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Cake day: August 15th, 2023

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  • I’d say GOAT should be a Council of greats, like the Jedi Council but without the religious extremism and child soldiers. I’d like to nominate a couple for this council:

    Wilt Chamberlain- go look up his records

    Andre the Giant - his drinking records alone should put him on the Council, but reportedly he was a very nice person as well

    Dolph Lundgren - he plays a meathead in Expendables movies, but he’s a legit genius, as well as a literally massive human

    Steve Wozniak - he managed to build the PC despite Steve Jobs being a colossal dick

    Saint Olga - she took vengeance and raised it to an art form







  • Four monitors plus the laptop screen. It’s…a lot visually, but my productivity is significantly higher than when I only had two and the laptop screen.

    They’re arranged in a square so clockwise from top right:

    1. Work entry screen - this is where I’m typing a lot

    2. Reading screen - this is the general source of what I’m working on

    3. Outlook - I’m fully remote, Outlook is life

    4. File folders - I work mainly with two or three folders all day so it just makes sense to have them uncovered

    Laptop - Teams!

    Of note, I use a ton of keyboard shortcuts and have generally optimized my workflow so I’m not hitting the mouse nearly as often as my coworkers. Having Outlook and Teams each have their own screen means I can keep them open and see what’s coming in while still working on my stuff on other screens. Final thing I’ll say about the arrangement, because you’re probably visualizing this making for a good gaming setup, no it wouldn’t because of how the screens are placed.

    No matter what, get yourself a mirror. I don’t like people suddenly appearing by me, and since I’m using noise-cancelling headphones with music/podcasts 40+ hours a week, this keeps me from jumping out of my skin.