This week’s episode of JavaScript Air is canceled.
I will be out of town and I didn’t plan far enough in advance to have someone
fill in for me. I’ve had this thing planned for several months and I only just
realized last week that I leave before the normal show time. This also means
that my normal
#eggheadADay
will miss a few days and I’ll not be responding to emails, GitHub notifications,
or AMA questions.
So, TL;DR: I’ll be unavailable from June 1 – 4 (Wed – Sat). If you’re
interested in why, read on:
Where I’m going, and why JS Air is canceled this week
I’ll be down in Southern Utah, trekking across miles and miles of desert with a
few dozen teenagers dressed in 19th century pioneer clothing for four days.
Sound like fun? We’ll see! I think it will be an amazing experience.
I’m a youth leader for 16 – 18 year old young men in my church (the technical
term is “Priest Quorum Advisor”). My church has a rich
pioneer history, so many of the congregations will go on what’s called a
Pioneer Trek
for a few days. It gives them an opportunity to experience firsthand the faith
and determination of the pioneers. It gives them a taste of what it was like for
pioneers to cross the country with nothing but a handcart holding all of their
worldly possessions they could fit and cary.
I never went on a pioneer trek when I was growing up, so I’m excited to
experience this myself. While I’m out there I will have just as much access to
modern technology as the early pioneers had: none.
So, why cancel the JS Air episode?
I have yet to miss a broadcast of JavaScript Air. There were a handful of times
that I couldn’t make it to an Angular Air broadcast.
With those times I generally had one of the panelists fill in. This took a bit
of planning and a little training (you’d be surprised how much work it takes to
put on one of these shows).
This pioneer trek was scheduled months ago. But for some reason I thought we
were leaving on Thursday morning and fully expected to be able to make it to the
broadcast. It wasn’t until last week that I realized we’re leaving Wednesday
morning which means that I’ll not be available for the show.
I didn’t want to miss the webpack show, so I
rescheduled that for next week. There wasn’t enough time for me to find guests
and schedule another show and ask a panelist to host a show for the first
time. So I’ve decided to cancel this week’s show.
My apologies! Maybe you can take the time you would have watched/listened to the
show to learn more about your own heritage (or
mine if you’re interested) 🙂
Edit: I decided to rerun a previous episode this week. If you heard it before
you’ll still learn something, I promise. It’s one of my personal favorites and
the most popular show: jsair.io/2016-06-01
See you next week!
P.S. Often in a trek like this one, participants walk in honor of someone
specific. I will be representing
Arza Erastus Hinckley
who was among the heroes of the time who went out to help rescue suffering
pioneers.
