I have been a good boy this year. Well I have been a reasonable boy this year. Well let\u2019s not get into it, mistakes were made, I didn\u2019t make them, anyway\u2026instead of giving you another laundry list of things I can\u2019t have that aren\u2019t available for purchase or manufacture, I would say thanks for the stuff I was brought this year, namely, to wit, viz.:<\/p>\n
* My American Giant work shirt, which I had as a throw-in on the wish list and turned into my most-worn garment of 2018. And with it, my Ebbets Field Vanderbilt cap and my new glasses, which combined to make my new uniform, more or less.<\/p>\n
* The new Mac mini, which made it possible to build our KVM-based lab and enable the dream of working completely remotely successfully, something I hope to put to the test in 2019.<\/p>\n
* The unearthing of the old blogs and journals and notes and being able to reflect fifteen years to see how much of what I wanted in years gone by has actually come to pass, whether it\u2019s Alden boots, Switzerland, the notional iPhone 6C-turned-SE, or a quiet pint in a quiet pub whether in San Jose or Galway.<\/p>\n
* iOS 12, with the imagination-stirring of Siri Shortcuts and the voice activation in low-power mode and the continuing viability of the aforementioned iPhone SE, suitable to carry unlocked to London or Dublin or maybe even Patagonia.<\/p>\n
* The bus, and the ability to get to work without the hassle and inconvenience of driving or dealing with an overloaded Caltrain at its busiest stops.<\/p>\n
* The family I found for myself, pauca sed bona.<\/em><\/p>\n * A whole year without a single Coke Zero, just to get the system reset.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n We\u2019re out of milk and cookies but take anything you want off the liquor cabinet (not the Stag\u2019s Leap or the Yellow Spot, I\u2019m not that good a host).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have been a good boy this year. Well I have been a reasonable boy this year. Well let\u2019s not get into it, mistakes were made, I didn\u2019t make them, anyway\u2026instead of giving you another laundry list of things I can\u2019t have that aren\u2019t available for purchase or manufacture, I would say thanks for the … <\/p>\n