Jordan Merrick created a static site generator. No big deal, right? Did I mention that he created it using Workflow for iOS?
Using text files as the basis for its content, generate an entire website containing a blog and pages, complete with an RSS feed, that you can upload to your web host.
So neat.
My mattress is eight years old. Apparently that's about the time mattresses turn from comfortable havens to spike-filled death rectangles. So instead of going to a giant mattress showroom and trying out mattress after mattress, I caved and bought a king sized Casper.1
My grandparents would shake their heads if I told them I bought a mattress without ever trying it out. But with the 100 day trial, I don't really see much of a risk other than time.
I'm going to make short notes on how I feel every morning, so I can decide if this is the right mattress. I'll be updating this post every time I make my notes. You can also follow on Twitter, with the hashtag #casper100.
Day 001 The Casper arrived while I was at work. My wife and son got to unbox it, which is apparently some sort of event.
It feels comfortable to lay on. Very different from my old mattress, though. You sink in a bit - like memory foam - but them you stop. You don't melt into the mattress like it was quicksand.
Night 001
Bed time: Back hurts
Morning: Back hurts. Stiff.
Notes: I think I tossed and turned slightly less than normal.
Night 002
Bed time: Back hurts
Morning: Back hurts. Slightly stiff.
Notes: Less tossing and turning than normal.
Night 003
Bed time: Back hurts less.
Morning: Back hurts less.
Notes: I tossed and turned most of the night.
Night 004
Bed time: Back hurts
Morning: Back hurts
Notes: Plenty of tossing and turning.
Night 005
Bed time: Back hurts
Morning: Back hurts slightly less
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 006
Bed time: Back hurts a bit.
Morning: Back and shoulders are killing me.
Notes: Tossed & turned all night.
Night 007
Bed time: Back hurts+.
Morning: Back hurts+.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 008
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 009
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts. Stiff.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 10
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts+.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 11
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts.
Notes: No tossing and turning. Woke up a lot.
Night 12
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 13
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts less.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 14
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 15
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts slightly less.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 16
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts less.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 17
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts a little less.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 18
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts some.
Notes: Tossing and turning all night.
Night 19
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts a bit more.
Notes: Lots of tossing and turning.
Night 20
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts more.
Notes: Lots of tossing and turning.
Night 21
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts some.
Notes: A little tossing and turning.
Night 22
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts slightly less.
Notes: A bit of tossing and turning.
Night 23
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts a little more.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 24
Bedtime: Back hurts a bit.
Morning: Back hurts a bit.
Notes: Very little tossing and turning.
Night 25
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts some.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 26
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts a bit more.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 27
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts slightly less.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 28
Bedtime: Back hurts a lot.
Morning: Back hurts less.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 29
Bedtime: Back hurts a lot.
Morning: Back hurts a little less.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 30
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts a little less.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 31
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts some.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 32
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts some.
Notes: A little tossing and turning.
Night 33
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts a lot.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Lots of yard work yesterday.
Night 34
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts a little less.
Notes: Lots of tossing and turning.
Night 35
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts more.
Notes: Lots of tossing and turning.
Night 36
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
We requested a mattress topper to make our Casper mattress a bit softer. It arrived today. Hopefully it helps.
Night 37
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts less.
Notes: No tossing and turning. A little stiff.
Night 38
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 39
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts.
Notes: Lots of tossing and turning.
Night 40
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts some.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 41
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts a little less.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 42
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 43
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts a bit less.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 44
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts a little less.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 45
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts more.
Notes: Lots of tossing and turning.
Night 46
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts more.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 47
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 48
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts a lot.
Notes: Lots of tossing and turning.
Night 49
Bedtime: Back hurts a lot.
Morning: Back hurts a lot.
Notes: Lots of tossing and turning.
Night 50
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts less.
Notes: Lots of tossing and turning.
Night 51
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 52
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts a bit less.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 53
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts a bit worse.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 54
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts more.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 55
Bedtime: Back hurts a lot.
Morning: Back hurts a lot.
Notes: A little tossing and turning.
Night 56
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 57
Bedtime: Back hurts a lot
Morning: Back hurts a lot.
Notes: Lots of tossing and turning.
Night 58
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts.
Notes: Lots of tossing and turning.
Night 59
Bedtime: Back hurts a lot.
Morning: Back hurts a lot.
Notes: A little tossing and turning.
Night 60
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts a bit less.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 61
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts a lot worse.
Notes: Lots tossing and turning. Not much sleep.
Night 62
Bedtime: Back hurts a lot.
Morning: Back hurts a lot.
Notes: Lots of tossing and turning. Not much sleep.
Night 63
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts a bit less.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 64
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts a bit less.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 65
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts a bit less.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 66
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 67
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 68
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts a bit less.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 69
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts some.
Notes: Lots of tossing and turning.
Night 70
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts a bit less.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 71
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts.
Notes: Lots of tossing and turning.
Night 72
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts a bit less.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 73
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts some.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 74
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts a bit less.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 75
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts some.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 76
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts a lot more.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 77
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 78
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts a bit less.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 79
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts more.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 80
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 81
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 82
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts more.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 83
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts a lot worse.
Notes: Lots of tossing and turning. No fun.
Night 84
Bedtime: Back hurts a lot.
Morning: Back hurts a lot.
Notes: Lots of tossing and turning. Not a lot of sleep.
Night 85
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts a bit less.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 86
Bedtime: Back hurts.
Morning: Back hurts a bit less.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
Night 87
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts a bit less.
Notes: No tossing and turning.
Night 88
Bedtime: Back hurts some
Morning: Back hurts some.
Notes: A bit of tossing and turning.
Night 89
Bedtime: Back hurts some.
Morning: Back hurts more.
Notes: Some tossing and turning.
I used offer code ATP to save $50. Good podcast ads work. ↩
I would love for Apple to add trackpad / mouse support1 to iOS, specifically the iPad version.
Using a trackpad would not make iOS better. In fact, it would be terrible. I don't want trackpad support for using iOS at all. I do want trackpad support when I'm using Screens to control my Mac.
Eventually, my aging iMac will need to be replaced. With iOS trackpad support, I could probably make my next Mac a headless Mac Mini that lives on a shelf somewhere. Whenever I need OS X for a specific task, I could find a trackpad, connect with Screens, and use OS X pretty much like normal. And when I'm done, I could stow the trackpad and get back to the good life on iOS.
Next. Level.
I think the chance of this is pretty close to zero. ↩
Good things. Bad things. Mediocre things. All things end. 2015 is no different, just like 2014 before it.
I posted 54 things to this site. I don't have counts from previous years, but I would guess that's the lowest number to date. There just isn't enough time to go around anymore.
Tomorrow begins a new year. It's no different than today, except we write a different number when writing the date. Since we're silly humans, that means a lot. So here's to a great 2016.
7:53 AM: Oswald sends me an email
7:54 AM: Oswald calls me.
Hey did you get my email?
Don't be Oswald. Nobody likes Oswald.
Jack Baty on the GTD Merry-Go-Round
I love my notebook, but it’s hard to capture everything. Writing by hand is work, so I don’t always bother. I then promptly start forgetting things. Or I accidentally leave the notebook at home. And copying unfinished tasks forward manually is such a pain. That’s what computers are for, right? Time to go all in, and I need something serious, so I install OmniFocus and get to work.
Yep.
Yesterday, Kobe Bryant announced what we all knew, but didn't want to admit. This season will be his last.
This season is all I have left to give.
My heart can take the pounding
My mind can handle the grind
But my body knows it’s time to say goodbye.
I'll have to make time to catch a few more Lakers games, just for the occasional flash of brilliance that reminds you of the player Kobe once was. I don't think we'll ever see another player quite like Kobe, and that's a damn shame.
Dave Pell on notifications
You don't need to be immediately notified of any breaking news that's happening more than about 18 feet from where you are right now.
Sure, it's hyperbole. But not by much.
Everyone on the Internet is a troll.
Don't feed the trolls.
Sit quietly and don't talk to anyone.
Do you like cars? Do you read TTAC? You should.
At this press launch, several topics came up. For instance: why did they give the styling job to this angry sword-man? Why was he so angry? What sort of sword did he have? And when are they going to put out a new plate of shrimp for us to eat?