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Goodbye, Kobo: daveparfrey.com

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Finished reading: A Deadly Education: A Novel (The Scholomance) by Naomi Novik ๐Ÿ“š

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Finished reading: 11/22/63 by Stephen King ๐Ÿ“š Long, but very good!

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Finished reading: A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn ๐Ÿ“š

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Rails Website Revamp: Post 2.5: Finally finished up tax prep, will deliver to accountant as soon as I get the few remaining forms, which I believe will be Feb 1. They should be available online then. So, I should be able to get back to my Rails app later this week. ๐Ÿคž

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I like Bitwarden! Have totally replaced 1Password. A bit less slick than 1Password, but honestly, I find it less intrusive. The import process created some dupes, not sure why, but I have those cleaned up, so life is good.

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Finished reading: The Serpent in Heaven by Charlaine Harris ๐Ÿ“š

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Finished reading: Assassinโ€™s Edge by Ward Larsen ๐Ÿ“š

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Finished reading: The Girl in the Castle by James Patterson ๐Ÿ“š

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Finished reading: Assassinโ€™s Dawn by Ward Larsen ๐Ÿ“š

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Finished reading: Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews ๐Ÿ“š

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Finished reading: The Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly ๐Ÿ“š

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Finished reading: Assassinโ€™s Strike by Ward Larsen ๐Ÿ“š

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Finished reading: The Black Ice by Michael Connelly ๐Ÿ“š

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Trying out Bitwarden instead of 1Password. Export/Import worked fine, but ended up with duplicates, maybe because of some password sharing? Iโ€™ll keep you posted on the results. Mostly a cost saving measure, but open source is a draw, too.

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Finished reading: Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn ๐Ÿ“š

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January goals: Get tax prep done and sent to accountant, and get back in the swing of things programming my new/updated Rails app. 1st is mandatory, 2nd would be awesome. Someday, maybe Iโ€™ll write about why the 2nd is so difficult, but not today.

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Finished reading: Assassinโ€™s Revenge by Ward Larsen ๐Ÿ“š

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Finished reading: Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky ๐Ÿ“š

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Gave a late Christmas/New Years' present to myself: a new guitar! Expected to buy a Taylor or maybe a Seagull S6, but ended up with an Alvarez MD60EVB. It sounded and felt nicer than a $2K Taylor!

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Finished reading: The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas by James Patterson ๐Ÿ“š

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Rails Website Revamp: Post 2: daveparfrey.com

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Rails Website Revamp: Post 1: daveparfrey.com

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First Post: daveparfrey.com

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