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2020 Cypress Air Pistol Fall Match
A couple of months ago, on November 7th, I attended an air pistol match in Cypress, Texas. This was only my third ever air pistol match and the first match that I shot with my new air pistol, a MatchGuns MG1! Takeaways Probably the biggest takeaway that I had from this match was that I […]
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Git checkout non-origin remote pull request
I don’t often review pull requests that come from non-origin remotes. This is largely because Automattic tends to create pull requests in the root repository. So, when I reviewed a pull request from an open source contributor today, I found myself wandering if there was a simple way to checkout the pull request locally for […]
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Building a backyard air pistol range
I bought a MatchGuns MG1 air pistol at the Arizona Desert Midwinter championship earlier this year. But, until recently, I had not taken advantage of this pistol. Primarily because I didn’t feel like I had a good setup in the backyard. For example, here’s a photo of my backyard from a period where we were […]
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Removing sagging phone lines from house
Several months ago, after we removed an old gazebo from our yard, I began noticing a sagging line. I was able to ignore it for a while. But, after completing some recent work in the yard, I just couldn’t ignore it any more. 😄 The breaking point was me being able to touch the wire […]
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Recording completed tasks with Alfred
At Automattic, many teams have a process where they post weekly, or biweekly, updates. One of the things that I’ve often found difficult, as I write my personal update, is remembering all of the little things that I did for the past week. Sure, since I work on the computer, there’s usually some paper trail […]
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Arizona Desert Midwinter Championship 2020
This past week, I traveled to Phoenix, Arizona to compete in the Arizona Desert Midwinter Championship. Here’s a bit of a teaser video and then you can continue reading the rest of the post if you’d like. 😄 Initially, my only interest in this match was for the service pistol and rimfire EIC matches that […]
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Pistol Training 1-26-2020
Since 4-H rifle and pistol classes were today, and I was already going to conveniently be at the range to coach a few kids. I got to the range about 1.5 hours early to set the range up and get some practice in. To get the most out of the limited time I had before […]
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Pistol Training 1-20-2020
With 3 pistol matches coming up in February, and having spent a majority of my time training in December on slow fire, I needed to get out to the range to focus on sustained fire. So, tonight, after work and dinner were done, I headed out to the range to focus on sustained fire. Rough […]
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Simple age shortcode for WordPress
As I was updating the about page on this blog today, I decided that I wanted to make my age in the following string dynamic: “I am a 31-year-old Texan”. After considering options, creating a shortcode seemed like a simple enough route. Here’s the code that I came up with: Then, in my about page, […]
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Destiny and I spent a significant portion of our weekend shooting rifles. Saturday was spent at the monthly rifle match and Sunday was spent with coach Robert Davis.
Destiny and I spent a significant portion of our weekend shooting rifles. Saturday was spent at the monthly rifle match and Sunday was spent with coach Robert Davis.
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We found the CMP Talladega Marksmanship Park and will shoot the pistol EIC matches today, even if it continues to rain. 😂
We found the CMP Talladega Marksmanship Park and will shoot the pistol EIC matches today, even if it continues to rain. 😂
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Sara and I made it to Alabama and stopped by Creedmoor Sports first 😄
Sara and I made it to Alabama and stopped by Creedmoor Sports first 😁