Jonathan Stanis

@jonstanis
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Married father of 4 living in Portland, OR (PDX). Interested in politics, Celtic music, video games, dogs, and tech in general.

Day job: Web Director at CMRignite

Side hustle: Stanis Creative

Stanis Creativehttps://www.staniscreative.com
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If you’re in Salem, Oregon this Saturday and like Irish music, I’ll be fiddling with the Celtic Light Orchestra at the Grand Theater!

https://www.salemshg.com/event/celtic-light-orchestra-a-st-patricks-day-party

#fiddle #celtic #salemoregon #irish

Salem Historic Grand Website

Ready for a St. Patrick's Day like no other? Come join the Celtic Light Orchestra for a night of lights, dancing, and classic Celtic fiddling. Tour locations include Portland, Tacoma, and Salem, OR.

#stpatricksday #celtic #pdx #seattle #tacoma #salem #event
celticlightorchestra.com

Shoulder rest fell off four times while practicing…😔

I've been seeing a lot of post from people noticing that used EVs are very cheap.

If you are in the market don't overthink it.

Step 1: Make sure you can charge at home or work. (This isn't everyone, and I can't really recommend an EV if you don't have home charging.)

Step 2: Find a cheap used EV you like and buy it.

Step 3: enjoy the car

As the saying goes, “No one got fired for buying Microsoft”. I hate writing in Word, and PowerPoint is terrible presentation software. Excel is at least good at going through data, but I think there are better options for this. I loathe Outlook.

Trapped in MS Office https://ia.net/topics/trapped-in-ms-office
#software

Trapped in MS Office

Seeking IT independence, Europe wants to escape Microsoft Office. The question is: where to?

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One of the most frustrating things about macOS 26 is how slow and laggy the Contacts app is. It always beachballs when I open it. WTF. This should be such a simple and fast app!

It’s a series of cascading things.

Because there is so little transit here, most parents have to plan their day around school drop off twice a day.

Because daycare services cost so much, people who can’t afford it privately have to make the choice to give up on one income.

Because of racism, red lining, and other legislative remnants of slavery, there are massive food deserts, and places you can’t get fresh food without driving an hour or so.

Now imagine doing all of that on two minimum wage jobs.

I moved temporarily to Monterey, a rich city, and without a car I found that I ate more convenience foods than any time in SF, where I live walking distance to 20-40 grocery stores including the ‘ethnic’ stores with the stuff I actually want to eat. And Monterey is rich! And has great produce! And I had (some) money! (Not as much as the residents of Monterey, but I had a good job!)

And of course I eat more convenience foods in SF than at any point in my life in Asia, because there is just so more of it and frankly I would lose my mind trying to replicate how I eat in Asia. The infra is not set up for it

Have had my MoonLander keyboard for a few weeks now. I can type text fairly well compared to my Keychron, but it is getting used to the thumb keys that is my biggest issue. Still want to reach to the top right for backspace and hit tab (right thumb middle button) by accident regularly.
My wife has been on vacation for three days. So far she has:
1. Painted an outdoor holiday decoration featuring the muppets from A Christmas Carol. It's currently in the garage getting several coats of marine-grade sealant to protect it from the Portland December rain.
2. Started a set of hexagonal game piece holders with magnetic connectors.
3. Taken out the wine rack in the kitchen with a Dremmel tool to replace it with shelves.
#christmas #projects #vacation
Seven swans to rule them all
Six geese to find them.
Five rings to bring them all,
And in the pear tree
Bind them.