Today I thought it would be a cool idea to link some of the blog posts I’ve written at work to my personal blog. The idea here is that I would have a Hugo post that shows up in my archive, but when clicked, will redirect to where the post is hosted. Essentially, a simple external redirect. This proved to be a little more challenging with Hugo than I originally thought, hence the blog 🔥....
A few weeks ago a group of coworkers went skiing. Since Jess and I had never put skiis on before, we thought it’d be a good idea to get group lessons. As the squad walked up to Breckenridge Ski Resort Peak 8 I was excited and nervous. Breckenridge is no joke. Base elevation is already a whopping 9,600 ft with a 13,000 summit elevation. The resort boasts 187 trails ranging in difficulty, and thousands of skiers descend the slopes daily....
Traveling is one of my favorite hobbies. It’s an entry point to experiencing other interests of mine including trying new restaurants, enjoying entertainment, and sight seeing. It’s also a chance to learn how to explore and operate in a new city. A few weeks ago I visited New York City for the first time. I was starting a new job and onboarding took place in the heart of Manhattan. After the week of onboarding I had a full day to experience a sliver of what downtown New York had to offer....
In early February I wrote a post called Kauai Hawaii - Part One: Adventures. Megan and I had just returned from an amazing six day adventure to Kauai, Hawaii and in that post I talked about some of the cool things we experienced. As I was writing that post I realized that it would have been double the length if I had included all of the amazing food we tried. I quickly concluded that I would need to write a new post devoted solely to the food we experienced....
Some of you that read my blogs know that I’m a pretty big fan of Rocket League. For those of you that aren’t aware of this game, please allow me to change your life. The best way to describe Rocket League is that it’s half soccer half demolition derby. You play as a flying car and do your best to kick a soccer ball into your opponents’ net. For those who still aren’t really getting what Rocket League is, look at this epic goal below....
I was in the process of cloning the code for this website from github on a new laptop when I noticed something. git clone git@github.com:NickHerrig/nickherrig.com.git The repo was taking a noticable amount of time to clone. I timed how long it took and found that it was about 8.5 seconds! Cloning into 'nickherrig.com'... remote: Enumerating objects: 583, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (76/76), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (50/50), done. remote: Total 583 (delta 23), reused 72 (delta 22), pack-reused 507 Receiving objects: 100% (583/583), 78....
My wife Megan and I just returned from a 6 day adventure to Kauai, Hawaii. It was incredible. There was so much to see, eat, and do that it was physically impossible to experience the full scope of what the island has to offer during our short visit. In an effort to remind myself of our stay, I thought it’d be a fun exercise to try and stack rank a few of the adventures we shared while exploring the garden island....
For as long as I can remember, I’ve never been particularly proud or excited about my desk setup. My current setup is a cheap 25" x 50" IKEA desk that is neither personalized nor very functional. It’s made of a cheap-feeling cardboard-like material, lacks adequate space, and causes frustration from time to time. As I was thinking about these problems, I remembered an epic scene from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s American adaptation of “The Office”....
I’ve been fishing for 25 years. Fishing for me is both an adventure and a chance to disconnect. As a kid, I would fish local honey holes with texas rigs for large mouth bass. On family vacations to Florida, I’d plan Surf fishing excursions in the Atlantic for sharks, stingrays, and anything else that would bite. Recently, I’ve had the chance to fish with the father-in-law for Walleye and Small mouth in Sioux Narrows....