Tinkering With Ideas #090: A few fun things


Hello, fellow tinkerer πŸ‘‹

Happy Wednesday. I got a Stream Deck as a gift and have had all kinds of fun configuring it this week. Mostly just opening different apps and web pages when I click the buttons. But I feel like the possibilities are endless, and I'm not thinking creatively enough with this little device.

If you have any experience with Stream Decks and have something interesting configured, can you reply back and let me know what you've got going on?

1) Reflection:

I'm coming up on one year since my brain tumor diagnosis. Yesterday, I spent several hours cleaning the garage. That's a feat by itself, but in the months following my July brain surgery, that wouldn't have been possible. I had vision issues and balance issues. I was exhausted all the time. But now, things are almost normal β€” other than a bit of paralysis in my face that's not noticeable to most people.

What a year. I honestly had no idea what my life would be like post-surgery. I'm endlessly grateful for a talented neurosurgery team and the supportive people in my life.

2) Product

If you need something that will make you smile, I highly recommend this exhausted duck lamp. I've got a dual-computer setup at home, with my secondary device being an old MacBook sitting in clamshell mode running Claude CoWork. The duck sits on top of the MacBook and makes me smile every time I look at it.

​Photo of my duck on Instagram.

3) Tip

And if you need to laugh, I recommend the Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet podcast. It features dramatic readings of one-star reviews from Google Reviews, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and more. It reminds you that some people are completely ridiculous.


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You can also check out the replay of my most recent live session on YouTube: Getting Started With the Zapier MCP. Or read the tutorial here.

That's it for this issue of Tinkering! See you again in two weeks.

Cheers,
Anna

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