Burger ROI
I was in California this week for work, from Wednesday to Friday. The office is in Orange County, which is not what most people imagine when I say “I was in California this week for work [at my software job]”.
Three noteworthy things happened this week in California:
- I spent twenty-four dollars on a half-pound burger. It was an aggressively mediocre burger: nothing about it was particularly terrible, but nothing about it was good. It was perhaps the worst burger ROI I’ve ever received. (This is why Five Guys remains so unimpeachable: even if you have a not-great Five Guys burgers, it’s such a small investment.)
- I walked to the office every day, from 17812 Von Karman Ave. to 18200 Von Karman Ave. This walk took me fifteen minutes and across all three days I did not see a single other pedestrian.
- On the last day, I got to the office a couple minutes early and the door was locked. I had my weekender bag with me since I had already checked out from the airport, so I just dropped it at the door and went to grab coffee. When I got back ten minutes later, it was gone: the office campus security kindly informed me that all abandoned containers are treated as suspicious packages and confiscated. (I got it back, don’t worry.)
This isn’t to say it was a bad trip: it was a great trip. I got to meet some new co-workers, have some good drinks, and do good work. The flights were pleasant and uneventful; the weather was perfect; I got to dip my feet in at the beach.
But I like being in a place where I know where to get a perfect burger, you know?
Technically speaking
I redesigned my blog yet again. It’s still on Hugo, and actually still has a lot of the same innards, but there’s more of a focus on quick-hit posts in an effort to spend more time writing than tweeting.
Some writing:
- Why thinning your app isn’t always the most important thing to do
- What Vue needs next
- Why most of the iPad vs. laptop discussion is kind of boring
Three things I liked this week
- The most extensive online (or offline) resource on the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement. The research and depth in this thing is fascinating and impressive even if you know nothing about basketball.
- Shinji Tsuchimochi’s 100 Views of Tokyo, a series of breathtaking illustrations.
- A vaguely terrifying Tumblr of Japanese playground equipment.