Summing up 2019
Did a lot of reading in 2019, 61 books in total, 48 were new to me, 13 re-reads, 5 on Audible, and 11 books left unfinished. 23 were nonfiction, 39 were fiction. I've noticed an uptick in the number of books I read per year, going to
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Personal
A collection of 520 issues
Kitten harness training
Our eight month old kitten seems to be desperate to get outside, either into the garage or out the front door. We started harness training him so he could go outside on a leash.
Day 1: Harness sized for an adult cat barely fits 8 month old kitten. Velcro is
New Mac build
I got a shiny new Mac laptop for work use this week, and was thinking about the stuff you put on a machine to make it useful. This is my current set of necessary-for-work software:
Homebrew (to get everything else) ChromeFirefoxGit (to get code in progress) Node.js
Taos Wool Festival, 2017
I went to New Mexico, for the Taos Wool Festival with Laura, we took a weaving class with Liz Gipson. It was my first time in New Mexico and the scenery was stunning. Mountains, just hanging out like it's perfectly normal to wake up and see the sun
Eclipse 2017
Using a tree as a pinhole camera, these were taken a bit before the eclipse and fifteen minutes before totality.
Traffic stopped, everyone was out and looking at the sky. Even though the sun was down to a tiny sliver, it was still almost full daylight. Then the light dimmed
Feedback
Testing a new feedback widget
https://sayat.me/widget/AliHawke
St. Louis Techies Project
The St. Louis Techies Project aims to highlight people in tech in the St. Louis area. This year, for International Women's Day, the global Women Techmakers group has the theme of "telling our story." We want to tell your story!
This is my story, also available
2016 in review
I drove a race car around a Nascar circuit in March for my 41st birthday, reaching 106mph! It was an awesome birthday gift from my husband.
I was promoted to 1st degree black belt, on Friday 13th May, by Ben Pratt of Tracy's Karate West. Started this journey
Books to re-read
I was that child in school who read the encyclopaedia, cover to cover, Aardvark to Zulu. I got six books a week from Ipswich Library every Saturday while my parents did the grocery shopping, I read my way through the children's library and branched out to adult science
I drove a race car!
On Saturday 19th, I went out to Gateway Motorsports Park in Illinois, and I drove a V8 600hp 4-speed Nascar vehicle on the track. My top speed was 106mph, and I had a blast! I have a new respect for power steering, because the race car didn't