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A black dog wearing an e-collar and looking dismayed

Been a long time since the cone came out. But the cone is out because someone can’t leave her sore spot alone.

A man standing on a light blue paddleboard, with water stretching to trees and then a background of peaks with a bit of snow still on them.

I got out yesterday morning with my dad for the first paddleboard session of the year. There’s lots of water in the reservoir, at least for right now. It felt good to be out on the water, in the sun with him again.

Super-pleased to see that a couple of small Shiny app improvements I made this weekend correctly picked up on some source data changes today and automatically handled them. Pretty cool!

My work week starts with “service interruption to a major power line.” At least I got to make coffee first.

🎮 I got to spend a few hours this weekend laying siege to the new dungeon that was released in Destiny 2 on Friday. Today, my team and I finished it! It’s the first time I’ve been able to play new, hard content at release and without any prior knowledge of it – and to actually complete it! I’m really happy that I got to do it, and I really enjoyed the time with my team to figure it all out together and successfully make our way through it.

A large burrito with one bite taken out, with a coffee cup in the sun behind it

It’s Friday, my friends! I have had a great big workout (incl leg burners snuck in at the end by my trainer), procured a breakfast burrito, and have the day off to start a long weekend. Let’s go!

Having seen how easy it was to convert a couple of hobby projects to use {pins}, I’m now daydreaming about putting it at the center of an S3 data lake operation.

I successfully made some small changes in a Shiny app to use the {pins} package to separate out a support file and data definitions from the app bundle itself. This lets me revise supporting information without needing to republish the app. It’s pretty cool! I’m excited to use the package lots more.

A partially completed puzzle with many neatly arranged pieces placed beside it

Having placed every puzzle piece with the slightest identifiable feature, we are left with a sea of blue, and we are positively laying siege to the remainder.