Lara Schenck
Lover of programming, maker of monsters
Category: Miscellany
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Post-growth and newsflash about sleep #7 (2)
2 things I learned this week
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Weekly Wanderings #5 (5)
5 alternative names for this series
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Updates and Think-Alouds: June 14 – August 16, 2022
We moved to Atlanta! Also, updates on productivity systems, starting on research, Canada, and meditation.
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Little Listicles #1 (2-5-1)
2 research papers I enjoyed reading in the past month, 5 titles in my post drafts that contain quotations, 1 thing I am looking forward to
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Writing Down My Commitment To A Writing For-The-Public Habit
An outline of a new writing habit.
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Thai Food in Los Angeles
Once you can process the fact that great restaurants can be in strip malls, Los Angeles does a few things better than NYC and Thai food is one of them. I have yet to figure out what the others are (probably Korean food), but bear with me. Where to find said Thai food? Thai Town,…
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I designed some skis
I’m into skiing, and it’s time for a gear upgrade. Courtesy my brother at MTNmeister, I’m getting custom skis from Parlor Skis in Boston, and got to design the graphics myself – how cute are these? And here they are in Alta (took a very nice, unplugged vacation for myself):
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Left my phone in a cab…
Let’s appreciate how great Find My iPhone and NYC cabbies are – phone returned within a day or so. And this was a successful reddit post! Fun stuff.
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How I do Inbox 0 in Gmail
I kind of roll my eyes at productivity posts, and yes, this is another productivity post. But, I’m really good at Inbox 0 and have been complimented a few times on my Gmail set up, so…ti
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Look how cute!
I’m about to launch a WordPress workshop…stay tuned! In line with the fishing metaphor, this would be you after you take it.
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Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Learning How to Code
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How the Internet Works Comic
I’ve totally posted this before, but just want to reiterate how great it is. I used it in my class at General Assembly and I think it was an excellent guide for talking about what is normally a really confusing/jargon-heavy topic. via Fabulously Broke
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Sketching with the Paper app
A little bit ago I purchased a Bamboo stylus (don’t get the collapsible one) for the iPad and have been drawing with the app Paper, by FiftyThree. A few cute/bizarre results:
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What if Wes Anderson directed Star Wars?
It would be amazing. via kottke.org
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to dos over the next year
Grad school is on the horizon. Well, I’ll apply next December, but it’s time to start preparing and pick up where I left off after school. Which is where? My ultimate goal (in life I think) is to design games for college curricula, ergo I will go to grad school for game design. In undergrad,…