I was talking with some friends, today, that included content about a presentation I am thinking about creating on the destructuring feature in ECMAScript 2015. I showed the examples like these.

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let [a, , c] = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
let {name, heightInCms: height} = {name: 'Curtis', heightInCms: 190.5};

One of my friends is a C++ programmer. C++ programmers think differently than ECMAScript programmers. He asked, can you destructure an entry in an array into the entry of another array?

I had no idea. So, I tried it.

I found this really great sign while in Shanghai. Lovers of words may like it, too.

I had some time between work and walking around Shanghai to work through the summaries of the main three characters in the story. If you’re interested in following along, you can check out the links.

WARNING: SPOILER ALERT!!

That’s right, you’ll know more about the story than you’ll want if you want to read the story fresh. So, there’s that.

I’m trying out the Snowflake method of writing, so this is Step 3 of the process. I completed them a couple of days ago. I’ve spent the time since thinking about this world that I’ve started creating, trying to answer the questions like

• What kind of world do Marty and Bakarne live in?
• What culture has emerged for them over the past millennium?
• How do they think and act and react to things?

I’ve decided that it will resemble what we have, no, in the early 20th century with, hopefully, enough differences to make it a unique culturescape. This is the hardest part for me on this deadline: world building a complete world.

Enough blah blah blah. Here are the links, if you want them. Again, if you read them, the story may unfold prematurely for you. Mind you, these aren’t static. They’ll probably change as I continue to develop the story. But, I (mostly) like where they’re at, so that’s a start. This may be the farthest I’ve ever made it into planning a novel. Yay!

• Bakarne
• Marty
• Landon

Have feedback? You know how to get a hold of me. If you don’t know how to get a hold of me, then do not worry. I’ll publish some contact information later. I’ll probably just set up a GitLab repo to take feedback through the issue tracker.

I’ve redesigned the front page and made the entire mobile experience better for this site.

I also added content to the fiction page where I can start putting links for new content as it gets produced.

I don’t really know why I’m doing this. I’m kind of adrift with this whole project, anyway. Really, any project. I don’t have the urge to complete it, to start something new.

Maybe it’s time to become a full-time carpenter.

Well, I’m in China and don’t have a lot of time for anything, really. But, I did find out that the national firewall blocks all Google properties, which turns out isn’t that bad (unless you use Gmail and the like).

Unfortunately, it does block the CDNs that Google powers. The default hexo theme uses one of those CDNs. Therefore, it takes forever for my site to load. I dislike that. So, I’m putting together a new theme that looks nearly identical to the last. «shrug» What’s a boy to do?

This experience has really opened my eyes to Web programming for a global audience. So, no more of that Alphabet for my work…

Oh, all the permalinks still work, which is an interesting challenge in and of itself. So, hooray?