Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
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I first saw this as a beautiful cover from [Byways in Bookland](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM5GuSLTOIN-zxX0fQ_V6Ww) and after reading a few other reviews I borrowed it via Libby from my local library. I’m of two minds as I reflect on the book. On one hand, I finished it and enjoyed it. I enjoyed the characters and while the finish…
Single Stand YouTube Studio for Under $350
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Today I’m going to show off my single stand YouTube studio. The setup, minus the camera, comes in at just over $300USD and it would be perfectly suitable to grab a [tripod phone mount](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B06VXJMMQ3/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) and use that instead of my [Canon 90D](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B083QQG8Y8/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20). – $20.99 [Neewer Light Stand](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K69A0QY/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) – $149.99 [Neewer Rollable 30X53 LED Panel](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R5TKVSC/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) –…
Unsurprisingly Deleting Facebook Is Good for You
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So deactivating Facebook is good for you. I don’t actually remember how long it’s been since I deleted my Facebook account, but it’s been a while. It’s been long enough that I don’t even remember if I missed it or not. A side benefit long term is that the messaging system that PAC (Parent council…
Friday Notes 092 – February 28 2020
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While one can hope that the kids in fact do get better, they did not. The weekend away was great though. Bought about 12 books and spent a lot of great time with Cynthia just hanging out. Some good skiing in and a bit of pool time at the hotel. > We all make mistakes.…
iGen – Why Are They Acting They Way They Do?
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While there is much written about the Millennial generation, we’re getting past that as the marker for people entering the workforce and not what Gene M. Twenge calls iGen in her book of the same title. Twenge backs her writing on iGen on 4 major representative surveys of the generation. She uses this data to…
Rubik’s Cube My Best Productivity Tool
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At some point, with any computer or device you’re going to have to wait for it to perform some task. In the past I’d often reach for my phone and end up wasting a bunch of time down some rabbit hole (often Instagram for me). I’d look up 15 minutes later with nothing done and…
Interrupted Double Haul
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Join me today for a haul video, that gets interrupted by 2 kids that tell you their favourite books currently. – [Wool](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1476735115/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) and [Dust](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CYNGPTG/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) – [Always Looking Up](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CYNGPTG/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) – [How Pleasure Works](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CYNGPTG/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) – [Superhuman](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1501168711/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) – [Farsighted](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1501168711/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) – [Loonshots](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1250185963/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) – [Grit](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1250185963/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) – [A Brief History of Misogyny ](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1250185963/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) – [Scratch](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1501134574/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) – [Careless People](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1501134574/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) – [Dirt: The…
Paperlike V2 Review
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This is my 3rd Paperlike screen cover. I had 2 copies of the Paperlike 1, one on my 9.7″ iPad Pro and one on my 12.9″ iPad Pro. It was one of the first purchases I made with both devices and when I heard that they were coming out with a new version that should…
Can Malcolm Gladwell Teach Us How to Talk to Strangers?
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Malcolm Gladwell’s most recent entry into the writing world revolves around how we understand strangers. To get to the end quickly, we’re really bad at it. Gladwell starts off the book with the Sandra Bland case. If you’re not familiar with this case, it started as a fairly basic traffic stop where an warning was…
Friday Notes 091 – February 21 2020
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Ultimately, you’re luck you got an email last week because I did it early. After I had the email prepped I buckled in for a regular night of handling kids, and then one of them got sick enough that I spent until 2am in the hospital. She’s fine, but that was a long 20 hour…
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