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Apple Watch Ultra

Apple Watch Ultra

I've started paying more attention to Apple events as I slowly become more consumed by their ecosystem so this year when Apple announced the Apple Watch Ultra I was intrigued. I bought my Apple Watch Series 6 in 2020 and its battery health was nearing the 80% replacement mark so

Fixing MySQL errors when upgrading Ghost

I was updating my Ghost install from 4.7.0 to the last v4 version (4.48.9) in order to update to Ghost 5 (which came out over 6 months ago 😅) and I ran into this error when updating. ✖ Restarting Ghost A GhostError occurred. Message: Ghost was able to

Can Seattle City Council Legalize Multi-Family Housing Citywide Right Now?

Can Seattle City Council Legalize Multi-Family Housing Citywide Right Now?

In June 2021 Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda announced legislation [https://council.seattle.gov/2021/06/28/councilmember-mosqueda-to-recognize-diversity-of-seattle-neighborhoods-with-zoning-name-change/] that would rename single-family areas in Seattle to neighborhood residential. This plan was criticized by some for being an incredibly unsubstantial change and that the council should just do the real work of legalizing

Attempting to Predict the 2021 Seattle Citywide General Election Results

Attempting to Predict the 2021 Seattle Citywide General Election Results

Attempting to Predict the 2021 Seattle Citywide General Election Results If you want a TL;DR skip to the end for the election predictions, the section is called 2021 General Election Predictions. Seattle elections are the first local elections I've ever paid attention to. In college, probably like most people,

Rolling At Night

Back when I was in college at Northeastern I would go on late night longboard trips through the Esplanade [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_River_Esplanade]. Sometimes I would longboard for a bit then sit in the playground, sometimes I would longboard across the Mass Ave bridge to MIT,

January 6, 2021

January 6, 2021

> On January 6, 2021, a mob of rioters supporting United States President Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol, breaching security and occupying parts of the building for several hours. The riots were incited by comments made by Trump at an earlier rally. The storming disrupted a joint session of

Year 8

In my end/beginning of year post [https://blog.golf1052.com/year-7/] for this year I said > Good luck to your 2020, we'll all probably need it. Yeah. We needed it. This year, like every other year before, has been marked by celebrity deaths but we also got to experience

Weekend Project: Spotify Album Image Search

I almost only listen to full albums on Spotify. Sometimes I know the name of the album I want to listen to but other times I only remember what the album cover looks like. This happened to me again last Friday. I wanted to listen to Somersault by Beach Fossils

Apple Watch Series 6

Apple Watch Series 6

At the beginning of 2020, 54 days before Seattle shutdown for the start of the pandemic, I reviewed the Apple Watch Series 5 [https://blog.golf1052.com/apple-watch-5/]. I said this at the end of the post > So I'm keeping the Charge 3 for the time being. If Apple announces

What is South Lake Union?

What is South Lake Union?

Seattle has many distinct neighborhoods like Capitol Hill, one of Seattle's oldest and most historic neighborhoods, or Queen Anne, or even First Hill which used to be called Profanity Hill. Reference to Profanity Hill in "The Seattle Times" from July 15th, 1896However, doing a quick Wikipedia search [https://en.wikipedia.

Seattle OPA Case Review: 2018OPA-0928

The Seattle Office of Police Accountability (OPA) is an office of the city of Seattle that is responsible for investigating complaints of Seattle Police Department (SPD) employee misconduct. Case number 2018OPA-0928 [http://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2018OPA-0928ccs021920.pdf] is a OPA complaint that was referred to the

The Talk

I turned 26 one week ago from today and I typically write something on my birthday but the events of the week made it harder than normal to write something. I am talking about the murder of George Floyd [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_George_Floyd]. The murder

A Brief Summary of the Results of Seattle's Sweetened Beverage Tax

On January 1, 2018 Seattle implemented a 1.75-cent per ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages with at least 40 kilocalories per 12 fluid ounces. There are beverages that are strangely exempt from the law such as Starbucks drinks that are primarily made from milk [1 [https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/

Why I Voted For Bernie Sanders

When voting in my first presidential primary in 2016 I voted for Bernie Sanders in Rhode Island, he won the state. I was 22 at the time, was going to Northeastern, and didn't follow politics too closely. I recently voted in my second presidential primary and I again voted for

Reviewing: Andrew Yang

Website [https://www.yang2020.com/] Issues [https://www.yang2020.com/policies/] Education Free College Support free or very low tuition for community college for vocational classes [https://www.yang2020.com/policies/close-skills-gap-community-college/]. Various ideas on reducing the cost of college [https://www.yang2020.com/policies/controlling-cost-higher-education/]. > Require all universities with

Reviewing: Elizabeth Warren

Website [https://elizabethwarren.com/] Issues [https://elizabethwarren.com/plans] Education Free College [https://elizabethwarren.com/plans/affordable-higher-education] Supports free 4 year public college. Cancel Student Debt [https://elizabethwarren.com/plans/student-loan-debt-day-one] Cancel up to $50,000 in [federal] student loan debt for tax fillers making under $100,000. Above that,

Reviewing: Tom Steyer

Website [https://www.tomsteyer.com/] Issues [https://www.tomsteyer.com/policies/] Education Free College > Our government must protect the right to a free, quality, public education from preschool through college and on to skills training. Nothing else on his site. Cancel Student Debt His website doesn't specify. Economy Tax the

Reviewing: Bernie Sanders

Website [https://berniesanders.com/] Issues [https://berniesanders.com/issues/] Education [https://berniesanders.com/issues/free-college-cancel-debt/] Free College Supports the College for All Act. > Everyone deserves the right to a good higher education if they choose to pursue it, no matter their income. Cap federal student loan interest rates at 1.

Reviewing: Deval Patrick

Website [https://devalpatrick2020.com/] Issues [https://devalpatrick2020.com/devals-vision/] Education [https://devalpatrick2020.com/universal-affordable-lifelong-education/] Free College Free community college. For public college, for each year of service in the military or civilian service, free tuition for that year, so 4 years of military for 4 years of college. Cancel Student

Reviewing: Amy Klobuchar

Website [https://amyklobuchar.com/] Issues [https://amyklobuchar.com/issues/] Education [https://medium.com/@AmyforAmerica/senator-klobuchars-many-paths-to-success-post-secondary-education-plan-8df6bf538727] Free College Free community college. Double maximum Pell grant to $12,000 (it's currently at $6,195 so double would be $12,390) and expand eligibility to families making up to $100,000 a year.

Reviewing: Tulsi Gabbard

Website [https://www.tulsi2020.com/] Issues [https://www.tulsi2020.com/issues] Her campaign site is does not have much information. Education [https://www.tulsi2020.com/issues/education-teachers] Free College Sponsored the College for All Act [https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3472/text] which would make college free everyone

Reviewing: Pete Buttigieg

Website [https://peteforamerica.com/] Issues [https://peteforamerica.com/issues/] Education [https://peteforamerica.com/policies/higher-education/] Free College Public college tuition free for families making less than $100,000 a year and many middle income families with multiple children. Middle income is not defined to a number, multiple children is also

Reviewing: Michael Bloomberg

Website [https://www.mikebloomberg.com/] Issues [https://www.mikebloomberg.com/getting-it-done] This is my first time looking at Bloomberg as a candidate because he filed with the Federal Election Commission as an official Democratic candidate on November 24th, 2019. Education Free College Nothing listed on site. Cancel Student Debt Nothing

Reviewing: Joe Biden

Website [https://joebiden.com/] Issues [https://joebiden.com/joes-vision/] Education [https://joebiden.com/beyondhs/] Free College Free community college. Double the max value of Pell grants, currently at $6,195 so would double to $12,390. Cancel Student Debt Individuals making less than $25,000 a year will be allowed

Reviewing: Michael Bennet

Website [https://michaelbennet.com/] Issues [https://michaelbennet.com/vision/] Education [https://michaelbennet.com/education/] Free College Supports free community college for all Americans using federal funding. For any households making less than $75,000 a year, increased Pell grants and other aids so students can receive a degree from a