I had a table reservation at 8 PM on Saturday at Arlo in Salt Lake City. It’s very close to the Utah State Capitol (Google Maps), and it’s a bit hidden, though still quite busy.

They have both indoor and outdoor seating, but it was too cold for me to sit outside. The indoor environment is beautiful and cozy, and the view of the quiet street on a Saturday was actually quite nice.

Here’s a video of me cycling in Liberty Park, Salt Lake City, on Friday, November 29th, 2024.

I used a GoPro 10 mounted on my bicycle handlebar. For this recording, I turned off both the stabilizer and GPS. I used two batteries to record just under two hours of video.

I ride a Trek Marlin 5 Gen 2, which I’ve had for almost two years. I really like it, it just works!

The gym was almost empty today (Nov 30th, 2024), it felt like heaven. I even warmed up on the chest press machine. I took proper rest between sets and completed six exercises. Overall, it was a good workout today. The gym had been closed for two days for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Afterward, I went for some cardio and ran/walked a little over 5K on the treadmill in over 60 minutes. While running, I watched Season 6, Episode 2 (the “black shirt” episode) of Peaky Blinders. The only reason I resubscribed to Netflix for $6.99 a month was to catch up on this show. Even so, I still have to endure ads with their basic plan. I take out my AirPods during ad breaks. And no, I’m not upgrading to their “better” plan lol.

For the first time, I decided to cook a turkey for 2024 Thanksgiving! I’d never done it before, and I wasn’t sure what I needed, but I knew one thing for sure: I needed a turkey!

I went to Costco and chose the smallest turkey they had, which was just over 10 pounds (sorry, little fella). They had turkeys over 20 pounds, but I went with the smaller size because it is just me (lol). The turkey was priced at $0.99 per pound. It was snowing in Salt Lake City when I went on Tuesday, November 26th. I grabbed my turkey, along with a couple of random seasonings, although I ended up not using them.

I went to the STK steakhouse on Saturday, November 23rd, 2024. I had a table reservation for 8:30 PM. They offered me the choice of a dining table or a seat at the bar. I chose a dining table in the corner.

At that time, the restaurant was fully packed with people dining. There was live music, and the lighting was dim. The server at my table brought me water and handed me the menu. They have a variety of foods and drinks to choose from, and, let’s be honest, they were pricey. Take a look at the menu:

I went there on Saturday night, November 16th, 2024, around 8:30 PM. I already had a table reserved for myself. I was warmly welcomed, didn’t need to wait, and was seated immediately.

I had checked their menu online beforehand and knew what I wanted to order, but I still reviewed their menu at the restaurant since prices weren’t listed online. Here’s their menu from their website:

A book written by Christopher Myers and Trevor Noah. You might have heard about him from The Daily Show. I think he’s doing stand-up comedy now (please don’t fact-check me).

It’s a picture book that tells a story about a boy who goes on an adventure—one might say a rebellion—to explore and understand.

It’s well-written and well-illustrated. I read it on the day of my birthday at Weller Book Works in Salt Lake City. I didn’t buy it because I think I can probably buy a used version later for a cheaper price just to have it.

Introduction

In this post, We would try to develop and publish a visual studio code extension using VSCode samples, APIs, and TypeScript. The extension we will make is called Oops and is currently available at the VSCode Marketplace and GitHub if you want to check it out for yourself.

This extension will be a simple and straightforward one as the functionalities are limited to these four items:

The book covers a portion of problems, solutions, mistakes, and some solutions to personal life happenings. It is more on the side of motivational speech rather than giving you a roadmap. Of course, if you are looking for a well-thought solution, this book might not suit your will. It is more of a written YouTube motivational video that showcases quotes from well-known people and tries to hype you up.

It gives solutions like you should give up your bad habits, build good habits instead of it, or you need to change your subconscious without any further details on how one should accomplish such goals. Until the last chapter of the book, where the author introduces his website and claims you need a coach to develop such traits in yourself, which leaves you wondering that you were reading a marketing book all along for his website and advertising his personal development programs.

An article by Sanne Kruikemeier from Amsterdam School of Communication Research ASCoR that has been published on Elsevier Journal 2014. View Article

Goal

The paper aims to find out how much using a social platform; in this case, Twitter would affect a politician preferential votes. Their presence on Twitter includes interacting with their potential voters and sharing their private persona. Further, it investigates the effect of candidates’ personalized communication on the number of preferential votes they receive.