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","summary":"","url":"https://metrocat.org/2019/10/learning-swift","date_published":"2019-10-28T07:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-10-28 07:00","date_timestamp":1572246000,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"2952662","content_html":"@kimahlberg I’m so glad you came. A Bee’s Knees is one of my favourite summer cocktails.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jeffwatkins/2696409","date_published":"2019-03-13T15:13:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-03-13 15:13","date_timestamp":1552490000,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"2681586","content_html":"@jsorge Congratulations. Syncing is hard.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jeffwatkins/2681586","date_published":"2019-03-12T14:39:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-03-12 14:39","date_timestamp":1552401569,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"2495540","content_html":"@pgor @dazeend I don’t remember seeing the lawn from December until maybe late February growing up in NY.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jeffwatkins/2495540","date_published":"2019-02-27T18:26:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-02-27 18:26","date_timestamp":1551291993,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"2440655","content_html":"@jsorge Damn. Hope you feel better soon. Backs are nothing to trifle with.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jeffwatkins/2440655","date_published":"2019-02-23T19:46:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-02-23 19:46","date_timestamp":1550951214,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"2440652","content_html":"@pgor Wait. People actually call you? Real people and not telemarketers?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jeffwatkins/2440652","date_published":"2019-02-23T19:45:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-02-23 19:45","date_timestamp":1550951108,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"2425422","content_html":"@DazeEnd Congratulations. That’s a big milestone.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jeffwatkins/2425422","date_published":"2019-02-22T15:33:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-02-22 15:33","date_timestamp":1550849602,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"2398661","content_html":"@collin The same people who feel we’re socialists for wanting to provide free education through university would like to take away all public education if they could.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jeffwatkins/2398661","date_published":"2019-02-21T00:28:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-02-21 00:28","date_timestamp":1550708883,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"2396416","content_html":"@liz All weekends should be long weekends.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jeffwatkins/2396416","date_published":"2019-02-20T18:13:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-02-20 18:13","date_timestamp":1550686400,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"2388125","content_html":"The 2019 Spring Party: metrocat.org
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","summary":"","url":"https://metrocat.org/2019/02/the-2019-spring-party","date_published":"2019-02-19T08:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-02-19 08:00","date_timestamp":1550563200,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"2361165","content_html":"@pgor Wouldn’t that be nice? And get Websites in on the act too.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jeffwatkins/2197987","date_published":"2019-02-06T23:03:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-02-06 23:03","date_timestamp":1549494216,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"2137297","content_html":"@liz Maybe it just needed some alone time to go shopping.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jeffwatkins/2137297","date_published":"2019-02-02T16:05:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-02-02 16:05","date_timestamp":1549123513,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"2094530","content_html":"@brentsimmons I blame the raccoons.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jeffwatkins/2094530","date_published":"2019-01-30T22:34:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-01-30 22:34","date_timestamp":1548887657,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"1989252","content_html":"Any suggestions on how to host a password protected podcast on Amazon S3?
","summary":"","url":"https://metrocat.org/shorts/2073","date_published":"2019-01-23T00:34:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-01-23 00:34","date_timestamp":1548203673,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"1960553","content_html":"I skip podcast adverts if they’re not read by the hosts.
","summary":"","url":"https://metrocat.org/shorts/54582","date_published":"2019-01-21T15:09:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-01-21 15:09","date_timestamp":1548083382,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"1940482","content_html":"@liz Aw. Poor kitty. And she eats all the food if left unattended?
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jeffwatkins/1940197","date_published":"2019-01-19T21:13:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-01-19 21:13","date_timestamp":1547932439,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"1928810","content_html":"@jsorge I’ve been enjoying doing development via UI tests lately. It’s a bit slower than I’d like, but I’m more confident in the result.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jeffwatkins/1928810","date_published":"2019-01-18T21:16:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-01-18 21:16","date_timestamp":1547846206,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"1844126","content_html":"@ronguest May those people burn in Hell.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jeffwatkins/1844126","date_published":"2019-01-13T00:41:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-01-13 00:41","date_timestamp":1547340091,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"1838085","content_html":"@pgor @liz And since when is “hot-desking” a fucking perk.
\n\n“One of the perks of working at Slave-o-tron 2000 is we don’t assign anyone their own desk. You get to carry your personal possessions around in this burlap sack. Welcome Slave™.”
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jeffwatkins/1838085","date_published":"2019-01-12T17:16:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-01-12 17:16","date_timestamp":1547313406,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"1803090","content_html":"I’m sick to death of politicians decrying other politicians for “playing politics”. Of course they are; that’s their fucking job. Stop your whining and out play them you malformed mollusc.
","summary":"","url":"https://metrocat.org/shorts/57522","date_published":"2019-01-10T15:58:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-01-10 15:58","date_timestamp":1547135922,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"1802275","content_html":"@pgor Slacker.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jeffwatkins/1785772","date_published":"2019-01-09T15:33:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-01-09 15:33","date_timestamp":1547048029,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"1784758","content_html":"@zoe The acceptable use circle should be vanishingly small.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jeffwatkins/1784758","date_published":"2019-01-09T14:18:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Watkins","url":"https://metrocat.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F35165649f2c99f4cfad2149d7a3ec8cd%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jeffwatkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-01-09 14:18","date_timestamp":1547043508,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"1729162","content_html":"@Aleen Absolutely.
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\n\n\nThree years ago we were in a “castle” outside Edinburgh.
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\n\nCan I go back to the sunshine of Italy now?
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\n\n\nCommuting by ferry has its compensations.
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Finished half of the refactoring at 01:40 this morning. Getting ready to start on the good stuff now.
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