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Jan 14, 2021

ANXIETY IS A REAL THING

I wish I could go back in time and tell myself this. I recall dishing out uninformed advice to people who were kind enough to share their traumas with me. In conversation I’d eventually say something like “taking brain pills is bad, they stifle your sense of self and creativity”…

Anxiety

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ANXIETY IS A REAL THING
ANXIETY IS A REAL THING
Anxiety

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Dec 17, 2018

Using React Context with Socket.io (and react hooks!)

I’m currently working on a fun personal project that needs lots of websocket logic, but isn’t large enough to warrant adding Redux + Sagas (or Thunks). I decided on this implementation using React’s Context API and Socket.io. (note: To use hooks, you’ll need to update package.json to use react@16.8.0 or…

Java Script

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Java Script

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Nov 4, 2017

Biking through some storm in Germany

I woke up in Neustadt (north east Germany) to the strangest weather. There would be ferocious winds and rain for about 30 mins and then cut to 30 mins of extremely sunny, calm weather. This happened over and over again to the point of it being predictable. It was lovely…

Travel

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Biking through some storm in Germany
Biking through some storm in Germany
Travel

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Oct 11, 2017

Bike touring and camping from Rotterdam, Holland to Copenhagen, Denmark

I’m going to write about a bunch of short blog posts about little moments that happened on this trip as there was too much. Biking through some storm in Germany ??? ???

Biketouring

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Bike touring and camping from Rotterdam, Holland to Copenhagen, Denmark
Bike touring and camping from Rotterdam, Holland to Copenhagen, Denmark
Biketouring

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Aug 19, 2017

(Day 9–9) End of the loop

I woke up and biked down to Sausalito to grab a mimosa and breakfast. Luckily leave there and get to the ferry right when it’s about to leave. I grab a beer and ride it over, and when I’m getting my bike to leave I…

Travel

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(Day 9–9) End of the loop
(Day 9–9) End of the loop
Travel

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Aug 19, 2017

(Day 8–9) China Camp Campground

Today is another stupidly relaxing ride and get there with a good amount of sunlight left. I see a sign for ‘hiking / biking $7’ and a group campsite I assume is the place, so drop off all my stuff and bike close-ish (like 3 or 4 miles) to a…

Travel

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(Day 8–9) China Camp Campground
(Day 8–9) China Camp Campground
Travel

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Aug 19, 2017

(Day 7–9) Meandering to Petaluma

Woke up and lay there for a while thinking “this tent is probably pretty sketch in daylight”. I’d locked my bike to the tent in a really “you could easily steal this if you have scissors” sort of way. ran to a coffee shop the guy had said had amazing…

Travel

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(Day 7–9) Meandering to Petaluma
(Day 7–9) Meandering to Petaluma
Travel

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Aug 19, 2017

(Day 6–9) Getting to Occidental

So i’m super duper glad I sat down at that buffet and ate a bunch in the morning because I ended up on a hiking / biking trail that didn’t. stop. being. uphill. I saw a small road on a map I had and decided to go down it as…

Travel

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(Day 6–9) Getting to Occidental
(Day 6–9) Getting to Occidental
Travel

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Aug 19, 2017

(Day 5–9) Some trail and town

I woke up and packed my stuff, again had trouble falling asleep, not sure whats going on. Maybe I’m not eating enough at night and my body is feeling bleh. Listened to sleepy vibes playlists again. Got up and was planning on going to that coffee shop but there is…

Travel

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(Day 5–9) Some trail and town
(Day 5–9) Some trail and town
Travel

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Aug 19, 2017

(Day 4–9) Olema to Jenner up the 1

Since the first day kicked my ass so much I decided to plan a harder route this day to make sure I wasn’t psyched out at all. …

Travel

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(Day 4–9) Olema to Jenner up the 1
(Day 4–9) Olema to Jenner up the 1
Travel

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