Blog: 2024

This Week Jan 27-Feb-3, 2024

2024-02-06 by Pablo Morales

This post was written in en

Picture of me dressed up
South Lake Tahoe

Events I attended:

IndieWeb

Travel

  • Went to Davis, CA, a college town. I showed my friend Rami what a typical college town in the United States is like. We also had a few drinks.

Item Purchased

  • None

Learning

  • More Certs coming

Socializing

  • I Went Go Karting and Ate Dust!
  • Did Karaoke at Froggy's (Davis, CA)
  • Said Goodbye to Rami as he returned to Lebanon.

Exercise

  • Went on a couple walks
  • Went on a Hike near South Lake Tahoe.
  • Went to South Lake Tahoe.

Good News

  • I found out I'm going to Berlin in May.

Meals/Food

  • Went to La Esperanza - Restaurant, Bakery and Grocery Store
    • Purchased Mexican Food (To Go) at the Restaurant
    • Purchased some Pan Dulce (Mexican Pastries) and Bolillos at the bakery.
    • Purchased some produce for home cooking.
  • Got Chinese Food for comfort.

Me Time

  • Drank Some Matcha at the Park

Tech Stuff

  • Added YOURLS, an URL shortner to make sharing links more short.
  • Recorded a podcast episode.

Music I listened To

  • It's All Over - Kurt Travis
  • No One's Gonna Love You - Band of Horses
  • Crèvecœur - Baden Baden
  • We Slowly Lose Hope For Things To Come - Royal Coda
  • La nuit américaine - Lescop
  • Mirapolis - Rone
  • So So So - Rone
  • Birds - The Submarines
  • Dusk - Gidge
  • Bakara - Polo & Pan
  • Home - Thylacine

This Week Jan 22-27, 2024

2024-01-30 by Pablo Morales

This post was written in en

Picture of me dressed up
I attended a Sacramento Kings Game

Events I attended:

Travel

  • San Francisco
  • North Lake Tahoe
  • Truckee
  • California/Nevada Border

Item Purchased

  • New patches for my jean jacket

Learning

  • AI Course - Google
  • Cyber Security - Google
  • Learning New Features of GAM (Google Account Manager) to become a powerful Google Workspace Admin

Socializing

  • Went with my friend, Rami to San Francisco
  • Had lunch with a colleague.
  • Reconnected with a childhood friend.
  • Chat with Angelo on a new feature of his site.

Exercise

  • Went on a hike with friends
  • Went on a walk around the park.
  • Walked ~ 18.5 miles (~ 29.77 km) in San Francisco

Meals/Food

  • Delicious Thai Food
  • Ate a slice of Pizza at GIOIA SF

Me Time

  • I took myself on an artist date at Cup-A-Joe Coffee House . I got another Matcha Latte with almond milk and a bagel with sesame seeds.

Tech Stuff

  • Added a /lists section of various items I own.
  • Added a /uses page that is still a work in progress.

Music I listened To

  • Ether - Simple Creatures
  • Throne - Bring Me The Horizon
  • Kids From Calvary - Valleyheart
  • Quiet (ft. Gary Spears) - Dens
  • For Baltimore - All Time Low
  • Heavy Metal - White Rabbits
  • Blue and Yellow - The Used

Went Go Karting and Ate Dust

2024-01-30 by Pablo Morales

This post was written in en

Lap times chart
LAPTIMES - sacramento T1 01/29/24 07:57 PM
(01) 36.057 | (02) 36.760 | (03) 33.272 | (04) 33.883 | (05) 34.433 | (06) 32.060 | (07) 34.748 | (08) 34.013 | (09) 34.431 | (10) 66.747 | (11) 32.925

legend for chart

I went go karting with friends. It was fun to hangout and be competitive. The last time I went go karting was in 2017 in France. This was an indoor track so it was smaller than I anticipated. Obviously the numbers speak for themselves. I did not perform my best and ate dust. The important thing is to have fun and not obsess over the statistics. Here I am sharing them. I've been wanting to share more data driven posts. This will be a good first example. It's not interactive but a bit more visual since it involves data.

I changed names of other racers to a generic name except mine to provide privacy

I'm happy I wasn't dead last.

# Racer Best Time Best Lap Laps Avg. Gap K1RS
1 Other Racer 29.121 10 12 34.07 0 1296 (+44)
2 Other Racer 29.348 9 12 33.981 0.227 1296 (+40)
3 Other Racer 29.592 6 12 34.877 0.471 1244 (+32)
4 Other Racer 29.662 8 12 34.138 0.541 1228 (+28)
5 Other Racer 30.112 10 12 35.245 0.991 1240 (+24)
6 Other Racer 30.4 10 12 34.319 1.279 1220 (+20)
7 Other Racer 30.539 6 12 35.406 1.418 1224 (+16)
8 Other Racer 31.179 6 11 37.142 2.058 1212 (+12)
9 Pablo Morales 32.06 6 11 37.211 2.939 1208 (+8)
10 Other Racer 34.549 7 9 42.655 5.428 1204 (+4)

go karting in action

Showing Friends Around Where I Live

2024-01-26 by Pablo Morales

This post was written in en

I've lived in California for over 3 years (who's counting? Oh wait, me!) I've got to the point I know where most of the popular places to visit in San Francisco, Sacramento or places in between. I would consider myself feeling somewhat knowledgeable of the area. My common expression here is, "I'm new here!" I live in Sacramento but I go to San Francisco all the time that I know the city pretty well enough to wonder off to different places. I like to wonder around even if my feet start hurting so I simply push through.

I'm showing my colleagues' brother, Rami since he's visiting from far away. I feel comfortable walking around in San Francisco. I'm very fortunate to have friends who live in the city who I've learned so much from. I feel that I can be a good tour guide. We're both dudes who are young and like to have fun. That makes it easy to keep our minds open and try new experiences. I love doing all the touristy things again especially when friends or family come to visit. I get to help people experience the city the way I did or at least provide that feeling of novelty.

Bluesky Invites

2024-01-25 by Pablo Morales

This post was written in en

Bluesky Logo

Sharing is caring. I've been on Bluesky for a while and I forgot that I have 6 Bluesky invites I'd like to share with those following my blog. If you'd like one, send me a webmention or email me at pablo@lifeofpablo.com.

In 24 hours, I'll post any remaining ones.