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It feels nostalgic to look at clouds. I remember laying in the grass as a boy and staring at them.

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It doesn’t take long to look, so I wonder why I stopped?

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The clouds were particularly beautiful yesterday, around sunset, just outside my bedroom window.

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Its time to migrate to a new pocket journal again! I‘ve been using the one on the left since August 11. I love the process of looking through my old journal, reminiscing, and then manually transferring things over to the new journal.

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Started reading: Tuesdays with Morrie : an old man, a young man, and life’s greatest lesson by Mitch Albom 📚

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I don’t know if it’s the changing of the leaves, but I’m craving a story that is wholesome and stirring. This is another book from my Goodreads shelf that I can’t remember when or why I added it, but...

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Finished reading: The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli 📚

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I should not have read this as an audiobook! It was beautifully written and I was excited to listen each time, but the material was too dense to fully absorb audibly.

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I’m planning to write up a “book review” on this soon, as inspired by:

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  1. my college pastor Eric Asp (who recently read and wrote about Don Quixote)
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  2. this article that I happened to come across today: Why I started writing about every book I read\n
    3. \n
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This quote from the article captures my aspirations for my book review.

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In my book review process, I take the juiciest off-the-cuff...

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“The brilliant Japanese writer Haruki Murakami once wrote, “Always remember that to argue, and win, is to break down the reality of the person you are arguing against. It is painful to lose your reality, so be kind, even if you are right.””\n(James Clear, Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds)

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I try to remind myself of this often. Software engineers are always squabbling over the “right” approach, and more often than not there is an emotional attachment. I also try to think of this in reverse, such that my view of reality is not perfect and it is okay to adapt it to new information.

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Started reading: The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli 📚

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I’ve been spending a lot of time on podcasts, but I want to transition to audiobooks. Podcasts keep me entertained, but I don’t feel like I’m getting much from them. So I’m hoping audiobooks can fill that void. My plan is to listen to fiction audiobooks,...

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Your Flaws Are Your Draws: weidok.al

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I got up early to mow this morning and was fascinated by the snail trails in the morning dew on my neighbor’s fence. I’ve been noticing a lot more snails this year.

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I’m really starting to notice how much my mental outlook changes based on how consistently I’m exercising. I’ve been feeling some anxious and lethargic energy creeping back in lately, so I decided I need to get back to running to sweat out this bad juju. My schedule is pretty full these days between family,...

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Cheap code is changing how I debug: weidok.al

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I just completed my first Field Notes pocket journal. It’s covered in scotch tape because the cover completely separated from the pages after being stuck in my suit pants pocket all day during a particularly hot and humid wedding.

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I wonder if that was just a one-off or if this is a durability issue I’ll run...

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TIL: A 1997 episode of Pokémon sent 685 people to the hospital with seizures. Here’s a wikipedia entry about it.

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Warning: the Wikipedia article has snippets of the scene that caused seizures for viewers.

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Finished reading: Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Common, Oscar Levy 📚

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This was a hard read that took me months to work through. I’m going to let it simmer for a while, and then read the analysis in the appendix that weaves in context from Nietzche’s various life experiences. It was...

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This paragraph hit hard this morning. I found this in an essay titled “Why Story Matters” in the Late Summer 2026 edition of The Classical Teacher, a homeschooling magazine that showed up in our mailbox recently.

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Every good story must have a conflict. If yours does not have a conflict, if you are not fighting for something (or against it), if you are not risking something of yourself to bring about some good, if you’re not on any kind of quest - it’s probably because you didn’t fight back when you should have. It could be that you let the dragon get away with it.

\n\n
\n\"The\n","summary":"","url":"https://weidok.al/2026/07/24/this-paragraph-hit-hard-this.html","date_published":"2026-07-24T12:02:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Jake Weidokal","url":"https://weidok.al","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F36%2F1545970.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jaek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-24 12:02","date_timestamp":1784894559,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@jakeweidokal/116974851546899734"]}},{"id":"94338238","content_html":"

I’ve heard tuna described as “chicken of the sea”, but why have I never heard anyone refer to pistachios as “clam of the tree”?

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I updated my Uses page. While updating it, I had fun considering the items I no longer use. A lot has changed!

\n","summary":"","url":"https://weidok.al/2026/07/18/i-updated-my-uses-page.html","date_published":"2026-07-18T09:44:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Jake Weidokal","url":"https://weidok.al","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F36%2F1545970.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jaek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-18 09:44","date_timestamp":1784367854,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@jakeweidokal/116940331896038732"]}},{"id":"94166057","content_html":"

Now 2026-07-17: weidok.al

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My chipotle order has changed. I’ve gone all in on the “get as much as possible for leftovers” philosophy, so I double up on most ingredients now. And I dropped the sour cream and hot salsa.

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The Magic Swaddle: weidok.al

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@rw for sure! It makes me feel like much less of a vampire trapped up in my office all day!

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I was just working on my laptop outside when I saw a big fuzzy jumping spider on the umbrella above me. I didn’t want him near me, but I didn’t want to kill him, so I waited until he moved to the top of the umbrella and then I bounced him down into the grass below my 2nd story deck. That was about 90 minutes...

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I am elated that I can start my days on the back deck again! And for some reason, there is no construction noise in the neighborhood this morning. Just birds chirping and the highway in the distance. This 54°F weather with light sun is just right for sweatpants, a hoodie, and a warm coffee ☕️

\n\"A\n","summary":"","url":"https://weidok.al/2026/05/26/i-am-elated-that-i.html","date_published":"2026-05-26T11:52:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Jake Weidokal","url":"https://weidok.al","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F36%2F1545970.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jaek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-26 11:52","date_timestamp":1779796326,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@jakeweidokal/116640734579271683"]}},{"id":"89454765","content_html":"

It was a gorgeous morning for a run. Thankfully, my earbuds died halfway through. I felt way more present hearing the gravel crunch under my feet while the birds chirped.

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I love starting my Saturdays this way now. And I’m lucky to have these beautiful trails just a few minutes from home!

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“I’ve wasted a lot of time journaling on “problems” when I just needed to eat breakfast sooner, do 10 push-ups, or get an extra hour of sleep. Sometimes, you think you have to figure out your life’s purpose, but you really just need some macadamia nuts and a cold fucking shower.” (Timothy Ferriss, Tools of Titans)

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Yep. My “ExiSTeNTiaL” problems usually have a painfully basic solution. Becoming a runner since the beginning of the year has made me feel 10x better.

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My goodness. I just peeked at my Now page and realized I haven’t updated it since October of 2024.

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Where does the time go?

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I’m going to have to update that soon. There has been a lot of change in my life since then!

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Conventional Comments: weidok.al

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@CaveatLector Of course, I’m glad it resonated.

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@alexanderk It was definitely good enough for me! I didn’t notice much of a difference from listening on Spotify, but I have no taste for audio quality so ymmv if that’s something you really pay attention to.

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@slison I see it all so clearly now…

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@samuel It’s been a rollercoaster for sure 🙃

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@amerpie hey! Happy (belated) New Year! I have made some changes, but have been less active in Obsidian than before. I want to take my current Daily Note set up and share it out in a Gist, but haven’t done that yet.

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@imtree.bsky.social I’m glad to hear this post has been helpful for you!

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Have you used QuickAdd before? It might be worth checking out their documentation to see if there are answers for what you’re running into. I’m not sure how to help without seeing your setup and what you’re trying to do. Also, you might be able to grab a screenshot of your settings and ask ChatGPT (or similar) why what you’re trying isn’t working. That has helped me solve a lot of hurdles I’ve run into.

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Otherwise, the screenshots in my QuickAdd section have my full configuration as I set it up. It’s possible that QuickAdd has changed slightly since I posted this. Hope this helps!

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@anniegreens that’s the best feeling. I love early mornings too!

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@amerpie It’s a lot… I’ve considered deep faking myself and sending a “Jake AI” to attend meetings in my place 😂

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@amerpie congrats!

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@amerpie Oh nice! I haven’t heard of this before. Checking it out now!

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@amerpie oooh subscribed. It was nice to see his shout out to you too! Glad to see you getting recognized for all the time you’ve been putting into your posts. I don’t even own an Apple device and I still enjoy reading them while I sulk about not having many of the apps on Windows 😂

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@amerpie Amen, I’m trying to stay mindful of that and not just get consumed by all the “urgent” things that won’t matter when I look back.

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@writingslowly I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. Something like “you have to know what’s out there before you can go learn more about it”. Building out a zettelkasten seems like a great way to broaden (and deepen) my knowledge of what is out there so I have more to pull from when I’m writing!

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@writingslowly definitely going to read that!

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@writingslowly this is exactly what I’ve been looking for! Saving these to my read-it-later app.

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@amerpie haha “people with ‘coffee’ in your bio”. I feel called out lol. I haven’t used a Nespresso before.

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@amerpie haha I have plenty of those types of books! This wasn’t quite what I was expecting, as it wasn’t very tactical about how to use checklists, but the stories were pretty compelling and I appreciate when someone goes deep on a seemingly simple topic!

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@ronkjeffries are you behind a VPN? I’ve noticed the same thing when I’m logged into my work VPN. I’m wondering if it has something to do with the .al TLD or my nameservers… 🤔

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@chadkoh jealous! This looks amazing.

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@jimmitchell 🤘

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@bobwertz A bee themed aces of spades… me too! weidok.al/2024/04/0…

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@manton really looking forward to this on mobile (Android for me). That’s where I’m most often writing directly in the Micro.blog text editor to fire off a post.

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@l3db3tt3r This is awesome! It looks like you’re on a different planet from me!

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@amerpie thanks! I’m honored!

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