt given to an LLM with browser+search URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/my-graham-evaluation CATEGORIES:llm,llm-prompts,human-psychology,identity TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-956662260-eddington@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250721T000000Z DTEND:20250721T010000Z SUMMARY:Eddington DESCRIPTION:I was surprisingly locked in the whole time but I don't think I would recommend this to anyone.\nThe first half I relived some of my grea test discomfort and the second half I was bewildered in terror. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-956662260-e ddington CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,music,culture,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/7/4/5/9/5/574595 -eddington-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=925abc6d9b TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-947476169-terminator-2-judgment-day@jo shbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250714T000000Z DTEND:20250714T010000Z SUMMARY:Terminator 2: Judgment Day DESCRIPTION:While the final action sequence was a bit long for me\, I think this would have blown me to lil' liquid bits if I had watched it earlier in my life. I guess this is the blockbuster that puts all the ot URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-947476169-t erminator-2-judgment-day CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,culture,history,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/03/67/3s/tc/terminat or-2-judgment-day-original-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=12f5752b5c TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/the-hidden-cost-of-humancentric-tools-in-llm-workflows @joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250713T152847Z DTEND:20250713T162847Z SUMMARY:The Hidden Cost of Human-Centric Tools in LLM Workflows URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/the-hidden-cost-of-humancen tric-tools-in-llm-workflows CATEGORIES:tools,llm,optimization IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/c27d3253-ff59-419 c-9d5f-b055bb857167.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/practicing/releasing-ghviewmd-a-github-cli-extension-for-llmoptim ized-issue-and-pr-viewing@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250713T000000Z DTEND:20250713T010000Z SUMMARY:Releasing gh-view-md - A GitHub CLI Extension for LLM-Optimized Iss ue and PR Viewing DESCRIPTION:A new GitHub CLI extension that renders issues and pull request s in clean markdown format\, perfect for feeding to LLMs or offline viewin g URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/releasing-ghviewmd-a-github -cli-extension-for-llmoptimized-issue-and-pr-viewing CATEGORIES:tools,llm,language-ruby,open-source IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/ae2799ba-8cdd-4f6 0-a717-a78675ae8448.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/listening/moisturizer-by-wet-leg@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250712T231410Z DTEND:20250713T001410Z SUMMARY:moisturizer by Wet Leg URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/moisturizer-by-wet-leg CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/album_art/wetleg- moisturizer.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/petey-usa-at-metro@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250709T223854Z DTEND:20250709T233854Z SUMMARY:Petey USA at Metro DESCRIPTION:I’ve been a fan of Petey since his first album Lean Into Life . I’ve played Don’t Tell The Boys at a loud\, yelling volume and yelle d along. And no one else I knew had heard of him. I’d never had a chan URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/petey-usa-at-metro CATEGORIES:concerts,chicago,metro-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/5481192a-cbf1-4c7 5-b6b8-4c4f42441127.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/listening/switcheroo-by-gelli-haha@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250709T124130Z DTEND:20250709T134130Z SUMMARY:Switcheroo by Gelli Haha DESCRIPTION:This album is so far my favorite of the summer. It’s irrevere nt (just what I need as a tonic as the American government tumbles into te rrifyingly serious disarray)\, off-kilter (a song about peeing int URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/switcheroo-by-gelli-haha CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/album_art/gelliha ha-switcheroo.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-939782750-final-destination-bloodlines @joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250707T000000Z DTEND:20250707T010000Z SUMMARY:Final Destination Bloodlines DESCRIPTION:After the first death scene I said\, “ok\, I’m appreciating the CGI here.” Out loud. To my friends\, who laughed. \nFrom then on i t was a roller coaster of winks and deaths that never left you long withou URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-939782750-f inal-destination-bloodlines CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,art,editing,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/0/2/6/2/2/502622 -final-destination-bloodlines-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=3c04d3a110 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/jungle-and-drama-at-the-july-fourth-weekender@joshbeckm an.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250704T210348Z DTEND:20250704T220348Z SUMMARY:Jungle and Drama at the July Fourth Weekender DESCRIPTION:A hot summer night and Jungle brought the heat URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/jungle-and-drama-at-the-july -fourth-weekender CATEGORIES:chicago,music,concerts IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/e24b23bc-4406-4ef 5-b903-15d0518498e5.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/youtube-jCwa-KYJh44@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250703T230114Z DTEND:20250704T000114Z SUMMARY:Field Recording #1 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/youtube-jCwa-KYJh44 CATEGORIES:fox,youtube IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://i3.ytimg.com/vi/jCwa-KYJh44/hqdefault.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/buildkite-browser-notifications-userscript@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250701T163119Z DTEND:20250701T173119Z SUMMARY:Buildkite Browser Notifications Userscript URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/buildkite-browser-notifications-usersc ript CATEGORIES:code-snippets,language-javascript IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/3675f995-d38f-4b2 9-9e3f-97af6a80f6ae.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-936798969-the-residence-2025@joshbeckm an.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250701T000000Z DTEND:20250701T010000Z SUMMARY:The Residence DESCRIPTION:We watched all of this fun Agatha-Christie-murder-mystery - bea t by beat so similar to Clued In - in about a week. The format is just per fect for unfolding a story with fast comedy timing.\n\nI wasn't s URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-936798969-t he-residence-2025 CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,writing,art,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/3/6/5/5/5/6/1365 556-the-residence-2025-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=ae1ae88cef TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/exploring-datapacks@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250630T130703Z DTEND:20250630T140703Z SUMMARY:Exploring Datapacks for LLMs URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/exploring-datapacks CATEGORIES:data,research,software-engineering,tools,personal-blog,llm,educa tion,automation IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/9ff9e3af-c9f4-4fa 4-bf64-8fcf200aa8b0.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-931543129-grave-of-the-fireflies@joshb eckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250629T000000Z DTEND:20250629T010000Z SUMMARY:Grave of the Fireflies DESCRIPTION:In the panel after this showing\, someone said something to the effect of "this movie was an atonement by [the author/auto-biographer] fo r the death of his youngest sister." And I felt that while watch URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-931543129-g rave-of-the-fireflies CATEGORIES:fiction,art,war,politics,human-psychology,culture,history,movies ,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/4/5/5/8/44558-gr ave-of-the-fireflies-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=0c61fd55f0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/listening/britney-spears-breathe-on-me-james-holden-remix@joshbec kman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250625T025053Z DTEND:20250625T035053Z SUMMARY:Britney Spears – Breathe On Me (James Holden Remix) DESCRIPTION:I don’t know who else needs to hear this great remix today bu t I stumbled upon this set by Jamie xx at ARTE in Adidas Arena\, Paris (fr om his In Waves tour) which lead me to this fantastic set by Four URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/britney-spears-breathe-on-me -james-holden-remix CATEGORIES:music,culture,entertainment IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/723ca6ab-34e7-4d6 9-806c-97e572250aa3.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-924607215-28-years-later@joshbeckman.o rg DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250622T000000Z DTEND:20250622T010000Z SUMMARY:28 Years Later DESCRIPTION:What a unique fingerprint this movie will leave in my mind.\nI had moments of appreciating the cinematography. It had moments where I lov ed the editing. It had moments that gave me genuine horror. It h URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-924607215-2 8-years-later CATEGORIES:movies,cinematography,editing,entertainment,music,writing,letter boxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/9/9/2/7/8/6/992786 -28-years-later-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=014e09c066 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/confidence-man-at-chicago-pride-fest@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250621T221103Z DTEND:20250621T231103Z SUMMARY:Confidence Man at Chicago Pride Fest URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/confidence-man-at-chicago-pr ide-fest CATEGORIES:concerts,chicago IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/b2eff1b6-f534-43f d-a078-27a977196073.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/sunflower-bean-at-sleeping-village@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250619T225539Z DTEND:20250619T235539Z SUMMARY:Sunflower Bean at Sleeping Village URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/sunflower-bean-at-sleeping-v illage CATEGORIES:concerts,sleeping-village-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/106873a6-033d-4e1 7-89f4-dc1a26da921f.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/upgraded-insight-widget-with-mcp-server@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250615T000000Z DTEND:20250615T010000Z SUMMARY:Upgraded Insight Widget with MCP Server DESCRIPTION:So I’ve been running an insight widget on my site for about a year now. It’s been a nice little tool for reflecting on my posts\, but the LLM landscape is still moving incredibly fast and it was time f URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/upgraded-insight-widget-with-mcp-serve r CATEGORIES:ai,llm,tools,personal-blog IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/insight-mcp.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/no-kings-protest-in-chicago@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250614T232447Z DTEND:20250615T002447Z SUMMARY:"No Kings" Protest in Chicago URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/no-kings-protest-in-chicago CATEGORIES:chicago,protest IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/06e5b473-4488-4e8 4-81be-2442bb0de60b.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/listening/fred-again-boiler-room-dj-set-in-london-jul-29-2022@jos hbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250613T030511Z DTEND:20250613T040511Z SUMMARY:Fred again... Boiler Room (DJ Set) in London\, Jul 29\, 2022 DESCRIPTION:It was mentioned recently in an interview I was listening to\, but it has to be said more widely: this DJ set is one of the bests\, ever. I have listened to it dozens of times\, and the love and thunder URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/fred-again-boiler-room-dj-se t-in-london-jul-29-2022 CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/album_art/fredaga in-boilerroomfredagaininlondonjul292022djmix.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/i-built-an-mcp-server-for-my-site@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250613T025427Z DTEND:20250613T035427Z SUMMARY:I Built an MCP Server for My Site URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/i-built-an-mcp-server-for-my-site CATEGORIES:ai,llm,tools,personal-blog,popular IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/be179fb8-6147-483 2-81f6-3f5d208be8c5.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/implementing-on-this-day-feature-jekyll@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250611T080000Z DTEND:20250611T090000Z SUMMARY:Building an "On This Day" Feature for My Jekyll Site DESCRIPTION:I’ve always been drawn to the little moments of rediscovery t hat my Day One journal creates with its “On This Day” feature. It’s delightful to stumble across a post you wrote years ago on the same dat URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/implementing-on-this-day-feature-jekyl l CATEGORIES:jekyll,code-snippets,personal-blog,time,tools TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/tracing-sequences-and-finding-anchors@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250610T023209Z DTEND:20250610T033209Z SUMMARY:Tracing Sequences and Finding Anchors URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/tracing-sequences-and-finding-anchors CATEGORIES:personal-blog,taxonomy,research,tools,epistemology,popular IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/0446fa9e-88c8-4be c-982f-0940c4007afa.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/3lqwuu3sju22g@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250606T125232Z DTEND:20250606T135232Z SUMMARY:Morning Ikebana URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/3lqwuu3sju22g CATEGORIES:gardening,art,bluesky IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/bafkreictpe2w7whr ce2dh5ktlsgpyrf6oqwfa4uy3x7zy4wbm5p2erygqy@jpeg.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-908504846-the-phoenician-scheme@joshbe ckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250605T000000Z DTEND:20250605T010000Z SUMMARY:The Phoenician Scheme DESCRIPTION:I think Wes Anderson films are better understood as a series of set-piece miniatures\, each separate from the other\, impeccably-lit\, ch aracters moving on tracks to position\, visible only through a tele URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-908504846-t he-phoenician-scheme CATEGORIES:non-fiction,entertainment,writing,art,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/0/2/5/0/4/7/1025 047-the-phoenician-scheme-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=606059b69f TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/3lqtb2pwgdk2x@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250604T222020Z DTEND:20250604T232020Z SUMMARY:Questions From Chicago Ruby Meetup Presentations DESCRIPTION:Questions I wrote down to ask while watching 2 presentations at a Chicago Ruby meetup tonight URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/3lqtb2pwgdk2x CATEGORIES:chicago,language-ruby,software-engineering,bluesky IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/bafkreiftfgpiwlmh s35phbipdn3vlvns6a2hrfmwpalhhqut4wwmkn57eq@jpeg.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-906334089-chinatown@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250602T000000Z DTEND:20250602T010000Z SUMMARY:Chinatown URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-906334089-c hinatown CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,music,culture,history,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/1/3/2/3/51323-ch inatown-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=b8e65cb89f TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/the-smaller-shape-of-aifirst-companies@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250601T152115Z DTEND:20250601T162115Z SUMMARY:The Smaller Shape of AI-First Companies URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/the-smaller-shape-of-aifirst-companies CATEGORIES:ai,software-engineering,research,automation,work,management,tool s IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/47f2ec47-d7d4-4c8 d-b054-4680e4c10950.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/shopify-summit-2025@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250531T030620Z DTEND:20250531T040620Z SUMMARY:Shopify Summit 2025 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/shopify-summit-2025 CATEGORIES:shopify,canada IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/be7157fd-64aa-4be 9-ae33-049b5a8e907b.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/shopify-editionsdev-25@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250530T194003Z DTEND:20250530T204003Z SUMMARY:Shopify Editions.dev '25 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/shopify-editionsdev-25 CATEGORIES:shopify,canada,software-engineering IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/dd4278f3-bd05-41e c-85b8-4c82860bb16e.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-may-30th-2025@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250530T154400Z DTEND:20250530T164400Z SUMMARY:Desk\, May 30th\, 2025 DESCRIPTION:I’m hunched over my laptop amidst a tangle of ethernet cords\ , snacks\, and drinks as I finish the slides for tomorrow’s presentation . I’m working from Toronto’s Enercare main hall late at night as DJs URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-may-30th-2025 CATEGORIES:shopify,canada,workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/62f7e8af-00dc-446 4-870e-ef66098587ab.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/steve-aoki-at-budweiser-stage@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250528T025306Z DTEND:20250528T035306Z SUMMARY:Steve Aoki at Budweiser Stage URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/steve-aoki-at-budweiser-stag e CATEGORIES:shopify,concerts,canada IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/bdc63181-393b-4a3 d-bec1-da6a75e44454.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/tennis-at-the-salt-shed@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250523T211927Z DTEND:20250523T221927Z SUMMARY:Tennis at The Salt Shed URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/tennis-at-the-salt-shed CATEGORIES:concerts,salt-shed-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/180ce528-b2b8-497 a-a90b-f5a5b50cbebb.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-895708037-friendship-2024@joshbeckman. org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250522T000000Z DTEND:20250522T010000Z SUMMARY:Friendship DESCRIPTION:It’s just so many hilarious I Think You Should Leave sketches strung together in a narrative that it’s hard not to continuously laugh and grimace. I think they stumbled a bit in attempting to have a r URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-895708037-f riendship-2024 CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/1/2/2/6/9/1/1122 691-friendship-2024-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=9ea74152f4 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/shopify-editions-summer-25@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250521T143645Z DTEND:20250521T153645Z SUMMARY:Shopify Editions Summer '25 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/shopify-editions-summer-25 CATEGORIES:shopify IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/0c8d98d0-3d14-44f a-a205-059aedab9b9d.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/the-last-redacted-at-the-music-box@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250519T233721Z DTEND:20250520T003721Z SUMMARY:The last Redacted at the Music Box URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/the-last-redacted-at-the-mus ic-box CATEGORIES:music-box-venue,live-theater IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/db40036e-ad5d-4ac 1-9db3-ad503c84fd85.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/chicago-horror-film-festival-2025@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250517T211353Z DTEND:20250517T221353Z SUMMARY:Chicago Horror Film Festival 2025 DESCRIPTION:These are the short films we watched at this year’s annual Ch icago Horror Film Festival that didn’t have an IMDB/Letterboxd entry: URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/chicago-horror-film-festival- 2025 CATEGORIES:chicago,entertainment,movies,personal-blog TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-891892591-turn-it-off@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250517T000000Z DTEND:20250517T010000Z SUMMARY:Turn It Off DESCRIPTION:I got to watch this as part of the Chicago Horror Film Festival \, and it was one of the better short films. The tension kept building\, w ith minimal dialogue. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-891892591-t urn-it-off CATEGORIES:chicago,entertainment,movies,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/3/3/4/7/8/3/1334 783-turn-it-off-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=76bff988f1 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-891889091-the-red-hourglass@joshbeckma n.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250517T000000Z DTEND:20250517T010000Z SUMMARY:The Red Hourglass DESCRIPTION:I got to watch this as part of the Chicago Horror Film Festival .\nI feel like this could be expanded into a feature that has half of [_Sa int Maud_](https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/saint-maud) URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-891889091-t he-red-hourglass CATEGORIES:movies,chicago,religion,letterboxd TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-891887279-the-nature-of-death@joshbeck man.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250517T000000Z DTEND:20250517T010000Z SUMMARY:The Nature of Death DESCRIPTION:I got to watch this as part of the Chicago Horror Film Festival .\nI liked the big swing at aesthetic\, and I thought the beginning built well. But I felt the latter half had too many non-sequiturs and d URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-891887279-t he-nature-of-death CATEGORIES:chicago,art,entertainment,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/1/7/5/0/6/5/1175 065-ranger-danger-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=17c0db33c0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-891734149-alice-and-the-little-green-m en@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250517T000000Z DTEND:20250517T010000Z SUMMARY:Alice and the Little Green Men DESCRIPTION:I got to watch this as part of the Chicago Horror Film Festival \, and it was one of the better short films. \nIt was actually able to bu ild some suspense in the short runtime\, and the resolution felt ea URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-891734149-a lice-and-the-little-green-men CATEGORIES:chicago,entertainment,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/2/4/9/8/8/3/1249 883-alice-and-the-little-green-men-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=76ba3c55d5 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-891726006-vampire-zombiesfrom-space@jo shbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250517T000000Z DTEND:20250517T010000Z SUMMARY:Vampire Zombies...from Space! DESCRIPTION:I got to see this with Matt and Brandon in the feature film spo t for our day at the 2025 Chicago Horror Film Festival. \nAs the story un folded I really cared less and less about any plot\, and it did st URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-891726006-v ampire-zombiesfrom-space CATEGORIES:movies,chicago,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/0/6/1/3/4/9/1061 349-vampire-zombiesfrom-space-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=42d9d102fa TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/badbadnotgood-at-thalia-hall@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250516T203200Z DTEND:20250516T213200Z SUMMARY:BADBADNOTGOOD at Thalia Hall DESCRIPTION:I got offered an extra ticket to attend this show with some fri ends\, and this was my first time in the seated balcony. We got there earl y to get a spot right on the rail and the extra effort was worth URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/badbadnotgood-at-thalia-hall CATEGORIES:thalia-hall-venue,music,concerts IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/9891062c-96f5-4b0 5-8993-edb08e4ced8c.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/3lpaevxhslk2g@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250515T204329Z DTEND:20250515T214329Z SUMMARY:Vibe-Collapse DESCRIPTION:Coworker: Is there a phrase for when you’ve vibe-coded yourse lf into a corner and you are far outside your knowledge of what it’s bee n doing for you? URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/3lpaevxhslk2g CATEGORIES:llm,ai,language,software-engineering,bluesky TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-889620560-28-days-later@joshbeckman.or g DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250515T000000Z DTEND:20250515T010000Z SUMMARY:28 Days Later DESCRIPTION:This review may contain spoilers.\nYou think we're going to fig ht viral zombies\, and we will\, but we'll also fight toxic masculinity.\n Such and early-2000s movie: high contrast (in visuals and character URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-889620560-2 8-days-later CATEGORIES:movies,videography,culture,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/qr/28/nz/3f/xaYdxi1P BEAYvqknvAmMPK5Eff3-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=22d7237ed9 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/byways-by-roger-deakins@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250511T154931Z DTEND:20250511T164931Z SUMMARY:Byways by Roger Deakins DESCRIPTION:My friend Ned picked up this book after we went to an exhibit o f Deakins’ photography at the Atheneum Center and watched a screening of a film on which he was Director of Photography: No Country for O URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/byways-by-roger-deakins CATEGORIES:photography,movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/ba62da82-6f64-4cb 8-997a-46f23fa181ff.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/vial-at-beat-kitchen@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250509T212119Z DTEND:20250509T222119Z SUMMARY:VIAL at Beat Kitchen DESCRIPTION:I didn’t get to see VIAL when they came to Chicago last year\ , so I was excited when they were back on tour this month. On top of that \, they were going to be at Beat Kitchen\, one of the local venues I URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/vial-at-beat-kitchen CATEGORIES:music,beat-kitchen-venue,chicago IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/6986b693-79dd-499 9-9904-b3ce7e8018d4.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/how-i-make-hiking-and-running-overview-videos-from-gps-data@joshb eckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250505T130328Z DTEND:20250505T140328Z SUMMARY:How I Make Hiking and Running Overview Videos from GPS Data DESCRIPTION:I’ve been making these overview videos of my bigger/recent hi kes (Grand Canyon Royal Arch Loop\, Cirque of The Towers). It’s not hard \, these days\, to get a bird’s-eye overview reel of your GPS-tracked URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/how-i-make-hiking-and-running-overview -videos-from-gps-data CATEGORIES:tools,hiking,running,videography IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/94453524-70d1-41f 6-a7a2-eba2221bcc3c.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-874653393-sinners-2025@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250427T000000Z DTEND:20250427T010000Z SUMMARY:Sinners DESCRIPTION:This review may contain spoilers.\nIt's lovely to see heady top ics explored through the lens of an unrelated genre. In this case\, music vs. religion as communal spirit\, explored through a gory thriller URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-874653393-s inners-2025 CATEGORIES:movies,art,entertainment,music,religion,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/1/1/6/6/0/0/1116 600-sinners-2025-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=00ce32e0ba TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/empire-of-the-sun-at-radius@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250424T223403Z DTEND:20250424T233403Z SUMMARY:Empire of The Sun at Radius DESCRIPTION:They assembled a stage fit for an intergalactic emperor. They b rought the amazing dancers from PNAU. (Seriously\, these were the best bac kup dancers I’ve seen since Big Freedia or Big Dipper. Unquestio URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/empire-of-the-sun-at-radius CATEGORIES:music,chicago,radius-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/d4a4109f-4d8a-45a a-bfe7-c91497e23c45.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/50501-protest-of-the-trump-administration@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250419T175207Z DTEND:20250419T185207Z SUMMARY:50501 Protest of the Trump Administration DESCRIPTION:I went with friends to join the community protesting in Daley P laza against the Trump administration and DOGE and their fascist dismantli ng of the U.S. Government. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/50501-protest-of-the-trump-administrat ion CATEGORIES:chicago,rights,united-states,protest IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/4056b650-9ba6-478 b-a14e-20d53a60d862.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/marie-davidson-at-sleeping-village@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250418T123505Z DTEND:20250418T133505Z SUMMARY:Marie Davidson at Sleeping Village DESCRIPTION:I love the Sleeping Village venue. It’s a bit of a bike ride to get there\, but there’s good food nearby and good drinks inside and a relaxed patio atmosphere that make it easy to enjoy. We got a great URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/marie-davidson-at-sleeping-v illage CATEGORIES:sleeping-village-venue,music,chicago IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/a34ed525-2000-4f5 6-a730-59fe16c1066b.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/hiking-the-grand-canyon-royal-arch-loop@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250417T011139Z DTEND:20250417T021139Z SUMMARY:Hiking the Grand Canyon Royal Arch Loop DESCRIPTION:Beautiful and dangerous URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/hiking-the-grand-canyon-roya l-arch-loop CATEGORIES:hiking,travel,united-states IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/5a158adc-e292-4d7 b-8d53-c7c079c82b2f.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/life-clock@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250408T124253Z DTEND:20250408T134253Z SUMMARY:Life Clock DESCRIPTION:After I built my little counter last year\, it got a flurry of attention. It got pretty large and was killed off a bunch as well. But aft er a while the attention fell off and I was really the only one URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/life-clock CATEGORIES:personal-blog,software-engineering,time,motivation,tools IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/8eec76d6-a4a6-414 d-aa3b-c5d6da4404f0.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/food-composting-in-chicago@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250402T124320Z DTEND:20250402T134320Z SUMMARY:Food Composting in Chicago URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/food-composting-in-chicago CATEGORIES:chicago,environment,gardening,food,recycling IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/2ce39967-1e6b-404 9-9e09-30a1b82f00e3.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/3llqumdprvk25@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250401T122615Z DTEND:20250401T132615Z SUMMARY:Podcast with CW + T DESCRIPTION:jacksondahl.com/dialectic/cw… what an inspiring conversation - with CW + T on Dialectic with Jackson Dahl - for anyone who works creati vely and especially for tinkerers like me. I jotted down so many URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/3llqumdprvk25 CATEGORIES:education,note-taking,art,tools,bluesky,podroll TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/rally-for-trans-visibility@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250330T184736Z DTEND:20250330T194736Z SUMMARY:Rally for Trans Visibility DESCRIPTION:We went with parents and friends to join the community protesti ng in Federal Plaza at a Rally for Trans Visibility in light of the terrib le Trump administration’s hate-filled policies and executive o URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/rally-for-trans-visibility CATEGORIES:chicago,rights,protest IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/ede3d011-758c-498 7-bef4-3655f7fb8cbd.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/blog/attending/confidence-man-at-subterranean@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250329T032856Z DTEND:20250329T042856Z SUMMARY:Confidence Man at Subterranean URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/blog/attending/confidence-man-at-subte rranean CATEGORIES:subterranean-venue,chicago,music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/f748d638-258d-491 0-aa2b-4a420f6926d7.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/kelly-lee-owens-at-metro@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250327T160000Z DTEND:20250327T170000Z SUMMARY:Kelly Lee Owens at Metro URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/kelly-lee-owens-at-metro CATEGORIES:metro-venue,chicago,music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/85e774ef-9278-40e a-97d4-2f9d1a188a31.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-847664390-the-day-the-earth-blew-up-a- looney-tunes-movie@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250326T000000Z DTEND:20250326T010000Z SUMMARY:The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie DESCRIPTION:When I watch a *good* kids movie\, I'm reminded of how all plot s are the same\, and the different is the color and flourishes. But this f elt more like an adult's movie - something made by talented artis URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-847664390-t he-day-the-earth-blew-up-a-looney-tunes-movie CATEGORIES:movies,art,entertainment,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/7/8/2/4/6/0/782460 -the-day-the-earth-blew-up-a-looney-tunes-movie-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=c26 393ad7a TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/filtered-for-your-environment-as-treatment@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250324T130549Z DTEND:20250324T140549Z SUMMARY:Filtered for Your Environment as Treatment DESCRIPTION:First thing I did this morning after I got dressed was grab a s crewdriver and tighten up the screws in the door handle to the common mail area of our building. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/filtered-for-your-environment-as-treat ment CATEGORIES:tools,medicine,habits,environment TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/114206675993445563@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250322T145938Z DTEND:20250322T155938Z SUMMARY:Surge When You Least Feel Like It DESCRIPTION:@leblancfg This was such a pleasing write-up to read: https://l eblancfg.com/surge-cycling-up-a-hill.html\nWhat I'\;ll remember: surge when you least feel like it. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/114206675993445563 CATEGORIES:motivation,writing,personal-blog,mastodon TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/how-and-why-i-read-hacker-news@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250322T144730Z DTEND:20250322T154730Z SUMMARY:How and Why I Read Hacker News DESCRIPTION:I saw recently that YCombinator celebrated its 20th anniversary . URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/how-and-why-i-read-hacker-news CATEGORIES:hacker-news,programming-languages,software-engineering,personal- blog,culture IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/f241d9da-6b14-484 8-ab03-a48e0f6db6c6.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/a-heatmap-calendar-for-my-site@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250320T130552Z DTEND:20250320T140552Z SUMMARY:A Heatmap Calendar for My Site URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/a-heatmap-calendar-for-my-site CATEGORIES:personal-blog,data,interfaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/ee8815cf-8280-44b 0-8e8f-02721dc1d814.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/bedmounds-by-noah-kalina@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250317T130109Z DTEND:20250317T140109Z SUMMARY:Bedmounds by Noah Kalina DESCRIPTION:Noah sent me a signed copy of his book when I called in to his Hotline Show. Unexpected and generous and made me smile - much like the sh ow. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/bedmounds-by-noah-kalina CATEGORIES:photography,non-fiction,art,books IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/5c0fe1d8-a02f-4e9 0-b955-56fca549570d.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/first-roll-of-film-shot-on-the-xa2@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250315T163239Z DTEND:20250315T173239Z SUMMARY:First Roll of Film Shot on the XA2 DESCRIPTION:My grandma found an old tiny camera in her basement that wasn t working and asked me if I would use it. This isn’t the first time thi s has happened - I think I’ve gotten three other cameras this way. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/first-roll-of-film-shot-on-the-xa2 CATEGORIES:photography,cameras IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/c4bae1d8-886a-401 9-a0cc-77d80683dabd.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-836663704-stop-making-sense@joshbeckma n.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250314T000000Z DTEND:20250314T010000Z SUMMARY:Stop Making Sense DESCRIPTION:I am lucky enough to walk up to the Music Box for a midnight 11 :15 showing of this where half the audience runs down the aisles to dance in the pit under the screen for most of the movie.\nAs they asse URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-836663704-s top-making-sense CATEGORIES:music,entertainment,concerts,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/7/0/0/4/37004-st op-making-sense-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=c7e06b923e TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/darkside-at-the-salt-shed@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250313T203202Z DTEND:20250313T213202Z SUMMARY:DARKSIDE at The Salt Shed URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/darkside-at-the-salt-shed CATEGORIES:music,concerts,salt-shed-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/feb90f6e-3f50-44e f-a1fa-bf2eedd89202.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-834129405-the-symbol-of-the-unconquere d@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250310T000000Z DTEND:20250310T010000Z SUMMARY:The Symbol of the Unconquered DESCRIPTION:Got to watch this at The Music Box with live accompaniment by t he Alvin Cobb Jr Trio. The jazz music was a huge highlight\, especially wh en the KKK rode at night and they transitioned to spacey spooky URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-834129405-t he-symbol-of-the-unconquered CATEGORIES:movies,music,culture,entertainment,history,letterboxd,racism,uni ted-states IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/2/8/3/0/6/128306 -the-symbol-of-the-unconquered-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=a3dd37b622 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-834126230-two-knights-of-vaudeville@jo shbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250310T000000Z DTEND:20250310T010000Z SUMMARY:Two Knights of Vaudeville DESCRIPTION:We got to watch this with live accompaniment by the Alvin Cobb Jr Trio at The Music Box. Syncopated jazz made the movie’s beats hit bet ter but wasn’t enough to save the thin plot. \nI’m sure this was m URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-834126230-t wo-knights-of-vaudeville CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,music,performance,art,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/4/3/3/7/7/343377 -two-knights-of-vaudeville-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=e88130f78b TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/3ljuz4clll22c@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250308T170702Z DTEND:20250308T180702Z SUMMARY:Ikebana in the Morning Sun DESCRIPTION:Arranging this ikebana in the sunlight this morning URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/3ljuz4clll22c CATEGORIES:gardening,art,bluesky IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/bafkreibvg7ktjpfh gpjfyylm7jrvfdq5cods6uksc2ksf7logpmh2ccuem@jpeg.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-832457256-mickey-17@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250308T000000Z DTEND:20250308T010000Z SUMMARY:Mickey 17 DESCRIPTION:I don't know what this movie was trying to tell me. The directo r made a lot of decisions\, but it felt like every one was made independen tly and many in a different direction. \nIt's sci-fi\, so of cours URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-832457256-m ickey-17 CATEGORIES:movies,science,entertainment,art,philosophy,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/6/2/0/2/8/1/620281 -mickey-17-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=93e4d2af6d TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/buttons-are-for-doing-exchanging-the-apple-watch-ultra@joshbeckma n.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250307T135613Z DTEND:20250307T145613Z SUMMARY:Buttons are for Doing: Exchanging the Apple Watch Ultra DESCRIPTION:I traded in my Apple Watch Ultra this week. I haven’t been us ing it since I got this Garmin Instinct 2x Solar a couple months ago. It s got better battery\, buttons\, and the same basic capabilities\, fo URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/buttons-are-for-doing-exchanging-the-a pple-watch-ultra CATEGORIES:tools,interfaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/43694bc5-43e2-46a 1-a7ac-de4526c2a712.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/how-im-tracking-and-influencing-my-us-legislators@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250305T040605Z DTEND:20250305T050605Z SUMMARY:How I'm Tracking and Influencing My U.S. Legislators DESCRIPTION:The U.S. legislative body is in a tough spot these days. In lig ht of an executive branch that I didn’t vote for and that I see actively harming those around me\, as well as a judicial branch that I see URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/how-im-tracking-and-influencing-my-us- legislators CATEGORIES:political-science,state-government,communication,social-networks ,united-states IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/030aabff-8f7b-4f8 7-9b52-80228af3bbfa.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/trump-and-musk-and-doge-deleted-18f-and-thats-bad@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250303T140203Z DTEND:20250303T150203Z SUMMARY:Trump and Musk and DOGE Deleted 18F and That's Bad DESCRIPTION:They're removing the efficiency and safety URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/trump-and-musk-and-doge-deleted-18f-an d-thats-bad CATEGORIES:united-states,trump,software-engineering,protest IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/418601541-c3c6e53 e-f511-43d3-993b-06a49969eb9a.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-827485688-under-the-skin-2013@joshbeck man.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250303T060000Z DTEND:20250303T070000Z SUMMARY:Under the Skin DESCRIPTION:Upon a rewatch with friends\, I liked this movie a *bit* less t han the first time\, but it's still great. The soundtrack is really what m akes it pop for me.\nThis time\, I felt even more that it's a parab URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-827485688-u nder-the-skin-2013 CATEGORIES:movies,music,philosophy,culture,entertainment,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/8/0/1/9/8/80198-un der-the-skin-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=732bdd03b9 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/the-left-hand-of-darkness-by-ursula-k-le-guin@joshbeckman .org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250303T040930Z DTEND:20250303T050930Z SUMMARY:The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin DESCRIPTION:About a warm friendship in a cold world URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/the-left-hand-of-darkness-by-u rsula-k-le-guin CATEGORIES:fiction,culture,geography,human-psychology,human-sexuality IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/70b35df1-aa9e-4a2 6-a678-6ed9c38f8ca1.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-823846485-no-country-for-old-men@joshb eckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250227T000000Z DTEND:20250227T010000Z SUMMARY:No Country for Old Men DESCRIPTION:I love this movie every time I see it. The sun and sound and st raight pace let the whole story reinforce the villain's inevitable footste ps of doom. And every time\, as I get older between each viewing URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-823846485-n o-country-for-old-men CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,philosophy,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/dr/hr/pz/ez/ehLb2SQ3 djlA1FrQKbP2WO3VH09-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=6489920a92 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-821745885-anora@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250225T000000Z DTEND:20250225T010000Z SUMMARY:Anora DESCRIPTION:I got into a big fight with my wife over a very minor stupid un related thing after we watched this. I feel like that's relevant somehow.\ nI laughed *a lot* during the hunt sequence and I appreciate tha URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-821745885-a nora CATEGORIES:movies,personal-blog,fiction,entertainment,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/9/5/9/5/4/0/959540 -anora-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=6f92877033 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/craig-mod-is-running-another-popup-newsletter@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250223T211149Z DTEND:20250223T221149Z SUMMARY:Craig Mod is Running Another Pop-Up Newsletter DESCRIPTION:About a Nightingale URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/craig-mod-is-running-another-popup-new sletter CATEGORIES:blogroll,photography IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/about-a-nightinga le.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/music-frozen-dancing-2025@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250222T132856Z DTEND:20250222T142856Z SUMMARY:Music Frozen Dancing 2025 DESCRIPTION:It’s a very Chicago thing to spend the last Saturday of Febru ary standing out in the cold in a street music festival to dance along wit h punk and hard pop and synth bands. But we love Music Frozen Dan URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/music-frozen-dancing-2025 CATEGORIES:chicago,music,empty-bottle-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/4de7db9c-03dd-4ee c-9691-5254b72c21b7.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-821746560-jurassic-park@joshbeckman.or g DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250222T000000Z DTEND:20250222T010000Z SUMMARY:Jurassic Park DESCRIPTION:On my who-knows-what-number rewatch\, it's no longer scary like I remember but oh so exciting and funny and well-paced. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-821746560-j urassic-park CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/1g/zz/ez/d8/yyCKYaW9 08ZbpexpnBJ3p8o87HA-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=19a50874d0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-819004875-the-monkey-2025@joshbeckman. org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250220T000000Z DTEND:20250220T010000Z SUMMARY:The Monkey DESCRIPTION:I loved the first third\, felt let down by the middle\, and was disoriented in the last third. \nThere were hilarious edits and timing a nd surrealist lines to kick it off\, but it couldn’t sustain that pa URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-819004875-t he-monkey-2025 CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,fiction,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/0/1/3/3/9/3/1013 393-the-monkey-2025-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=ac27f20e5a TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/raycast-snippets-for-conventional-comments-commits@joshbeckman.or g DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250218T211832Z DTEND:20250218T221832Z SUMMARY:Raycast Snippets for Conventional Comments & Commits URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/raycast-snippets-for-conventional-comm ents-commits CATEGORIES:tools,code-snippets,communication,software-engineering IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/raycast-conventio nal-commit.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/3lihkdrgwfs2b@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250218T151258Z DTEND:20250218T161258Z SUMMARY:Winter's Last Gasps: Morning Sun Breaks Through DESCRIPTION:Finally getting some sun in the morning windows as this winter takes its last gasps URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/3lihkdrgwfs2b CATEGORIES:environment,climate-change,photography,exploration,bluesky IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/bafkreia5ctc6o6gn z4vlcfbcd4ldkjudjoyxxladmqsccpoufcllz3f3z4@jpeg.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/dropping-johnny-decimal-leaning-into-tags-and-search@joshbeckman. org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250218T140118Z DTEND:20250218T150118Z SUMMARY:Dropping Johnny Decimal: Leaning Into Tags and Search URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/dropping-johnny-decimal-leaning-into-t ags-and-search CATEGORIES:taxonomy,search,information-theory,network-theory IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/8eb3446f-a17c-496 3-8b3e-75f7c8029036.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/listening/strawberry-hotel-by-underworld@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250217T162712Z DTEND:20250217T172712Z SUMMARY:Strawberry Hotel by Underworld DESCRIPTION:I’ve been listening to this off and on since its release in S eptember\, 2024 and the ethereal lyrics have been ringing in my head. High ly recommended for morning work sessions and for singing along dis URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/strawberry-hotel-by-underwor ld CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/album_art/underwo rld-strawberryhotel.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-812216644-the-apartment@joshbeckman.or g DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250216T000000Z DTEND:20250216T010000Z SUMMARY:The Apartment DESCRIPTION:I can never take Jack Lemmon seriously. But this film has such a turn of tone that you feel slapped onto your heels and all the better fo r it. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-812216644-t he-apartment CATEGORIES:movies,art,entertainment,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/1/7/7/4/51774-th e-apartment-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=7df6fac704 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-812218732-fast-x@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250215T000000Z DTEND:20250215T010000Z SUMMARY:Fast X DESCRIPTION:Utterly ridiculous and disjointed. I had to yell at the screen multiple times because gravity kept breaking. \nBut the gravity of the si tuation was never lost on Fab and Furious J Mo who was cut from a URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-812218732-f ast-x CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,cinematography,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/2/0/4/8/1/320481 -fast-x-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=58239dde0a TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/phantogram-at-aragon@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250215T000000Z DTEND:20250215T010000Z SUMMARY:Phantogram at Aragon DESCRIPTION:Sarah Barthel\, the lead singer\, was definitely still sick aft er cancelling an earlier stop on the tour. But it was a banger of a show a nyway. We went with a whole group and Marybeth made Valentines fo URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/phantogram-at-aragon CATEGORIES:music,aragon-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/59c59f47-1a5d-442 a-b193-1ddfac01dedf.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-808016056-the-brutalist@joshbeckman.or g DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250212T000000Z DTEND:20250212T010000Z SUMMARY:The Brutalist DESCRIPTION:It’s ironic that a movie about a minimalist architect would b e so superfluously long. \nI think this magnificent performance could hav e been edited to half the length and it would have been a much bett URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-808016056-t he-brutalist CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,performance,editing,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/7/8/4/2/8/478428 -the-brutalist-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=2f8cae2ea5 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/113980032917385719@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250210T142119Z DTEND:20250210T152119Z SUMMARY:Treadmill Time Travel: Running From Canada to New Zealand DESCRIPTION:Went for a run on the hotel treadmill in Canada and the video w as from a trail I ran last month in New Zealand. Trippy. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/113980032917385719 CATEGORIES:travel,geography,canada,new-zealand,exercise,mastodon IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/a14f531f60741e99. jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/seraph-by-mas-ysa@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250208T170628Z DTEND:20250208T180628Z SUMMARY:Seraph by Mas Ysa DESCRIPTION:Noah Kalina recommended this album when the artist called in to a recent show. It sounds like someone grappling with past relationships a nd habitual late nights in the city by making synth and sample URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/seraph-by-mas-ysa CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/album_art/masysa- seraph.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-803604126-house@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250207T000000Z DTEND:20250207T010000Z SUMMARY:House DESCRIPTION:Imagine you were going to make a splatter horror flick but the only vocabulary you could use were bright\, flashy\, 15 second TV commerci als for consumer products.\nI disproportionately enjoyed the in-fr URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-803604126-h ouse CATEGORIES:movies,entertainment,performance,culture,letterboxd IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/7f/z3/ho/6j/6vblWscF AbIm9V5CwHC7IImgAq9-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=b505ff45b0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/rallying-duckworth-and-durbin@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250205T185409Z DTEND:20250205T195409Z SUMMARY:Rallying Duckworth and Durbin DESCRIPTION:At a rally in the Loop demanding that Senators Duckworth and Du rbin oppose Trump’s Cabinet nominees and oppose the control of the U.S. Treasury by Elon Musk. 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URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/leaning-into-perplexity CATEGORIES:llm,search,curiosity IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/perplexity-reason ing.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/listening/ahmad-jamal-at-the-pershing-but-not-for-me@joshbeckman. org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250204T135002Z DTEND:20250204T145002Z SUMMARY:Ahmad Jamal At The Pershing: But Not for Me DESCRIPTION:Someone at work yesterday asked for jazz album recommendations and immediately I had to send back a link to this one: possibly my favorit e jazz recording. The liveliness and ease you can hear in each URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/ahmad-jamal-at-the-pershing- but-not-for-me CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/album_art/ahmadja maltrio-ahmadjamalatthepershingbutnotforme.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/listening/da-by-ela-minus@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250202T180608Z DTEND:20250202T190608Z SUMMARY:DÍA by Ela Minus DESCRIPTION:I highly recommend listening to this while walking\, preferably through a doorway\, into an atrium of people with high ceilings with maje stic murals\, through hallways and more doors\, out onto a green ve URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/da-by-ela-minus CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/album_art/elaminu s-da.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/113935490492467223@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250202T173336Z DTEND:20250202T183336Z SUMMARY:Looking for a Music Review Platform That Works DESCRIPTION:I'\;ve been wanting to review/think about music and albums r ecently. I want something like letterboxd but for music. So far\, the clos est thing I'\;ve found is https://rateyourmusic.com\nI just don& URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/113935490492467223 CATEGORIES:music,platforms,blogs,tools,mastodon TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/listening/eusexua-by-fka-twigs@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250202T173211Z DTEND:20250202T183211Z SUMMARY:Eusexua by FKA Twigs DESCRIPTION:I’m glad she wandered into that rave and discovered the house music scene the rest of us have been loving for a while. It’s not heavy house\, but more like a twinkling\, wispy flower blooming in the dee URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/eusexua-by-fka-twigs CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/album_art/fkatwig s-eusexua.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-january-29th-2025@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250129T135951Z DTEND:20250129T145951Z SUMMARY:Desk\, January 29th\, 2025 DESCRIPTION:I am working from the Shopify Toronto office this morning becau se I’m at an in-person “burst” with the senior engineering leadershi p from the developer-interfaces/”Build” team. I get to sit in the big URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-january-29th-2025 CATEGORIES:shopify,canada,workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/cbe3ae92-aacb-4d0 3-8c08-3fa0793a682b.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/listening/louder-please-by-rose-gray@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250126T174404Z DTEND:20250126T184404Z SUMMARY:Louder\, Please by Rose Gray DESCRIPTION:Kinda like Brat lite. She didn’t commit as hard on the highs and didn’t dig deep enough on the lows\, which put too little range into the whole album. Still decent to listen to while working\, but I pro URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/louder-please-by-rose-gray CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/album_art/rosegra y-louderplease.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/listening/11100011-by-asian-glow@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250125T173645Z DTEND:20250125T183645Z SUMMARY:11100011 by Asian Glow DESCRIPTION:I’ll put this back on when I’m riding through Seoul at nigh t\, bleary-eyed and coast it out. Some lovely bops in there\, mixed with a whole lotta overdrive fuzz. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/11100011-by-asian-glow CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/album_art/asiangl ow-11100011.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-788832440-eno-2024@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250124T000000Z DTEND:20250124T010000Z SUMMARY:Eno DESCRIPTION:It’s very inspiring to see an older person who has figured ou t their message and medium and is just doing it every day.\nEno is open ab out his process and is honest about his mind and makes you feel li URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-788832440-e no-2024 CATEGORIES:letterboxd,movies,music,work,art IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/1/1/6/1/9/3/1116 193-eno-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=983c5844e6 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/3lgds3uw7t22z@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250122T163041Z DTEND:20250122T173041Z SUMMARY:Bringing Around MCP Implementations DESCRIPTION:spec.modelcontextprotocol.io/specificatio… I’m excited for a future where I have a suite of MCP implementations/servers that I collec t and bring around with me to different clients/LLMs in different c URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/3lgds3uw7t22z CATEGORIES:llm,software,automation,tools,machines,programming-languages TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-784507859-nosferatu-2024@joshbeckman.o rg DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250120T000000Z DTEND:20250120T010000Z SUMMARY:Nosferatu DESCRIPTION:There's a scene in beautiful slow-motion snowfall where Ellen r egards von Franz. She stays in shadow as he climbs the stairs toward the l ight. He smiles and says something like\, "In heathen times\, you URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-784507859-n osferatu-2024 CATEGORIES:letterboxd,movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/5/9/5/0/5/359505 -nosferatu-2024-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=a12d4ad648 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/jamie-xx-at-aragon@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250117T203806Z DTEND:20250117T213806Z SUMMARY:Jamie XX at Aragon URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/jamie-xx-at-aragon CATEGORIES:music,chicago,aragon-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/9594d46d-c5c0-4dc d-a8a3-dac138052733.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/3lfsuyw6hyc24@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250115T230727Z DTEND:20250116T000727Z SUMMARY:Post to Bluesky DESCRIPTION:My jet lag\, visualized URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/3lfsuyw6hyc24 CATEGORIES:bluesky,data IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/bafkreicwb64qtgsd 22prmsluhwoajh7ob4sklwxbzralh7hxdjsbdd47ry@jpeg.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/my-2024-fitbed-flex@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250114T040153Z DTEND:20250114T050153Z SUMMARY:My 2024 Fitbod Flex DESCRIPTION:I’ve been using Fitbod for strength workout planning for I th ink 3 years now. I like it because it tracks which lifts I do and aims to suggest workouts that stress new muscles in new ways throughout m URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/my-2024-fitbed-flex CATEGORIES:exercise,data IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/e012bc88-b418-4c6 5-bac4-c85a9d92a05c.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-776053931-the-second-2024@joshbeckman. org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250113T000000Z DTEND:20250113T010000Z SUMMARY:The Second DESCRIPTION:Wonderfully shot. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-776053931-t he-second-2024 CATEGORIES:letterboxd,movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/1/7/6/0/7/5/1176 075-the-second-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=3c85c79b04 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/mature-optimization-by-carlos-bueno@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250112T000000Z DTEND:20250112T010000Z SUMMARY:Mature Optimization by Carlos Bueno DESCRIPTION:This book was recommended to me by Mike Shaver a couple years a go and I only just now got around to reading it. Carlos has made it freel y available\, which is nice. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/mature-optimization-by-carlos- bueno CATEGORIES:optimization,software-engineering IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/media/reader/parse d_document_assets/30288561/cover-image-cover-image_VChJuiA.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-775246807-uncut-gems@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250111T000000Z DTEND:20250111T010000Z SUMMARY:Uncut Gems DESCRIPTION:I watched this on the plane ride from L.A. to Chicago as part o f our way home from New Zealand. It was a layover that originally was plan ned to be 3 hours but then chance and LA wildfires turned that URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-775246807-u ncut-gems CATEGORIES:letterboxd,movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/0/4/2/6/6/404266 -uncut-gems-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=670cb7034d TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/auckland-new-zealand-part-2@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250109T021018Z DTEND:20250109T031018Z SUMMARY:Auckland\, New Zealand\, Part 2 DESCRIPTION:Returning to enjoy the ocean and the views. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/auckland-new-zealand-part-2 CATEGORIES:travel,new-zealand,exploration IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/88F1BEFDB55145EAB DD93DF43040F556.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/raglan-new-zealand@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250106T040436Z DTEND:20250106T050436Z SUMMARY:Raglan\, New Zealand DESCRIPTION:A surfer town with a view of the jungle. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/raglan-new-zealand CATEGORIES:travel,new-zealand,exploration IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/58067817769A418D9 0B35E195F26EAC3.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/wellington-new-zealand@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250105T094402Z DTEND:20250105T104402Z SUMMARY:Wellington\, New Zealand DESCRIPTION:A city pressed by wind between the hills and the sea. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/wellington-new-zealand CATEGORIES:travel,new-zealand,movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/A178EBB0287747E3A A5A59D19D14ECEA.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/113774065843440760@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250105T052111Z DTEND:20250105T062111Z SUMMARY:Post to Mastodon DESCRIPTION:I’d forgotten how beautiful Monument Valley makes the rest of the world seem as you play it through. #games URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/113774065843440760 CATEGORIES:mastodon,games,art IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/aec0f705fdd9ae7b. png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/rotorua-new-zealand@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20250103T192500Z DTEND:20250103T202500Z SUMMARY:Rotorua\, New Zealand DESCRIPTION:A mountain lake town where you can walk between the hot springs and the redwoods. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/rotorua-new-zealand CATEGORIES:travel,new-zealand,exploration IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/C4D1922318454A75A E2B92C0B6B22288.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/auckland-new-zealand@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241227T224210Z DTEND:20241227T234210Z SUMMARY:Auckland\, New Zealand DESCRIPTION:A modern city built between the volcanoes and the sea. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/auckland-new-zealand CATEGORIES:travel,new-zealand,exploration IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/C609013F3A4749DFB BB516BA41432AEE.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/string-theory-by-david-foster-wallace@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241227T000000Z DTEND:20241227T010000Z SUMMARY:String Theory by David Foster Wallace URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/string-theory-by-david-foster- wallace CATEGORIES:sports,writing,practice-and-training IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/c67b56d6-0f8a-441 3-84d6-7e4978eccbe5.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-749449289-the-zone-of-interest@joshbec kman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241226T000000Z DTEND:20241226T010000Z SUMMARY:The Zone of Interest DESCRIPTION:Constant\, cutting contrast. \nVines trained to cover a barbed wire wall. Clean clothes dried by wind carrying human ash. A girl hides g ift apples in a field of murder. Gunshots heard through the laught URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-749449289-t he-zone-of-interest CATEGORIES:letterboxd,movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/9/8/8/0/0/398800 -the-zone-of-interest-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=0514f658e1 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/breathing-life-into-my-little-counter@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241222T160129Z DTEND:20241222T170129Z SUMMARY:Hacking Life into My Little Counter DESCRIPTION:And interactive art piece\, counting care URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/breathing-life-into-my-little-counter CATEGORIES:shopify,hacking,machines,folk-creations,workspaces,popular IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/47E8A68F0D414D79A F690B9B473DF9AD.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/3ldvndto7vs2i@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241222T143759Z DTEND:20241222T153759Z SUMMARY:Post to Bluesky DESCRIPTION:Hacked something together yesterday URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/3ldvndto7vs2i CATEGORIES:bluesky,hacking,machines,folk-creations,workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/bafkreid5cqcd4esz ysxrtnjvz3v6ov5xhxzqtcbavxhbgm6l2vqlhgf54q@jpeg.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-744242269-prisoners@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241222T000000Z DTEND:20241222T010000Z SUMMARY:Prisoners DESCRIPTION:This was incredibly uncomfortable to watch. But once you start on its journey\, it compels you to follow it through. And I think it is wo rth the effort. \nFelt like the first season of True Detective bu URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-744242269-p risoners CATEGORIES:letterboxd,movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/iw/eg/4g/nm/3w79tTsv 6tmlT8Jww6snyPrgVok-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=778c7ae8b8 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/crossposting-from-bluesky-to-jekyll@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241221T172552Z DTEND:20241221T182552Z SUMMARY:Cross-posting from Bluesky to Jekyll DESCRIPTION:Archiving and syndicating Bluesky posts to my site URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/crossposting-from-bluesky-to-jekyll CATEGORIES:bluesky,code-snippets,personal-blog,jekyll IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/94DC2326C74C413C8 550148F3A798DD2.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-743296739-parasite-2019@joshbeckman.or g DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241220T000000Z DTEND:20241220T010000Z SUMMARY:Parasite DESCRIPTION:I remember watching this in theaters when it released and remem ber being awestruck by the performances of the family and remember being g ripped by the gruesome twists of the metaphorical knife.\nOn a r URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-743296739-p arasite-2019 CATEGORIES:letterboxd,movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/2/6/4/0/6/426406 -parasite-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=8f5653f710 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-742957775-phoenix-2014@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241220T000000Z DTEND:20241220T010000Z SUMMARY:Phoenix DESCRIPTION:It’s a jazz duet between a dirtbag and the wife he destroyed that culminates into an amazing ending. \nThe cinematography feels like a stage play in a wonderful way. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-742957775-p hoenix-2014 CATEGORIES:letterboxd,movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/yo/sh/hn/kv/9wgvrNpD 4YtcZji0sy69av8rPfZ-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=3792be2a54 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/github-wrapped-2024@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241219T152805Z DTEND:20241219T162805Z SUMMARY:My GitHub Wrapped 2024 DESCRIPTION:In the same line as Apple Music Replay 2024 and Strava Year in Sport 2024 I used git-wrapped to generate a 2024 review of my commits on G itHub.\n\n\n\nI’m pretty sure this only includes my public reposito URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/github-wrapped-2024 CATEGORIES:github,data,open-source,year-in-review IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/f23ec509-716b-471 a-8378-52cc7fcf066d.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/planning-a-spaced-repetition-system-for-my-site@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241217T135253Z DTEND:20241217T145253Z SUMMARY:Planning A Spaced Repetition System for My Site DESCRIPTION:I think I can build a spaced repetition system on my own site t hat can replace the one I use on Readwise right now. It’s not that I dis like the Readwise tooling\, it’s that it doesn’t include all of my URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/planning-a-spaced-repetition-system-fo r-my-site CATEGORIES:personal-blog,memory,note-taking IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/1ABAE25016594772B 3E5338BD71105E6.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/crossposting-from-letterboxd-to-jekyll@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241216T040023Z DTEND:20241216T050023Z SUMMARY:Cross-posting From Letterboxd to Jekyll DESCRIPTION:I want to meet the movie-lovers where they are\, so I’m going to try writing my movie journal on Letterboxd. I have friends there alrea dy. Unfortunately\, Letterboxd doesn’t have an API to post from my URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/crossposting-from-letterboxd-to-jekyll CATEGORIES:code-snippets,personal-blog,letterboxd,jekyll IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/03C77ACF666F433E8 35E19772DAEF9D6.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/strava-year-in-sport-2024@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241215T011827Z DTEND:20241215T021827Z SUMMARY:Strava Year in Sport 2024 DESCRIPTION:Just like my Apple Music year-in-review\, Strava wants to give me an annual aggregation before the year is done. But here are their highl ights (which I feel must be incorrect\, because I know I hiked mo URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/strava-year-in-sport-2024 CATEGORIES:exercise,data,year-in-review IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/6F2233541CE84CBEB 075FFFB85FF6FF7.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-738439039-the-first-omen@joshbeckman.o rg DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241212T060000Z DTEND:20241212T070000Z SUMMARY:The First Omen DESCRIPTION:This review may contain spoilers.\nI clocked the twist as soon as she got to the convent\, but that didn't make it any less fun. I enjoye d some of the frames and camera work\, but each time the scary sta URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-738439039-t he-first-omen CATEGORIES:letterboxd,movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/7/0/1/7/8/370178 -the-first-omen-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=ee3160fca0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/bluesky-website-embeds-ruby@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241208T170225Z DTEND:20241208T180225Z SUMMARY:Adding Website Card Embeds to my Bluesky Posts DESCRIPTION:Bluesky’s AT Protocol and client app has some interesting cho ices. One of them is that links inside posts don’t get unfurled into pre views/cards. So when I started syndicating links to my posts to Blu URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/bluesky-website-embeds-ruby CATEGORIES:bluesky,code-snippets,language-ruby IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/E0F9F28442EB4E069 171E4F4D69368CE.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/rules-for-syndication-on-my-site@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241207T184345Z DTEND:20241207T194345Z SUMMARY:Rules for Syndication on My Site DESCRIPTION:With all my recent outward posting and inward importing of my w riting on various platforms\, I should write down how I’m planning all o f this. Otherwise\, it could get messy: POSSE and PESOS jangling no URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/rules-for-syndication-on-my-site CATEGORIES:mastodon,bluesky,social-networks,personal-blog,popular IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/CB23E538E04949B59 577C8CF6AC08F37.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/pesos-mastodon-to-jekyll@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241207T174819Z DTEND:20241207T184819Z SUMMARY:Cross-Posting From Mastodon to Jekyll DESCRIPTION:Archiving and syndicating Mastodon posts in Jekyll URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/pesos-mastodon-to-jekyll CATEGORIES:mastodon,code-snippets,personal-blog,jekyll IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/3476482D4C4A481B8 E375E6D7EE2690C.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/113612587547364416@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241207T165508Z DTEND:20241207T175508Z SUMMARY:Post to @macallik@federation.network DESCRIPTION:@macallik One year later\, are you still doing these check-ins? \nhttps://federation.network/notes/9lje23q71tgh02d7\nWhen I was working at a startup as the only engineer\, I would walk around the building URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/113612587547364416 CATEGORIES:mastodon TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/gotta-publish-where-the-people-are@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241206T130749Z DTEND:20241206T140749Z SUMMARY:Gotta Publish Where The People Are DESCRIPTION:I have been writing my movie reviews on my personal site but I doubt anyone is reading them. Instead\, I need to make sure they publish s omewhere that people will read them. I want people to engage wit URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/gotta-publish-where-the-people-are CATEGORIES:publishing,social-networks,personal-blog TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/apocalypse-now@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241206T041133Z DTEND:20241206T051133Z SUMMARY:Apocalypse Now DESCRIPTION:A man broken by war rides a boat of soldiers up a river to kill another man broken by war. In the process\, all of his companions are kil led\, and they kill hundreds of innocent people they see on the w URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/apocalypse-now CATEGORIES:war,movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDhiMTljYjYtODc1Yy0 0MmEwLTg2OTYtYmE1YTRmNDE4MmEwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/listening/apple-music-replay-2024@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241204T202947Z DTEND:20241204T212947Z SUMMARY:Apple Music Replay 2024 DESCRIPTION:I recommend all this URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/apple-music-replay-2024 CATEGORIES:music,data,year-in-review IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/7D002B16AD954C999 B610C0B316DE8C3.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/morning-hours-are-open-hours@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241204T133031Z DTEND:20241204T143031Z SUMMARY:Morning Hours are Open Hours DESCRIPTION:I’ve gone back - these past couple weeks - to waking up with an hour or two to myself before work. I love how I’ve been feeling\, but it shouldn’t be a surprise: I’m a morning person. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/morning-hours-are-open-hours CATEGORIES:habits TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/i-set-up-a-custom-font-on-the-boox-palma@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241203T134510Z DTEND:20241203T144510Z SUMMARY:I set up a custom font on the Boox Palma DESCRIPTION:This morning I figured out how to set up my preferred font (IBM Plex Sans) on the Boox Palma! I had to use their Boox Drop app (websites accessible on LAN are still amazing to me) and upload the font URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/i-set-up-a-custom-font-on-the-boox-pal ma CATEGORIES:tools,interfaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/1D66945D3CF544CBA 21F686D8C4F5596.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/first-time-ordering-through-too-good-to-go@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241202T204520Z DTEND:20241202T214520Z SUMMARY:First time ordering through Too Good To Go URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/first-time-ordering-through-too-good-t o-go CATEGORIES:food IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/42422E4570714C83A 4AD0974AE82FD39.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/writing-for-resistance-and-reinforcement@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241202T135244Z DTEND:20241202T145244Z SUMMARY:Writing for Resistance and Reinforcement DESCRIPTION:One of the things I want to do as I continue to embed myself in my personal site is use it to - in whatever small way - help others. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/writing-for-resistance-and-reinforceme nt CATEGORIES:publishing,writing TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/i-set-up-day-one-on-my-boox-palma-this-morning@joshbeckma n.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241201T152346Z DTEND:20241201T162346Z SUMMARY:I set up Day One on my Boox Palma this morning DESCRIPTION:And also connected my mechanical keyboard to the device via blu etooth. I’m thinking this might be a fun way to journal and draft things away from other distractions and maybe outside in the sun. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/i-set-up-day-one-on-my-boox-pa lma-this-morning CATEGORIES:tools,writing IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/0335CC879B6645B08 91389EEEC844884.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/crossposting-to-bluesky-from-jekyll@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241124T170716Z DTEND:20241124T180716Z SUMMARY:Cross-posting to Bluesky from Jekyll DESCRIPTION:Just like how I set up cross-posting to Mastodon for this site (to ensure that I am publishing on my own site and syndicating elsewhere: POSSE)\, I have now set up cross-posting from this site to my Bl URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/crossposting-to-bluesky-from-jekyll CATEGORIES:code-snippets,personal-blog,publishing,blogs,bluesky,jekyll IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/f01fc394-41e8-4b0 e-a599-88b0218c57de.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/kikis-delivery-service@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241124T041353Z DTEND:20241124T051353Z SUMMARY:Kiki's Delivery Service DESCRIPTION:A lovely heartfelt self-discovery film for kids. My favorite ch aracter was her cat companion - they animated his jumps better than any I ve seen before.\n\nFor some reason\, it was really comforting to m URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/kikis-delivery-service CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTFhYWI1NGUtZWFhZS0 0MTdkLWIzZTItMDBhNWNiZDNlMjYyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/i-love-microblog-heres-why-i-dont-use-it@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241120T140114Z DTEND:20241120T150114Z SUMMARY:I Love micro.blog - Here’s Why I Don’t Use It DESCRIPTION:I spent last night reactivating my micro.blog account and tryin g to run some imports of my Jekyll posts from my main site.\n\n\nI had bee n seduced again by the amazing simplicity and synergy of micro.blo URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/i-love-microblog-heres-why-i-dont-use- it CATEGORIES:personal-blog,social-networks,publishing IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/b40df2a3-ce7d-427 3-ab07-f9307b74288e.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/caribou-at-the-salt-shed@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241118T023906Z DTEND:20241118T033906Z SUMMARY:Caribou at The Salt Shed DESCRIPTION:Another really fun Caribou show. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/caribou-at-the-salt-shed CATEGORIES:music,salt-shed-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/D73CD8969CF64F04B 7602680754EA3C7.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-november-17-2024@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241117T203020Z DTEND:20241117T213020Z SUMMARY:Desk\, November 17\, 2024 DESCRIPTION:Switching to basic lights URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-november-17-2024 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/A55858F197934633A A315A3088DC248D.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/christian-mackies-photography-zines@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241117T155109Z DTEND:20241117T165109Z SUMMARY:Christian Mackie’s Photography Zines DESCRIPTION:Christian Mackie is my coworker at Shopify. He’s also a proli fic photographer\, and one I admire because of how he is able to package h is work. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/christian-mackies-photography- zines CATEGORIES:photography,shopify,publishing IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/8D417517231C40A9A F16DC3B80DC375C.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/i-havent-contributed-to-opensource-in-a-while@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241112T135129Z DTEND:20241112T145129Z SUMMARY:I Haven't Contributed to Open-Source in a While DESCRIPTION:I was reflecting on my post about Working In Public and I reali zed that I haven’t made and open source contribution to a project in man y months now. I mean\, I still am an active member of the [F]OSS c URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/i-havent-contributed-to-opensource-in- a-while CATEGORIES:open-source TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/mammoth-cave@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241108T000000Z DTEND:20241108T010000Z SUMMARY:Mammoth Cave DESCRIPTION:John wanted to go to Mammoth Cave for the long weekend and I ha dn’t been since I was a kid so I was happy to join. The drive was terrib le because my car broke down in Indianapolis but we persevered an URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/mammoth-cave CATEGORIES:travel,united-states,exploration IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/b811a7c0-8bc8-463 f-bb8d-1eba312b11a4.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/sick-today@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241106T135821Z DTEND:20241106T145821Z SUMMARY:Sick today DESCRIPTION:I’m feeling sick this morning because Trump was re-elected.\n \nAny large group has incoherent and mentally unwell people among it. Usua lly\, the majority of us focus on helping them. We work with them to URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/sick-today CATEGORIES:united-states TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/new-family-in-washington-dc@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241103T000000Z DTEND:20241103T010000Z SUMMARY:New Family in Washington\, DC DESCRIPTION:Scenes from visiting our newest family member URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/new-family-in-washington-dc CATEGORIES:travel IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/3ef43469-7532-4a5 d-8045-576386c713db.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/end-of-the-line@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241028T000000Z DTEND:20241028T010000Z SUMMARY:End of The Line URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/end-of-the-line CATEGORIES:photography IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/55bf2a24-66ed-404 c-b400-3e5b6a60f4aa.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/how-to-crosspost-to-mastodon-with-jekyll@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241026T000000Z DTEND:20241026T010000Z SUMMARY:How to Cross-Post to Mastodon with Jekyll DESCRIPTION:I publish posts on this site first - Publish On Site Syndicate Elsewhere (POSSE). I want this site to be the canonical source of my writi ng\, the one true place for people (and myself) to read my notes URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/how-to-crosspost-to-mastodon-with-jeky ll CATEGORIES:personal-blog,blogs,publishing,code-snippets,mastodon,jekyll IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/77061f6f-8d03-4f1 a-bff0-f21a1d6f7229.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/fat-dog-at-the-empty-bottle@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241025T000000Z DTEND:20241025T010000Z SUMMARY:Fat Dog at The Empty Bottle DESCRIPTION:I bought tickets to this show back in June when Bill told me th ey were coming to Chicago. At the time\, the band had only released two so ngs and I like them\, so I bought in. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/fat-dog-at-the-empty-bottle CATEGORIES:music,chicago,empty-bottle-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/dd6af622-7ee9-42d c-9a52-32085d455e9d.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/justice-at-radius@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241024T000000Z DTEND:20241024T010000Z SUMMARY:Justice at Radius URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/justice-at-radius CATEGORIES:music,chicago IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/a1a981e7-47fc-461 0-aac6-1d84303d4233.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/speak-no-evil-2022@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241018T000000Z DTEND:20241018T010000Z SUMMARY:Speak No Evil (2022) DESCRIPTION:I thought this was decently unsettling\, but ultimately I felt like the [real] world it was trying to show me was broken by the unconvinc ing final actions of the main characters. It did kind of feel li URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/speak-no-evil-2022 CATEGORIES:movies,culture IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTJjMDMyMGYtZWU3ZS0 0OTVmLTg1ZWUtY2E4OGEyOGNmMjhiXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/air-at-auditorium-theater@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241009T000000Z DTEND:20241009T010000Z SUMMARY:AIR at Auditorium Theater DESCRIPTION:We were lucky enough to see AIR play their Moon Safari album at a packed theater with a group of friends and it was fantastic floating th rough space with everyone. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/air-at-auditorium-theater CATEGORIES:music,chicago IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/1135c6d1-ca15-4ef 3-a2e6-ed4c37eae893.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20241004T000000Z DTEND:20241004T010000Z SUMMARY:Harry Potter and The Cursed Child DESCRIPTION:It was like a teen fan-fiction writer wrote the plot and script and then a fan-fiction theater kid organized the direction on stage and t hen the best magician artist designed the practical effects. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/harry-potter-and-the-cursed- child CATEGORIES:live-theater IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/0623bb69-bb2a-4e1 b-9ef9-132698b6ba1e.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/montreal-september-2024@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240930T000000Z DTEND:20240930T010000Z SUMMARY:Montreal\, September 2024 DESCRIPTION:I got to travel to Montreal this fall for a Shopify burst (meet ing with the teams I lead).\n\nI left home early to land still in the morn ing so I could explore the city a bit. I took a ride share into t URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/montreal-september-2024 CATEGORIES:travel,canada,shopify IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/ca0b9776-701f-411 3-a0c4-68166bdd4b4c.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/rl-grime-at-radius@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240929T000000Z DTEND:20240929T010000Z SUMMARY:RL Grime at Radius DESCRIPTION:We weren’t going to go because I had a flight at 8am the next morning.\n\nBut we love R.L. Grime.\n\nAnd then our friends broke and bou ght tickets.\n\nSo of course we did as well.\n\nWhat fun. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/rl-grime-at-radius CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/79045c0d-9bf5-440 e-893d-6c07e1343216.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/2024-chicago-horror-film-festival@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240928T000000Z DTEND:20240928T010000Z SUMMARY:2024 Chicago Horror Film Festival DESCRIPTION:Matt and Brandon and I had a lovely evening of horror short (an d a couple feature-length!) films at the Logan Square Theater on the first night of their annual horror film fest.\n\nWe got to watch:\n\nPar URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/2024-chicago-horror-film-fest ival CATEGORIES:movies,chicago IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/horror-festival-s ched.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/riot-fest-2024-saturday@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240922T000000Z DTEND:20240922T010000Z SUMMARY:Riot Fest 2024\, Saturday DESCRIPTION:We went along with friends to Riot Fest on Saturday. It was pre viously farther outside the city but this year they moved it back to Dougl as Park inside the city and we have to encourage that.\n\nClutch\n URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/riot-fest-2024-saturday CATEGORIES:music,chicago IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/ae039424-1e78-4d6 1-b6e4-9f0114255578.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/the-substance@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240920T000000Z DTEND:20240920T010000Z SUMMARY:The Substance DESCRIPTION:I want to give this movie six stars out of five. I’ve been im ploring everyone who can handle it that they must go see it and bask in it s glory.\n\nThis movie stretches what is possible to convey in a fi URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/the-substance CATEGORIES:movies,health IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDQ1NGE5MGMtYzdlZC0 0ODExLWJlMDMtNWU4NjA5OWYwMDEwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/the-master@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240918T000000Z DTEND:20240918T010000Z SUMMARY:The Master DESCRIPTION:Nick took me to go see this at a matinee 70mm showing by the Mu sic Box Theater. It was pretty\, and entrancing\, and left me torn and que stioning who was the actual master and who did I actually want to URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/the-master CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTQ2NjQ5MzMwMF5BMl5 BanBnXkFtZTcwMjczNTAzOA@@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/vertigo@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240916T000000Z DTEND:20240916T010000Z SUMMARY:Vertigo DESCRIPTION:I thought this movie was about people being afraid of heights.\ n\nAnd it kind of is\, but mostly it made me think about the subtle and no t-so-subtle horrors that people can do to each other. The rhythmic URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/vertigo CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTE4ODEwZDUtNDFjOC0 0NjAxLWEzYTQtYTI1NGVmZmFlNjdiL2ltYWdlL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjc1NTYyMjg@. _V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/beetlejuice-beetlejuice@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240915T000000Z DTEND:20240915T010000Z SUMMARY:Beetlejuice Beetlejuice DESCRIPTION:Who doesn’t love a magical demon playing in a world of ’80s music and practical effects?\n\nIf you liked the original\, you’ll laug h with this one\, and I loved the original. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/beetlejuice-beetlejuice CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmRlYzE3ZTYtNjIyZi0 0MWYyLWEzZDItOWI5NzM1Yjc0NmI5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/why-i-dont-use-a-macropad@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240912T000000Z DTEND:20240912T010000Z SUMMARY:Why I Don't Use a Macropad DESCRIPTION:I just spent a few minutes envisioning myself buying and enjoyi ng a Work Louder x Figma Creator Micro macro pad. I’m not going to buy i t.\n\nI bought a Megalodon Triple Knob Macro Pad last year\, customi URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/why-i-dont-use-a-macropad CATEGORIES:tools TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/alien-romulus@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240910T000000Z DTEND:20240910T010000Z SUMMARY:Alien: Romulus DESCRIPTION:This was a great horror-movie plus playing-game-levels-adventur e plus uncomfortably-sexual-alien-monster played out in space. I kinda wan ted a better/scarier look for the final… thing\, but the pacing URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/alien-romulus CATEGORIES:movies,clothing IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDU0NjcwOGQtNjNjOS0 0NzQ3LWIwM2YtYWVmODZjMzQzN2ExXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/brothertiger-at-schubas-tavern@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240909T000000Z DTEND:20240909T010000Z SUMMARY:Brothertiger at Schubas Tavern DESCRIPTION:Paul recommended Brothertiger to us and was very excited to see him play. We didn’t know him but we’ll trust Paul’s excitement. I l ike shows at Scuba’s because they’re small and the crowd is usually e URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/brothertiger-at-schubas-tave rn CATEGORIES:music,chicago,schubas-tavern-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/8f56420b-4ae5-428 9-b068-64570bfa7522.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/listening/romanticism-by-hana-vu@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240907T000000Z DTEND:20240907T010000Z SUMMARY:Romanticism by Hana Vu URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/romanticism-by-hana-vu CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/1815acbb-2eeb-4c3 c-ade1-af612edfee76.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/twister-4dx@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240901T050000Z DTEND:20240901T060000Z SUMMARY:Twister (4DX) DESCRIPTION:I’ve seen this movie so many times growing up\, but I’m cou nting it as “new” this time because we went to see it in 4DX.\n\nTo ha ve your seat jerk as someone takes a punch is delightful. To have your bod URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/twister-4dx CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODExYTM0MzEtZGY2Yy0 0N2ExLTkwZjItNGYzYTRmMWZlOGEzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDk3NzU2MTQ@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/glass-animals-at-northerly-island@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240829T050000Z DTEND:20240829T060000Z SUMMARY:Glass Animals at Northerly Island DESCRIPTION:Bill offered me a ticket because someone was sick and couldn’ t go. It was only $25\, a sale from LiveNation earlier in the year to fill seats.\n\nWhen we arrived I realized that the tickets were for actu URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/glass-animals-at-northerly-i sland CATEGORIES:music,chicago IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/5198a262-e081-4e8 3-88d2-3c0512877ba3.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/cirque-of-the-towers-2024@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240828T000000Z DTEND:20240828T010000Z SUMMARY:Cirque of The Towers 2024 DESCRIPTION:Backpacking to the Cirque of The Towers in the Wind River Range \, Wyoming. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/cirque-of-the-towers-2024 CATEGORIES:travel,flora,fauna,united-states IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/86dc6bb9-7a69-4e3 e-9234-58a1ffa91ec0.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/denver-august-2024@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240818T000000Z DTEND:20240818T010000Z SUMMARY:Denver\, August 2024 DESCRIPTION:This was our second time in Denver\, but the first time actuall y spending time in the city. We flew in for a quick weekend to watch Big W ild play at Red Rocks.\n\n\n\nThe city itself is so quiet. The sky w URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/denver-august-2024 CATEGORIES:travel,united-states IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/afed4a08-5e85-41d a-ad76-f73c2b6eb605.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/big-wild-at-red-rocks@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240817T000000Z DTEND:20240817T010000Z SUMMARY:Big Wild at Red Rocks DESCRIPTION:We took a shuttle bus from the train station in Denver out of t he city and up the mountain to the best outdoor venue I’ve ever seen.1 O f course\, Red Rocks had been built up for me as a bucket-list ven URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/big-wild-at-red-rocks CATEGORIES:music,physical-architecture,friends,travel IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/02ba18c4-2c7e-480 7-8ef7-184e8fec8b6e.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/f9-the-fast-saga@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240815T000000Z DTEND:20240815T010000Z SUMMARY:F9: The Fast Saga DESCRIPTION:This isn’t a good movie. It’s a fever dream formed from sta cking all the previous Fast &\; Furious stunts together and forcing a t hread of a story through them all. It had me yelling and laughing co URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/f9-the-fast-saga CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjI0NmFkYzEtNzU2YS0 0NTg5LWIwYmMtNmQ1MTU0OGJjOTMxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjMxOTE0ODA@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-august-11-2024@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240811T000000Z DTEND:20240811T010000Z SUMMARY:Desk\, August 11\, 2024 DESCRIPTION:Working outside in the yard in these summer afternoons is heave nly. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-august-11-2024 CATEGORIES:workspaces,gardening IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/6e37ac11-3e28-4dd 8-a347-5f3a47064c7c.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/under-paris@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240810T000000Z DTEND:20240810T010000Z SUMMARY:Under Paris DESCRIPTION:The movie is not good. We know it’s not going to be good. But we know it will be fun. The moralizing is heavy-handed\, but not wrong\, and yet it is forgotten halfway through. And there are great shots URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/under-paris CATEGORIES:movies,climate-change IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDM5ODBiN2ItOTk4Yi0 0NzgyLWE2YTktYzhjYTc2ODE4ZTE4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/shopify-keychron-k3-pro@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240810T000000Z DTEND:20240810T010000Z SUMMARY:Shopify Keychron K3 Pro DESCRIPTION:This spring I replaced my Customized Keychron K1 with a customi zed Shopify Keychron K3 Pro. Mine won’t look like the one you can order from the public Shopify store because I got an early employees-on URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/shopify-keychron-k3-pro CATEGORIES:tools,folk-creations,shopify IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/1f4dae48-73ae-424 1-803c-04d299cce802.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/home-studio-over-shared-office@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240810T000000Z DTEND:20240810T010000Z SUMMARY:Home Studio Over Shared Office DESCRIPTION:I’ve been going back and forth in my head for the last couple years\, bouncing between the dream of a bright coworking space and the lu re of my perfected home studio.\n\nEvery time I go on a work trip fo URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/home-studio-over-shared-office CATEGORIES:work,workspaces,tools IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/fa43d9e3-f4f8-410 4-a4b9-1e0c7562fe29.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/the-last-of-sheila@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240805T000000Z DTEND:20240805T010000Z SUMMARY:The Last of Sheila DESCRIPTION:I love a murder mystery where everyone is despicable and the ch aracters feel real and the one-liners fly by and they’re on a boat and t hey make me wish I were there. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/the-last-of-sheila CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOWU1NTIxNDMtZmEyNS0 0NjkzLTg4NzUtMmVkZTA0N2IwODM4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMDUzNTI3._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/lollapalooza-2024@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240804T000000Z DTEND:20240804T010000Z SUMMARY:Lollapalooza 2024 DESCRIPTION:It’s always packed and young and hot and fun. Riding the L ho me we overheard a group of girls talk about how upset they were that tomor row they have to clean their room.\n\nSaturday\n\nKenny Beats\nGood st URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/lollapalooza-2024 CATEGORIES:music,chicago IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/65b519a1-8b14-4f5 2-a5d5-b5a8e17b09ab.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/smile@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240729T000000Z DTEND:20240729T010000Z SUMMARY:Smile DESCRIPTION:When I watched the previews for this film a couple years ago\, I thought it was going to be too cheesy and filled with cheap scares. Afte r I was recommended it at a party\, I watched: I was wrong.\n\nIt r URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/smile CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjE2ZWIwMWEtNGFlMy0 0ZjYzLWEzOWEtYzQ0MDAwZDRhYzNjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMTg2ODkz._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/rap-world@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240728T000000Z DTEND:20240728T010000Z SUMMARY:Rap World DESCRIPTION:Seeing this was a blast! Unhinged editing made it aggressive an d the characters were really fleshed out so there was a lot going on in th e best way. Super funny\, and like 1/8 of the audience at The Mu URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/rap-world CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/f5b34fa7-b542-4f2 7-9071-78a8776458a2.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/deadpool-wolverine@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240728T000000Z DTEND:20240728T010000Z SUMMARY:Deadpool & Wolverine DESCRIPTION:It’s funny. It’s bloody. It made me say “ew”. It made m e laugh out loud. I think the characters’ motivations are dubious. I thi nk it is what I expected. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/deadpool-wolverine CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzRiMjg0MzUtNTQ1Mi0 0Y2Q5LWEwM2MtMzUwZDU5NmVjN2NkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/its-such-a-beautiful-day@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240727T000000Z DTEND:20240727T010000Z SUMMARY:It's Such a Beautiful Day DESCRIPTION:The next thing you know you’re looking back instead of forwar d. And now\, at the climax of all those years of worry\, sleepless nights\ , and denials\, Bill finally finds himself staring his death in the f URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/its-such-a-beautiful-day CATEGORIES:movies,death,identity IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODkyYTI3ZDYtOTBkZi0 0OWQ5LThlNTUtY2ZmZjdmYTU5ZGI3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjM5NDU5ODY@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/still-woozy-at-salt-shed-fairgrounds@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240727T000000Z DTEND:20240727T010000Z SUMMARY:Still Woozy at Salt Shed Fairgrounds URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/still-woozy-at-salt-shed-fai rgrounds CATEGORIES:music,salt-shed-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/e446b89d-b3f0-45b 8-bf13-53be8b4abeb5.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/inspired-by-notebooklm@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240726T000000Z DTEND:20240726T010000Z SUMMARY:Inspired by NotebookLM DESCRIPTION:I watched this interview with Steven Johnson about Google’s N otebookLM tonight and got inspired.\n\nThis is something that I could buil d on top of my own website. Something where you could - in a browsi URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/inspired-by-notebooklm CATEGORIES:llm,note-taking,tools,personal-blog,end-user-programming,open-so urce,research TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/twisters@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240723T000000Z DTEND:20240723T010000Z SUMMARY:Twisters DESCRIPTION:We went to see this up north of the city so that we could site back in front of a real IMAX screen and soak in the weather FX. Beforehand \, we at at Buffalo Wild Wings (my first time in over a decade)\, URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/twisters CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTc3YmEwYTgtM2E1YS0 0NGQ1LTg1NzYtNTMxMzA5ODFhZThhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzAwMjU2MTY@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/longlegs@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240722T000000Z DTEND:20240722T010000Z SUMMARY:Longlegs DESCRIPTION:Matt and Brandon and I were pretty excited to see this movie - the trailer was a perfect blend of unease and flickering reference to plot /scare without actually revealing anything at all.\n\nUnfortunate URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/longlegs CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmVkZWY2ODEtYTMyYy0 0MDg2LWFkMGUtMjYwOTBhOGViODQzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTkxNjUyNQ@@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/pitchfork-music-festival-2024@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240720T000000Z DTEND:20240720T010000Z SUMMARY:Pitchfork Music Festival 2024 DESCRIPTION:This year’s Pitchfork festival had high highs and low lows. I ’ve gone to a few of the previous years\, but not usually for all three full days. I think I went to all three last year?\n\nAnyway\, this year URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/pitchfork-music-festival-202 4 CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/6e92f58e-0103-438 c-bc4f-aec6159c8790.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/switching-search-from-lunrjs-to-fusejs@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240715T000000Z DTEND:20240715T010000Z SUMMARY:Switching Search from Lunr.js to Fuse.js DESCRIPTION:I’ve been annoyed with the search results - on this site sear ch - from lunr.js recently.\n\nFor example: I search “eden” or “gard en of eden” and the results don’t contain this note describing a “Ga rden- URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/switching-search-from-lunrjs-to-fusejs CATEGORIES:personal-blog,search TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/cortex-at-west-fest@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240714T000000Z DTEND:20240714T010000Z SUMMARY:Cortex at West Fest DESCRIPTION:I walked over to the last evening of West Fest in sickly humid heat. I grabbed food from one of the vendors and ate as the crowd filled i n. A crowd with old jazz heads and twenty-something body modder URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/cortex-at-west-fest CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/427d9f96-5bc8-4f3 8-9415-a9d5cd3529a7.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/deeper-at-west-fest@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240713T000000Z DTEND:20240713T010000Z SUMMARY:Deeper at West Fest DESCRIPTION:We went with a large group and met still more friends out at We st Fest to eat and drink and bob along with Deeper. They were good but the crowd was loud - I preferred last year’s fest a bit more. Afte URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/deeper-at-west-fest CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/398dc2a7-76c6-476 f-b419-f33f301693c3.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/bully-at-empty-bottle@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240711T000000Z DTEND:20240711T010000Z SUMMARY:Bully at Empty Bottle URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/bully-at-empty-bottle CATEGORIES:music,chicago,recreational-drugs,cocktails,empty-bottle-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/f5422003-4e9b-4ea 8-93cc-74f9c9c38e75.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/la-casa-lobo@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240705T000000Z DTEND:20240705T010000Z SUMMARY:La Casa Lobo DESCRIPTION:I watched this under its English name: The Wolf House.\n\nI’l l have trouble describing this movie\, but I’ll tell you this: it’s me smerizing. And unsettling. And disjointed. And wild. And touching. And m URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/la-casa-lobo CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOGYwNzc3YmEtYjNlMS0 0OWM0LTg3ZjEtZjMxMDFlMTk0YThmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTE4MDA1NDI@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/using-an-llmand-rag-to-wring-insights-from-my-posts@joshbeckman.o rg DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240704T000000Z DTEND:20240704T010000Z SUMMARY:Using an LLM and RAG to Wring Insights From My Posts DESCRIPTION:I’ve been using large language models - LLMs - and retrieval- augmented generation - RAG - at work for over a year now. I use it to writ e code\, to refine my ideas and writing\, and we have been building URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/using-an-llmand-rag-to-wring-insights- from-my-posts CATEGORIES:llm,personal-blog,code-snippets,popular IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/1ee188b4-30f7-4a1 4-a60a-3f11905a8058.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/maxxxine@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240703T000000Z DTEND:20240703T010000Z SUMMARY:MaXXXine DESCRIPTION:I love this trio of movies\, but I place this third in line: Pe arl was the best\, and X was great as a breakout.\n\nThis one still has fa ntastic performances - Mia Goth\, as always\, never letting your atte URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/maxxxine CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjBmYzFmODktNDIyZC0 0NWFmLTk2NTctYmZiY2E2OTA2OTc0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/shopify-summit-2024@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240628T000000Z DTEND:20240628T010000Z SUMMARY:Shopify Summit 2024 DESCRIPTION:I spent the week in Toronto’s Enercare Center\, talking to hu ndreds of the thousands of people there with me.\n\n\n\nA day of company s trategy\, a night of concerts. A day talking to developers/customers\, a URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/shopify-summit-2024 CATEGORIES:shopify IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/d9f08a45-5c70-436 4-9130-0793c38ad9c1.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/the-roots-weezer-girl-talk-at-budweiser-stage@joshbeckm an.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240624T000000Z DTEND:20240624T010000Z SUMMARY:The Roots & Weezer & Girl Talk at Budweiser Stage DESCRIPTION:On the first night of Shopify Summit 2024\, we were treated to a trio of performances in a privately-opened Budweiser Stage in Toronto\, Canada.\n\n\n\nThe Roots put on a great opening act - almost a contin URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/the-roots-weezer-girl-talk-a t-budweiser-stage CATEGORIES:music,shopify IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/cd22a3f2-5dc7-45e 1-b717-bdfc428f7fe9.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/analytics-experiment-switching-from-tinylitics-to-goatcounter@jos hbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240622T000000Z DTEND:20240622T010000Z SUMMARY:Analytics Experiment: Switching from Tinylytics to Goatcounter DESCRIPTION:I haven’t had analytics on this site/blog in many years\, but as I’m trying to use it more to engage with the rest of the Internet\, I’m finding myself wondering:\n\n\n What has been helpful for people? H URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/analytics-experiment-switching-from-ti nylitics-to-goatcounter CATEGORIES:metrics,personal-blog IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/badd8389-5711-46d 5-911c-654df98368bd.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/fast-furious-presents-hobbs-shaw@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240619T000000Z DTEND:20240619T010000Z SUMMARY:Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw DESCRIPTION:Statham and The Rock insult each other for a while and then fly like superheroes in slow motion. Heavy use of the split screen. All for g ood fun. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/fast-furious-presents-hobbs-s haw CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTIzYmUyMmEtMWQzNC0 0YzExLTk3MzYtZTUzYjMyMmRiYzIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDM2NDM2MQ@@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/my-guestbook-is-live@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240618T000000Z DTEND:20240618T010000Z SUMMARY:My guestbook is live DESCRIPTION:Inspired by Manu’s guestbook\, I’ve created my own. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/my-guestbook-is-live CATEGORIES:personal-blog IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/340882252-269d329 9-50a0-42a8-aebc-529e178dfe26.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/mdou-moctar-at-the-empty-bottle@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240617T000000Z DTEND:20240617T010000Z SUMMARY:Mdou Moctar at The Empty Bottle URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/mdou-moctar-at-the-empty-bot tle CATEGORIES:music,empty-bottle-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/90cb8c44-79ec-488 3-89e1-b7b5648edfd5.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/coffee-walk-while-learning-starbucks@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240616T000000Z DTEND:20240616T010000Z SUMMARY:Coffee Walk While Learning Starbucks DESCRIPTION:I like talking long walks on Sunday. It rests me a bit and reju venates my connection to the neighborhood. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/coffee-walk-while-learning-starbucks CATEGORIES:walking,cooking TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/bonobo-at-concord@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240614T000000Z DTEND:20240614T010000Z SUMMARY:Bonobo at Concord DESCRIPTION:I’ve really enjoyed listening to Bonobo in the past\, and so when he announced a DJ set at the opening of a new venue down the street - Outset - I jumped at tickets.\n\n\n\nSadly\, the day of the show they URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/bonobo-at-concord CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/80c4ac66-001d-4ea c-ba6b-292d39e26c40.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/the-man-who-knew-too-much@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240608T000000Z DTEND:20240608T010000Z SUMMARY:The Man Who Knew Too Much DESCRIPTION:Doris Day was not given enough in this one - she is commanding. \n\nIs James Stewart the Ryan Reynolds of the 1950s? They’re both only e ver one character\, it seems.\n\nThis film ends too abruptly. I think URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/the-man-who-knew-too-much CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjQ2OWFhMjItYmFmNC0 0OGQzLWE1ZTMtZGQwZDM3YWUzMDgxL2ltYWdlL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDI2NDg0NQ@@. _V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/the-swimmer@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240607T000000Z DTEND:20240607T010000Z SUMMARY:The Swimmer DESCRIPTION:This weirdly was able to capture the sense of a short story (it ’s based on one)\, which is unique - but also made it feel strange to wa tch as a full movie?\n\nUsettling. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/the-swimmer CATEGORIES:movies,identity IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjJiMmM1N2MtNTczMS0 0ZDY5LTg0Y2YtYzQ5YmE3MjMyYjM4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUzOTY1NTc@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/the-fall-guy@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240605T000000Z DTEND:20240605T010000Z SUMMARY:The Fall Guy DESCRIPTION:Just some fantastic\, patient comedy and bombastic\, pulsing ph ysicality. Well worth the ride. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/the-fall-guy CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjA5ZjA3ZjMtMzg2ZC0 0ZDc4LTk3MTctYTE1ZTUzZDIzMjQyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTM1NjM2ODg1._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/dropping-support-for-webmentions@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240603T000000Z DTEND:20240603T010000Z SUMMARY:Dropping Support for Webmentions DESCRIPTION:Last week I dropped support for webmentions on this site. I had implemented support for them around a year ago through a pairing of webme ntion.io to receive them and my own custom GitHub Actions scrip URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/dropping-support-for-webmentions CATEGORIES:personal-blog,publishing,blogs TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/beyond-wonderland-2024@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240601T000000Z DTEND:20240601T010000Z SUMMARY:Beyond Wonderland 2024 DESCRIPTION:This festival replaced Heatwave - an incredible misnomer that b rought 45ºF weather in June 2023 - but it’s basically the same thing.\n \n\n\nThis year we had rain instead of cold\, so our shoes and clothes URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/beyond-wonderland-2024 CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/7ca58d13-e68b-402 c-9ebe-0ffa1e12e25f.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/anatomy-of-a-fall@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240527T000000Z DTEND:20240527T010000Z SUMMARY:Anatomy of a Fall DESCRIPTION:This film does an amazing job at retaining doubt throughout an evolving plot\, after the fall in the second scene. It’s hard to keep th e audience balanced for so long\, and it felt unsettling to be kept URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/anatomy-of-a-fall CATEGORIES:movies,legal IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDBiYmRkNjUtYzc4My0 0NGFiLWE2NWUtMGU1ZDA1NTQ3ZjQwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTM1NjM2ODg1._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/lcd-soundsystem-at-aragon-ballroom@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240525T120659Z DTEND:20240525T130659Z SUMMARY:LCD Soundsystem at Aragon Ballroom URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/lcd-soundsystem-at-aragon-ba llroom CATEGORIES:music,aragon-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/d27a9a98-67fd-4e1 8-866b-acb703f16014.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/i-saw-the-tv-glow@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240514T000000Z DTEND:20240514T010000Z SUMMARY:I Saw the TV Glow DESCRIPTION:I watched this director’s earlier film\, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair\, on my own years ago. I knew what to expect: somethin g patient and ethereal\, with some unsettling bits that leach into your URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/i-saw-the-tv-glow CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjcyZjFhYjYtMWYwZS0 0ZmY4LTgxYTgtODQ4NWFkM2ZiODU0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMTg2ODkz._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/twentysided-tavern-premiere-trip@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240504T170144Z DTEND:20240504T180144Z SUMMARY:Twenty-Sided Tavern Premiere Trip DESCRIPTION:We traveled to Brooklyn for the weekend to see our friend Maddi e premiere her Off-Broadway show: Twenty-Sided Tavern. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/twentysided-tavern-premiere- trip CATEGORIES:travel,live-theater,friends IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/34A97CA251E044C5A AF1B5D7CE69BEC9.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-2@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240427T223702Z DTEND:20240427T233702Z SUMMARY:The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 DESCRIPTION:After eating a glorious smoked chicken and pineapple and aspara gus dinner\, we watched the most insane movie. What even are movies after this has been shown in the world? URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/the-twilight-saga-breaking-da wn-part-2 CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTcyMzUyMzY1OF5BMl5 BanBnXkFtZTcwNDQ4ODk1OA@@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/saint-maud@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240425T035512Z DTEND:20240425T045512Z SUMMARY:Saint Maud DESCRIPTION:Brandon and Matt came over for scary movie night. I was inspire d by the spring sunshine and so I bought a mango and made a puree and then mixed it with some mezcal and citrus and orgeat and creme de b URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/saint-maud CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzE3ZDg0OTktYjlhNC0 0ZmQ0LTk0YjktMDE1ZWE2YjIwMjk4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDA4NzMyOA@@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/this-place-rules@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240416T021831Z DTEND:20240416T031831Z SUMMARY:This Place Rules DESCRIPTION:I’ve watched videos from Andrew Callaghan for years because I think he reports on the edges of society impartially. I live a bit of my old journalism life vicariously through his work. I support his w URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/this-place-rules CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTQyZTBkYzAtZWQ3My0 0Mzc2LTk4YmItOGE0Njg3MWU1ZTU2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTAyMjQ3NzQ1._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/jeff-rosenstock-at-the-salt-shed@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240412T020215Z DTEND:20240412T030215Z SUMMARY:Jeff Rosenstock at The Salt Shed URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/jeff-rosenstock-at-the-salt- shed CATEGORIES:music,salt-shed-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/BBB0300693044FB6B A418D53AFCC24E3.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/hundreds-of-beavers@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240411T024909Z DTEND:20240411T034909Z SUMMARY:Hundreds of Beavers URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/hundreds-of-beavers CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTk2NWQ4MzQtNGYyMS0 0NGUzLTk4MDAtNjc1ZTRjNTI3ZTc0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTU4NzAyNDg@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/colin-stetson-at-bohemian-national-cemetery@joshbeckman .org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240329T010046Z DTEND:20240329T020046Z SUMMARY:Colin Stetson at Bohemian National Cemetery URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/colin-stetson-at-bohemian-na tional-cemetery CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/816EFA4287B34B9AB C9C1B4607352EBA.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/roadhouse-2024@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240327T034028Z DTEND:20240327T044028Z SUMMARY:Road House (2024) DESCRIPTION:We watched this while Becca cut Marybeth’s hair and Stephanie ’s hair in our living room because the three of them had caught snippets of the original version playing on the bar TV while they hung out URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/roadhouse-2024 CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTFiNTMxNTQtM2EzOS0 0NWNhLWFmNzctNjU5ODIzNDIzMzYzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjkwOTAyMDU@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/sting@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240325T234907Z DTEND:20240326T004907Z SUMMARY:Sting DESCRIPTION:I wanted to have a scary movie night with Matt and Brandon and they noticed that Regal theaters in Chicago is doing mystery movie Mondays . You buy a $5 ticket to a 7pm showing of a revealed upcoming r URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/sting CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDQ4MWIxOGItZmE5ZS0 0NmZjLWFhZWMtMmM2NmZhNGQ0NjVmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTkxNjUyNQ@@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/the-holdovers@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240317T023419Z DTEND:20240317T033419Z SUMMARY:The Holdovers DESCRIPTION:This was a pretty good movie\, but I don’t feel like I need t o return to it. This would have made more of an impact on me when I was yo unger\, but by now I’ve lived this multiple times. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/the-holdovers CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDc2MzNkMjMtZDY5NC0 0NmQ0LWI1NjctZjRhNWIzZjc4MGRiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjkwOTAyMDU@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/bombay-bicycle-club-and-mustard-series-at-metro@joshbec kman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240315T022313Z DTEND:20240315T032313Z SUMMARY:Bombay Bicycle Club and Mustard Service at Metro URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/bombay-bicycle-club-and-must ard-series-at-metro CATEGORIES:music,metro-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/EE2C29AFFF2244EEB 98166CCFDF56478.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-tech-debt@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240314T160922Z DTEND:20240314T170922Z SUMMARY:What we talk about when we talk about tech debt DESCRIPTION:Recently\, I’ve been talking with people about what we should identify as “tech debt”. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about- tech-debt CATEGORIES:software-engineering,popular TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/reanimator@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240305T024800Z DTEND:20240305T034800Z SUMMARY:Re-Animator DESCRIPTION:With Matt and Brandon over for scary movie night\, I wanted ‘ a good scary movie’ after the bad taste of Sick in my mouth. So we selec ted this cult classic from the ‘80s. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/reanimator CATEGORIES:movies,science IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjcxOTcwZDAtYjg4Ny0 0YzUzLWJkNDgtMzhkMDJlOTg1YTFiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzg1ODEwNQ@@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/dune-2@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240304T003043Z DTEND:20240304T013043Z SUMMARY:Dune 2 DESCRIPTION:We watched the second installment with Nick and Stephanie and w e all talked for hours afterward about the movie. It’s what great sci-fi should do. It’s not the best I’ve ever seen\, but I really enjoye URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/dune-2 CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODdjMjM3NGQtZDA5OC0 0NGE4LWIyZDQtZjYwOGZlMTM5ZTQ1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODE5NzE3OTE@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/killers-of-the-flower-moon@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240303T032700Z DTEND:20240303T042700Z SUMMARY:Killers of the Flower Moon DESCRIPTION:Started this too late in the night (it’s soo long) but I enjo yed the film. Scorsese is a master film maker. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/killers-of-the-flower-moon CATEGORIES:movies,history,united-states IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTdiOTg2YmQtZTdjNi0 0NGJjLWI2ZTQtYWNkNDUwMDEzOTQxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTAxNzQ1NzI@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/steve-reeds-50th-birthday-in-disneyworld@joshbeckman.or g DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240226T035616Z DTEND:20240226T045616Z SUMMARY:Steve Reed’s 50th Birthday in Disneyworld URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/steve-reeds-50th-birthday-in -disneyworld CATEGORIES:travel IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/CAAF8BA832344466B 8D295F310A214EC.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/shea-coules-love-ball@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240223T023621Z DTEND:20240223T033621Z SUMMARY:Shea Couleé's Love Ball URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/shea-coules-love-ball CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/13AABB7A23FC4E149 8B373CC9CE03E8C.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/rachel-by-the-bay@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240222T220734Z DTEND:20240222T230734Z SUMMARY:Rachel By The Bay DESCRIPTION:I’ve been reading this blog https://rachelbythebay.com for so many years\nnow that it’s become one of my canonical ideas of what valu able writing\nonline should be. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/rachel-by-the-bay CATEGORIES:blogroll IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/28CC2C6B09EC4990A 3A0463E75FE612B.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/david-oreilly@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240222T004418Z DTEND:20240222T014418Z SUMMARY:David OReilly DESCRIPTION:There’s this video game trailer for Everything that I’ve wa tched over a dozen times. I ripped the audio and downloaded it to my phone years ago so I could listen to it on repeat. I think it’s beautifu URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/david-oreilly CATEGORIES:blogroll,games,art IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/F1366DFFFF094122A D960EBBB58E5F43.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading-the-power-broker-with-a-podcast-book-club@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240220T193437Z DTEND:20240220T203437Z SUMMARY:Reading The Power Broker with a podcast book club DESCRIPTION:I’ve been reading The Power Broker with this podcast/book-clu b and it’s really good! URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading-the-power-broker-with-a-podcas t-book-club CATEGORIES:publishing,podroll,non-fiction IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/0B02B14CDECA41588 2F1E9D1345692F8.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/the-fate-of-the-furious@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240220T025302Z DTEND:20240220T035302Z SUMMARY:The Fate of The Furious DESCRIPTION:We watched this “helluva ride” “sum b**ch” movie with N ick and Stephanie and Maddie after the long weekend and it was an unbeliev able romp. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/the-fate-of-the-furious CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjMxODI2NDM5Nl5BMl5 BanBnXkFtZTgwNjgzOTk1MTI@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/building-a-network-graph-site-index@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240219T153233Z DTEND:20240219T163233Z SUMMARY:Building a Network Graph Site Index DESCRIPTION:I had a fun time this morning building a network view/graph for this site. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/building-a-network-graph-site-index CATEGORIES:interfaces,personal-blog,network-theory,taxonomy IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/4C804249D0304C4CB A565320A8D782C6.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/amtrac-tourist-at-concord@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240218T021404Z DTEND:20240218T031404Z SUMMARY:Amtrac & Tourist at Concord URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/amtrac-tourist-at-concord CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/3288515C7C184F289 15E1341DE7C8C40.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/my-exercise-journal@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240217T204000Z DTEND:20240217T214000Z SUMMARY:My exercise journal DESCRIPTION:I was reading this blog post about how and why this professiona l runner likes keeping a plain paper notebook for a weight-lifting and run ning journal. It got me thinking: I’ve fallen into something li URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/my-exercise-journal CATEGORIES:exercise,note-taking IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/85D36A3E7A494A1BB 6C903D58345FF09.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/personal-serial-numbers@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240217T172203Z DTEND:20240217T182203Z SUMMARY:Personal Serial Numbers URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/personal-serial-numbers CATEGORIES:identity,publishing,building,taxonomy IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/EE755FE2535D4A56A 4D1831A3443507F.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/sick@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240215T224928Z DTEND:20240215T234928Z SUMMARY:Sick DESCRIPTION:Scary movie night with Matt and Brandon and we watched Sick. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/sick CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTliNDE4ODQtODg3Zi0 0MGIwLWIwZmItNjQ0YjEzMjdiMWEyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjY5ODI4NDk@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/my-favorite-fonts@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240212T031216Z DTEND:20240212T041216Z SUMMARY:My favorite fonts URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/my-favorite-fonts CATEGORIES:interfaces,personal-blog,notation IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/5166335D667247949 1DDD5854A5D8ECF.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/the-devils@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240207T004736Z DTEND:20240207T014736Z SUMMARY:The Devils DESCRIPTION:Brandon and Matt and I had our regular scary movie night at Mat t’s place this week! URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/the-devils CATEGORIES:religion IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTZmNDBkMTEtODIyYS0 0MmFhLWIwNzUtNmY1OGU0M2Q5OGY1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUzOTY1NTc@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/tom-sachs-colors@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240205T204334Z DTEND:20240205T214334Z SUMMARY:Tom Sachs's COLOR Hex Codes DESCRIPTION:I come back to COLOR by Tom Sachs whenever I want to force myse lf into an artistic decision. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/tom-sachs-colors CATEGORIES:art,popular IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/tom-sachs-color.p ng TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/walking-the-lakefront-in-late-winter@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240204T204334Z DTEND:20240204T214334Z SUMMARY:Walking The Lakefront in Late Winter URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/walking-the-lakefront-in-late-winter CATEGORIES:walking,chicago IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/39E845F2ADBC47A88 CEBE5A72C8C06BE.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/things-become-other-things-by-craig-mod@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240204T170320Z DTEND:20240204T180320Z SUMMARY:Things Become Other Things by Craig Mod URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/things-become-other-things-by- craig-mod CATEGORIES:walking,travel,photography IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/7DAC5541F29449828 537B5F8F4ED4EC2.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/keyboard-update-customized-keychron-k1@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240203T174856Z DTEND:20240203T184856Z SUMMARY:Customized Keychron K1 DESCRIPTION:I use a keyboard for 8+ hours every day\, so I need mine to be a help to my hands and not a hindrance. I’ve been building on a Keychron K1 base for a few months now and here’s how I got there. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/keyboard-update-customized-keychron-k1 CATEGORIES:tools,folk-creations IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/0D0C0732479844BC8 9816879C8C01510.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/weeding-the-edges@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240202T035231Z DTEND:20240202T045231Z SUMMARY:Weeding The Edges DESCRIPTION:A thought I wrote in the margins while reading an essay on onli ne-space-gardening by Annika Hansteen-Izora in the Can You Imagine? zine: URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/weeding-the-edges CATEGORIES:note-taking,gardening TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/after-reading-can-you-imagine-a-library-of-possibilities- for-reimagining-the-web-by-sublime@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240131T133849Z DTEND:20240131T143849Z SUMMARY:Can You Imagine? A Library of Possibilities for Reimagining the Web by Sublime URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/after-reading-can-you-imagine- a-library-of-possibilities-for-reimagining-the-web-by-sublime CATEGORIES:note-taking,publishing,social-networks IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/3080A9D0318348CDA 99D065E8423F111.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/rossy-at-chop-shop@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240128T060214Z DTEND:20240128T070214Z SUMMARY:Rossy at Chop Shop URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/rossy-at-chop-shop CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/5A4A14471DF6402C8 846DF58A74C20F4.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/pulling-fun-insights-out-of-my-apple-music-library@joshbeckman.or g DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240121T184227Z DTEND:20240121T194227Z SUMMARY:Pulling Fun Insights Out of My Apple Music Library DESCRIPTION:I wrote an Apple Music Library parser for fun URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/pulling-fun-insights-out-of-my-apple-m usic-library CATEGORIES:code-snippets IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/E3C149B261194795B A6D316104BA1706.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/the-beekeeper@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240120T032516Z DTEND:20240120T042516Z SUMMARY:The Beekeeper DESCRIPTION:I had initially seen the preview for this movie while waiting f or Godzilla Minus One to start and I laughed out loud. I thought it was a parody movie - pulling every single action movie / Jason Statha URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/the-beekeeper CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjQwYjU3OTYtMWVhMi0 0N2Y2LWEzMDgtMzViN2U4NWI1NmI3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODk2NDQ3MTA@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/everywhere-a-calendar@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240119T033913Z DTEND:20240119T043913Z SUMMARY:Everywhere a calendar DESCRIPTION:Show me more time-aligned data URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/everywhere-a-calendar CATEGORIES:time IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/7FD8F42FFDC84AC3A D14C9DC8E613522.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-january-14-2024@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240115T002607Z DTEND:20240115T012607Z SUMMARY:Desk\, January 14\, 2024 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-january-14-2024 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/A5CB17AD5477427A9 150CE3E4DEE3EDB.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/Doctor-Strange-in-the-Multiverse-of-Madness@joshbeckman. org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240115T000000Z DTEND:20240115T010000Z SUMMARY:Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness DESCRIPTION:I had heard this movie was kind of trippy so I was looking forw ard to watching it unfold in unexpected ways. It had some good visual mome nts\, but it had too many laugh-out-loud cheesy moments to be ve URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/Doctor-Strange-in-the-Multive rse-of-Madness CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWM0ZGJlMzMtZmYwMi0 0NzI3LTgzMzMtNjMzNjliNDRmZmFlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTM1MTE1NDMx._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/Bodies-Bodies-Bodies@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240114T000000Z DTEND:20240114T010000Z SUMMARY:Bodies Bodies Bodies DESCRIPTION:We watched this in the deep cold of Winter\, so the hurricane a spect felt a bit foreign. The whole movie was so saturated and dark that i t was hard to discern the plot at times. If you’re going to have URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/Bodies-Bodies-Bodies CATEGORIES:fiction IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTA2ODg5ZjgtOTU2My0 0MzFkLWI0NzMtZmQ5MmRhMWU1NzhlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTM1MTE1NDMx._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/american-fiction@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240111T000000Z DTEND:20240111T010000Z SUMMARY:American Fiction DESCRIPTION:Jeffrey Wright was great. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/american-fiction CATEGORIES:racism,movies,fiction IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDlkZmRlYTctNGJmNy0 0MjVkLThjZDQtMWY5Zjg2NjlhZDZkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDM2NDM2MQ@@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/closed-circuit@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240109T003323Z DTEND:20240109T013323Z SUMMARY:Closed Circuit DESCRIPTION:We went to go see this film with Ned and Jet as part of Gialo J anuary at The Music Box. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/closed-circuit CATEGORIES:fiction IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDIzNjI2ODUtMThjNy0 0M2JlLWE5ZjQtYmRiMDAyYjYyZWNhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjMxODMyODU@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/predestination@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20240106T000000Z DTEND:20240106T010000Z SUMMARY:Predestination DESCRIPTION:“I am my own grandpa.” URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/predestination CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2NhNTc1OWYtODY0Zi0 0YjU1LTljNGItNTAzZjY5MjJlNDdmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTU0NTE4MTkz._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/the-meg-2@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20231230T000000Z DTEND:20231230T010000Z SUMMARY:The Meg 2: The Trench DESCRIPTION:What if someone made a creature feature where nothing happened at all? URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/the-meg-2 CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTM2NTU1ZTktNjc4YS0 0NjNhLWE4NmYtOTM2YjFjOGUzNmYzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODE5NzE3OTE@._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20231227T155824Z DTEND:20231227T165824Z SUMMARY:Tomorrow\, and Tomorrow\, and Tomorrow DESCRIPTION:I finished reading Tomorrow\, and Tomorrow\, and Tomorrow on Ch ristmas Day\nThis book was a bit slow for me to start\, but (as evidenced by me finishing it in ~2w) easy to finish. I read the vast majority URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomo rrow CATEGORIES:fiction,games TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/single-all-the-way@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20231227T000000Z DTEND:20231227T010000Z SUMMARY:Single All The Way DESCRIPTION:Watch it for the deranged addition of a Britney Spears sing-alo ng. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/single-all-the-way CATEGORIES:movies TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/sketching-a-new-blog@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20231219T143115Z DTEND:20231219T153115Z SUMMARY:Sketching a New Blog DESCRIPTION:Sketches of my blog and website URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/sketching-a-new-blog CATEGORIES:blogs IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/5B6A51D81B814D5FA 9F0C597312447BD.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/zeds-dead-concert-at-salt-shed@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20231217T041512Z DTEND:20231217T051512Z SUMMARY:Zeds Dead at Salt Shed DESCRIPTION:With Emily and Bill and Kylie and Shannon and Brian and his new girlfriend Alex. \nThe show was fantastic. Wreckno was the opener (and Bu ssy before that) and they did a great set as well. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/zeds-dead-concert-at-salt-sh ed CATEGORIES:music,salt-shed-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/270C6E1571BD4A629 4C05A1B0B127105.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/just-turned-off-predictive-text-on-my-macos@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20231216T163146Z DTEND:20231216T173146Z SUMMARY:Just turned off predictive text on my MacOS DESCRIPTION:It was distracting to me to see predicted words ahead of my own typing. Even if they were generally correct. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/just-turned-off-predictive-text-on-my- macos CATEGORIES:tools TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/watching-the-beyonc-renaissance-movie-at-alamo-drafthous e-with-grant-and-ned-and-jet-and-marybeth@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20231216T005649Z DTEND:20231216T015649Z SUMMARY:The Beyoncé Renaissance movie DESCRIPTION:This was my first time seeing a movie at the Alamo Drafthouse a nd it was pretty good! The trivia before the show (special to the movie) w as fun. Though\, I did order a beer twice and it never came unti URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/watching-the-beyonc-renaissan ce-movie-at-alamo-drafthouse-with-grant-and-ned-and-jet-and-marybeth CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDBhODM5MjMtNTdkYy0 0ZTIxLWEwNWYtZTA1MDBkYjAzZjJhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTY0Njc2MTUx._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/watching-godzilla-1-with-brandon-and-matt@joshbeckman.or g DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20231215T020000Z DTEND:20231215T030000Z SUMMARY:Godzilla Minus One DESCRIPTION:I liked it\, but it was pretty strange! URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/watching-godzilla-1-with-bran don-and-matt CATEGORIES:movies IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTZkNWQyMDEtMmRhNi0 0Nzc5LWFhNjQtMWRiOTllYmEzOWE5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTMwNzYxMTUx._V1_SX300.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/returning-to-kagi@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20231214T043421Z DTEND:20231214T053421Z SUMMARY:Returning to Kagi DESCRIPTION:Started paying for the Kagi starter plan again. It’s now half the price at $5/mo. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/returning-to-kagi CATEGORIES:tools,search TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/high-scalability-shutting-down@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20231212T193340Z DTEND:20231212T203340Z SUMMARY:High Scalability Shutting Down DESCRIPTION:Highscalability.com posted today that he’s shutting down (sel ling) the site.\nAnd I commented on there about how much it meant to me to read his posts a while back. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/high-scalability-shutting-down CATEGORIES:blogs TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/braiding-sweetgrass@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20231211T040409Z DTEND:20231211T050409Z SUMMARY:Braiding Sweetgrass DESCRIPTION:I finished reading Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer t onight and I am filled with gratitude. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/braiding-sweetgrass CATEGORIES:non-fiction,flora,fauna,science,exploration IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/9D1781AC166F44C0A CF23CEE395182CC.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/new-ko-ii-synth-from-teenage-engineering@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20231208T221510Z DTEND:20231208T231510Z SUMMARY:New KO II Synth from Teenage Engineering DESCRIPTION:New KO synth arrived today! URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/new-ko-ii-synth-from-teenage-engineeri ng CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/6A459F89ABA642608 C11FC1C5F17ED5E.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/confidence-man-at-lincoln-hall@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20231206T032703Z DTEND:20231206T042703Z SUMMARY:Confidence Man at Lincoln Hall DESCRIPTION:Confident eye contact URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/confidence-man-at-lincoln-ha ll CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/7408C224059845998 7919F716E4DB823.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-november-26-2023@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20231127T001434Z DTEND:20231127T011434Z SUMMARY:Desk\, November 26\, 2023 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-november-26-2023 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/AE82E23CE2DC463AA AD25D7E562AB207.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/jessy-lanza-golden-donna-at-sleeping-village@joshbeckma n.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20231013T033311Z DTEND:20231013T043311Z SUMMARY:Jessy Lanza & Golden Donna at Sleeping Village URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/jessy-lanza-golden-donna-at- sleeping-village CATEGORIES:music,sleeping-village-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/6F27683308A84FE78 E879D496603A5C1.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/recently@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230804T010848Z DTEND:20230804T020848Z SUMMARY:Recently URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/recently CATEGORIES:fox,gardening,renewable-energy,folk-creations IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/L1040824.JPG TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/to-pick-a-nectarine@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230731T225620Z DTEND:20230731T235620Z SUMMARY:To Pick a Nectarine URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/to-pick-a-nectarine CATEGORIES:gardening IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/Screenshot-2023-0 7-30-at-9.14.53-PM-2.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/beyonce-at-soldier-field@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230724T040700Z DTEND:20230724T050700Z SUMMARY:Beyoncé at Soldier Field URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/beyonce-at-soldier-field CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/IMG_1547.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/after-reading-the-good-citizen@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230723T181333Z DTEND:20230723T191333Z SUMMARY:After Reading: The Good Citizen DESCRIPTION:A woven history of violated and reclaimed citizenship in the Un ited States URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/after-reading-the-good-citizen CATEGORIES:books,photography,united-states,racism IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/L1050179.JPG TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/first-aid-kit-at-the-salt-shed@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230723T014800Z DTEND:20230723T024800Z SUMMARY:First Aid Kit at The Salt Shed URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/first-aid-kit-at-the-salt-sh ed CATEGORIES:music,salt-shed-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/IMG_1530.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/after-reading-the-creative-act@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230716T224525Z DTEND:20230716T234525Z SUMMARY:After Reading: The Creative Act DESCRIPTION:A call to embrace the creative process: the continuous cycle of sourcing\, crafting\, and sharing. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/after-reading-the-creative-act CATEGORIES:books,art,publishing IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/IMG_0836.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/after-reading-a-philosophy-of-software-design@joshbeckman .org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230716T194540Z DTEND:20230716T204540Z SUMMARY:After Reading: A Philosophy of Software Design URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/after-reading-a-philosophy-of- software-design CATEGORIES:books,software-engineering IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/IMG_1500.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/kandy-muse-and-jimbo-at-roscoes@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230715T184600Z DTEND:20230715T194600Z SUMMARY:Kandy Muse and Jimbo at Roscoe's DESCRIPTION:We braved the storms last night to watch Kandy Muse and Jimbo p erform at Roscoe’s\, and it was a fantastic decision. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/kandy-muse-and-jimbo-at-rosc oes CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/IMG_1489.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/japanese-breakfast-at-the-salt-shed@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230710T030700Z DTEND:20230710T040700Z SUMMARY:Japanese Breakfast at The Salt Shed DESCRIPTION:A great evening seeing Japanese Breakfast perform a second time URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/japanese-breakfast-at-the-sa lt-shed CATEGORIES:music,salt-shed-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/IMG_1473.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/grapetooth-at-west-fest@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230708T031100Z DTEND:20230708T041100Z SUMMARY:Grapetooth at West Fest DESCRIPTION:Grapetooth was a fun\, tongue in cheek show on a perfect sticky summer night URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/grapetooth-at-west-fest CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/IMG_1443.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/getting-social-online@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230706T033820Z DTEND:20230706T043820Z SUMMARY:Getting Social Online DESCRIPTION:Examining my options to become a bit more socially engaged onli ne URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/getting-social-online CATEGORIES:tools,publishing IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/L1050036.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/smog-in-chicago@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230628T040234Z DTEND:20230628T050234Z SUMMARY:Smog in Chicago URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/smog-in-chicago CATEGORIES:gardening,chicago IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/L1050064.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/final-day-of-re-set-chicago@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230626T032300Z DTEND:20230626T042300Z SUMMARY:Final Day of Re:SET Chicago DESCRIPTION:LCD Soundsystem\, Jamie XX\, and Idles at the last day of the f irst year of this festival URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/final-day-of-re-set-chicago CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/IMG_1375.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/a-successful-rewrite-microservices-to-monolith@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230625T153618Z DTEND:20230625T163618Z SUMMARY:A Successful Rewrite: Micro-services to Monolith DESCRIPTION:I was invited onto the Never Rewrite podcast last week to talk about... when and why I think you should rewrite software. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/a-successful-rewrite-microservices-to- monolith CATEGORIES:infrastructure,officeluv IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/services_20170409 -1.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-may-23-2023@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230524T031458Z DTEND:20230524T041458Z SUMMARY:Desk\, May 23\, 2023 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-may-23-2023 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/L1040871.JPG TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/five-fun-days@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230512T134700Z DTEND:20230512T144700Z SUMMARY:Five Fun Days DESCRIPTION:📝 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/five-fun-days CATEGORIES:health TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/100-gecs-at-empty-bottle@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230420T000000Z DTEND:20230420T010000Z SUMMARY:100 gecs at Empty Bottle URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/100-gecs-at-empty-bottle CATEGORIES:music,empty-bottle-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/83ec758e-67b0-439 6-b7bd-8b4b7bb19ffd.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/after-traveling-joshua-tree@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230416T205615Z DTEND:20230416T215615Z SUMMARY:After Traveling: Joshua Tree DESCRIPTION:Scrambling around the playground that is Joshua Tree national p ark URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/after-traveling-joshua-tree CATEGORIES:travel IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/A7021913-16D1-4B3 B-B2F5-E482A5B99EB6_1_201_a.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/after-traveling-death-valley@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230410T131124Z DTEND:20230410T141124Z SUMMARY:After Traveling: Death Valley DESCRIPTION:I went through and selected a first edit of my photos from Deat h Valley and I ended with too many to pull into a post here. I was never a good editor of my own work. So I’m left keeping much less than URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/after-traveling-death-valley CATEGORIES:travel IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/L1030746.JPG TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-april-4-2023@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230405T030800Z DTEND:20230405T040800Z SUMMARY:Desk\, April 4\, 2023 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-april-4-2023 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/L1040588-1.JPG TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/away-in-california-this-week@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230325T221556Z DTEND:20230325T231556Z SUMMARY:Away in California This Week DESCRIPTION:I'm away\, hiking\, scrambling\, breathing in California URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/away-in-california-this-week CATEGORIES:travel IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/L1040445.JPG TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/sts9-at-the-riviera@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230319T023545Z DTEND:20230319T033545Z SUMMARY:STS9 at The Riviera DESCRIPTION:With Dan\, Paul\, and Walters. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/sts9-at-the-riviera CATEGORIES:music,riviera-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/7DCE4C6A1C5448999 D1E9E9A82973FE0.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/renting-a-cabin-with-friends@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230318T195916Z DTEND:20230318T205916Z SUMMARY:Renting A Cabin With Friends DESCRIPTION:Highly recommended. Doesn't matter where you go. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/renting-a-cabin-with-friends CATEGORIES:travel IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/L1030510.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/after-reading-kissa-by-kissa@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230317T045901Z DTEND:20230317T055901Z SUMMARY:After Reading: Kissa By Kissa DESCRIPTION:Paging through Craig's beautifully tactile travel photobook URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/after-reading-kissa-by-kissa CATEGORIES:photography,non-fiction,walking IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/6FAB5F47-4C9D-42B 7-B1F7-CC971832EDEE.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/after-reading-a-psalm-for@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230315T030426Z DTEND:20230315T040426Z SUMMARY:After Reading: A Psalm For The Wild-Built DESCRIPTION:A calm walk through a quiet forest flickering with futuristic l ight URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/after-reading-a-psalm-for CATEGORIES:fiction,biomes IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/IMG_0521.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-march-8-2023@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230309T040500Z DTEND:20230309T050500Z SUMMARY:Desk\, March 8\, 2023 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-march-8-2023 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/L1030412-1.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/after-reading-the-design-of-everyday-things@joshbeckman.o rg DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230307T135519Z DTEND:20230307T145519Z SUMMARY:After Reading: The Design of Everyday Things DESCRIPTION:Notes after finishing the classic 20th century design book. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/after-reading-the-design-of-ev eryday-things CATEGORIES:interfaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/IMG_0459.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/good-first-issue-is-a-gift@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230226T205655Z DTEND:20230226T215655Z SUMMARY:Good First Issues Are Gifts DESCRIPTION:Making sure each open project I maintain has at least one 'Good First Issue' available for newcomers to improve the project URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/good-first-issue-is-a-gift CATEGORIES:open-source,officeluv IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/Screenshot-2023-0 2-26-at-1.40.40-PM.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/considering-kagi@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230226T173243Z DTEND:20230226T183243Z SUMMARY:Considering Kagi DESCRIPTION:Kagi tells me I’ve used its search around 200 times in the la st month that I’ve been paying for it. What are my impressions? Do I thi nk it’s worth paying $10/month to use its search instead of one of the b ig search engines? URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/considering-kagi CATEGORIES:tools,search IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/Screenshot-2023-0 2-19-at-11.16.29-AM.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/opening-up-my-highlights-notes@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230218T184640Z DTEND:20230218T194640Z SUMMARY:Opening Up My Notes Garden DESCRIPTION:I made a site to browse and link to my highlights and notes fro m around the web. Feel free to browse around. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/opening-up-my-highlights-notes CATEGORIES:note-taking,publishing IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/Screenshot-2023-0 2-18-at-12.21.40-PM.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/tourist-at-chop-shop@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230218T053445Z DTEND:20230218T063445Z SUMMARY:Tourist at Chop Shop URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/tourist-at-chop-shop CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/FC3B277175BA4891B FE7DB85B66A4D0F.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/who-and-why-and-how-im-funding@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230208T223926Z DTEND:20230208T233926Z SUMMARY:Who and Why and How I'm Funding DESCRIPTION:A breakdown of how I'm funding individuals in 2023\, who they a re\, and why I think individual funding is important. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/who-and-why-and-how-im-funding CATEGORIES:funding,popular IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/L1020944.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-february-6-2023@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230207T041000Z DTEND:20230207T051000Z SUMMARY:Desk\, February 6\, 2023 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-february-6-2023 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/L1030296.JPG TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/the-end-of-narro@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230130T140158Z DTEND:20230130T150158Z SUMMARY:The End of Narro DESCRIPTION:The timeline and reasoning behind why I shut down Narro\, the b est way to listen to the internet. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/the-end-of-narro CATEGORIES:narro IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/Screen-Shot-2023- 01-22-at-10.54.43-copy.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/youtube-to-apple-music-download-script@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230122T175712Z DTEND:20230122T185712Z SUMMARY:YouTube to Apple Music Download Script DESCRIPTION:Sweep your favorite YouTube concerts into your Apple Music libr ary URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/youtube-to-apple-music-download-script CATEGORIES:code-snippets IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/L1030087.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/writing-a-better-readwise-to-day-one-import@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230117T013146Z DTEND:20230117T023146Z SUMMARY:Writing a Better Readwise to Day One Importer DESCRIPTION:Contributing to open-source on the first public holiday of the year. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/writing-a-better-readwise-to-day-one-i mport CATEGORIES:readwise-ruby,note-taking,code-snippets IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/Screenshot-2023-0 1-16-at-7.31.03-PM.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/importing-readwise-into-day-one@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230116T045639Z DTEND:20230116T055639Z SUMMARY:Importing Readwise into Day One DESCRIPTION:Bringing my media log highlights into my journal app URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/importing-readwise-into-day-one CATEGORIES:readwise-ruby,note-taking,code-snippets TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/journaling-time@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20230114T000000Z DTEND:20230114T010000Z SUMMARY:Journaling time DESCRIPTION:I make reading time for myself every day. (I am really enjoying the Reader app for consuming everything\, encouraging ‘discarding’ of updates\, and encouragement to note/notate what I read.)\nI need to w URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/journaling-time CATEGORIES:note-taking,meditation TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/after-reading-valuable-humans-in-transit@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20221218T193722Z DTEND:20221218T203722Z SUMMARY:After Reading: Valuable Humans in Transit DESCRIPTION:On reading the latest paperback by my favorite internet fiction writer. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/after-reading-valuable-humans- in-transit CATEGORIES:fiction IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/IMG_0164.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching/after-watching-how-buildings-learn@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20221213T040336Z DTEND:20221213T050336Z SUMMARY:After Watching: How Buildings Learn DESCRIPTION:On watching the deconstruction of high-minded architecture URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/after-watching-how-buildings- learn CATEGORIES:movies,physical-architecture IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/Screenshot-2022-1 2-12-at-9.57.54-PM.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/after-reading-the-americans@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20221212T042910Z DTEND:20221212T052910Z SUMMARY:After Reading: The Americans DESCRIPTION:On reading the street photography touchstone way past when I sh ould have. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/after-reading-the-americans CATEGORIES:photography,racism,united-states IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/IMG_0154.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/after-re-reading-the-systems-bible@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20221210T210003Z DTEND:20221210T220003Z SUMMARY:After Re-reading: The Systems Bible DESCRIPTION:On re-reading one of my earliest introductions to software desi gn. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/after-re-reading-the-systems-b ible CATEGORIES:system-design IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/IMG_0140.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/watching-strangeloop-2022-videos@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20221205T222100Z DTEND:20221205T232100Z SUMMARY:Watching Strangeloop 2022 Videos DESCRIPTION:I wasn’t excited by the dozens of podcast episodes I had alre ady downloaded to my phone\, and I needed something to speak at me while I exercised this evening\, so I put one some videos from the Strange URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching-strangeloop-2022-videos CATEGORIES:software-engineering TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/after-reading-high-output-management@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20221130T050202Z DTEND:20221130T060202Z SUMMARY:After Reading: High Output Management DESCRIPTION:In reading the classic management book of the '90s URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/after-reading-high-output-mana gement CATEGORIES:management,meetings,leadership IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/IMG_0124.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-november-10-2022@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20221111T040700Z DTEND:20221111T050700Z SUMMARY:Desk\, November 10\, 2022 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-november-10-2022 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/L1030014.JPG TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/indigenous-peoples-day-walk@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20221011T032442Z DTEND:20221011T042442Z SUMMARY:Indigenous Peoples Day Walk DESCRIPTION:Walking the I&M Canal on a warm fall holiday. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/indigenous-peoples-day-walk CATEGORIES:travel IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/87292558-CB40-49F 0-B070-F0E203B76AFC_1_201_a.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-july-06-2022@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20220707T030500Z DTEND:20220707T040500Z SUMMARY:Desk\, July 6\, 2022 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-july-06-2022 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/L1010832.JPG TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/work-trip-to-vancouver@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20220611T032600Z DTEND:20220611T042600Z SUMMARY:Work Trip to Vancouver DESCRIPTION:Our team went to a Shopify Burst in Vancouver in the beginning of June. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/work-trip-to-vancouver CATEGORIES:shopify,travel,canada IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/FD003BCD-B395-42B B-85C4-705DE3DD4DF0.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-may-21-2022@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20220522T030000Z DTEND:20220522T040000Z SUMMARY:Desk\, May 21\, 2022 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-may-21-2022 CATEGORIES:workspaces,bant IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/L1010474.JPG TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/puerto-rico-2022@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20220418T031300Z DTEND:20220418T041300Z SUMMARY:Puerto Rico 2022 DESCRIPTION:Marybeth and I flew down to Puerto Rico to celebrate our friend Val being ten years cancer free. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/puerto-rico-2022 CATEGORIES:united-states,travel IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/B8DA35F8-8C49-4D4 4-B73C-084C895C074B.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/bemily-wedding@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20220410T033300Z DTEND:20220410T043300Z SUMMARY:The Wedding of Bill and Emily DESCRIPTION:We had a blast at our friends’ wedding. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/bemily-wedding CATEGORIES:friends IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/7B42AD30-B507-40D 0-94CF-8EDCA1F75629.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/traveling/miami-and-key-west-2022@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20220330T031100Z DTEND:20220330T041100Z SUMMARY:Miami and Key West DESCRIPTION:Marybeth\, Paul\, Dan\, and I traveled down the keys and back t o MIA. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/traveling/miami-and-key-west-2022 CATEGORIES:travel,united-states IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/D9242631-E3E2-437 A-8988-63815B7DD74C.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/donny-bent-at-lincoln-hall@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20220312T051326Z DTEND:20220312T061326Z SUMMARY:Donny Benét at Lincoln Hall URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/donny-bent-at-lincoln-hall CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/EEE02DE03CBF4D758 80B4EDC82C50210.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/wet-leg-at-thalia-hall@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20220304T220304Z DTEND:20220304T230304Z SUMMARY:Wet Leg at Thalia Hall URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/wet-leg-at-thalia-hall CATEGORIES:concerts,thalia-hall-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/ba6cb4bd-1bb2-46e 8-82a6-10103f7762bc.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/whats-up@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20220227T234643Z DTEND:20220228T004643Z SUMMARY:What’s Up? URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/whats-up CATEGORIES:personal-blog IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/L1130052.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/memba-at-chop-shop@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20220220T050030Z DTEND:20220220T060030Z SUMMARY:Memba at Chop Shop URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/memba-at-chop-shop CATEGORIES:music IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/4DD73F465E5B4970B 0DA3B3B58E2D3C4.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/what-spam-accounts-look-like-in-2022@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20220218T164943Z DTEND:20220218T174943Z SUMMARY:Spam Accounts in 2022 DESCRIPTION:I fell down this rabbit hole while trying to investigate some s pammy account behavior on Narro. I’ve been running Narro as a SAAS appli cation with a free trial for several years now\, which means I hav URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/what-spam-accounts-look-like-in-2022 CATEGORIES:narro,research,popular IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/87863FBF-65C7-4DC 9-846F-7D760C7BF1D1.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/leopold-fc660c@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20220206T220611Z DTEND:20220206T230611Z SUMMARY:Leopold FC660C Review: Shadow Play DESCRIPTION:The Leopold FC660C keyboard will melt away into your environmen t. It’s smooth in sound\, in movement\, and in looks. That’s not to sa y that it’s muted or flat - you can hear it and there’s a healthy hef URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/leopold-fc660c CATEGORIES:tools,popular IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/CFC614FB-A1F1-4F3 1-B7CF-01D7EE262C8C.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-january-23-2022@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20220124T043125Z DTEND:20220124T053125Z SUMMARY:Desk\, January 23\, 2022 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-january-23-2022 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/BD19E217-3C13-417 7-916E-9B1EA32D6B19.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/game-and-drinks-night-at-paul-and-dans@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20220123T054100Z DTEND:20220123T064100Z SUMMARY:Game and drinks night at Paul and Dan’s DESCRIPTION:After taking the train back from the suburbs\, we went straight to Paul and Dan’s for a game night.\nAnd they had come up with a dink a ctivity for us all! URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/game-and-drinks-night-at-paul-and-dans CATEGORIES:cocktails,games IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/AC993B8AF8104CD0A 9906AAB9C4A6262.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/thinking-about-ghost-as-a-website-platform@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20220117T000000Z DTEND:20220117T010000Z SUMMARY:Thinking about Ghost as a website platform DESCRIPTION:Dumping thoughts about migrating from Jekyll to Ghost URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/thinking-about-ghost-as-a-website-plat form CATEGORIES:publishing,personal-blog IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/82922E934EF64D1CA 063B5A1945A586E.png TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/living-image@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20220114T000000Z DTEND:20220114T010000Z SUMMARY:Living image DESCRIPTION:This leaf fell off the fiddle-leaf fig last week and I kept it around. I then figured I could fit it into an 8x10” frame I had laying a round\, and so I then put a simple paper behind it and hung it up. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/living-image CATEGORIES:folk-creations,flora IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/0836771AE998420D8 23E69C9ECC93273.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-november-30-2021@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20211201T044400Z DTEND:20211201T054400Z SUMMARY:Desk\, November 30\, 2021 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-november-30-2021 CATEGORIES:workspaces,gardening IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/FD2468CB-B2B0-4C0 B-8AFA-1C894E0C1051.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/caribou-and-jessy-lanza@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20211120T030106Z DTEND:20211120T040106Z SUMMARY:Caribou and Jessy Lanza at Riviera URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/caribou-and-jessy-lanza CATEGORIES:music,riviera-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/EE81114422AA4C638 5185B2A19FA57FE.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-september-8-2021@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20210909T034900Z DTEND:20210909T044900Z SUMMARY:Desk\, September 8\, 2021 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-september-8-2021 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/5B924578-40FE-472 4-A453-04B43E9C154A.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/switching-away-from-the-moonlander-keyboard@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20210716T201400Z DTEND:20210716T211400Z SUMMARY:Switching away from the Moonlander keyboard DESCRIPTION:After using the Moonlander keyboardfor a number of months\, I ve now switched back to a ‘normal’ layout keyboard. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/switching-away-from-the-moonlander-key board CATEGORIES:tools TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-june-28-2021@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20210629T035900Z DTEND:20210629T045900Z SUMMARY:Desk\, June 28\, 2021 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-june-28-2021 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/48ED051A-0B7D-465 9-91DA-F527B7D22E95.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-april-2-2021@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20210403T040400Z DTEND:20210403T050400Z SUMMARY:Desk\, April 2\, 2021 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-april-2-2021 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/445B7EC3-8A3D-47A F-BF3D-E2E34ACD9697.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-february-24-2021@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20210224T060000Z DTEND:20210224T070000Z SUMMARY:Desk\, February 24\, 2021 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-february-24-2021 CATEGORIES:workspaces,bant IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/2DFF6CD0-0E79-407 7-9D17-79F43AD68D7F.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/ergodox-moonlander-week-3@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20201217T000000Z DTEND:20201217T010000Z SUMMARY:Ergodox Moonlander Week 3 DESCRIPTION:I would not have purchased this machine with my own money. No o ne needs this nice of a keyboard. But it’s a damn fine ergonomic\, ortho linear\, mechanical keyboard. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/ergodox-moonlander-week-3 CATEGORIES:tools IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/3958639A-766E-492 2-8F70-5C0F3CED4391.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/an-autumn-with-out-of-office-hours@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20201212T000000Z DTEND:20201212T010000Z SUMMARY:An Autumn with Out of Office Hours DESCRIPTION:Reflecting on what went well and what to improve after a season of mentoring brand new software engineers. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/an-autumn-with-out-of-office-hours CATEGORIES:mentoring,popular IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/96B2B946-7500-48A 0-8168-360450087625.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/after-reading-domain-driven-design-quickly@joshbeckman.or g DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20201206T060000Z DTEND:20201206T070000Z SUMMARY:After Reading: Domain Driven Design\, Quickly DESCRIPTION:I read this on recommendation from other people at Shopify. The concepts were good\, and I highlighted several sentences\, but the text w as heavy with jargon. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/after-reading-domain-driven-de sign-quickly CATEGORIES:software-engineering TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/after-reading-working-in-public@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20201124T060000Z DTEND:20201124T070000Z SUMMARY:After Reading: Working in Public URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/after-reading-working-in-publi c CATEGORIES:non-fiction,open-source,software-engineering IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/E0B3D1A6-2CFD-4AE D-B1B4-9D871A7FAA43.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-september-22-2020@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200922T050000Z DTEND:20200922T060000Z SUMMARY:Desk\, September 22\, 2020 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-september-22-2020 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/211D4EE8-2DA4-482 3-B998-886AF76611FE.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-august-2020@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200806T050000Z DTEND:20200806T060000Z SUMMARY:Desk\, August 2020 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-august-2020 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/225EEA1B-7BD4-4ED 0-A48B-293FA442577A.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/after-reading-the-color-of-law@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200731T050000Z DTEND:20200731T060000Z SUMMARY:After Reading: The Color of Law DESCRIPTION:A great and terrible catalog on the history of systematic racia l oppression throughout the United States. Several examples were not far f rom where I read this and they hit close to home. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/after-reading-the-color-of-law CATEGORIES:racism,non-fiction TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/deathoftheauthor@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200719T050000Z DTEND:20200719T060000Z SUMMARY:Note about the death of the author DESCRIPTION:Another good reason to begin documenting your Theory of The Pro gram: it’s a way to combat the death of the author. If you have explicit ly written down the intentions of some software\, and what it assu URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/deathoftheauthor CATEGORIES:publishing TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/on-theory-building-as-an-engineering-team@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200712T000000Z DTEND:20200712T010000Z SUMMARY:Documenting Theory Building as An Engineering Team DESCRIPTION:Recently\, I was reading Marc Booker’s post about the need fo r documentation outside of the codebase. A thoughtful comment on the post led me to Peter Naur’s paper on Programming as Theory Building\, wh URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/on-theory-building-as-an-engineering-t eam CATEGORIES:writing,maintenance,software-engineering,officeluv TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/scaling-queue-workers-efficiently-with-appsignal-metrics@joshbeck man.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200711T000000Z DTEND:20200711T010000Z SUMMARY:Scaling Queue Workers Efficiently with AppSignal Metrics DESCRIPTION:AppSignal asked me to write for their blog. My first post is ab out some techniques we’ve been using at OfficeLuv to responsively scale our queueing systems based on usage. From the introduction: URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/scaling-queue-workers-efficiently-with -appsignal-metrics CATEGORIES:queues,officeluv TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/after-reading-the-art-of-doing-science-and-engineering@jo shbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200630T050000Z DTEND:20200630T060000Z SUMMARY:After Reading: The Art of Doing Science and Engineering DESCRIPTION:I picked up this book as it was recommended as a life-based and life-changing textbook on Hamming’s life at Bell Labs. I thoroughly enj oyed the stories sprinkled throughout but didn’t find as much val URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/after-reading-the-art-of-doing -science-and-engineering CATEGORIES:non-fiction,software-engineering TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/ways-im-available-to-help@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200624T000000Z DTEND:20200624T010000Z SUMMARY:Ways I'm Able to Help DESCRIPTION:TLDR: email me at josh at joshbeckman.org URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/ways-im-available-to-help CATEGORIES:mentoring TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/path-and-the-narrative@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200614T000000Z DTEND:20200614T010000Z SUMMARY:Note on path and narrative DESCRIPTION:It is not enough to simply architect a system or solution. You must create a story\, a path through it\, from your current state to multi ple end states. If you simply present a picture of end state\, mem URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/path-and-the-narrative CATEGORIES:writing,leadership TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/data-opposing-narrative@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200614T000000Z DTEND:20200614T010000Z SUMMARY:Note on data opposing narrative DESCRIPTION:Often\, people who don’t have access to the raw data expect o ne narrative to be drawn from data analysis. But the analysts actually in the data know that there are always many\, many narratives in the d URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/data-opposing-narrative CATEGORIES:data,science TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/good-product-is-listening-to-learn@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200531T000000Z DTEND:20200531T010000Z SUMMARY:Note on listening to learn DESCRIPTION:Listening to win vs. listening to fix vs. listening to learn. T he default position for engineers and executives is listening to fix. You re employed to move things forward and solve problems. Sales’ d URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/good-product-is-listening-to-learn CATEGORIES:meetings TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/constant-attention@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200531T000000Z DTEND:20200531T010000Z SUMMARY:Note on constant attention DESCRIPTION:Code performance\, reliability\, security\, cleanliness. These things are not achieved through big sweeps and special efforts. They are o nly really possible by baking the practices into every day and eac URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/constant-attention CATEGORIES:maintenance,officeluv TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/after-reading-the-making-of-prince-of-persia@joshbeckman. org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200530T000000Z DTEND:20200530T010000Z SUMMARY:After Reading: The Making of Prince of Persia URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/after-reading-the-making-of-pr ince-of-persia CATEGORIES:non-fiction,software-engineering IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/E8227A17-3DCB-4C7 5-8EEE-8F260147BDC2.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/writing-great-product-release-emails@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200524T000000Z DTEND:20200524T010000Z SUMMARY:On Writing Great Product Release Emails URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/writing-great-product-release-emails CATEGORIES:writing,popular,officeluv IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/88FB6267-145F-436 A-B547-CC195F476DC1.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/slow-tech-investment@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200518T000000Z DTEND:20200518T010000Z SUMMARY:Note on slow tech investment DESCRIPTION:Identifying too many aspects of ongoing product work as tech de bt has caused engineering teams to over-invest too early. They fear the te ch debt in the future if they don’t make the decision now that’ URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/slow-tech-investment CATEGORIES:maintenance TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/carving-out-tech-investment@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200517T000000Z DTEND:20200517T010000Z SUMMARY:Carving Tech Investment Out of Tech Debt DESCRIPTION:At OfficeLuv\, we track our individual tasks into epics\, like most other product teams. Also like most others\, we’ve had one ongoing group called ‘Tech Debt’ since day 2. Recently\, I went grooming thro URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/carving-out-tech-investment CATEGORIES:software-engineering,maintenance,officeluv TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/cleaning-up-ruby-threads-and-activerecord-connections@joshbeckman .org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200509T000000Z DTEND:20200509T010000Z SUMMARY:Correct Ruby Threads and ActiveRecord Connections DESCRIPTION:Recently\, we had an opportunity to trivially parallelize some ActiveRecord queries in our Ruby server. In a common response structure\, we needed to both query for the actual data requested along with URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/cleaning-up-ruby-threads-and-activerec ord-connections CATEGORIES:code-snippets TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/qualities-of-a-smooth-queueing-system@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200506T000000Z DTEND:20200506T010000Z SUMMARY:Qualities of a Smooth Queueing System DESCRIPTION:This morning\, Eleni and I were reflecting on how our queueing system has evolved at OfficeLuv over the past year. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/qualities-of-a-smooth-queueing-system CATEGORIES:infrastructure,queues,officeluv TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-march-25-2020@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200325T050000Z DTEND:20200325T060000Z SUMMARY:Desk\, March 25\, 2020 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-march-25-2020 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/2849D93F-8FA0-4A6 F-80E7-DE240CE832A4.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-february-2020@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200206T060000Z DTEND:20200206T070000Z SUMMARY:Desk\, February 2020 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-february-2020 CATEGORIES:workspaces,officeluv IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/2839B7AB-6355-4C8 9-91C5-CE365264E37C.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/test@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20200101T000000Z DTEND:20200101T010000Z SUMMARY:Test page to see how the raw markdown is rendered DESCRIPTION:This is intended as a quick reference and showcase. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/test CATEGORIES:tests TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/after-reading-recursion@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20191217T060000Z DTEND:20191217T070000Z SUMMARY:After Reading: Recursion DESCRIPTION:I read this book as my partner’s father fell away from us at the hospital and it will forever stick in my mind for that reason. The way it portrays memory and experience resonates so much with me - en URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/after-reading-recursion CATEGORIES:books,fiction TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/after-reading-so-many-books-by-gabriel-zaid@joshbeckman.o rg DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20190414T050000Z DTEND:20190414T060000Z SUMMARY:After Reading: So Many Books by Gabriel Zaid URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/after-reading-so-many-books-by -gabriel-zaid CATEGORIES:non-fiction,writing,publishing IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/C5FA4EE6-58A7-411 7-8699-5AB7E5F56CED.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/attending/tourist-gilligan-moss-at-sleeping-village@joshbeckman.o rg DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20190222T043124Z DTEND:20190222T053124Z SUMMARY:Tourist & Gilligan Moss at Sleeping Village DESCRIPTION:I knew both of these performers before going to the show\, but damn it was a good set. My first time at Sleeping Village as well and I re ally like the venue. Good mid-century-modern parlor in the front URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/tourist-gilligan-moss-at-sle eping-village CATEGORIES:music,sleeping-village-venue IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/C1CD66AE62174B58A 7131836068E294B.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/hiring-interview-advancement-rate@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20181211T000000Z DTEND:20181211T010000Z SUMMARY:Hiring Retrospective - Advancement Rate DESCRIPTION:After interviewing all Summer and Fall\, we’ve found the next member of our OfficeLuv Product Team\, a talented and thoughtful software engineer. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/hiring-interview-advancement-rate CATEGORIES:hiring,officeluv TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/hiring-interview-steps@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20181210T000000Z DTEND:20181210T010000Z SUMMARY:Hiring Retrospective - Interview Steps DESCRIPTION:After interviewing all Summer and Fall\, we’ve found the next member of our OfficeLuv Product Team\, a talented and thoughtful software engineer. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/hiring-interview-steps CATEGORIES:hiring,officeluv TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working-downhill@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20180907T000000Z DTEND:20180907T010000Z SUMMARY:Weeknote of September 05\, 2018 DESCRIPTION:In the past\, I’ve talked with my good friend Vaibhav Krishna about how important it is to recognize your mental reserves and drives as an exhaustible resource. Writing and dissecting software\, you wil URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working-downhill CATEGORIES:data,research,officeluv TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/cleaning-up-for-a-new-hire@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20180830T000000Z DTEND:20180830T010000Z SUMMARY:Cleaning Up For a New Hire DESCRIPTION:I’m hiring a new full-stack engineer for the OfficeLuv team\, and there’s nothing quite like a new hire to kick your team into shape. I’ve written about how new hires are a valuable resource in the pas URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/cleaning-up-for-a-new-hire CATEGORIES:hiring,officeluv TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/lab-girl-hope-jahren@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20180827T000000Z DTEND:20180827T010000Z SUMMARY:After Reading "Lab Girl" DESCRIPTION:I was generously gifted Lab Girl by Hope Jahren through Jane Ki m in her last week at OfficeLuv. I finished it today\, after about a month . URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/lab-girl-hope-jahren CATEGORIES:non-fiction,science,research TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-august-2018@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20180806T050000Z DTEND:20180806T060000Z SUMMARY:Desk\, August 2018 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-august-2018 CATEGORIES:workspaces,officeluv IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/8E5425FA-ABBB-4B3 F-B546-003A4E7AEBC4.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/weeknote@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20180730T000000Z DTEND:20180730T010000Z SUMMARY:Weeknote of 2018-07-30 DESCRIPTION:On repeat: youtube.com/watch?v=cgULtrAfISw URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/weeknote CATEGORIES:note-taking,officeluv IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/IMG_0878.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-june-2018@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20180612T050000Z DTEND:20180612T060000Z SUMMARY:Desk\, June 2018 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-june-2018 CATEGORIES:workspaces,officeluv IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/C3AB9E4C-92DA-462 6-9A91-6C22D1DC9C60.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-march-2018@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20180324T050000Z DTEND:20180324T060000Z SUMMARY:Desk\, March 2018 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-march-2018 CATEGORIES:workspaces,officeluv IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/A65A9EE6-5E50-4FC E-A2C0-6424A4DF0948.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/a-recommendation-of-nevzat-cubukcu@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20180225T000000Z DTEND:20180225T010000Z SUMMARY:A Recommendation of Nevzat Cubukcu URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/a-recommendation-of-nevzat-cubukcu CATEGORIES:officeluv IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/IMG_0465.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/recommendation-of-jack-kent@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20180114T000000Z DTEND:20180114T010000Z SUMMARY:A Recommendation of Jack Kent URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/recommendation-of-jack-kent CATEGORIES:officeluv IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/IMG_0049.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/recommendation-of-lauren-polkow@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20180111T000000Z DTEND:20180111T010000Z SUMMARY:A Recommendation of Lauren Polkow URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/recommendation-of-lauren-polkow CATEGORIES:officeluv IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/IMG_0024.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/handy-kue-cli-maintenance@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20180103T000000Z DTEND:20180103T010000Z SUMMARY:Handy Kue Maintenance CLI Scripts DESCRIPTION:Building systems at my last few companies\, it has been enormou sly useful to have a robust queueing platform. I’ve tried Amazon’s SQS \, NATS\, and a couple others but Automattic’s Kue has been the best c URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/handy-kue-cli-maintenance CATEGORIES:maintenance,queues,code-snippets TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-october-2017@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20171027T050000Z DTEND:20171027T060000Z SUMMARY:Desk\, October 2017 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-october-2017 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/850C1873-2F80-4BA 6-9087-EB2A76110329.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/after-reading-life-in-code@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20171024T000000Z DTEND:20171024T010000Z SUMMARY:After Reading "Life in Code" DESCRIPTION:After reading her excerpts from the last few months\, I picked up Ellen Ullman’s Life in Code. I finished the collection of essays yest erday. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/after-reading-life-in-code CATEGORIES:non-fiction,software-engineering TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/timestamp---chicago-startup-tech-dinner@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20170926T000000Z DTEND:20170926T010000Z SUMMARY:Timestamp - Chicago Startup Tech Dinner DESCRIPTION:I am invited to a dinner with other team leaders from other tec h startup companies in the city. We meet at a comfortable restaurant and o rder cocktails. Out of our nine members\, two are women. Eight a URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/timestamp-chicago-startup-tech-dinner CATEGORIES:chicago,collectives TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/on-adding-react-native-to-android-ios@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20170810T000000Z DTEND:20170810T010000Z SUMMARY:On Adding React Native to Existing iOS and Android Apps DESCRIPTION:I write in defense of the beliefs I fear are least defensible. Everything else feels like homework.\n \n Sarah Manguso\, 300 Argument s URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/on-adding-react-native-to-android-ios CATEGORIES:software-engineering TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/migrating-a-mongodb-app-datastore-to-postgresql@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20170606T000000Z DTEND:20170606T010000Z SUMMARY:Migrating a MongoDB App Datastore to PostgreSQL DESCRIPTION:A couple weeks ago\, Narro had a nice uptick in usage from Pro users that resulted in a large increase in data stored by the application. That is always pleasant but this time\, I had a corresponding up URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/migrating-a-mongodb-app-datastore-to-p ostgresql CATEGORIES:infrastructure TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/on-narro-joining-atlas@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20170326T000000Z DTEND:20170326T010000Z SUMMARY:On Narro Joining Stripe Atlas Beta DESCRIPTION:In June\, I applied for Narro’s entry into the Stripe Atlas b eta program. Since building Narro incrementally\, the worry of financial s eparation crept up on me a bit. Between the end of one job and the URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/on-narro-joining-atlas CATEGORIES:narro TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/after-reading-the-undoing-project@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20170101T000000Z DTEND:20170101T010000Z SUMMARY:After Reading The Undoing Project DESCRIPTION:My brother’s gift to me this Christmas was The Undoing Projec t\, a novel by Michael Lewis on the work done by researchers Daniel Kahnem an and Amos Tversky. I read it from December 27 through January 1. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/after-reading-the-undoing-proj ect CATEGORIES:non-fiction,human-psychology TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/to-revisit-when-starting-a-new-job@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20161017T000000Z DTEND:20161017T010000Z SUMMARY:To Revisit When Starting a New Job DESCRIPTION:After starting at and helping to start companies multiple times \, I’ve noticed a few writings and lectures that I tend to revisit each time. Even when not moving to a new group\, I tend to watch or read URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/to-revisit-when-starting-a-new-job CATEGORIES:hiring TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/recruitment-searching-on-github@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20160908T000000Z DTEND:20160908T010000Z SUMMARY:Recruitment Searching on GitHub DESCRIPTION:We’re currently looking for Senior Mobile (iOS / Android) and Senior Fullstack Engineers at OfficeLuv. Finding great developers is…di fficult. I will occasionally search for individuals on GitHub\, wher URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/recruitment-searching-on-github CATEGORIES:hiring,officeluv TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/the-benefits-of-daily-code-review@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20160811T000000Z DTEND:20160811T010000Z SUMMARY:The Benefits of Daily Code Review DESCRIPTION:I wrote a while ago about a methodology for daily code reviews\ , one which we implemented originally at ThreadMeUp. Now that I’m buildi ng a new team at OfficeLuv\, I’ve been excited to start them again. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/the-benefits-of-daily-code-review CATEGORIES:mentoring,software-engineering,officeluv TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/a-recommendation-of-vasyl-stetsyuk@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20160613T000000Z DTEND:20160613T010000Z SUMMARY:A Recommendation of Vasyl Stetsyuk DESCRIPTION:Vasyl is an eager and diligent QA Lead. While we were working t ogether\, a member of our team remarked that they had met no other QA lead er more interested in the actual technology\, and I would agree. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/a-recommendation-of-vasyl-stetsyuk CATEGORIES:threadmeup TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/a-recommendation-of-eric-satterwhite@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20160613T000000Z DTEND:20160613T010000Z SUMMARY:A Recommendation of Eric Satterwhite DESCRIPTION:Working with Eric is\, I imagine\, akin to preparing dinner wit h a sushi master chef. He is one of the most confident developers\, and ri ghtly so. I have learned more from him in the last year than any o URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/a-recommendation-of-eric-satterwhite CATEGORIES:threadmeup TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/a-recommendation-of-cory-keane@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20160613T000000Z DTEND:20160613T010000Z SUMMARY:A Recommendation of Cory Keane DESCRIPTION:Cory is as earnest as he is steadfast. He is as honest as he is pragmatic. We built a team together\, around the ideals we share. We set out goals a year in advance and completed them in half the time. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/a-recommendation-of-cory-keane CATEGORIES:threadmeup TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/a-recommendation-of-colleen-grafton@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20160613T000000Z DTEND:20160613T010000Z SUMMARY:A Recommendation of Colleen Grafton DESCRIPTION:Out of all the engineers I have known\, Colleen is the most str uctured and economical. While working together\, she has grown tenfold in her abilities and her assertiveness. She would be a valuable asse URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/a-recommendation-of-colleen-grafton CATEGORIES:threadmeup TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/calming-facebooks-eager-pixels@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20160531T000000Z DTEND:20160531T010000Z SUMMARY:Calming Facebook's Eager Pixels DESCRIPTION:Working at an e-commerce startup\, I get asked to implement new tracking features every day. I built out the integration points for Googl e Analytics\, Google’s retargeting pixel\, Google’s conversion pix URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/calming-facebooks-eager-pixels CATEGORIES:code-snippets TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/my-bookmarks-are-all-bookmarklets@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20160421T000000Z DTEND:20160421T010000Z SUMMARY:My Bookmarks Are All Bookmarklets DESCRIPTION:I love all my bookmarks. None of them actually go to any websit es\, though. They’re all bookmarklets. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/my-bookmarks-are-all-bookmarklets CATEGORIES:code-snippets,language-javascript TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/rate-limit-node-mongodb@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20160313T000000Z DTEND:20160313T010000Z SUMMARY:Rate-Limit Your Node.js API in Mongo DESCRIPTION:Update: After a request by Jason Humphrey\, I’ve released thi s implementation as a standalone NPM module: mongo-throttle. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/rate-limit-node-mongodb CATEGORIES:code-snippets TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/databases-doing-dirty-work@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20160312T000000Z DTEND:20160312T010000Z SUMMARY:Databases Doing Dirty-work DESCRIPTION:Eric did a great thing in the past two weeks with his implement ation of data calculating MySQL tables. In short\, he wrote a table defini tion that updates itself on the hour by recalculating its own co URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/databases-doing-dirty-work CATEGORIES:sql,threadmeup TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/timestamp-going-to-a-party@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20160111T000000Z DTEND:20160111T010000Z SUMMARY:Timestamp - Going to a Party DESCRIPTION:I need to be there at 8\, and it should take ten minutes to dri ve there. I request an Uber at 7:40. On the map displayed within their app lication\, the cars disappear as I make the request. They were li URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/timestamp-going-to-a-party CATEGORIES:commute TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/swiss-army-side-project@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20151228T000000Z DTEND:20151228T010000Z SUMMARY:Swiss Army Side Project DESCRIPTION:I was thinking today of how there’s a benefit to having a tin y side project. I hope most people do. I have quite a few\, but one in par ticular has been useful to me. I have broken out Narro into micros URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/swiss-army-side-project CATEGORIES:narro,education,programming-languages TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/cool-humanstxt-files@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20151217T000000Z DTEND:20151217T010000Z SUMMARY:Unique Humans.txt Files DESCRIPTION:I was making robots.txt and humans.txt files for Narro recently \, and I wanted to find a few unique examples. I was looking for something that included more than the boilerplate code from humanstxt.org URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/cool-humanstxt-files CATEGORIES:research TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/accursed-by-a-couple-customers@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20151206T000000Z DTEND:20151206T010000Z SUMMARY:Accursed With a Couple Customers DESCRIPTION:I’ve seeing a trend with some of the start up companies I’v e worked at. It tends to happen that a prolific and available customer dri ves the majority of revenue or traffic. That’s all well and good bu URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/accursed-by-a-couple-customers CATEGORIES:threadmeup,venture-capital TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/thoughts-after-app-release@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20151118T000000Z DTEND:20151118T010000Z SUMMARY:Thoughts After App Release DESCRIPTION:In the first week of the available iOS app\, the Narro communit y nearly doubled in size. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/thoughts-after-app-release CATEGORIES:narro TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/thoughts-while-waiting-for-app-review@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20151031T000000Z DTEND:20151031T010000Z SUMMARY:Thoughts While Waiting for App Review DESCRIPTION:I just pressed the button to submit Narro for iOS into the App Store. After 12 revisions\, 3 weeks of testing\, and 15 external beta test ers\, I think it’s ready to go. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/thoughts-while-waiting-for-app-review CATEGORIES:narro,platforms TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/increased-speed-and-urgency@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20151005T000000Z DTEND:20151005T010000Z SUMMARY:Increased Speed and Urgency DESCRIPTION:From Jack Dorsey’s re-introduction as CEO of Twitter today: URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/increased-speed-and-urgency CATEGORIES:work TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/timestamp---commuting-to-work@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150929T000000Z DTEND:20150929T010000Z SUMMARY:Timestamp - Commuting to Work DESCRIPTION:I wake up between 6:30 and 7:30. This can happen before an alar m or after sleeping straight through two. It depends more on the day befor e than the night before. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/timestamp-commuting-to-work CATEGORIES:commute TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/memory-leaks-using-canvas-in-node@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150923T000000Z DTEND:20150923T010000Z SUMMARY:Memory Leaks Using Canvas in Node DESCRIPTION:At ThreadMeUp\, we do much of our image manipulation and genera tion using HTML5 Canvas objects. This allows us to build some interesting tech\, like mirroring client-side interactions with the canvas on URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/memory-leaks-using-canvas-in-node CATEGORIES:code-snippets TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/new-hires-are-a-valuable-resource@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150830T000000Z DTEND:20150830T010000Z SUMMARY:New Hires are a Valuable Resource DESCRIPTION:We’ve brought on two engineers in the last four weeks\, and a iming to keep up the pace. I’m constantly reminded of how valuable new h ires can be. The person can be senior\, green\, front-end\, back-end\, l URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/new-hires-are-a-valuable-resource CATEGORIES:hiring TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/bad-graphs-in-the-wild@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150811T000000Z DTEND:20150811T010000Z SUMMARY:Bad Graphs in the Wild URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/bad-graphs-in-the-wild CATEGORIES:data,interfaces,popular IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/1.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/on-reading-fine-structure@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150809T000000Z DTEND:20150809T010000Z SUMMARY:On Reading Fine Structure DESCRIPTION:I’ve sent these thoughts &\; instructions to friends more than once\, so I should probably write them down. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/on-reading-fine-structure CATEGORIES:fiction TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/scripting-ruby-with-no-internet@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150727T000000Z DTEND:20150727T010000Z SUMMARY:Scripting Ruby with no Internet DESCRIPTION:As I sit\, I’m riding on the commuter rail as it creaks and s taggers its way North. I intended to write some thoughts down\, but got di stracted in the hassle of touching a new Jekyll post. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/scripting-ruby-with-no-internet CATEGORIES:end-user-programming,code-snippets,language-ruby,jekyll TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/timestamp-posts@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150725T000000Z DTEND:20150725T010000Z SUMMARY:What Is a Timestamp Post? DESCRIPTION:I was reading a short post by Max Fenton about reading books in 2015 and I had an idea to timestamp my current experiences. Partly to hig hlight idiosyncrasies that I notice now\, partly to find them la URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/timestamp-posts CATEGORIES:note-taking TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/timestamp-chicago-tech-meetup@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150722T000000Z DTEND:20150722T010000Z SUMMARY:Timestamp - Chicago Tech Meetup DESCRIPTION:I leave work just before 6pm\, walking about a mile to an offic e in River North. I stand outside the front door of the building with a sm all group of other attendees\, waiting for someone upstairs to un URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/timestamp-chicago-tech-meetup CATEGORIES:chicago TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/contribute-to-open-source-as-a-code-test@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150714T000000Z DTEND:20150714T010000Z SUMMARY:Contribute to Open Source as a Code Test DESCRIPTION:I counted up the number of open source code projects I actively used or extended today. Just in the last twenty hours\, I tallied over 50 libraries and applications and resources. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/contribute-to-open-source-as-a-code-te st CATEGORIES:hiring,threadmeup,open-source TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/cubic-mapping-of-text@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150712T000000Z DTEND:20150712T010000Z SUMMARY:Cubic Mapping of Text DESCRIPTION:For the past several months\, I’ve taken daily notes. Previou sly\, I scribbled and jotted thoughts into several paperback notebooks\, b ut now I type daily into my iOS/OSX Notes application. Each day begi URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/cubic-mapping-of-text CATEGORIES:interfaces TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/few-things@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150622T000000Z DTEND:20150622T010000Z SUMMARY:Few Things DESCRIPTION:Note from my journal\, 2015/06/18: URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/few-things CATEGORIES:narro,hacker-news TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/github-as-social-media@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150613T000000Z DTEND:20150613T010000Z SUMMARY:GitHub as Social Media DESCRIPTION:GitHub already allows you to follow other users publicly. It di splays your followers publicly\, too. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/github-as-social-media CATEGORIES:social-networks TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/hard-numbers-calculator@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150608T000000Z DTEND:20150608T010000Z SUMMARY:Hard Numbers Calculator DESCRIPTION:When you’re leading a team of developers for a startup compan y\, you often get asked to define hard numbers. You get asked questions li ke: URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/hard-numbers-calculator CATEGORIES:threadmeup,venture-capital TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-may-22-2015@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150522T050000Z DTEND:20150522T060000Z SUMMARY:Desk\, May 22\, 2015 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-may-22-2015 CATEGORIES:workspaces,threadmeup IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/26635F57-20A6-492 E-8CFE-23908A8E5915.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/arrative-arcs-in-the-code@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150414T000000Z DTEND:20150414T010000Z SUMMARY:Narrative arcs in the code DESCRIPTION:A good method has narrative structure. There’s an establishin g scene\, a rising action\, and a conclusion to tie up loose ends. After r eading more fiction recently\, I’ve been finding fictional story str URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/arrative-arcs-in-the-code CATEGORIES:software-engineering TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/daily-code-reviews@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150404T000000Z DTEND:20150404T010000Z SUMMARY:ThreadMeUp Daily Code Reviews URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/daily-code-reviews CATEGORIES:threadmeup,mentoring,software-engineering IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/tmu_eng.jpg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/people-will-personalize@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150305T000000Z DTEND:20150305T010000Z SUMMARY:People will always personalize DESCRIPTION:Some time ago\, a group of us from ThreadMeUp took a trip out t o one of our suppliers’ warehouses.  We were given a tour of the packin g floor\, one with over 200 employees actively carrying products to URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/people-will-personalize CATEGORIES:folk-creations,threadmeup TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/analyzing-data-through-sound@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150217T000000Z DTEND:20150217T010000Z SUMMARY:Analyzing Data Through Sound DESCRIPTION:Why isn’t more data analysis done over mediums of sound? It s one of two senses nearly all my electronics engage me with. The other i s visual\, and is the main/only way people analyze large data sets. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/analyzing-data-through-sound CATEGORIES:data,music,interfaces,research TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/learn-to-link-better@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150216T000000Z DTEND:20150216T010000Z SUMMARY:How To Link Like You Mean It DESCRIPTION:Links within your text do two things: URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/learn-to-link-better CATEGORIES:personal-blog,interfaces,popular TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/using-open-protocols@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150215T000000Z DTEND:20150215T010000Z SUMMARY:Your App Is Not Better Than An Open Protocol DESCRIPTION:Open protocols power the web. They should be powering the inter actions to your next application\, too. RSS\, SMS\, plaintext-email\, HTML 5 - these are the easiest\, fastest ways to get users into your syst URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/using-open-protocols CATEGORIES:software-engineering TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/the-texture-of-your-code@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150208T000000Z DTEND:20150208T010000Z SUMMARY:The texture of your code DESCRIPTION:I’ve been thinking about intuitive methods of code review. La st week\, I read an article about the Japanese onomatopoeic words used to describe texture that resonated with something I’ve been inkling a URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/the-texture-of-your-code CATEGORIES:software-engineering TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/vaibhav-krishna-guruswamy-recommendation@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150205T000000Z DTEND:20150205T010000Z SUMMARY:A Recommendation of Vaibhav Krishna Guruswamy DESCRIPTION:I have known Krishna since interviewing him over a scrambled\, laggy Skype connection for a position with me at Aggrego. That was in Dece mber of 2013. We decided to hire him\, and I am lucky we did. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/vaibhav-krishna-guruswamy-recommendati on CATEGORIES:aggrego TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/middleware-in-go@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20150131T000000Z DTEND:20150131T010000Z SUMMARY:Writing Database Middleware in Go DESCRIPTION:I’ve been writing two main types of Go programs recently. One routes http input through a series of transformations and calculations an d one receives http input to transform or return data stores. URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/middleware-in-go CATEGORIES:code-snippets TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-november-30-2014@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20141130T060000Z DTEND:20141130T070000Z SUMMARY:Desk\, November 30\, 2014 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-november-30-2014 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/0339B1F8-643B-480 F-A9BA-A432A607D029.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/fix-enable-display-features@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20140923T000000Z DTEND:20140923T010000Z SUMMARY:Fix to Enable Display Features - Google Analytics iOS SDK DESCRIPTION:In the official Google Analytics iOS SDK documentation\, this f unction call will enable Display Features in your app: URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/fix-enable-display-features CATEGORIES:code-snippets TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-september-2014@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20140917T050000Z DTEND:20140917T060000Z SUMMARY:Desk\, September 2014 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-september-2014 CATEGORIES:workspaces,aggrego IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/283B253A-704F-47A 2-BE61-2483C81B3AF2.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/feeling-a-pending-breakthrough@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20140826T000000Z DTEND:20140826T010000Z SUMMARY:That Feeling of a Pending Break-Through DESCRIPTION:From The Verge\, This is Uber’s playbook for sabotaging Lyft: URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/feeling-a-pending-breakthrough CATEGORIES:competition TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/reading/the-great-discontent-issue-one@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20140714T000000Z DTEND:20140714T010000Z SUMMARY:The Great Discontent Issue One - First Look DESCRIPTION:I was eager to back the Kickstarter campaign for the first phys ical issue of The Great Discontent back in early February. The investment paid off on Thursday afternoon when I picked up my copy from th URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/reading/the-great-discontent-issue-one CATEGORIES:non-fiction TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-march-2013@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20130327T050000Z DTEND:20130327T060000Z SUMMARY:Desk\, March 2013 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-march-2013 CATEGORIES:workspaces,aggrego IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/IMG_0662.JPG TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/blog/working/desk-march-2011@joshbeckman.org DTSTAMP:20260309T175909Z DTSTART:20110314T050000Z DTEND:20110314T060000Z SUMMARY:Desk\, March 2011 URL:https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/working/desk-march-2011 CATEGORIES:workspaces IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://www.joshbeckman.org/assets/images/C8030235-D6F1-4D2 B-AB1C-2D99A56B8C97.jpeg TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR