Mom fell asleep before the little one, so I come in and she’s crawled up next to her, mom’s phone in hand, watching Frozen like it’s no big deal.
Got the kids some new T-shirts for game day. (Sister still insists on her dress.)
We’re getting there. (It’ll still be a 100 degrees in the afternoon, but the morning feels great.)
We live in an age of abundance.
It’s so hot in Phoenix right now even the stuffed animals need to hydrate.
Don’t forget your electrolytes while you’re at it.
15 years of Omnifocus
I was on vacation and missed the news that Omnifocus is 15 years old! That means I’ve been using it for fifteen years, or very nearly so. I forget which episode it was, but I know I was listening to an episode of Mac Break Weekly in downtown Philadelphia while waiting on a train back to my apartment. Merlin Mann was raving about it and I downloaded the app on the train terminal.
As I recall, I had Omnifocus on my primary home screen before I got to my station—it has never left. Now it sits in my dock where it has been for years. The app and method has gotten me through my MA, PhD, marriage and kids, moving cross-country (several times), through big projects and small ones. Whenever I have tried something else, it never sticks and I end up back in Omnifocus. I’m sure by now it might have at least as much to do with learned habits as anything else. I’m by no means a power user of the app, but that’s fine because I never needed to be for the value of keeping tabs on things to be apparent.
I wasn’t sure if I could check when I first installed the app so I checked if the App Store would have that purchase history. Yup, turns out I downloaded OmniFocus about two weeks after it launched.
(With this information, I tried to see which episode of Mac Break Weekly Merlinn was on, but even their archives only go back to 2013.
Happy anniversary, The Omni Group.
Hiked the Mist Trail today, with the big kiddo. We got up at 4am to make it happen.
We had a slow start to the holiday.
But in the valley sun, the party doesn’t start until evening.
And so, Happy Independence Day!
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“Take heed, dear heart, of this large privilege; The hardest knife ill-used doth lose his edge.”
—Shakespeare, the Sage of Git/Github
Palacios Family Reunion, 2023
Short half-weekend in California including a stop in Joshua Tree on the way to my mom’s on Friday.
My family reunion was the main event.
And now we’re already back.
Nine beautiful, wonderful, grace filled years. Love you, Lucia, to the moon.
Happy Father’s Day, folks
We had the cheapest and best celebration at one of the city pools.
Early bird gets the worm, we, donut. (Yesterday morning on a pre-7am run to Lowe’s. He was the only kid awake, so he got to run with me.)
Bookworm 📷
“Mom, I wanted to see how far it would boomerang,” he said after my wife heard the ominous snap from behind the minivan.
She’s the best mom. Love this woman.
A few architectural details from Chicago last weekend. 📷 #vsco
First two from the Palmer House.
Last one from St. John Cantius Church
This shot reminds me of Kris Jenkins of Villanova beating UNC in 2016 (though with Villanova for the championship and SD State for the trip to the final).
Congrats to the Aztecs, to San Diego.
My considered judgement is that the pitch clock is amazing. ⚾️
