Geeking
- Trying out Java Profiling with Java Flight Recorder and Java Mission Control . Useful for work.
- Reading about FlutterFlow, Firebase, Couchbase Sync
- Updated this blog using Hugo so that homepage would always display the latest post in full.
Geeking - Android app dev
This is an important environment variable
: ANDROID_AVD_HOME Sets the path to the directory that contains all AVD-specific files, which mostly consist of very large disk images. The default location is $ANDROID_EMULATOR_HOME/avd/. You might want to specify a new location if the default location is low on disk space.
Android apps
Smart Bookmark: Manage Bookmarks Smarter - there are a few websites that I check nearly daily. So I saved them in this simple app (no synchronisation to anything, but you can save backup and restore backup).
Geeking - Flutter
- Installed Flutter and started working on a simple app.
- Tutorial: Implementing Swipe Actions in Flutter ListView
Podcasts
- Skeptics with a K: Episode #310 , #311
- Skeptics Guide to the Universe episodes 842 , 843 , 844
Music
- Soundiiz - web app to transfer playlists from one music service (e.g. Spotify) to another (e.g. Deezer).
Reading
- Started listening to audio book The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
- Started reading Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
- Finished reading Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic . Good book.
Watching
- Spirited away . Available on Netflix
- Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga . Available on Netflix
- Avengers: Infinity War . Available on Disney+.
Cooking
- Sticky Honey Soy Chicken Wings
- I borrowed this book Fakeaway: Healthy Home-cooked Takeaway Meals from the library
Random links
- The Guardian: Lab-grown food will soon destroy farming – and save the planet
- Bespoke Wellington slide to be removed from playground
- ‘I have been attacked emotionally’: Romance scam victim speaks out to help others
- Lorde - Te Ao Mārama - a 5-song companion piece to SOLAR POWER, sung entirely in te reo Māori, the indigenous language of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Wellington for kids
Wellington playground upgrades
Photos
Goal pic.twitter.com/YMV6WQEBtA
— Linas Jakučionis - @linasj@mastodon.social (@brovienas) September 28, 2021
Photo notes
Wellington playground upgrades pic.twitter.com/1732OmGeKr
— Linas Jakučionis - @linasj@mastodon.social (@brovienas) September 30, 2021
Important events
- 2 Sep: still in Covid-19 lockdown
- Got my first dose of the vaccine