I made some updates to my /uses page. Anyone else use uses pages to get inspired on what to use?

My CLI wrapped most used commands.

1. 3732 git
2. 1471 ls
3. 1289 rg
4. 856 ddev
5. 745 nvim
6. 546 mv
7. 534 cd
8. 510 rm
9. 477 yarn
10. 453 cat

Generated with history | awk '{print $1}' | sort | uniq --count | sort --numeric-sort --reverse | head -10.

After exhaustive research and countless hours over nights and weekends, I’ve compiled the authoritative demographic info on the audience for each vi derivative.

1. Neovim: devs wanting a hackable IDE
2. Vim: sysadmins who work primarily over remote terminals
3. Vi: FreeBSD devs
4. Ed: The criminally insane

Well, I’ve watched all of Taskmaster UK. I don’t think I’m going for the other countries, at least not for a while. In the meantime, I keep hearing the task music in my head when I’m cleaning.

While sorting through old papers, I found a copy of the first cover letter I wrote out of collage.

I was trying to score a writing gig, and knew absolutely nothing about anything. I walked around NYC in a suit and handed out this cover letter and a resume with can’t-not-hire credits like, “wrote for my collage paper” to doormen at The Daily Show and Late Night and places like that. I tried to mask my inexperience with a funny cover letter, which, like Carmex on a blister, only servered to highlight it.

The whole thing was, of course, phenomenally ineffective. On the plus side, only several people openly laughed in my face.

The cover letter did give me a chuckle now almost twenty years later, so I’ll take that as a personal win.

Here’s the letter transcribed in its entirety.

To Whom It May Concern:

Please give me a job. I have recently graduated college with an English Degree, and am currently living in a cardboard box. I would like to purchase some duct tape to waterproof said cardboard box, but in today’s unstable economy it runs as high as $4.00, which is well outside my budget. If you could give me a position paying between twenty and thirty dollars a year, it would really help me out. Obviously, I would prefer a job paying at least $100,000.00 a tear, as I could by a lifetime supply of duct tape. Please respond as soon as possible, as the box is getting rather mushy.

Enclosed is my resume. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Christopher DeLuca

Found some old doodles while cleaning out old notebooks.

After being very sick for almost two weeks (and still on a shaky recovery), I’ve started some winter cleaning. I love throwing things out. 🗑️

Finished reading: Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark 📚

Currently reading: Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark 📚

Oh, so you wanted to get throat punched by lovable murder ghost lore? Stink your neck through this movie. Read more

Finished reading: Outrageous by Kliph Nesteroff 📚

Watched on Monday December 23, 2024. Read more

Love rob reich The 10 Biggest Myths About Our Economy.

We are deep into cat cuddle season. 🐱

Sunning butt to butt. 🐈🐈‍⬛

Jedda posted a collection of quotes I really liked.

This one in particular is speaking to me right now.

“A healthy relationship is one where two independent people just make a deal that they will help make the other person be the best version of themselves.” -Lewis Howes

I am hosting a copy of My Immortal, the infamous fanfic, over at myimmortalrehost.com. I have more improvements planned, and I’ll write more about it in depth, but if anyone has initial feedback I’d love to hear it.

I may like my code editor a lot. #neovim

Got these dope foil local magic the gathering stickers. Now, where to put them…

Getting into Zamrock, starting with Viva Ngozi by Ngozi Family. I’m all about it. Anyone have other Zamrock suggestions? 🎵

Today I’m featured on Manuel morales People & Blogs. Thanks to Manuel for having me, and for consistently supporting the small web with this segment.

I love any movie that tells its story without any words. Read more

Good evening, it’s Kitty o’clock. 🐈

I’m very excited that I’ll be giving my first session at Flordia DrupalCamp 2025: Grokking Git. Hope to see you there! #drupal #git #lullabot