Weeknotes 11.28–12.04

Notes from my week.

• I set up a pack of TP-Link Deco XE5300 mesh routers to help kill the Wi-Fi dead spots in our house. So far, so good. I was worried the router settings would be too simple and limited, but it looks like they have all the settings I would want. The one odd thing is that the routers need to be managed in an app. There’s still a settings page that can be opened in the browser, but it’s pretty limited.
• My daughter ran a 5K for Girls on the Run on Saturday, and she did great! My mom came to town to watch the race and join us for some Christmas activities.
• I enjoyed watching K-State win the Big 12 championship!
• Our church finally has a new name after we merged two churches together. We had a website meeting earlier in the week to talk about branding and website redesign.

Links

News, notes, and interesting reads from around the web.

• How to capture single frame from an HTML video
• Penguins unveil Winter Classic jersey
• Penguins’ Kris Letang out indefinitely after second stroke of career
• 1Password embraces a passwordless future
• Now 1Password remembers sites that use third-party accounts like Google or Facebook to log in
• LastPass’ latest data breach exposed some customer information
• The Arc browser is the Chrome replacement I’ve been waiting for
• Keychron’s new keyboard pairs a low-profile design with premium construction
• Portal’s free ray-tracing DLC will release on December 8th
• Zens’ new Apple MagSafe multicharger powers up to four devices
• Introducing Mona Sans and Hubot Sans
• The Case of the Missing Scorsese Film
• The Greatest Films of All Time
• It’s not your imagination: Shopping on Amazon has gotten worse

Lots of gift guides on The Verge:

• The Verge’s favorite holiday gifts under $50
• The Verge’s 2022 holiday gift guide for dads
• The Verge’s 2022 home tech holiday gift guide
• The Verge’s 2022 holiday gift guide for travelers
• The Verge’s 2022 holiday gift guide for creators
• The Verge’s 2022 holiday gift guide for working from home

Podcasts

• ShopTalk Show — 543: Zach Leatherman on Eleventy, Mastodon, Twitter, and is-land
  • Adding Components to Eleventy with WebC
  • Enhance
  • Pinafore
• Syntax — 533: Zod Schema Validation and Type Generation
• Whiskey Web and Whatnot — Debating React, Fonts, and Fatherhood with Josh Collinsworth
• Whiskey Web and Whatnot — Framework Debates, Tech Layoffs, and Starlink

Watched

• Abbott Elementary — Continued season 1
• Wu-Tang: An American Saga — Started season 1
• Reboot — Started season 1
• NHL: Penguins-Golden Knights
• NCAA football: Big 12 championship — K-State vs. TCU
• The Proposal
• NFL: Chiefs-Bengals
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• Bluey
• Just Friends