Mike's Meanderings

<img src="https://cdn.some.pics/b00ksc0ut/6a32df659d632.jpg" alt="A man on the left holding a coffee mug with charcoal smoking in chimney in the background." /> <div class="poem"><p>daily creaks and cracks<br />a vibrant world says hello<br />there's still

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<h1>Tops or Bottoms?

<h1>The Five-Point Scale</h1> <p>I first created the <a href="https://mike.helmers.me/blog/threepointscale/">3-point scale</a> to be a simple no-fuss method of rating things to based on it's own merits.

<img src="https://cdn.some.pics/b00ksc0ut/69df8ef6d9134.jpg" alt="A boy and his dog looking out a window" /> <p><em><strong>The storms came in fast yesterday, and my neighbors and I raced to get in One.

<p>If you've ever attended any type of conference, you've probably come home with a collection of SWAG aka, stuff we all get.

<h1>A Parable</h1> <p><em>- Zen Flesh, Zen Bones #18</em></p> <blockquote> <p>Buddha told a parable in a sutra:</p> <p>A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger.

<h1>Progressive Web Apps</h1> <p>As you may know, I like self-hosting things.

<h2>Waking up today</h2> <p>Today was hard.

<h1>Cyberpunk 2077</h1> <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Cyberpunk_2077_box_art.jpg" alt="Cyberpunk 2077 box art" /> <p><em><a href="https://mike.helmers.me/blog/threepointscale/">3-Point Rating</a>: 3/3</em></p> <p>I recently comp…