Lara Schenck
Lover of programming, maker of monsters
Category: Monsters
One of my favorite past times is drawing friendly monsters.
My medium of choice is the iPad / Apple pencil combo in Keynote for easy use in slides and printing in stickers, but monsters are not picky about where and how they appear.
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Updates: April 21 – June 10, 2022
Cultish personal knowledge management, gardening and not gardening, narrow design system hindsight, and more.
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Updates: February 16 – April 19, 2022
I am officially starting a PhD program this fall!!! Reading and writing Nepali, spring is sort of here, reading and listening to Brené Brown
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How to write and run a shell script
The blog post I wish I’d found about writing and running shell scripts.
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Daemons and Evi Nemeth
I learned about daemons in a mindfulness course, and recognized the term from computing. This led me to learn about the matriarch of system administration, Evi Nemeth.
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This month, prepare for a few blog posts “from the past”
Blog posts “from the past”? Yes, this month I will publish posts written months and years ago.
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Updates: January 4 – February 16, 2022
An active month of updates – many content shares, Florida, and half-baked thoughts.
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What is a snapshot test?
An attempt at a concise, relatively plain-language explanation of the concept of a snapshot test, including an “in the wild” example.
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2021 highlights, lowlights, pictures, and music
A bulleted list of 2021 highlights and lowlights, but mostly highlights, and a few photos, mostly of plants and food, and some music. 2021 was a year of change and offline activities!
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Updates: November 6 – January 4, 2022
Final chili harvest, PhD applications…complete!, learning Nepali, sort-of learning data science, and racial justice-related links.
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Family Monster
This family monster is a classic. Especially in these cold temperatures, the apparent warmth and comfort of the baby monsters is enviable.
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An explainer about Rust, Web Assembly, the future, and a concern
What is Rust and what does it have to do with the future of the web? I’ve noticed some buzz about Rust lately and wanted to write this explainer post to share my distillation of the topic.