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Chris Brooks

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Blogger at https://chrisbrooks.org Golfer, board and war gamer, university instructor, back country adventurer (on my feet and in my van). Summer in Keuka Lake NY, winter in Napa CA.

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two men are standing next to each other with the words " it 's such a fine line between stupid and clever " Alt: Nigel and David from Spinal Tap are standing next to each other with the words " it 's such a fine line between stupid and clever "
26.04.2025 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is very helpful. I underestimated how useful it would be to see you walk through this.

My approach in Obsidian has been very different when creating a new note: I create a `related` metadata link back to the index. Your method of introducing the + and keeping ID in title is intriguing

26.04.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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22.00.0104 Everything Everywhere All at Once I'm going to try documenting essentially everything I do, and become The Most Organised Man in the World.

I'm going to try documenting essentially everything I do, and become The Most Organised Man in the World.

I've wanted to do this for a while, but here at JDHQ we tend to focus on a single task. It's just how we work: we go deep on a thing. Well now I have time…

johnnydecimal.com/20-29-commun...

25.04.2025 06:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice. Good to see you here Johnny.

25.04.2025 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah one of the joys of CSW forums is the impossibility of linking to specific posts. At least last time I checked

18.04.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
We're not done yet | 18F

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org

01.03.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 19049    πŸ” 6945    πŸ’¬ 710    πŸ“Œ 451
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6 miles along San Pablo bay on the Eliot Trail

28.02.2025 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Michael! 🀣 Been a while.

Came here to say the same.

22.02.2025 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice. Picked up Undaunted: Stalingrad.

10.02.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NOVA | Dino Birds | Season 52 | Episode 3 Fossils reveal how birds survived the killer asteroid and became today’s only living dinosaurs.

For every person who has argued for dinosaur Wingspan

(I'm not actually opposed, it's just an excuse to point out that birds ARE dinosaurs)

07.02.2025 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 126    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

Another utility app gets uninstalled because of a new @raycast.com feature: no longer need Karabiner-Elements to remap Caps-Lock to hyper key. So far I've retired Alfred, Keyboard Maestro, a window manager whose name I forget, and now Karabiner.

06.02.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A memo listing all of the clubs eliminated by USMA.

A memo listing all of the clubs eliminated by USMA.

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

05.02.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 62526    πŸ” 26228    πŸ’¬ 2772    πŸ“Œ 2164
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Thatz my girl,,, making history to front Nirvana with its surviving members
#VioletGrohl

31.01.2025 07:55 β€” πŸ‘ 14760    πŸ” 1255    πŸ’¬ 248    πŸ“Œ 117

The historical (HASL) stuff is what really got me hooked. Let me know if you ever want a teaching session on VASL!

01.02.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll watch video later but that's how I started my ASL collection 7 years ago. Spent a LOT of time clipping and sorting

31.01.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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First solo play of Mistborn: the Deckbuilding Game. Tense and very enjoyable, and I think co-op play with two players will be more enjoyable than PvP.

28.01.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Might be best solo honestly. We found with multiplayer it often just came down to who got the last great combo. Love the cards and the theme.

20.01.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm thinking he'd be a good scramble partner

12.01.2025 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know if I've played a game that better matches theme with mechanics. Each play is like crafting a family story.

31.12.2024 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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First play of Mistborn the Deckbuilding Game. Loving it so far.

28.12.2024 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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18 at Blue Rock Springs West this morning. Solid public course in Vallejo CA

27.12.2024 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great choice. Get ready for some tall stacks.

27.12.2024 05:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So so good

27.12.2024 05:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anyone else feel like this after Christmas dinner?

Taken in Okavango Delta last September

26.12.2024 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Playing the wonderful Dien Bien Phu: The Final Gamble with son. First time playing as the French.

24.12.2024 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to this. Seems hard to get right now.

23.12.2024 03:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Great Campaigns of the American Civil War I’ve been playing a new-to-me American Civil War game system: Great Campaigns of the American Civil War (GCACW). The Warwick Line scenario from On to Richmond II My entry to the system is the fairl...

Recent fun with Great Campaigns of the American Civil War chrisbrooks.org/blog/2024/12...

23.12.2024 03:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love love Obsession!

11.12.2024 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are so honoured that the AppStore has recognised Balatro+ as a winner for Apple Arcade Game of the Year at the #AppStoreAwards πŸŽ‰

Thank you Jokers, from the bottom of my mischievous heart for continuing to play Balatro! πŸƒ

apps.apple.com/us/app/balat...

11.12.2024 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 613    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 7

And bonus points if they carry Diet Dr. for Julie.

10.12.2024 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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