Crucial Track for October 23, 2026:
"Careless Whisper" by George Michael
Share a song you call something other than its official title. What do you call it?
I thought this song was called "Never gonna dance again". Maybe that's why I had trouble finding it for my …
Did my first HIIT workout in months. Just 10 minutes and I’m covered in sweat.
Crucial Track for October 21, 2026:
"Crazy" by Seal
What song has the same vibe as your favorite book? Which book?
I can't think of what my favorite book is at the moment, but I'm currently reading the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. I think this song goes hand in …
If These Walls Could Talk, 1996 - ★★★★: 
Oh man, I didn’t know what this movie was about when my wife put it on. These stories were hard to watch and that makes me sad in that it echoes so much of the what happened and what continues to persist.
Crucial Track for October 18, 2026:
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (Rerecorded)" by B.J. Thomas
Post one of your favorite songs about rain.
I think about this as we move closer and closer to having a rain storm.
Crucial Track for October 13, 2026:
"Another Day in Paradise (2016 Remastered)" by Phil Collins
What song makes you feel like you're in a dream?
I sometimes feel like this is the song for people who say that they "don't want to get political". I guess that's one of …
Does anyone remember when the guy from Duck Dynasty was talking about how joyful slavery was? For some reason, I’m reminded of that…
Crucial Track for October 11, 2026:
"Jolene" by Dolly Parton
The Dolly Parton song that means the most to you.
I like this song because I heard it performed on the first season of the American version of The Voice by Vicci Martinez. I honestly thought she was going …
Next steps:
I’m trying to determine what the next step that I want to take will be. It feels like I’m just sitting her waiting for life to make the choice for me. Sometimes it works out, but most times it doesn’t. The horrible part is that it’s my brain telling me that it’s because …
If I ever send a picture of text in an email or documentation, please remind me that I’m now part of the problem.
Finished reading: Blood rising by Markus Redmond 📚
This book follows up on the Markus Redmond’s Blood Slaves. It’s not as brutal as the first book, but can still be pretty hard to read during some of the violent parts. Still has some scenes that made me wonder what exactly the author …
A flower on a dying bush.
Finished reading: All Accounts Settled: Fred the Vampire Accountant #9 by Drew Hayes 📚
A very satisfying ending to the series. Everything pretty much gets wrapped up which is good because I don’t know how you could have upped the stakes anymore with these characters.
Finished reading: Blood Slaves by Markus Redmond 📚
This was a hard one for me to read because of the violence that happens throughout the book. I’m happy that I stuck with it. Not a great book but still entertaining.
All Hail Chaos - ★☆☆☆☆: 
Finished reading: All Hail Chaos by Sarah Rees Brennan 📚
In stories there are two ways to end a character. There is the death of the character; for example Mercutio from Romeo and Juliet. And then there’s when you kill any reasonable reason to like a character; for example Jacob from the …
I wonder if Ed Sheeran will be the halftime show this year.
Crucial Track for September 15, 2026:
"Cinderella" by Remi Wolf
I’ve been meaning to bring up this song. FutureBird was talking about how funk is making a come back. Some would say it never left, I feel that in light of all the algorithmically generated music, people …
It doesn’t matter if you spend a lot of time making things clear. Sometimes, people just not read your emails.
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 →
Crucial Track for September 9, 2026:
"Walkin' On the Sun" by Smash Mouth
What would you put on for a long brisk walk?
A song not exactly about walking. I remember Smash Mouth as being one of those bands that had the special something that made you notice them.
Crucial Track for September 8, 2026:
"Eins, Zwei, Drei" by LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER
What’s a great song where the lyrics include counting ‘1, 2, 3, 4’?
I don’t remember how this came onto my radar. I was looking for the perfect prompt and it came up.
It reminds me of …
Crucial Track for September 7, 2026:
"Another Sad Love Song" by Toni Braxton
Post one of your favorite sad songs.
I really like Toni Braxton. I wish there were more singers in this register.
In the immortal words of Janet Jackson, what have you done for me lately?
We don’t know how much time we have left on this world and what will be the next thing to happen in our lives. It’s a resource that we waste more of just by wishing that we …
I’ve been trying to relearn cursive and it’s made my handwriting eligible because I keep switching back and forth. I forgot how to do certain letters and my r, n, and m keep changing.
Crucial Track for August 30, 2026:
"Fell In Love With a Boy" by Joss Stone
Share a song you discovered via another artist's song (cover, sample, featured artist, etc)
For me, I think Jose Stone is one of those artists that should have more success. She has a …
Finished reading: As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes 📚
This was a real treat. I loved all the joy that the people making the film seemed to have. I was listening to the audiobook and it was narrated by the wonderful Cary Elwes and friends. I miss …
Crucial Track for August 29, 2026:
"No Parking On the Dance Floor" by Midnight Star
What song is your current obsession?
I’ve really enjoyed this song over the years.
I love saying “if you don’t get a move on that body, I’ll be forced to give you a ticket! So, get …
That’s the wrong prime!!!
Did not finish: The Way of Kings Book One of the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson 📚
I checked it out from the library, but things got really busy at home and there’s a pretty long waitlist. So, I gave it up just when it really started to get good.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day, 2026 - ★★★★★: 
This is a very solid movie. I really enjoyed it the whole way through and would happily watch it again.
Playing StarGrave with my friends.
I went for a run Thursday.
Aug 21, 2026 at 6:05 AM:
Just seeing if this is a workflow that i can pursue.
I was thinking about some of the podcasts that I’ve been listening to recently. Some of them, I’ve been listening to for years. Over time, I’ve heard them change. I’ve changed. It’s part of how time works and if you’re lucky you will see it happen to you.
One of …
This is my wife’s fauxito.
Just taking a quick look, it seems that I sent about 16 personal emails this year. I have a feeling that probably much , much higher than average.
Took a picture of some of the flowers outside a friend’s home.
Finished reading: The Assassins of Thasalon: A Penric & Desdemona Novella in the World of the Five Gods by Lois McMaster Bujold 📚
I enjoyed this book in that it had various twists and turns and yet still felt cut and dry.
Crucial Track for August 9, 2026:
"Walk the Dinosaur" by Was (Not Was)
Which song was the first one that made you realize music can give you goosebumps?
I remember listening to this when I was younger. My dad would take me and my bother roller skating and the …
Crucial Track for August 8, 2026:
"Sweater Weather" by The Neighbourhood
Post one of your favorite weather-related songs.
This is a song that I came across a couple years ago. It’s haunting in that it just fills the space with a chill vibe.
I loaned out my laptop to a friend a couple weeks ago and I kind of miss it being part of my writing workflow.
Honestly, he’s going to do more with it than what I was doing. He’s stuck in the hospital and I’m stuck running errands without a second to think.
I sometimes think about how our infrastructure slowly corrodes.
A little more natur in your feed
Watched: Ludwig S1E6, Episode 6 🍿
It’s a really good series. I recommend it to anyone who likes murder comedies.
Just took a moment to take in the sites
Crucial Track for July 25, 2026:
"Sweet Agnes" by Masayoshi Takanaka
Post a song that uses an instrument in an abnormal way
This guy uses a surfboard shaped guitar. I took me a while to find a good picture of it.
Feeling a little down. Going to plan some time to workout. 🏋🏾♂️
I’m having trouble getting started today.
Crucial Track for July 21, 2026:
"Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" by Shania Twain
Post one of your favorite country songs.
I think this song is a classic. It's got a good hook and the classic "oh, you think you're all that" line.
Supergirl (2026) - ★★★☆☆: 
Not a super great movie.
Watched: Dark Matter S1E8, Jupiter 🍿
One more episode left and this one was very good!
Finished reading: The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose 📚
I don’t like most of the characters in the book. I’m reading in order to see if and when they get what’s coming to them. Sometimes, I yell at them to think. For some reason, they can’t hear me.
I’m reminded that I like the feeling of having a plan and seeing it change versus no plan at all and seeing the chaos take over.
They will kill you - ★★★☆☆: 
I love a good beat 'em up movie. Seeing the protagonist face off against dozens of indistinguist minions as they make their way to their objective. I feel that this movie does a great job of establishing the story and characters and then getting out of the way to let …
I feel that when people say “the only thing stopping you is you”, it doesn’t give you credit or blame for the fact you’ve been using your power to destroy your own dreams and aspirations.
Good job me! I’m dealing with the stuff you haven’t dealt with.
Somewhat joking. 🙃
Went to a rose garden today.
I thought it would be nice to take the scenery in for a bit.
Crucial Track for June 19, 2026:
"Whip Appeal" by Babyface
My dad would play this album on a regular basis. Babyface had a whole lot of great songs that you can just put on and just chill.
Again, I had no idea what this song was about but every time it would …
Crucial Track for June 17, 2026:
"Go" by The Chemical Brothers
Share a song released 2+ years ago that you recently discovered.
I played this song for my daughter and she said that it was "played out". Well, too bad! I'm adding it to my regular rotation!
It's …
Watched: Ticket to Paradise 🍿 I didn’t like this one very much. It had all the right pieces: notable actors, beautiful location, a light-hearted plot.
The problem is that I really didn’t like the characters.
Crucial Track for June 16, 2026:
"Just Like a Pill" by P!nk
Hit shuffle on your music library and post the first song played
My wife loves P!nk and I don't blame her. She's had a very successful and long career in an industry that has torn apart others. I like …
Crucial Track for June 15, 2026:
"Golden" by HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast
The last song you heard on the radio
The song certainly has staying power as the movie was released more than a year ago. My daughter always asks us to …
Crucial Track for June 12, 2026:
"Them Changes" by Thundercat
I was in a coffee shop and this was playing. It's a great song and it got me grooving as I was waiting for my diet water with lite ice.
Crucial Track for June 11, 2026:
"Jump Around" by House of Pain
I was watching Ticket to Paradise and this song played.
Spider Noir - ★★★☆☆: 
Not exactly spectacular or amazing, but entertaining enough that I felt good watching it. I heard on a podcast that this probably would not have been made without Nick Cage, and I agree but for large parts of this show it's the other …
Finished reading: The Prisoner of Limnos: A Fantasy Novella in the World of the Five Gods (Penric & Desdemona Series, Book 6) by Lois McMaster Bujold 📚
I really enjoy these books. There isn’t a lot of lore that you have to remember between installments.
Finished reading: Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It by Cory Doctorow 📚
It’s one thing to know that things are messed up and another to see it all laid out in print.
Better corners for everyone.
I keep worrying that the upcoming Apple Intelligence/Siri will come with an additional subscription. Then they will “save you money” by bundling it with your Apple One.
Went for a walk and saw these mushrooms.
Crucial Track for June 5, 2026:
"Trebles Finals: Bright Lights Bigger City/Magic" by The Treblemakers
Which song do you associate with your favourite city?
I like the fact this song could basically be any city. I heard the Cee-lo version first, but Pitch …
Crucial Track for June 4, 2026:
"Once In a Lifetime (Live)" by Talking Heads
Pick a song that matches what you are really thinking about just now
I feel that this somewhat calms me down when I'm facing the questions about what I've done with my life. I'm …
Crucial Track for June 3, 2026:
"Chicken Dance" by The Official Oktoberfest Band
What's a song that you like but most of your friends don't.
My daughters used to have a Father-Daughter dance every year and this was one of the songs that would play. It was my …
Just found out that Jared Leto is in He-Man. It changes how I feel about the film.
Crucial Track for June 2, 2026:
"Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" by Digable Planets
Post a song that's a different speed than you're used to
I like this song because it wasn't like anything that I had heard before or really since. It's three people rapping on …
Find a little peace today.
Crucial Track for June 1, 2026:
"Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar
Post a song that mentions another recording artist or artists.
This is the most prominent song that comes to mind.
A lot of rap songs mention other rappers but it's been a while since I've seen one …
Withering Watch: It’s close to the time that we will see new updates to WatchOS. I try to sum up some of my feelings.
DTF St. Louis (2026) - ★★★☆☆: 
I finished DTF St. Luis a couple weeks ago and the show really affected me. I didn't know what I was in for with watching it. All I knew was that someone was going to die and that there might be some laughs along the way.
This is a symptom: 
I saw this picture the other day on reddit.
I just sat there looking at it.
Lost in thought and feeling.
I don’t think of myself as being patriotic, but there was something in me that stirred.
It wasn’t pride. It wasn’t the hope that this was …
Crucial Track for May 27, 2026:
"Yellow" by Coldplay
Pick a song that reminds you of a color. What color?
My wife would listen to this song repeatedly. I used to hate it but now I think about it fondly.
I found out that the sharing buttons that I wrote about don’t work and I don’t know how long it’s been broken.
I’m a little disheartened.
I hope something makes you smile today. If not, tomorrow is another opportunity.
We’re weeks away from finding out if MacOS will continue with the rounded corners.
Finished reading: Penric’s Fox: A Fantasy Novella in the World of the Five Gods (Penric & Desdemona) by Lois McMaster Bujold 📚
I’m going through these like candy!
I’m still not ok with this.
Finished reading: Penric and the Shaman by Lois McMaster Bujold 📚
The story has magic, but it’s not about the magic. It’s about friends that we make along the way. This one is about grief, guilt, and what our legacy in life is.
Finished reading: Penric’s Demon: A Fantasy Novella in the World of the Five Gods (Curse of Chalion Series) by Lois McMaster Bujold 📚
This one was nice and short. I finished this one and completed the second one in the series in the very same day.
Look, screenshots of a screenshot of an email containing a screenshot is NOT proper documentation.
Finished reading: The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk 📚
I read this on recommendation of an Incomparable episode. The whole time, I was thinking about how a parent could treat their daughters in this manner. The saddest part is that this is probably the most realistic part of it.
Crucial Track for May 10, 2026:
"Dentist!" by Steve Martin, Michelle Weeks, Tichina Arnold & Tisha Campbell
Post one of your favorite Broadway songs.
I think it's very fitting as it is Mother's Day at the time of this writing.
She said "My boy, I think someday …
I want to write more. I feel that in order to do that I need to schedule more time for it to happen.
Crucial Track for May 8, 2026:
"Corn Puddin'" by Cecily Strong & The Cast of Schmigadoon!
Post one of your favorite musical performances from a movie.
The Schmigadoon Broadway show is doing really great and there's talk about bringing the show back for a third …
Fabulous Friday Folks!
Crucial Track for May 7, 2026:
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Post one of your favorite soul oldies.
I know I use classic
a bit on these posts, but I feel that this definitely one of them. Most of the Motown collection falls …
Crucial Track for May 6, 2026:
"I Lied to You" by Miles Caton
Post one of your favorite blues songs.
This has moved to my favorite because of the Sinners movie.
I cleaned all the stuff out of my Drafts.app inbox. I feel light and filled with 100 possibilities. Maybe more!
Crucial Track for May 4, 2026:
"Untitled (How Does It Feel)" by D'Angelo
Share a song you love that has parentheses (in the title).
D'Angelo hit this one out of the park. I remember a couple of my friends talking about the music video. I certainly thought that …
I think I’m going to start some of this next week. I have a couple of adjustments that I’m thinking about for the website.
Crucial Track for May 3, 2026:
"Where In the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" by Rockapella
A favorite a capella (no instruments, only vocals) track.
I think this is one of the first examples that I can think of. It's stuck with me because it was on the show. I …
Admonish the Callout: This is how I got admonitions/callouts working with my theme.
I’ve scheduled a big post at 2:30. I’m just so happy to have finished it. I’m going to leave the house so that I don’t constantly hit the refresh button.
Of course, that’s when I’ll find the typos.
Ed25519 DKIM Support: Which Providers Accept Modern (and Weak) Keys?:
I use Fastmail for my mail service and it was nice that it was mentioned in this article. I'm going to have to add reviewing my post about BIMI to my list of things to do.
Email authentication is evolving, and Ed25519 DKIM keys promise clear advantages over traditional RSA: smaller keys, faster …
Accessible UML Diagrams: Part of me wishes that I had a need to do more UML
In Praise of Tor Why You Should Support and Use Tor - Privacy Guides:
I miss the days where I thought something like this was only for the super paranoid.
Tor is an overlay network that was specifically designed to protect the privacy of its users. The Tor Network uses multiple layers of encryption and relays in order to protect a person’s location and other …
Crucial Track for April 24, 2026:
"Doctor My Eyes" by Jackson Browne
I found this song in a mastodon post.
I’ve been working on an article for so long that some of resources are no longer on the internet.
I like Shaman more than Supernatural. I love the way the last three songs just elevate the album.
Crucial Track for April 21, 2026:
"Desgraça" by Anitta
I was having some trouble getting started working today and I thought I would goof off find some music to focus with. Apple Music suggested this and I found it great to help me get in the groove.
I'm happily …
Crucial Track for April 20, 2026:
"Money Machine" by James Taylor
I was sitting in a dark room just trying to relax when this song came on. I heard the instrumentals followed by the chorus. The lyrics weren't what I needed to hear at that point in time, but it …
I’ve been getting emails about people looking for a US based partner
to help them build their profiles. They offer to do the work and then use my name to look for work.
Wasting everyone’s time.
Every two weeks I get an email about a service that lets you break my rent payments into smaller increments… for a small fee.
This service should not have any reason to exist.
Make sure that you are fighting for your attention as much as everything else is fighting to take it from you.
Anaconda, 2025 - ★★★:
It’s a pretty simple movie. My wife fell asleep watching it 3 times so…
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, 2026 - ★★★★:
It was pretty nice and had a lot of little bits in it that made me laugh.
Crucial Track for April 6, 2026:
"Stop Falling" by P!nk
Which lyric always gives you goosebumps?
This song used to get me every time. It's because at the time that the song came out, I would confuse friendliness for romantic feelings.
I just got bad advice.
Crucial Track for April 5, 2026:
"Settle Down" by Kimbra
A song by a band that you haven't yet posted anything by
A lot of people like the song "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye and just stop there. Kimbra sang the second part and gave a great response. I …
Crucial Track for April 4, 2026:
"Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell
A song by someone you've met, or would like to meet
I don't think you should meet your heroes and I really don't know what I would do or ask if I was to meet them. So, I'd like to talk to this …
I noticed that I’ve stopped taking as many pictures recently.
Crucial Track for April 3, 2026:
"The Elements" by Tom Lehrer
A song that's largely acoustic
I had a coworker introduce the music of Tom Lehrer and I have to say that I am very happy to have this in my library. Some of his other songs are darker in humor but I …
Crucial Track for April 2, 2026:
"Bad Things" by Jace Everett
What song did you discover in a tv show or movie?
My wife and I used to watch True Blood for a while. We stopped shortly after the fairies were introduced. Sometimes, I think about going back to the …
Crucial Track for April 1, 2026:
"Clint Eastwood" by Gorillaz
Which artist did you discover thanks to a music video?
I remember exactly where I was when this song came on. I was in the living room folding my (kind of) white laundry on a Sunday and watching MTV …
I think my posts are being filtered and no one can see them. It’s liberating and kind of frustrating at the same time.
Crucial Track for March 31, 2026:
"All At Sea" by Jamie Cullum
Post one of your favorite relaxing songs.
I haven't heard this song in a while.
Crucial Track for March 30, 2026:
"Sorry for Party Rocking" by LMFAO
Some albums have a good opening track, but the 2nd track is totally killer. What's your favorite 2nd track song?
I don't know if the first track counts because it's more of an introduction of …
Crucial Track for March 29, 2026:
"Purple Rain" by Prince & The Revolution
Post one of your favorite songs that has the name of a color in the title.
I think this is one his biggest hits and a movie that I vaguely remember. I love the way that Prince did so many …
Crucial Track for March 28, 2026:
"Ready, Steady, Go!" by Harry Styles
What's your favorite new track released this week?
This wasn't released this week, but it's still pretty recent. I think this is one of my favorite tracks on the album.
Can you see this in the timeline?
Lillies wears her special shoes when she’s playing in the dirt.
Crucial Track for March 27, 2026:
"Rolling in the Deep" by Adele
Share a track by your favorite vocalist of all-time.
I think Adele has a wonderful voice and I appreciate that she uses it with restraint. I heard she's taking a little bit of break. I'd rather she …
Crucial Track for March 26, 2026:
"I swear, I Really Wanted To Make A "Rap" Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time" by André 3000
What's your favorite instrumental song?
I remember when this came out and it really reminded me that artist …
I hope something good comes your way
Crucial Track for March 25, 2026:
"California Love (feat. Roger Troutman & Dr. Dre)" by 2Pac
A song that represents where you live
Crucial Track for March 24, 2026:
"Walk This Way" by Hayseed Dixie
Post a cover that's done in a different style than the original version.
I used to listen to a podcast called Coverville and they would frequently have some blue grass covers of different songs. I …
I edited my /etc/hosts file to make reddit unavailable. It’s been notable all the times that I open a tab, type the address, and load an empty page.
Lillie likes to chill by the window.
Are things so bad that ads for plasma are a regular thing?
Crucial Track for March 23, 2026:
"Juice" by Lizzo
A song by a band whose merchandise you've bought - what was the merchandise
I remember buying a t-shirt and feeling a small pang of regret after touching it. The quality of the material wasn't very good.
Crucial Track for March 22, 2026:
"Chandelier" by Sia
Share a track that has one of your favorite vocal performances of all-time.
Definitely a lot of range and power with this song. I love it because it feels like the tears about to stream at any point in the …
Outside and saw these flowers.
Crucial Track for March 21, 2026:
"Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba
Share your favorite song that never says the title in the lyrics.
For the longest time, I thought the song was called I get knocked down.
I get knocked down, but I get up again
You're never gonna …
Crucial Track for March 20, 2026:
"Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles
What's a song where the remix, demo, or live version is better than the album version?
I saw this performed live and it was amazing! Lots of horns and energy from the crowd.
I guess Death got over its fear of Chuck Norris.
Crucial Track for March 19, 2026:
"Rock With You (Single Version)" by Michael Jackson
Share the first song you ever heard from your favorite artist.
I think this is the first song that I heard from Michael Jackson. It was either this of Beat It.
Crucial Track for March 18, 2026:
"The Way to Bake (A Birthday Cake)" by Snow White
What's your favorite song to listen to while cooking?
I would play this song when baking with my daughters. It's a fun little number we would use to start the process.
First Public Working Draft: YAML-LD 1.0:
This looked interesting.
The JSON-LD Working Group published today a First Public Working Draft of YAML-LD 1.0. [JSON-LD11] is a JSON-based format to serialize Linked Data. In recent years, [YAML] has emerged as a more concise format to represent information that had previously been serialized as …
Crucial Track for March 17, 2026:
"Gotta Get Thru This (D'n'D Radio Edit)" by Daniel Bedingfield
Find a song you used to love, but forgot about. Tell us what made that song special during that period of your life.
This song had a really cool beat. I heard that it …
Crucial Track for March 16, 2026:
"What the World Needs Now Is Love" by Burt Bacharach
What song would you play to counterbalance the world when it feels like a broken and unrelenting monolith designed to bring terror and tragedy?
The thing that add an extra …
The Wizard of Speed and Time:
Recently Dave Rahardja posted a link to the clip that I had not seen in years.
I remember watching the VHS a lot when I was younger and still enjoy the thought of it. Check out the wikipedia page related to the movie.
Crucial Track for March 15, 2026:
"Back in Love Again (feat. Jeffrey Osborne)" by L.T.D.
What song best captures your current phase of life?
If you're going to make it longterm, it's better to fall in love again.
Crucial Track for March 14, 2026:
"Beat It (Demo)" by Michael Jackson
Your favorite demo or unreleased version of a song.
My favorite part of the song is when they argue about the headphones being too loud and someone yells then take them off!
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Crucial Track for March 13, 2026:
"Pour Some Sugar On Me" by Def Leppard
If you were a professional athlete, what is your walk up or intro song?
I've been asked this in the past on what my intro music would be if I was a professional wrestler and what my name …
Crucial Track for March 12, 2026:
"Moving" by Omah Lay
What song best matches the energy of today?
I had the afrobeats playlist going in the background and this song really got me. It's been a productive day so far.
Crucial Track for March 11, 2026:
"Ms. Jackson" by Outkast
A song from the 2000s that you like or means something to you.
I remember people yelling I am for REEEEEEEAL
quite a bit when the song came out.
I don’t need the software to constantly wow me, I need it to consistently work.
Crucial Track for March 10, 2026:
"Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai
A song from your teenage years.
This was the song that introduced me to Jamiroquai and really solidified my love of funk and disco.
It's crazy how this chorus still applies as I learn more and …
Crucial Track for March 9, 2026:
"Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor) [feat. T-Pain]" by Pitbull
A song from your most listened to artist of the last 20 years.
Looking at the number of plays in Apple Music, this one is in the top 25. In my home, the chorus is a bit …
Crucial Track for March 8, 2026:
"Just Kickin' It" by Xscape
A song from the 1990s that you like or means something to you.
I think this song came to me because I need some time to reset.
Kick off your shoes and relax your feet (Come on, yeah) Party on down to …
Crucial Track for March 7, 2026:
"Vedanta" by Clevers
A song from the last gig you went to.
My wife knows someone from the band. It was really nice to see someone play something live.
Crucial Track for March 6, 2026:
"California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)" by Katy Perry
A song from the 2010s that you like or means something to you.
This was the first single on the Teenage Dream album. I think it really cemented Katy Perry as a pop icon as it …
John Wick 4 - ★★★☆☆: 
This is the fourth installment of a movie franchise that has been going on for more than a decade. There are countless memes and jokes about making sure you don't mess with John's dog. It's fun, but it has also gotten formulaic.
Crucial Track for March 5, 2026:
"She Don't Have to Know" by John Legend
A song you've seen performed live, or would really like to see performed live?
I saw him preform this song and talk about this song on stage. It was a funny exchange and he interacted with …
A little down in the dumps:
I was walking Lilliewhen I saw this furniture by the garbage.
It’s old but it didn’t look excessively dirty. I started thinking about how long the people who had owned this had kept it. How it had probably moved from one place to another before ultimately ending up here.
How much of my …
Crucial Track for March 4, 2026:
"West Coast Love" by Emotional Oranges
A song that you discovered in an unusual way.
I got this song from my niece who I don't see usually. She's got pretty good taste in music.
Crucial Track for March 3, 2026:
"End of the Road" by Boyz II Men
A song that reminds you of a particular friend.
This is the song that they played at my Junior High graduation. I remember feeling that I was never going to meet my friends again as we were going …
Crucial Track for March 2, 2026:
"Are You In?" by Incubus
A song that reminds you of one of your favorite places.
My favorite place to be in is a zone of relaxation. Just chilling and having a good time with friends and family.
Crucial Track for March 1, 2026:
"Sh-Boom" by The Chords
What song makes you feel like you're in a dream?
Oh man, it's good to hear this song make a little bit of a revival after the Cars movie. My wife used to have a CD of soda shop doo-wop and this was the …
Crucial Track for February 28, 2026:
"Holiday" by Madonna
A song that reminds you of your last vacation or holiday.
I like to think of the version from The Wedding Singer where Adam Sandler's character is completely miserable while singing it.
Hopefully, I'll be …
Sticking with 1Password:
I’ve been reading some of the responses to the price increases coming to 1Password. I feel that a lot of the grumbling comes from the fact that it has been a little flakey after the change to the infrastructure in version 8 and the rise of some affordable alternatives.
For me, I will continue …
Crucial Track for February 27, 2026:
"Makeba" by Jain
A song in a language that you don't know.
I don't remember where or when I came across this song, but I'm happy that I did. I tried listening to other songs but it feels like a different style. I'll try doing a …
Crucial Track for February 26, 2026:
"It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" by R.E.M.
If today were a genre, what would it be? Pick a matching song.
Just kidding, but this does remind me that I should watch "Don't look up".
Crucial Track for February 25, 2026:
"Walk This Way (feat. Aerosmith)" by Run-DMC
What’s a remix or cover you like more than the original?
There's something about this that just rocks! 🤘🏾
I love hear about how Run-DMC wanted to change the lyrics, but kept them the …
Crucial Track for February 24, 2026:
"Tumba" by Angélique Kidjo
What’s a hidden gem or underrated song you love?
I heard this song ages ago and still love it. The whole album is really good and worth multiple listening sessions.
Crucial Track for February 23, 2026:
"Jort Storm (Radio Edit)" by Slimecicle
What’s a song that grew on you over time?
My daughter introduced me to this song. At first, I was just listening to it to have something in common, but I can see myself adding it to a …
Dear Future Me,
Sorry. Here are the notes you need to do that important project.
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Crucial Track for February 22, 2026:
"Beautiful (You Are)" by IMx
What’s your favorite deep cut from an album?
It's hard to beat the influence of the music that you listened to in high school and in your 20s. I thought this group was going to be the NEXT BIG THING. …
Do I care as much as Greg?:
Part of me wonders if I had wasted some of my time and energy being passionate about things that ultimately doesn't matter as much. Greg was talking about some of the tech that he uses and it got me thinking about what I use as well.
Part of me misses the enthusiasm. There was something genuinely …
Crucial Track for February 21, 2026:
"What's Up?" by 4 Non Blondes
What song makes you feel like you're in a different country?
Seriously.
I was briefly thinking about using something from Rage Against the Machine, but this is the song that called to me.
Crucial Track for February 20, 2026:
"More Bounce to the Ounce" by Zapp & Roger
Share a song you feel was ahead of its time.
This song predates all the autotune that you hear nowadays. But honestly, I didn't know what was being said at the time until someone told me …
Crucial Track for February 19, 2026:
"Move Your Feet" by Junior Senior
What’s the last song you discovered and loved instantly?
I've already mentioned a couple during other prompts, but this one needs a moment to shine. This song was originally on the groups demo …
Crucial Track for February 18, 2026:
"Candy Rain" by Soul for Real
What’s a lyric that resonates deeply with you and why?
The song starts off incredibly strong and I find myself singing it every once in a while.
My love, do you ever dream of Candy-coated raindrops? …
Crucial Track for February 17, 2026:
"It's the Hard-Knock Life" by Andrea McArdle & The Orphans from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of "Annie"
If your life were a movie, what would its theme song be?
Based on current events.
Part of me knows I should be …
Crucial Track for February 16, 2026:
"My Little Pony Theme Song (Extended Version)" by Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack & My Little Pony
A song from a genre you didn’t think you’d like—what changed?
I didn't think that I …
I was in a car collision. The whole family is banged up and it just sucks all around.
I’m just thankful to be alive.
Crucial Track for February 15, 2026:
"Bounce" by Emotional Oranges
How do you discover new music, and what’s the latest gem you’ve found?
I usually find music from tv and movies. Sometimes, I even find it on the radio. The best recommendations are from family and I …
Crucial Track for December 31, 2025:
"Human Nature" by Michael Jackson
What song makes you feel connected to nature?
If they say why? (Why?) Why? (Why?) Tell 'em that it's human nature
There's something about the way that Michael just does the various runs during …
Crucial Track for December 19, 2025:
"Waiting for a Girl Like You" by Foreigner
Share a song that perfectly captures anticipation.
Right now, I'm waiting for my family to get ready so that I can take them somewhere. We were supposed to leave an hour ago.
Crucial Track for December 18, 2025:
"Bitch" by Meredith Brooks
What's a song you associate with your favorite person?
There are so many aspects of a person that goes into being a whole human being. Sometimes you have to assert yourself and others might not like …
Crucial Track for February 14, 2026:
"Midnight Train to Georgia (Single Version)" by Gladys Knight & The Pips
What is a song that feels like home to you?
I think of this song when I'm going to my parents. They would have a lot of music playing and this was one of …
Crucial Track for January 1, 2026:
"Let It Be" by The Beatles
What's your favorite song about letting go?
I thought of this song tonight because I was a little frustrated. Angry with the state of the world. A sort of victimhood sort of crept into my being and I …
Crucial Track for January 2, 2026:
"Dancing With Myself (EP Version)" by Billy Idol & Generation X
What song makes you want to dance alone in your room?
This and White Wedding are the only songs that I know from Billy Idol.
Honestly, I should just dance more often …
Crucial Track for January 3, 2026:
"Lucky" by Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
Share a song that captures the feeling of being understood.
I feel that a lot of songs about understanding are about being _mis_understood. I like this one because it talks about the joy of …
Crucial Track for February 13, 2026:
"Get the Party Started" by P!nk
What’s the first song you’d play at a party?
My first instinct is the play Let's get this party started by the black eyed peas, but I feel that it's probably a song that you want to save for later …
Crucial Track for January 4, 2026:
"Isn't She Lovely" by Stevie Wonder
What's a song you associate with your favorite photograph?
I think this is a perfect song for when I look at pictures of my daughters.
Crucial Track for January 5, 2026:
"Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles
What's a song you'd want to hear while watching the sunrise?
I think this is a nice way to start the day. Nice, calm, and joyful.
Crucial Track for January 6, 2026:
"Roar" by Katy Perry
Share a song that captures the feeling of being brave.
They play this a lot at sports ball games. Katty Perry had a string of hits and now she can be fearless in the studio.
I was going to use Sara Bareilles' …
I took a moment and just admired this tree and sky.
Crucial Track for January 7, 2026:
"L-O-V-E" by Nat "King" Cole
What song makes you want to write poetry?
This song reminds me of all the acrostic poems that I would make in elementary (aka primary) school when I was younger. The teacher would all have us do Mom …
Crucial Track for February 12, 2026:
"Love Don't Cost a Thing" by Jennifer Lopez
What song do you associate with the current season?
We're getting real close to Valentine's Day. I still need to go out and get a gift!
Crucial Track for February 11, 2026:
"The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis & The News
What’s your favorite love song, and why?
I like this song because of the history associated with it. I think I first heard it in Back to the Future which was a big favorite of mine. I …
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 →
Crucial Track for February 10, 2026:
"Danger! High Voltage (Soulchild Radio Mix)" by Electric Six
What’s a guilty pleasure song?
I think this is the only song that I know of that has a line about Taco Bell.
I saw the music video before I heard the song and I've been …
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 →
Crucial Track for February 9, 2026:
"Dance Off (feat. Idris Elba & Anderson .Paak)" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
What’s a song you’ve had on repeat recently?
The song starts off great.
I challenge you to a dance off
Hands off, no trash talk, no back walk
On the …
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 →
Crucial Track for February 8, 2026:
"End of Line" by Daft Punk
What’s a song that helps you focus or concentrate?
The whole sound track is pretty good for me to help focus through the tough days. It's probably the soundtrack that I listen to the most. This is even …
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 →
Crucial Track for February 7, 2026:
"Smooth (feat. Rob Thomas)" by Santana
What’s your favorite collaboration between artists?
I find myself singing this song everyone once in a while.
It's just like the ocean
Under the moon
I want to grab my wife and spin her …
Crucial Track for February 6, 2026:
"Here I Go Again (1987 Version / 2017 Remaster)" by Whitesnake
Which song would you use to introduce yourself to someone new?
At first, I was going to use Return of the Mack but I don't imagine myself to have that kind of …
Crucial Track for January 8, 2026:
"The Girl Is Mine" by Michael Jackson
What's a song you associate with your biggest mistake?
The thing is that you don't own anyone. Unless you have an understanding with the person, you can't make an assumption that you are in a …
Crucial Track for January 9, 2026:
"Too Long" by Daft Punk
Share a song that perfectly captures longing.
This is the first song that came to my mind about longing.
I love it when it sings out Can you feel it!
and then later on you hear the bass drop.
Crucial Track for January 10, 2026:
"Rise Up" by Andra Day
What's your favorite song about hope?
For a while, I would hear this song everywhere they had a character fighting adversity. I really enjoy how Andra's voice builds up and it makes me feel that I can …
Crucial Track for February 5, 2026:
"The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers
Share a song that tells a great story.
I'm still learning when to hold them and when to fold them.
I think this song has some pretty good lessons in it.
Low Vision Awareness Month | National Eye Institute: Not everyone sees the world you do.
Crucial Track for February 4, 2026:
"Beat It" by Michael Jackson
What song always makes you feel better?
I love Michael Jackson!
I had an action figure of Michael Jackson with this outfit on.
Crucial Track for February 3, 2026:
"In the Waiting Line" by Zero 7 & Sophie Barker
Share a song that represents your current mood.
A beautiful song that really captured the moment today. Work had an issue with the VPN and I really felt that I was waiting for life …
Crucial Track for February 2, 2026:
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Whitney Houston
Share a song that makes you want to dance every time.
My dad would say that Whitney Houston couldn't dance. I don't care because she was moving too and the music is …
The reason he’s not going to the superbowl is because he can’t go that long without shitting his pants.
And you know who I’m talking about without mentioning his name.
Crucial Track for January 11, 2026:
"Walking On Broken Glass" by Annie Lennox
What song makes you want to forgive someone?
I remember someone saying that you forgive someone for yourself. You allow yourself to let go of the hurt and pain that person has caused you. …
Crucial Track for February 1, 2026:
"Pony" by Ginuwine
What was the first album you ever bought? Pick your favorite song off that album.
I remember this album distinctly! This was the first album I ever bought AND the first album that was ever stolen from me!
I let …
Crucial Track for January 31, 2026:
"Gotta Get Thru This (D'n'D Radio Edit)" by Daniel Bedingfield
Share a song that got you through a difficult time.
I think a lot of my favorite or most memorable songs are upbeat.
Thank you for prompting me to think about this …
Crucial Track for January 30, 2026:
"Spring Love" by Stevie B
What song reminds you of your first love?
I feel thatches song echo the loss of any love. I was listening to it on a loop a lot in the beginning of December. Not because of someone in particular but …
Forgiving Feb:
If you are like me, starting a new habit is hard to do. I can’t count all the times that I’ve made a resolution or set out a theme that didn’t come to fruition. This year, I set out to have a theme where I was going to be “boring”. Keep things routine. Let the …
Crucial Track for January 29, 2026:
"Witchoo" by Durand Jones & The Indications & Aaron Frazer
What is your favorite song from last year?
I heard this song in a Tiki bar and seemed to just pop up more and more. What I like about it is that it's got a playful groove …
Crucial Track for January 12, 2026:
"Satellite" by Dave Matthews Band
What's a song you'd want to hear while stargazing?
This is also a great song to waltz to. It's been a while since I listen to this but I remember it as being very soothing.
Crucial Track for January 13, 2026:
"This Is Me" by Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble
Share a song that captures the feeling of being proud.
I generally liked all the songs from the movie. I feel that this one really stood out and I hear it being used in …
Crucial Track for December 17, 2025:
"I'm Coming Home" by The Spinners
Share a song that feels like coming home after a long trip.
I feel that sometimes it's not the distance what happens when you leave the home that makes a trip long. I'm really happy that I found …
Crucial Track for January 14, 2026:
"Tick Tock" by Raphael Saadiq
What's your favorite song about patience?
It's been a long time since I've heard this song. It was about waiting for someone to love you. I like the song, but I don't feel that we should put our …
Crucial Track for January 28, 2026:
"Golden" by Harry Styles
Describe a concert that changed your perspective on music or life. Pick a song from that artist or band.
This is the first concert
that my family went to together. This was the first song that was played …
Lillie has to wear a cone for the next couple of weeks.
Crucial Track for January 15, 2026:
"My Way" by Seth MacFarlane
Share a song that feels like it's giving you permission to feel everything.
For me it's not about being able to do everything and more about doing it in a way that moves me forward. I choose this …
Crucial Track for January 27, 2026:
"The Thunder Rolls" by Garth Brooks Tribute
What artist or band changed your music taste forever? Pick your favorite song of theirs.
I couldn't find the exact song within Crucial Tracks.
But, I think this is the first country …
Crucial Track for January 16, 2026:
"I Don't Want to Be" by Gavin DeGraw
What song makes you feel like you're exactly where you're supposed to be?
I remember hearing this raspy singer and being blown away with just how different it was to everything else that I was …
Crucial Track for January 17, 2026:
"Aqueous Transmission" by Incubus
Share a song that captures the feeling of being completely content.
This is a very relaxing song and I should probably add it to a "chill mix". It's interesting to see how a band can have a wide …
Crucial Track for January 18, 2026:
"Break My Stride" by Matthew Wilder
What's your favorite song about moving forward?
I don't know anything other than the chorus for this song. I really like the search on crucial tracks because I'm able to find it with just one …
Crucial Track for January 19, 2026:
"Who's the (Bat)Man" by Patrick Stump
What song makes you feel like anything is possible?
Sometimes I'd like to think of myself as the best version of Batman. But then I remember that I sometimes skip leg day.
Crucial Track for January 20, 2026:
"This Little Light of Mine" by VeggieTales
Think back to your childhood: What is your earliest music memory? Share that song and your story!
I think I'm pick this version of the song. We would sing this song in church and I …
Crucial Track for January 26, 2026:
"Too Close" by Next
What was your favorite song in high school? Why did it resonate?
I don't have a favorite song
but this one was the first to come to mind.
There are a lot of hormones during high school and certain things tend …
Crucial Track for December 16, 2025:
"4 Page Letter" by Aaliyah
What song makes you want to write a letter?
Her music was SO good!
I used to write my wife letters on a regular basis but stopped...
I've really got to get back into that. She deserves to be told how …
Crucial Track for January 25, 2026:
"Speed Demon" by Michael Jackson
Pick a song from an artist or band that’s had the biggest impact on your life.
I think I talk about Michael Jackson a lot, but I wanted to point out this song that makes me hit the accelerator!
I …
Crucial Track for January 24, 2026:
"Use the Force" by Jamiroquai
What is a song that instantly energizes you?
Nice little song that hits all the important beats. I think I'll listen to it now to get in the mood to finish the day with some pizzazz.
Pallet cleanser. Hopefully the correct spelling.
They killed that man.
Crucial Track for January 21, 2026:
"Springfield Soul Stew (A.K.A Memphis Soul Stew)" by The Simpsons
Share a song that changed your perspective on music.
If I recall correctly, this is the first time that I heard how a song is layered. I knew that music could have …
Crucial Track for January 22, 2026:
"Baby Shark" by Pinkfong
What song do you wish you had written?
Just for the royalties.
Crucial Track for December 15, 2025:
"The Rain" by Oran "Juice" Jones
What's your favorite song to listen to in the rain?
I'm not a fan of the rain. It reminds me of when I would work at a grocery store and having to chase after carts while being cold and wet. …
Crucial Track for December 14, 2025:
"The Freshmen" by The Verve Pipe
Share a song that captures the feeling of being seventeen.
Although there were a lot of good things about being 17, I don't want to go back to those days. I was feeling sad about a lot of things …
Crucial Track for December 13, 2025:
"Sunday Morning" by Maroon 5
Share a song that sounds like your ideal Sunday morning.
This is my favorite song about Sunday. I just enjoy that feeling of having nothing else to do.
No rush.
No fuss.
In fact, I just checked my …
Crucial Track for January 23, 2026:
"Starboy (feat. Daft Punk)" by The Weeknd
Did you sing along to anything today? Describe the moment.
I've been a fan of Daft Punk for years and still enjoy listening to the Key of Awesome parody. It's funny to me how I bleep …
Crucial Track for December 12, 2025:
"What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong
What song makes you feel grateful?
Sometimes I lose track of all the things I can feel grateful for. There's a lot of things going on in this world - a lot asking for our attention - …
Watched: The Toxic Avenger Unrated 🍿
It’s got a message mixed in with the gore.
I want to write an essay but I don’t know what to write about. Going to pick a prompt and give myself until Friday to finish.
Stuck in bed recovering from a minor surgery.
I tried to make a post with JPEG XL but it didn’t render properly.
Pluribus: Patience in the Pacing: 
As I write this, it has been almost a week since the end of season one of Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus. I think it’s a really nice addition to the media that I’ve been watching this year. This year has had a …
What a weird day for me. I hope that your 2026 started off well.
Finished reading: The Non-Designer’s Design Book by Robin P. Williams 📚
I read it as IndieWeb Book Club and it was suggested by Al Abut.
It’s a pretty quick read.
They really put some money and effort into this show.
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 →
Found the issue, it’s because I accommodated an upcoming layout change in Hugo and didn’t account for the fact that I’m using an earlier version on my test server.
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 →
Spent hours working on new theme feature and I pushed it to my test server. It’s broken and I’m not going to fix it until tomorrow.
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 →
Finished reading: How to Think Like a Roman Emperor by Donald J. Robertson 📚
I did this one as an audiobook and I think I might check it out from my library again sometime next year. It was a great introduction to stoicism. Some parts do seem to drag on though…
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 →
This year, I took less pictures, wrote less, and was less happy.
Yes, I’m aware that those are all related.
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 →
One thing that I do appreciate about Mac OS26 is the new spotlight. I’ve been using a launcher for years, but never the power
features of it.
Today, I’m making the switch.
Just a small picture of Lillie.
Crucial Track for December 11, 2025:
"I Got You Babe (Single Version)" by Sonny & Cher
What's a song you associate with your favorite holiday?
I told my wife that my favorite holiday was Groundhog Day and she challenged me to name one song that celebrates the …
Crucial Track for December 10, 2025:
"Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye
Share a song that feels like it has healing powers.
I showed my selection with my wife and she laughed in my face. Good thing laughter is good medicine.
One of my favorite things about this song is …
Crucial Track for December 9, 2025:
"Tomorrow" by Aileen Quinn & Orphans
What song makes you think about the future?
I was trying to think of another song, but this is the only thing that came to me.
I keep forgetting that the <marquee> tag still exists.
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 →
Crucial Track for December 8, 2025:
"Whistle While You Twurk (ColliPark Mix)" by Ying Yang Twins
What's your favorite song to listen to while doing chores?
I don't actually listen to this song. I just picked it because it reminds me of the whistle why you work …
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 →
Crucial Track for December 7, 2025:
"You Can't Win (The Wiz/Soundtrack Version)" by Michael Jackson
Share a song that sounds like your favorite childhood memory.
My mother and I would watch The Wiz on a regular basis. This is one of my favorite songs from the …
Crucial Track for November 25, 2025:
"Float On (Single Version)" by The Floaters
What song makes you feel like you're floating?
I remember listening to this song and thinking it was The Temptations.
There aren't that many songs that I know of where they take the …
Crucial Track for December 6, 2025:
"Best Friend (feat. Doja Cat)" by Saweetie
What's a song you'd want your best friend to hear for the first time?
If you want to count my wife, then I think she would like to experience listening to this song again.
Crucial Track for December 5, 2025:
"Home" by Daughtry
Share a song that captures the feeling of being homesick.
This was a very big hit when it was first released. I remember it being used in commercials and rom-coms where the protagonist goes home after having a …
I’m very hopeful for iOS 28 and 29.
At what point is the price of Netflix too high for some people? I refuse to go to an add tier and I’ve been playing with the idea of shutting it off.
Crucial Track for December 4, 2025:
"We Are the World" by U.S.A. for Africa
What song makes you feel like you're part of something bigger?
I wish there were more songs about world peace. I guess I'll have to settle for the Pluribus soundtrack.
Crucial Track for December 3, 2025:
"Friendship" by Tenacious D
What's your favorite song about friendship?
I think this song is special to me because I heard it when I became friends with my Best Friend. It's a nice little number and I think I'm going to listen to …
Crucial Track for November 26, 2025:
"4 Seasons of Loneliness" by Boyz II Men
Share a song that captures the moment when seasons change.
I feel that this is one of the songs that really showcase what Boyz II Men could do. It's a song with a very simple backing track …
Crucial Track for December 2, 2025:
"We Will Rock You" by Queen
What song do you associate with your favorite book or movie?
In the movie "Dodgeball", there is a scene where they introduce the Globo Gym Purple Cobras, using this song.
Crucial Track for November 27, 2025:
"Lovely Day" by Bill Withers
Share a song that sounds like your favorite weather.
Some like it hot, some like it cold.
I like it somewhere in the middle 'cause I'm kind of old.
Wherever you are on the spectrum, I hope that this …
Crucial Track for November 28, 2025:
"Be Prepared" by Jeremy Irons, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin & Jim Cummings
What's your go-to song for getting ready in the morning?
Honestly, shouldn't we all be prepared for what is going to happen in the day. I understand that …
Crucial Track for November 29, 2025:
"Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" by Four Tops
What song makes you feel nostalgic for a time you never lived through?
I like the music but definitely do not want to live through that era of American history.
Crucial Track for November 30, 2025:
"Minimum Wage" by They Might Be Giants
Share a song that perfectly soundtracks your commute.
We all have to make a living in this modern world. I think about all those who are living paycheck to paycheck.
I'm grateful for what I …
Take care of yourself out there. Try to give yourself some grace.
Crucial Track for December 1, 2025:
"El Dorado Sunrise (Super Chicken)" by Cee-Lo
What's a song that makes you want to learn an instrument?
For a brief period, I tried learning the trumpet. So, I really enjoy hearing horns used in popular music.
Murderbot (Season 1) - ★★★★★: 
This is my favorite show to come out this year. I feel that the reason it is my favorite is because a lot has happened this year and having a fun distraction like this is exactly what I needed. You don't need to know a lot about it and the stakes aren't that high.
How does this help?
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 →
A threat model for accessibility on the web - Alice:
This was an interesting article about accessibility and web standards. I feel that you are doing yourself a favor by putting the time to make your site as accessible as possible.
I’m watching Gremlins 2. Have a powerful day.
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I’ve got three notebooks with tasks in them and then wonder why nothing gets done.
Watched: Gremlins 🍿
My favorite part of this movie was how Frances Le McCain’s character took a minute to think about the situation before committing herself to dispatching the Gremlins. She pulled a knife out and I had no doubts that she was going to use it.
Watched: Game Night 🍿
I’m going to give it 3 out of 5 stars. It’s fun and has one of my favorite Denzel Washington cameos.
I was talking to my wife about a dream vacation and I told her that I was afraid that I wouldn’t like the food. Just not adventurous with flavors but would hate it more if it was bland.
So they are making a KPop Demon Hunters sequel, but I’m more concerned with how much Netflix will cost at that point.
Apparently Black Friday is the day after Halloween now.
Theme changes for November 4th, 2025: Small changes coupled with workflow modifications
Death Becomes Her - ★★★★★: 
My youngest daughter told me that this is her favorite horror movie. I think it's a great movie that has really stood the test of time.
I don’t think Coumo wants that endorsement.
Foundation (Season 3) - ★★★☆☆: 
This was a good season of TV that concluded with a finale that just left me with questions.
Casablanca - ★★☆☆☆:
Watched: Casablanca 🍿
I think knowing too much of what was going to happen at the end may have affected the way that I felt about this movie. I knew that there was going to be a plane and it was just a question of how we would get there.
Honestly, I can see a lot of troupes that we would see in …
I haven’t done a deep review of myself and projects in so long that I don’t have access to my “Someday/Maybe” list. It was in evernote and… well.. I don’t have it installed.
I’m not a fan of hearing things about service revenue or subscriptions. I don’t like the idea that we move towards a future where you truly don’t own anything. The landlord owns your home, the bank owns your car loan, cable company owns your connection to the internet and …
Spent some time just look at myself in the mirror.
Who do I think I am and is that the person I want to be.
Crucial Track for October 23, 2025:
"Harder To Breathe" by Maroon 5
A song from college or early adulthood.
I distinctly remember having an opportunity to see these guys in concert for free.
I chose to hang out with some friends and those plans fell through.
I kick …
Starting the morning with some exercise.
Crucial Track for October 11, 2025:
"Somebody's Watching Me (Single Version)" by Rockwell
A song from the 1980s that you like or means something to you.
Tis the season! I like this song more because I know some of the history behind it. Rockwellwas actually the son …
Crucial Track for October 20, 2025:
"Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus
What's a song that you like but most of your friends don't.
I'm just going on a limb here. In all honesty, I don't talk to my friends about music that they don't like.
I like this song it's …
Restarting Theme Development: Publicly thinking outloud and setting some goals.
Lillie is ready to go home.
I Am a Firm Believer in Costumes | Notes and Ramblings:
I've heard the phrase The Clothes make the Man
and I really liked this example that David wrote about discussing how his costume helps him.
I’m going through some safety training and they mentioned something called a “BOODA Loop” to help with deescalating situations.
B - Breathe
O - Observe
O - Orient
D - Decide
A - Act
I’ll try to keep that in mind.
Currently reading: How to Think Like a Roman Emperor by Donald J. Robertson 📚
I’m at 33% and it’s more of a history of Stoicism at this point.
Lillie says good morning!
This isn’t great.
The UI not the shirt.
Crucial Track for October 10, 2025:
"Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers
A song from the 1970s that you like or means something to you.
I like this song because my wife likes it when I sing it to her.
She deserves every love song and more.
I don’t feel like I’m being a hater
or a curmudgeon when I post criticism about Liquid Glass. I feel the detriments outweigh the benefits and stating that it will get better
ignores the reality of its current state.
Part of me is wondering … | Leon Mika:
My friend Leon was writing about separating the content he makes into different blogs because of amount of certain topics.
Crucial Track for October 9, 2025:
"Limbo Rock" by Chubby Checker
A song from the 1960s that you like or means something to you.
This is the song that my local skating rink would play when it was time to do limbo. Everyone who wanted to participate would get into …
Sinners, 2025 - ★★★★★:
I have this down as my movie of the year. I like it because of how it makes us feel about these characters as they move into a night that none of them will be able to forget.
I think I’m going through caffine withdrawal but it’s 4:42pm and I want to go to bed tonight.
Crucial Track for October 8, 2025:
"Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and His Comets
A song from the 1950s that you like or means something to you.
This song means a lot to me because it was used repeatedly when I was learning how to swing dance. I had no …
Crucial Track for October 7, 2025:
"Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It or Not)" by Joey Scarbury
A song from a TV show that you like.
I think this song has outlived the tv show and I think it's wonderful in how it expresses joy.
Believe it or not, …
Remember when we were talking about the Gulf of Mexico? Now we’re talking about Tylenol. It hasn’t been a year…
Crucial Track for August 30, 2025:
"Boogie Wonderland (with The Emotions)" by Earth, Wind & Fire
Share a song that makes you want to dance every time.
I don't think I'm the only one who gets the feeling of toe tapping when I hear this song. The very first verse of …
Ok. Really quickly. Take less than 2 seconds.
Tell me if a song is playing and what is the song.
Just me hanging out before the ritual sacrifice at midnight.
Crucial Track for October 6, 2025:
"Hotline Bling" by Drake
What is a song by an artist you don't usually like?
I'm not saying I didn't like Drake before we all knew that he was not like us. I am saying that there was just something about the music that he was …
I feel that the phrase “it’ll get better” should only be used on life and the obstacles we face and not products and services. Those are material and outside of what truly matters.
Crucial Track for October 5, 2025:
"Pizza Power" by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
A song from the first gig you went to.
When I was a kid, Pizza Hut had a tie in with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I believe that if you bought a certain amount of pizza you could …
This is a quarter of my dad’s cd collection.
Crucial Track for October 4, 2025:
"Killing In the Name" by Rage Against the Machine
What's your favorite protest song?
Kind of hard to beat a song that repeatedly says
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
The telcoms know they are charging too much. When you call, they have an automated option for complaints about the price.
Crucial Track for October 3, 2025:
"Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley
A song you didn't realize was a cover?
I guess a lot of people thought that this was his song.
Crucial Track for October 2, 2025:
"...Baby One More Time" by Bowling for Soup
A song you'd like to hear covered by someone else. Which artist?
At first, I thought that was a weird and borderline rude question to say that you would be listening to a song and think …
Crucial Track for October 1, 2025:
"La Isla Bonita" by Madonna
A song from the last gig you went to.
The last gig
that I went to was for an up and coming singer named Madonna.
Unfortunately it wasn't that great because the energy just wasn't there. The first …
Crucial Track for September 30, 2025:
"I'm Still Standing" by Taron Egerton
A song that you discovered on a film soundtrack.
This is my favorite song on the album. At this point, I knew of Elton John but only knew of Candle in the Wind
and Can you feel the love …
I felll down during yoga.
Sinners (2025) - ★★★★★: 
Unfortunately, I had read a lot about the movie before I got a chance to see it and I brought some expectations into viewing it.
Couple that with the fact that this little review is several weeks after seeing it.
That being said, I would …
Crucial Track for September 29, 2025:
"Caribbean Queen (No More Love On the Run)" by Billy Ocean
A song you'd do at karaoke?
I do not consider myself as having a deep voice but this is the song that calls to me to sing. My family probably would have thought that I …
Crucial Track for September 28, 2025:
"Heartburn" by Alicia Keys
A song you've seen performed live, or would really like to see performed live?
Years ago, I saw Alicia Keys perform in Reno. John Legend was the opening act promoting his first album which got me so …
Saturday, September 27, 2025 →
Crucial Track for September 27, 2025:
"Beat It" by Senor Coconut
A song that you discovered in an unusual way.
I had to think about this one for a while. What is an unusual
place to find music? There are only so many places that don't have music or muzak. Music is …
Saturday, September 27, 2025 →
I hope this message finds you well. If not, you have my permission to take a nap.
Crucial Track for September 26, 2025:
"Larger Than Life" by Backstreet Boys
A song that reminds you of a particular friend.
This reminds me of a friend I had in high school who would always sing in class. He was not a great singer but I don't think he cared. He would …
Thursday, September 25, 2025 →
Crucial Track for September 25, 2025:
"Kokomo" by The Beach Boys
A song that reminds you of one of your favorite places.
I don't know if it's "Kokomo" or "The Kokomo", but I do know that I've never been there.
For me, it represents a place that I can just sit back …
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 →
At one point, I thought that I would be able to do all the prompts.
Part of me thinks “that’s going to annoy all my readers”, but since I don’t have analytics I wouldn’t know.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 →
Crucial Track for September 24, 2025:
"Vacation" by The Go-Go's
A song that reminds you of your last vacation or holiday.
This is the first song that came to mind when I thought about vacation. When I hear the song I think about a commercial for a vacation more than …
Sometimes it’s the simple things that do not work.
Lillie likes to chill at the landing.
I’m going to this week’s Homebrew Website Club Europe/London meeting.
I haven’t really done anything to the website in a while, but it’s nice to hear idea that I can put on the list.
Crucial Track for September 23, 2025:
"Djobi Djoba" by Gipsy Kings
A song in a language that you don't know.
This is my favorite Gipsy Kings song. It's fast and seems fun and I have know idea what they are saying.
Another day of selecting all email and archiving them.
iPhone Air A light touch of sadness in my hand:
I went to the Apple Store1 to check out the new iPhone Air Saturday. The mall parking lot was horribly crowded and I got to experience the insanity convenience of car culture in America. After driving around and avoiding getting hit by people who follow different rules of the road than I do, I …
Crucial Track for September 22, 2025:
"Skid Row (Downtown)" by Michelle Weeks, Tisha Campbell, Tichina Arnold, Ellen Greene & Rick Moranis
If today were a genre, what would it be? Pick a matching song.
I'm just being cheeky this morning.
Crucial Track for September 21, 2025:
"Tainted Love" by Soft Cell
What’s a remix or cover you like more than the original?
This is one of those songs that you see in a compilations of Songs you didn't know were covers
. This one is special to me because it was the …
Saturday, September 20, 2025 →
Lillie doesn’t get out of the bed for less than two (2) treats.
Saturday, September 20, 2025 →
Crucial Track for September 20, 2025:
"N.T. (feat. Busta Rhymes)" by Q-Tip
What’s a hidden gem or underrated song you love?
Q-Tip had a great album and I really enjoy the piano on this track. I've got a playlist I'm creating on songs that I haven't heard in a while …
Crucial Track for September 19, 2025:
"This Is the Song That Never Ends" by ABC Kids
What’s a song that grew on you over time?
It's a very catchy song. It's got energy and lyrics that are easy to pick up.
It will outlive us all.
Thursday, September 18, 2025 →
Crucial Track for September 18, 2025:
"Controversy" by Prince
What’s your favorite deep cut from an album?
I'm not good at identifying deep cuts
, but the first song that comes to mind is Prince's Controversy. I first heard it on a compilation of B-Sides from Prince. …
Thursday, September 18, 2025 →
Not feeling well. Just sat at home binging Foundation season three.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 →
Crucial Track for September 17, 2025:
"My Humps" by Black Eyed Peas
Share a song you feel was ahead of its time.
I'm only considering this ahead of its time because I heard it on the album before it was on all the top 40 radio stations. I remember putting it in my cd …
My daughter was asking about her family history so I told her that her grandfather was trying to get his liquor license with Bobo and Willie but things fell through and his passion just kind of dried up like some kind of fruit in the sun.
Crucial Track for September 16, 2025:
"Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)" by Elton John & Dua Lipa
What’s the last song you discovered and loved instantly?
I wouldn't use the word love
, but I wanted to hear this song immediately after listening to it. Since then it has been in …
Rick and Morty Season 8 - ★★★☆☆: 
This season is better than the last.
Crucial Track for September 15, 2025:
"Holy Calamity [Bear Witness II] (feat. DJ Shadow & DJ Quest)" by Handsome Boy Modeling School
What’s a lyric that resonates deeply with you and why?
This song has a couple lines that my wife and I quote back and forth to each …
Crucial Track for September 14, 2025:
"Cheers Theme (Full Length Record)" by Gary Portnoy
If your life were a movie, what would its theme song be?
My wife says this is my theme song, because of the iconic phrase "everyone knows your name."
Saturday, September 13, 2025 →
Crucial Track for September 13, 2025:
"Du hast" by Rammstein
A song from a genre you didn’t think you’d like—what changed?
I like a lot of genres and wanted to find something that I do not normally listen to. So I picked this song that I haven't heard in a while.
I'm …
Crucial Track for September 12, 2025:
"Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else" by Benson Boone
How do you discover new music, and what’s the latest gem you’ve found?
I now find music by listening to what my kids listen to. Otherwise I listen to what I’ve already heard.
Thursday, September 11, 2025 →
Here’s me and snoop hanging out.
Thursday, September 11, 2025 →
Wednesday Season 2 Ep1-4 - ★★☆☆☆: 
The first one was unexpected. There was a level of novelty mixed with the nostalgia for the Addams Family.
Thursday, September 11, 2025 →
Picture of Lillie in order to cleanse the pallet.
Thursday, September 11, 2025 →
In less than 5 days, millions of people will be able to experience this wonderful interface.
Thursday, September 11, 2025 →
Crucial Track for September 11, 2025:
"This Is America" by Childish Gambino
What is a song that feels like home to you?
Yessir. This one is definitely inspired by current events. The video is definitely iconic.
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 →
Crucial Track for September 10, 2025:
"Let's Get It Started (Radio Version)" by Black Eyed Peas
What’s the first song you’d play at a party?
You have to start off with the radio version of this song. I think I'm used to listening to other cuss words such as The …
Crucial Track for September 9, 2025:
"September" by Earth, Wind & Fire
What song do you associate with the current season?
It's that time of year again!
I used to be able to share this excitement with my friends. That’s been taken away.
I know I shouldn’t care, but if this starts with Tim…
Just a little reminder that it’s ok to have multiple opinions and feelings about one thing.
Crucial Track for September 8, 2025:
"Nobody Wants to Be Lonely (with Christina Aguilera) [With Christina Aguilera]" by Ricky Martin
What’s your favorite love song, and why?
This is my favorite song by Ricky Martin or Christina Aguilera. There is desire and heart …
Crucial Track for September 7, 2025:
"My Neck, My Back (Lick It) [Radio Version]" by Khia
What’s a guilty pleasure song?
I had to find a clean version of this song.
Oh 2004 me was into some... um... different kind of music.
I heard this version on the radio and was …
I know I still care about what is going to be released, but not like I used to. It’s hard to be excited about what they are going to say about a product after they’ve been kissing 🫏 and eating 💩 for the last six months.
Crucial Track for September 6, 2025:
"Your Idol" by Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast
What’s a song you’ve had on repeat recently?
The whole house is talking about the Kpop Demon Hunters movie. The family …
Crucial Track for September 5, 2025:
"The Son of Flynn" by Daft Punk
What’s a song that helps you focus or concentrate?
When I'm trying to focus, I put on the Tron: Legacy soundtrack. This is usually the song that really snaps my mind into focus on what needs to be …
Finished reading: Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green 📚
I really enjoyed this book and I think current events have made it very relevant.
Crucial Track for September 4, 2025:
"Quickly" by John Legend
What’s your favorite collaboration between artists?
I didn't think that Brandy would be on a better duet than when she sang "The Boy Is Mine" with Monica.
What I enjoy most about this song is the amount …
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 →
SacAnime August 2026: Some pictures and videos of the last anime convention that I went to.
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 →
Crucial Track for September 3, 2025:
"Firestarter" by The Prodigy
Which song would you use to introduce yourself to someone new?
For some reason, this song came to mind. I don't think that it's me at the moment, but it resonates with some of the periods of my life. …
Would I pay for Liquid Glass?: 
I decided to do a little thought experiment as Apple has an announcement on the 9th where they will most likely reveal when the new operating system will become publicly available.
Jaws - ★★★★★: 
I had never seen this movie, but I am familiar with the phrase we're going to need a bigger boat
. I had no idea why a 50 year old movie about a shark could hold so much influence. In the end, I was happy to have seen it.
I don’t think you’re being serious.
Crucial Track for September 2, 2025:
"Children's Story" by Slick Rick
Share a song that tells a great story.
The old man in me jumps up and yells about how that's when rap music was about something and kids these days with their mush mouth songs.
I'm actually a …
Crucial Track for September 1, 2025:
"We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)" by Vengaboys
What song always makes you feel better?
This song has a great beat to it. It's simple and soothing at the same time.
Amusement parks would use the song for there commercials to get …
Crucial Track for August 31, 2025:
"Hopeless" by Dionne Farris
Share a song that represents your current mood.
I woke up with a headache. Just feeling a little downtrodden. I don't feel that I met my personal goals this month.
Maybe I can turn it around later on …
I want to get better at writing my media reviews. The problem is that I don’t know in what ways I want them to get better
. So, I’m going to re-read my first 10 and think about what I would make them more enjoyable to read.
Superman (2025) - ★★★★★: 
I didn't think that we needed another Superman movie. How can we make a story about someone who is almost invincible compelling?
Did something just pop?
Liquid Glass makes me unhappy : Small rant about the upcoming changes to OS26.
Blaugust 2025 is Coming! – Nerd Girl Thoughts: I started a month long blog challenge with eleven days left in the month.
So it seems that Liquid Glass isn’t to only sign of bad taste at Apple recently.
Droppings:
I pride myself on being a responsible dog owner. Today, I was yelled at and accused of leaving my dog’s dropping on someone’s yard. The lady said she had a video, but it was only a picture of me walking by with my dog.
It’s made me incredibly angry to be accused of something that I didn’t do. In a …
We Were Liars (2025) - ★★★☆☆: 
How dare you make me feel something! I thought that this was going to be some small show that I'd only have to watch because of TV Family Time, but it really kept me engaged throughout the run.
Thunderbolts* (2025) - ★★★★☆: 
I have grown tired of most superhero movies at this point. It's mostly because I don't want to see anymore gritty or realistic
viewpoints about people gifted with powers beyond our imagination. It's been done. I feel that this movie is …
I’m not saying you can’t be stupid on the internet, I’m just asking you not to.
I’m planning on spending the next hour setting up server side rules to help me sort my emails. The problem is that I have two labels – developer and newsletter – and I have stuff that could go into both but my provider doesn’t allow it.
Multiple Rules?
Crucial Track for August 3, 2025:
"Brave" by Sara Bareilles
Share a song that captures the feeling of being brave.
My family was listening to this repeatedly for months. So this is the first song that comes to mind.
I’m at a beautiful hotel today. They have ducks, koi, and little ponds n the premises.
Thinking about trying eMacs
Crucial Track for July 29, 2025:
"Canned Heat" by Jamiroquai
What song makes you want to dance alone in your room?
You know this boogie is for real!
Jamiroquai has so many great songs. I don't know why I haven't been keeping up with what they have been doing. …
Finally fixed my RSS feed.
Weekly Review - 20250726:
✨ Wins: What good or great things happened this week?
📌 Progress Check: How did things go with your goals from Monday?
Is Justin Timberland on the same drugs as Will Smith?
Crucial Track for July 23, 2025:
"All Night Long" by Mary Jane Girls
What song makes you want to stay up all night?
I'm actually not a fan of staying up late. Maybe because I'm an early riser or just getting old(er).
This song is a classic song written by Rick …
I think lambdas are a horrible design pattern.
If I was the one who gave the ok for Liquid Glass, I would retire too.
I’m breaking things on the site. Have to wait until after work to fix them.
Changed the default rss template. Hopefully those who read it don’t find it too disruptive.
Crucial Track for July 22, 2025:
"Arco Arena (Instrumental)" by CAKE
What's a song you associate with your hometown?
Cake is a band from where I'm from -- don't be creepy -- and this song is about a building that no longer exists. But, it really gets me hyped …
Creating Perfect Font Fallbacks in CSS | Aleksandr Hovhannisyan:
I've been thinking about this article by Jim Mitchell on using Phosphor Icons for Micro.blog navigation but haven't finished implementing it with my preferred icon font, tabler.
I was researching what would happen if someone was to read the site and the font is not available – for example, RSS …
Crucial Track for July 15, 2025:
"So Anxious" by Ginuwine
Share a song that perfectly captures anticipation.
Yes, Ginuwine has more than just Pony in his list of songs! Funny enough, I didn't know what exactly this song was about when it came out.
Crucial Track for July 16, 2025:
"Change the World" by Babyface & Eric Clapton
What's your favorite song about change?
This song has beautiful instrumentation and wonderful energy.
Depending on the version, you can get the extra kick at the end!
Meeting my X: It has been over a year since I shutdown my twitter account
Just a small peak into what I have planned
for the theme.
Give footnotes the boot - JakeArchibald.com: I have been thinking about my writing style and the difference between when I do something and whether I should.
That wonderful feeling of closing all those browser tabs after a project is completed and before realizing that you didn’t save the links in case you need to refer to them later.
#RunOnSentence
Be My BIMI: I spent 3 weeks going down a rabbit hole on making icons show up in mail so you do not have to.
I’ve been writing a technical post for the last couple of weeks and I got to the point where I I’m discussing feasibility and testing.
I don’t know if it’s worth the time and money to do what I’m writing about, but I’m going to publish just in case someone out …
Crucial Track for July 11, 2025:
"4 Page Letter" by Aaliyah
What song makes you want to write a letter?
I miss Aaliyah. I think she had wonderful talent as a singer and phenomenal stage presence. She had a way of soothing and entrancing at the same time. After …
Crucial Track for July 10, 2025:
"Can You Stand the Rain" by New Edition
What's your favorite song to listen to in the rain?
I’m not a fan of being outside in the rain. I know that it’s good for the area that I live in to have it on a regular basis. I just don’t …
Crucial Track for July 9, 2025:
"The Freshmen" by The Verve Pipe
Share a song that captures the feeling of being seventeen.
Seventeen wasn't a good year for me.
I don't even remember what this song was about but it's the first thing that comes to mind.
Crucial Track for July 8, 2025:
"Sunday Morning" by Maroon 5
Share a song that sounds like your ideal Sunday morning.
My friends like to joke that this was made when Maroon 5 was good. And I have to admit it’s still my favorite album and I listen to it semi …
Crucial Track for July 7, 2025:
"Alive" by Sia
What song makes you feel grateful?
What I like about this song is the passion. Sia’s voice has this way of almost cracking as she screams out how she’s still alive and still fighting.
There have been too many times …
Welcome to Monday.
Crucial Track for July 5, 2025:
"Back to Life" by Soul II Soul
Share a song that feels like it has healing powers.
This actually isn't the first song that came to mind, but it definitely fits.
For me it gets me into a groove and I can somewhat drift into the …
Take care of yourself out there.
Despicable Me 4 (2024) - ★☆☆☆☆: 
Do not waste your time. If you really want to know what happens watch the trailer and just make a guess. Odds are that you spent almost as much time/energy with that compared to what they put into the overall plot.
This thing was created by the business side of the movie …
Life can be hard.
Breathe, take it one step at a time.
It’s ok to be That
person for those who need it. Especially if that person is yourself.
Just giving because I can.
MacOS 26 Beta 2 is worse:
I went from this…
To this…
It’s going to be a long summer.
I’m sure Beta 2 will fix ALL my problems.
Crucial Track for June 12, 2025:
"WAP (feat. Megan Thee Stallion)" by Cardi B
What's a song you only listen to when you're completely alone?
That's a weird prompt. The fact that you would online listen to alone but you'd put it on your blog.
Sure, I'll bite.
I …
Crucial Track for June 11, 2025:
"Nobody Speak (feat. Run The Jewels)" by DJ Shadow
What's your favorite opening line from any song?
This song is not for kids, but makes me laugh every time I hear it.
Picture this I'm a bag of dicks Put me to your lips
Yes, …
Crucial Track for June 10, 2025:
"Invincible" by Kirsten Arian
Share a song that makes you feel invincible.
One of the best tracks on the Lego Batman soundtrack. It's a fun song that just gets me going.
Every once in a while, attempt to sing the chorus for karma police.
Crucial Track for June 9, 2025:
"Nobody Wants to Be Lonely (With Christina Aguilera)" by Ricky Martin
What song do you turn to when you need to cry?
I really enjoy this song because it also gives me hope in the despair. I also think about how Christina Aguilera …
IndieWeb Movie Club: June 2025 | dead.garden: Jo has a great post about Mary Poppins.
Just realized that I haven’t run all year.
Sometimes when people say “well, this other platform had this feature for # number of years/releases”, I feel that they don’t think about how we can’t have everything everywhere all at once.
The Mathening: Small discussion about math in the browser.
I tried on pants without functional pockets and now I’m familiar with all the struggles of what it means to be a woman.
I forgot what I was going to use this library of macOS icons for.
I’m hoping that they can fix this Liquid Glass issue.
I’m running macos 26 on my personal device. One thing I noticed is that the writing tools aren’t popping up as aggressively. The pointer also looks smaller.
I don’t like the contrast on various parts of the OS.
Do not want to have to deal with another option to reduce transparency on my parents phone or my own!
I haven’t watched the keynote, but it looks like someone at Apple hates contrast.
The Residence - ★★★★★: 
This was a happy find! The whole family gathered around to watch this one as we really like whodunits. The show has a wonderful cast and lots of twists and turns that kept us entertained.
Crucial Track for June 8, 2025:
"Killing In the Name" by Rage Against the Machine
What song feels like a personal anthem right now?
I didn't hear the message of this song when I first head it years ago. It saddens me we are still dealing with these things.
Crucial Track for June 7, 2025:
"Pardon My Freedom" by !!!
Share a song that represents rebellion or freedom to you.
I shared this song with my kids. I'm not always feeling this way but it feels good to put this one on and cut loose.
Crucial Track for June 6, 2025:
"I Wanna Sex You Up (Single Mix)" by Color Me Badd
What's a song with lyrics you didn't fully understand until you were older?
I had -and if you ask my wife still don't - no understanding of what any of these words mean.
I hate being angry.
So I told myself not to be mad.
Then I felt apathy and that feels so much worse.
If people fighting for their rights and freedom are considered a riot, than I guess it’s a riot.
This caught my eye.
Crucial Track for June 5, 2025:
"Larger Than Life" by Backstreet Boys
What's a song that feels larger than life to you?
Sorry, not sorry. This is the track that comes to mind when I saw the prompt. I still smile thinking about how people would argue whether …
Crucial Track for June 4, 2025:
"Life Is a Highway" by Rascal Flatts
Describe the perfect song for a road trip and why it works.
I didn't think much of this song when I heard it in the movie, but it's really grown on me over the years. I think it's because my …
I don’t like the idea of using the year for version numbers of operating systems. Reminds me of windows 95 and 98.
Of course, someone wants to go walking when I’m just about to go to bed.
The family loves her: 
You came in and just stole everyone’s heart.
And stuffed up everyone’s nose.
Keep doing what you’re doing!
I didn’t know that Bluesky was able to extract the information about the iTunes link on my site.
Crucial Track for June 3, 2025:
"Nobody Knows" by The Tony Rich Project
What song would you use to describe your current relationship?
I've been married for years and sometimes relationships can ebb and flow as we try to make things work in this world. At the …
Crucial Track for June 2, 2025:
"Kokomo" by The Beach Boys
Describe music that reminds you of a specific place you've traveled.
I’ve never been to Kokomo. For me, the song actually reminds me of Santa Cruz, Ca. My wife and I would sometimes listen to this song …
Crucial Track for June 1, 2025:
"The Dynamo of Volition" by Jason Mraz
What song do you associate with your biggest accomplishment?
This isn’t the biggest accomplishment, but I was able to beat a ticket one time and “The Dynamo of Volition” by Jason Mraz. It …
Crucial Track for May 31, 2025:
"Human Nature" by Michael Jackson
What song makes you feel understood when no one else does?
I feel that Human Nature by Michael Jackson is the best fit for the prompt. It might just be because I'm a big Michael Jackson fan.
Crucial Track for May 30, 2025:
"I Try" by Macy Gray
What's a song you initially disliked but now love?
I would say "I Try" by Macy Gray is the perfect song for this.
The first time that I heard this song, I was surprised that it was even on the radio. It was …
Crucial Track for May 29, 2025:
"Corner of the Earth" by Jamiroquai
What song feels like a secret between you and the artist?
"Corner of the Earth" is that track for me. It's something that I subconsciously seek out when I feel my world is spinning out of …
Ok, the writing is done and now it’s time to start a new habit of seeing what tabs to save the URLs of.
I would really like your opinion on my last post @Mtt @jimmitchell
Share the Love: 
I like sharing memes and articles with my friends. I also like saving links to things that I read so that I can follow up with them later
. I wanted to make it easier for me to share links to my page and document how I integrated it into …
Crucial Track for May 24, 2025:
"Tightrope (feat. Big Boi)" by Janelle Monáe
What’s a hidden gem you wish more people knew about?
Tightrope by Janelle Monáe is a wonderful track on a great album.
I really enjoy this track because it has a lot of energy and …
I’m trying to use instagram to connect with the youths.
I hate it.
Crucial Track for May 26, 2025:
"Un-Break My Heart" by Toni Braxton
What song reminds you of your first heartbreak?
I actually don't have one specific to my first heartbreak but there is not that brings up that feeling and it's Un-Break My Heart by Toni …
Crucial Track for May 25, 2025:
"Under Pressure" by Queen & David Bowie
Woke up and felt the whole world was on top of me.
It’s ok to rethink your identity if it leads you to being a better person. I’m saying that to myself and whoever else needs to see/hear it.
Went outside to “touch grass”.
I had a draft that was a rant. Finished it. Set it down. Read it. Now deleting.
Playing with the idea of getting into cursive writing again.
Nights like this, I wish I had a better camera.
I don’t know if you saw that they changed the folder structure of templates for Hugo, @manton.
Another thing to add to the list, I guess but I hope that people here are generally happy with what we’ve already got.
The Alto Knights, 2025 - ★★:
Looking back on this, I'm wondering if it's possible to make murder boring. This movie has all the parts for something great but looking back on it, I don't really know how to feel about the work overall.
De Niro plays two characters that looks two similar. It's almost as if Superman and Clark Kent …
I like that there are less and less reasons to update some of these software packages.
I was at UC Davis last week and I took some pictures.
I’ve decided to use Letterboxd for a couple days to do my movie reviews.
The Stepford Wives, 2004 - ★★★:
I went back and saw this film after watching Companion to get a feel for the two different movies. The movie really feels a little bit out of time. It has jokes that are still funny and poke fun at some many things that should be made fun of.
There are messages and jokes and just a lot of little …
The Stepford Wives, 2004 - ★★★:
I went back and saw this film after watching Companion to get a feel for the two different movies. The movie really feels a little bit out of time. It has jokes that are still funny and poke fun at some many things that should be made fun of.
There are messages and jokes and just a lot of little …
Companion, 2025 - ★★★:
This movie concept has been done before. What it comes down to is the execution and I feel the cast does a wonderful job of really bringing it <q>to life</q>.
The Gutter, 2024 - ★★½:
It's a lot of little jokes that you've seen in other places and stitches together here for your entertainment. I chuckled at a couple of the jokes but I don't think I can recommend this movie to most unless you want to watch a movie with dirty jokes and bowling.
Don't think. Just watch.🎬
The Gutter, 2024 - ★★½:
It's a lot of little jokes that you've seen in other places and stitches together here for your entertainment. I chuckled at a couple of the jokes but I don't think I can recommend this movie to most unless you want to watch a movie with dirty jokes and bowling.
Don't think. Just watch.
Król kręgli, 2024 - ★★½:
It's a lot of little jokes that you've seen in other places and stitches together here for your entertainment. I chuckled at a couple of the jokes but I don't think I can recommend this movie to most unless you want to watch a movie with dirty jokes and bowling.
Don't think. Just watch.
Finished reading: Artificial Condition by Martha Wells 📚
This one didn’t have as much action as the first as it focused on the intrigues that happen in the books universe. I feel that this gives the reader more of an understanding of the character and what it means to deal with trauma from the past …
What's in a title:
I have configured my blog index to only show posts with titles. At first, I was a little hesitant, but I think it makes for a better experience when I'm reading it. I also found that I do not hesitate as much make microposts.
Finished reading: All Systems Red by Martha Wells 📚
It was a fun short read. I’m now excited about the upcoming tv show. Unfortunately, I won’t have time to watch it until June.
If you’re looking for someone to give you permission to start or restart that thing you’re thinking about, I’m here to tell you yes… unless it’s dumb.
The turkeys have designated this space as their own.
I picked this up @KimberlyHirsh
Short video of Lillie playing with turkeys in the dog park.
From now on, everytime I hear Tim Cook talk about Apple loving it’s developers, I’ll be thinking about how a pimp loves their hoes.
Looks like the McRib is coming back soon!: China is halting US pork imports
Passing Data into SVG Linked Parameters Workaround:
I wanted to share this link for a while. I do not know if I will be able to use it in the future, but I am hoping that someone else will find it inspiring.
Discordance: 
I think I’ve been on most of the major social networks and chat systems. It’s part of the reason that I’m on my current hosting provider. In an ever increasingly busy world, having a quick way to connect to others is a great endorphin boost. Discord is another service that I …
Microfeatures I Love in Blogs and Personal Websites:
I remember this post shortly before I saw everyone posting about their slash pages. You can do whatever you want on your blog! For better or worse.
I've been on the lookout for ways to improve the site, and I've seen quite a few little things that are nice to use, but relatively easy to implement. …
The Goblin Emperor - ★★★★★: 
This was a delightful combination of palace intrigue, mystery, and exploring how we deal with grief and abuse. All of it self-contained and easy to follow from start to finish.
Currently reading: The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison 📚
I’m really enjoying it as an audio book, but this leads to me getting the names mixed up.
The older I get the more I feel that links should be underlined.
I don’t think rat race is the appropriate term because rat races usually end.
This was the beach this morning.
I left the charger for my Apple Watch while I’m traveling. I guess I won’t be closing my rings this weekend.
Stoot plugin update to 1.1.O: There was a change in Hugo .v141 that handles errors
Dropping Lillie off to play with her friends.
Lillie likes to lay in the sun. I wish I had a yard so she could do it more often.
White Lotus Season 3 - ★★★★☆: 
I do not know where they are going to go from here. I feel that all the actors really did a great job doing their individual roles. I found them to be believable on a lot of levels. But, I don't feel excited about visiting The White Lotus again in the future.
Had a really big burger the other day.
I'm tired boss... upcoming deprecations:
I've been working on an update for my website theme to scratch a technical curiosity I was feeling related to authorship of individual posts in comparison to the entire site. After reading a couple resources, I decided to ask on the Hugo forums if there was an ideal way to add author information. I …
Moonbound - ★★★★☆: 
I heard about this book📚 on episode 757 of The Incomparable podcast. It seemed like a nice little distraction and was a nice little adventure.
Updates to the theme: Play-Lab: Just a small milestone for me and I’d like to know what you think.
I’m dislike becoming more and more cynical.
The morning was pretty nice.
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute:
My next design tweak will be to start using the Atkinson Hyperlegible Font for this site.
Did the CSS naked day and it’s a little weird to see how large some of the assets I’m using are.
Thanks to @Archimage for letting me know that it’s draw a picture of a bird day.
I took this photo this morning. It was just me attempting to capture a still moment before the day begins.
Itching to write something but just don’t have it in me right now.
Here in Reno, NV for a volleyball tournament.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - ★★★☆☆: 
If you're looking for something light and easy going than this is a good place to find it. Easy to follow plot that one of the characters jokes about being easy figure out.
(Re)Starting Mindfulness:
The world has always been crazy. The only difference between when I was a child and now is that the world has been become smaller. The effects of the proverbial butterfly wings come faster than I am ready for. How does someone respond to so much so quickly?
In a lot of ways, I guess this is what …
Why Would Developers Care 2025?:
Apple announced the days for the upcoming developer conference and for the first time that I can recall, I didn’t really know what to feel. For years, I’ve had being a Mac user as part of my identity. I have shirts still in the original plastic celebrating different operating system releases. I …
Why send me a picture of the excel table when you have access to the table?!
Homebrew Website Club (March 19th, 2025): My personal highlights from the meeting.
Bad Monkey (2024) - ★★★★☆: 
Dodgeball is one of my favorite movies and Vince Vaughn has been a lot of movies that I've enjoyed over the years. That being said, it can be hard to watch him for an entire season unless you like that kind of humor. Thankfully, this show has …
I’ve got to tell myself to stop pushing code at 11:32 at night.
But since, I don’t sleep well. I can’t form long term memories.
This week, I’m planning on making my site work better with the lynx browser. I’ve got a lot of metadata hidden by css and will convert to css or just remove.
Lillie has been extra clingy recently as she is feeling sick. I hope that it’s in the last phases.
Up super late to help with homework. 1:40!!
Got to smart the alarm a little later.
Lillie is now sick again. Can you find her hiding away from that stomach bug?
I would really enjoy an apology from Apple related to AI in the same vein as the one we go during unveiling of Apple Maps.
Blog Recommendation: John Philpin: 
I’ve been reading John’s posts for over a year now and I’ve enjoyed his writing and the links that he’s curated on his site.
It’s almost 1am. I have to be up at 5 to get ready for work. I just hope that something good happens today.
Here is a picture of Lillie sunning herself knowing I’ve got to get back to a meeting.
Another reason to remove all twitter embeds from my content.
I had a thought about making a site that focused on tutorials that are NOT videos.
Didn’t think I would ever say this, but I kinda want to do pushups right now.
Thinking about using a webfont. I’m no longer using as much JavaScript and it would be nice to have a consistent view of my site when I’m goofing off researching.
Took Lillie to the vet.
I’ve turned off analytics and some of the javascript plugins on my website. The analytics were nice to have, but kind of distracting me from what I want to focus on with my writing. Plus I haven’t used certain plugins for months if not years.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2025) - ★★★★☆: 
I've come to the conclusion that when it comes to reboots of familiar IP[^ip], you should use similar rules as weddings; something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue. I thought it would be nice to organize this review using …
No doomscrolling today.
Love Hurts (2025) - ★★★☆☆: 
I was hesitant to watch this after reading some of the reviews for it. It's a pretty good movie with some caveats. This is not a film that you watch expecting a great plot of traditional romance, but it has a lot of great action.
You're Cordially Invited (2025) - ★★★☆☆: 
A movie like this is all about execution. You know that things are not going to go well, but it's how they go wrong and how the cast reacts that make the movie what it is.
Just relaxing.
I’m going to start scheduling my daily notes. Does anyone have a template that they prefer?
I sometimes do a math problem when I’m waiting for something. I grab some random numbers and multiply them together and then check my answer. Today, I divided by another random number.
I didn’t get the right answer but it felt nice to use my brain in this way.
Tell us something good: 
Tell Me Something Good is more than just a great song by Rufus, it’s also a great prompt that I saw on my friend James’ blog.
I thought I would write a couple good things that are in my life was I’m doing laundry.
Harley Quinn (Season 5): 
I honestly didn't think they would make another season of this after the last one, but apparently there was enough interest and budget to do this.
I was somewhat optimistic as I vaguely remember someone saying that this had the revitalized energy of the prior seasons. Season …
First Wives Club - ★★★☆☆: 
This is one of my wife's favorite movies and I'm happy that she wanted to share it with me. It wasn't on my radar when it came out or since then. The closet thing I've seen like this is 1989's She-Devil.
I feel that some of the tones are kind of dated and some of …
Take some time to tell those in your life how you feel.
Homebrew Website Club Meeting (2025-02-05):
I stopped by the European chapter of the IndieWeb group during my lunch and I feel that I got a lot of out it. We went over a lot of different things but here are some of my favorite highlights.
I joined the meeting late and caught the tail end of discussions about what other people do …
Kind of dreading the Superbowl for some reason. I’ll be happy when it’s over so that I don’t have to wait so long in the grocery line as everyone is doing their party shopping.
My friend sent this series of messages to me today. Just a little reminder about how these systems are trained. I’m not surprised.
My friend and I have a bet to see who can get to 100 pushups first.
A brief note about longform:
There have been a couple of posts on Micro.blog - the service I use to host my blog - about how to improve the handling of longform
content. I thought I would yell into the void write my thoughts and feelings about this topic.
I’ve been scratching my head trying figure out why this is wrapping improperly.
Things that I’m grateful for:
I’ve been taking an unintentional break from writing the last couple of weeks. Just kind of numb with all the things that are going on. Just filling my mind up with Severance theories as I try to ignore the world burning.
Last year someone shared a snippet to have Hugo only show the posts with titles. I thought I would remember it.
Does anyone know what I’m talking about?
{{- range ( .Paginate (where .Site.RegularPages "Type" "post" )).Pages }}
I wanted to try making a collection and put it in a post.
Just making small changes here and there tonight. I think I’m going to make the index only show posts that have a title.
Touching grass.
Creature Commandos (2024) - ★★★☆☆: 
If you liked The Suicide Squad, then you'll probably like this one as well. It's a similar premise and it's not trying to hide it. You could even say that's the point of it, and that's ok
.
I don’t need everything that I watch be a completely new idea. …
Finished reading: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir 📚
What is your next action?
It feels like some the more popular writing applications are getting a significant update. As someone who feels like they are bouncing around from one to another, this is great as I don’t have the added FOMO for features.
Who knows, I might get my writing workflow under control.
The Best of Intentions:
Back in December, I wrote a post about becoming more intentional in my day-to-day life. Sadly, I didn’t specify how I was going to go about it.
I made a couple of changes, but overall, I’m still finding myself getting into the same habits.
Thankfully, it’s never too late to start …
For over a month, I wasn’t seeing any comments on my blog post and just thought that it was because everyone was busy with other things.
Turns out, I just didn’t implement that part in my theme.
🤦🏾♂️
Seriously considering making “Have a good weekend!” the way that I end my emails.
I want to do some writing but I don’t know how to get started anymore.
If you see this message, I hope that you are doing well.
Instead of being in a funk, I’m going to invest the energy into my next action.
I took a break from the internet for one day and then THIS?!
Finished reading: The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose 📚
It is not a good book. I don’t recall the last time I read a book where I was so angry with the main characters. I think I kept going because my wife and I were trying to figure out how this was a best seller.
I know why now because this book …
The Hot Chick (2002) - ★★★★☆: 
It was a cold that night in December when we decided that we’d ring in the new year by watching movies and eating store bought frozen pizza. 2024 had been a year with a lot of ups and down and we just wanted to have something that would make …
Tomorrow, I want to spend as much time as I can just working on getting ready for the weeks/months/years to come.
I don’t think I you should make dog treats look like chocolate chip cookies.
Don’t use the Hugo twitter shortcode! It’s causing render issues!
2024 Blogging Retrospective:
I really wanted to focus on doing more blogging on my blog. Looking back at the 416 posts from last year, I feel that I did it.
One of my proudest accomplishments was writing a response to all the 50 blog prompts by Lou Plummer. I had originally attempted to do one every day, but I didn’t have …
Introducing ū— A Distraction-Free Writing... kung fu grippe:
I have been looking for this link for a very long time! I thought it was taken down for whatever reason and kept kicking myself for not saving it. I think it's a very good read as we start a new year
I’m planning on going to Homebrew Website Club Europe Meetup later today.
I don’t think I’ve got much to share at this point with my own projects, but it’ll be nice to see what others are into.
I was feeling a little overwhelmed and I took a couple minutes to write downs what I’m grateful for.
I hope that you find something good in your life today.
Really taking my time to come up with my next post.
Made pancakes this morning.
Happy New Years!!!
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #50:
50. Write about a news event from when you were still in school and how it made you feel.
One news event that I haven't written about is the California Energy Crisis of 2000. It marked the first time that I heard the word deregulation …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #49:
49. Do you have a set of rules or guidelines for your life? Did you write them? Why do you use them?
One of the key guidelines that I’ve set for myself is that I treat people the way that I want to be treated. People should be …
I’m not balding, I have inconsistent hair.
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #48:
48. Have you ever had a brush with celebrity? Write about It.
I once met Arj Barker after one of his comedy shows in Sacramento, CA. I used to follow him a little bit on twitter but haven’t looked into what he’s been …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #47:
47. Do you consider yourself to be an international person? Why or why not? If so, write about people you know or have known from other countries.
No.
Most if not all of my identity is made from the influences in my vacenity. Although …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #46:
- What is your all-time favorite story to tell from all the jobs you’ve held?
It was New Year's Eve of 1999. I was working the night shift at a grocery store and it was packed with people buying last minute necessities for when …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #45:
- What do you remember being a big deal to adults during your childhood or teenaged years?
The first thing that comes to mind is the OJ Simpson trail. I didn’t know who he was at the time. All I knew was that he was driving on a white …
Taking a break to post a picture of me taking home precious supplies.
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #44:
- Are you an exerciser? What physical achievement are you most proud of? Ever play any sports?
I know that I’m happier when I exercise. I am the best version of myself when I exercise.
I, unfortunately, do not carve out boundaries to …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #43:
- What’s the last trip you took? Was it fun? Why or why not.
The last trip I took was to visit family during the Christmas holiday. I would say that it was fun. There was a little tension in that we don’t all have the same …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #42:
I know this isn't Friday, but I really want to finish these post ideas before the end of the year.
- Write a #FollowFriday with the names of your favorite bloggers or social media follows and why you like them.
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #41:
- What is your relationship with your phone? Does it make you happy or sad? Do you get a new one frequently or infrequently?
When the iPhone first came out, it was the only material possession that I wanted. It had the promise of …
I just want to remind you that it’s ok not to read every post. I’m explicitly giving you permission not even attempt to get caught up
. Enjoy!
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #40:
I'm actually very happy to have this question.
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #45:
- What do you remember being a big deal to adults during your childhood or teenaged years?
The first thing that comes to mind is the OJ Simpson trail. I didn’t know who he was at the time. All I knew was that he was driving on a white …
Christmas is over! Time to start selling the valentines merchandise!
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #39:
39. What do you like to read? Books, newsletters, doomscrolling, blogs, paper magazines?
My favorite thing to read are comics. I’ve enjoyed comics since I was a kid and would read the funny
pages in the newspaper. When I was …
Sometimes I find some good stuff on Bluesky.
Generally we think of alt-text as the domain of those with accessibility needs.
However alt-text is useful for many reasons, which benefit your viewers, as well as you, the creator!
— alex (@dremenec.com) October 28, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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End of the Year Web Development Fun:
Near the end of the year, I look forward to two sites that release some amazing articles about web development.
HTMHell Advent Calendar 2024
In 2022, I launched the HTMHell Advent Calendar, which was a great success. Since then, dozens of authors worldwide have contributed fantastic articles on …
Does this show up in the timeline?
Two different kinds of “focusable” UI elements · Eric Eggert:
This was a pretty nice article about things getting focus and how that plays with accessibility.
In accessibility, “focusable” UI elements are represented by two separate yet equally important concepts: the elements who can be focused sequentially and those who can only receive focus …
End of the year goals for the blog:
This morning, I saw that micro.blog is now allowing a new version of Hugo. The new version is 0.140 and is a fairly big jump from 0.117. The thing that I’m excited about the most are the changes that were added in 0.134.
@jsonbecker has been discussing this on micro.blog and on his blog about …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #38:
38. How do you feel about writing? Is it often cathartic, fun, a chore?
I genuinely enjoy writing. I feel that it gives me a creative outlet and allows me to see my thoughts in words. I don’t consider myself prolific or …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #37:
37. Do you have any good or bad stories from your relationship with social media or Internet communities?
A story that comes to mind happened when MySpace was starting to take off. My roommates sister was visiting for the first time …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #36:
36. What do you remember about your first computer and learning to use it?
The first computer that I remember using on a regular basis was a Tandy from RadioShack. I don’t feel that I really appreciated it because it was hard to …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #35:
35. What is your typical day like from the time you wake up until you go to bed?
I think this is a nice little compliment to a post I did recently about my goal of being more intentional. The only thing that is typical about my day is …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #34:
34. Write a book review of the last book you couldn't put down.
I already wrote about the last book that I finished, but wanted to talk about the book that I’m currently working through which is How to calm your mind
by Chris …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #33:
This is an interesting question because I've heard of people saying that most people are single issue voters
and we recently had an election where someone complained about the price of eggs being a key factor in how they voted.
33. What are five issues that have affected your political life? …
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 →
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #32:
32. What is your perfect record album?
I feel that Off the Wall by Michael Jackson is the perfect record album. This is essentially the same answer for me as prompt 24.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 →
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #31:
31. Is there a particular country other than your own that fascinates you? Why?
Not Really.
I’m a homebody and ignorant of the outside world.
I think there was a point in my life that I looked at Brussels. I half remember it …
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 →
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #30:
This is a pretty big milestone when it comes to working through these prompts.
30. What is something you are passionate about and why?
It is an interesting time to think about this. What is passion
? And am I passionate about anything …
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 →
Intention:
Years ago, I dedicated myself to a theme inspired by Mike Hurley and Gray’s yearly theme methodology. I told the people around me and even put my money where my mouth was by purchasing the associated notebook.
I didn’t use the notebook.
But, I kept it with me, and it acted as a reminder …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #29:
29. Can you make a list of 20 moments in your current or past life that you would classify as sublime?
I would say moments with my wife and children have been sublime. It's very rare that I feel that kind contentment with life.
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #28:
I want to be get back into my writing.
28. Do you have an /Interests page on your blog? What is on it or what would you put on one if you made it?
No, I do not have anything other than an /about page on my blog. I sometimes have …
I had a goal of finishing Lou Plummer’s 50 Ideas for Blog Posts by the end of the year. I’ve done 27 and only have a couple weeks to finish the rest.
You’re going to see a lot of posts in the next couple of days.
I had coffee with some friends today.
It feels good to finish something. I hope you all get a chance to have that feeling today.
Setting up a new computer can be kind of refreshing as you take some time to think about what you really need versus having simply because you had it on the other instance.
Many years ago, I went to a Black Friday sale for diapers. I think it’s probably the closest I’ve everr gotten to buying happiness since then.
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #27:
27. What kind of decorations do you have in your workspace? What do they mean to you?
The place that I’m currently working has a “hoteling” requirement. This means that I’m required to book an …
Found this on Mastodon.
I’m debating on whether I should leave the micro posts on my main page.
I hope something good happens to you today.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 →
It’s ok to say no to a side project. It’s not your main focus.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 →
I felt like I needed to get my body moving because I wasn’t feeling well yesterday.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 →
I cut all my hair and then it started to rain.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 →
About 90% of the people that I would follow on BlueSky are on Micro.blog or Mastodon.
Currently reading: How to Calm Your Mind by Chris Bailey 📚
Testing.
Treating lupus by depleting B cells with CAR T cells has been shown successful
A breakthrough cancer immunotherapy is now taking aim at autoimmune disease | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti…
— Eduardo Villablanca (@ejvillablanca.bsky.social) November 15, …
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The Mike Tyson fight continues the trend of November being a month filled with disappointments.
I think I should mention webmentions.
Just wanted to go outside and “touch grass”. Maybe there are turtles inside.
Sometimes you work on something for a considerable amount of time, look at it and decide not to use it.
It’s not always a waste of time. It can be frustrating.
But, you learned a little more about what works and doesn’t and how to get to either point.
Going to the vet for a checkup and nail trim.
Alt text: My dog Lillie refuses to get out of the car.
I’ll have to try this out when I get a chance
My writing for the month has really slowed down. It’s as if some big event has happened and I can’t be bothered to write about my feelings on movies and music.
I met him once at a comic convention. He seemed pretty cool and I always enjoyed his appearances in different things.
Although, I’m not going to say Candyman in the mirror any time soon.
It feels as if we have jumped straight into the holiday season.
Just waiting to go to bed.
I hope that you have a great day.
What a day.
Is the micro.blog shirt still available? I don’t remember who was selling it. @help
Take care.
I took some time and made this plugin for micro.blog that contains all the shortcodes in the different themes that are offered.
I’m still doing some testing, so if you have any feedback, I’d welcome it.
I now hate the color orange.
I woke up with some less than stellar news. I didn’t know what to do an it was 4 in the morning.
I woke up at 3:30 and made the mistake of looking at my phone.
You’re going to be ok.
Going to have to give up the ghost on these. You had a good run, buddy.
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #26:
26. Are you retired or working? What are your plans for retirement?
I am currently working and having this constant dread that I'll probably have to do this until the day that I pass away.
Life has a lot of twist and turns. A lot of …
I’ve been taking a small break from OmniFocus to figure out who I am when I’m not ignoring my task list.
Currently, I’m trying out a couple things and I think add this to my list of experiments.
Finished reading: Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan 📚
I really had trouble putting this book down. I really enjoyed having a female protagonist in a fantasy novel who has some drive and initiative.
At the end, I’m conflicted between seeing where the story goes and having it end in fear …
For this month, I am writing and sending the posts without much editing.
Which is like everyday but more frequently.
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #25:
25. Is there a special food from your region or heritage that you a particular appreciation for?
I'm in California and there are a lot of different foods in our area that I get to sample. There are two foods that I find to be special …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #24:
24. Write a review of your favorite album. What lyrics mean something special to you?
A LOT of people love Michael Jackson's Thriller. It's got a lot of big hits on it and the title track is a halloween dance favorite. My favorite …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #23:
23. What words of wisdom would you have appreciated from your younger self?
Sometimes I don't think I've become any wiser in my years. Just a little more patient in some areas and less in others.
But, if I could say something to my …
You spend a good hour working on a post just to see all the formatting looking like garbage.
🤦🏾♂️
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #22:
- Have you been to a memorable concert? What made it stand out to you?
My first memorable concert was the [Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coming Out of Their Shells …
I promised myself that I would post something every day this month , but I’m having trouble just stringing some thoughts together.
I was seriously playing with the idea of creating a plugin that contained all the different shortcodes that are used in the Micro.blog themes. I didn’t because I don’t have the time.
How to Monetize a Blog:
This was making the rounds a couple of weeks ago and I wanted to link to it, but it was sitting in the backlog as I was trying to make something else perfect.
I don’t remember what I was waiting for, but I’m hoping that you enjoy it.
So let's talk about monetizing a blog, starting with …
Hello next distraction project! I was just going to get my life together.
Another reason that I don’t like QR codes.
Well, I’m glad I didn’t invest all that time into Omnivore. Now there are just too many questions about what is going to happen with the service.
Not a care in the world.
I’m looking forward to people complaining about daylight savings time just so I can get a break from election coverage.
One less card for stoot: 
Stoot now has an option that will remove the Open Graph / Meta Tags card associated with the first link in a mastodon post. If you are interested in the tags that Mastodon sees, you can go to OpenGraph XYZ to put in your favorite URLs. Here a direct link to your fifth favorite. Mastodon takes the …
Sharing pictures of tables in excel should be frowned upon.
Finish
a project.
Start closing the windows filled with tabs and then realize all the other projects.
Go to bed realizing that although you have more to do, you have accomplished something.
Bath time for Lillie!
I have to look into a way for this not to be as scary for her.
I’m planning on going to Homebrew Website Club Europe Meetup later today. I’m hoping to talk about masonry, but I think I’ll just get side tracked with coffee.
What a morning!
Hello @lmika, do you know someplace that I can find a quick start guide for the go language? I’m trying to debug an issue with stoot.
My daughter is going to get a great gift today and I’m so excited for her!
Kids are at school with a lockdown in place. This is the third time this school year. Thoughts and prayers aren’t working on making schools feel safer. I doubt a verse from a Trump branded bible is going to make it better.
Someone is eating canned tuna and now the office smells of it. Not cool.
A List Of Text-Only & Minimalist News Sites - GreyCoder:
There is a _lot_ of content out there. Some of it's news, some of it is propaganda. I hope that this helps you get to whatever you want to read faster.
Text-only websites are quite useful, especially today, because web pages are increasingly filled with ads, videos, and bandwidth-heavy content. …
I don’t like QR codes.
I tried to fight this feeling, but I’m of the opinion that they are really overrated.
Giving Ulysses another chance.
I wanted to add more drawings and pictures to my blog and Ulysses has a little sketch pad built in.
Just waiting for my daughter to finish her SATs.
It was a very long day, but I’m pretty happy to finally be hitting the pillow.
Ok, I preordered Mario Party Jamboree. Yes, I know I probably could have gotten the digital version on the day but I have a possibility of getting a keychain and I’m less and less confident in companies keeping their goods available for longer.
Just going through some of the posts that I’ve had drafted and clicking the post button.
It really feels like all the tech that comes into my life want you to rent or lease and never own anything.
🍿 The Retirement Plan (2023) - ★★☆☆☆:
If you have seen the trailer, then you have seen the movie.
It was late at night, we wanted to watch something lite. Seeing Nicolas Cage and his stunt double mow through unremarkable opponents was just the thing we needed.
Description from The Movie Database
When Ashley and her young daughter …
Dungeons & Dragons taught me how to write alt text – Eric Bailey:
If you are not familiar with Dungeons & Dragons, there are two general flavors for how to play:
- Using miniatures and a map, or
- Theater of the mind.
This reminded me of all the times that I would play with my …
I have 46 items in drafts that I want to pursue. Just the time and energy isn’t there.
I want to shout out to omg.lol and relay.fm for continuing their fundraiser to cure childhood cancer.
Here is URL for those who want to donate.
Thursday, September 19, 2024 →
If you’re going to break your site in production, make sure you fix it before anyone notices.
Not speaking from experience… 😏
Thursday, September 19, 2024 →
Thoughts about the newest iPhone:
Two weeks ago, my wife told me that we should start looking for new phones for our daughters because they have been having performance problems for the last couple of months. They are both using a 6th generation iPhone and seeing limits with battery life and a couple inconvenient os …
It feels in all the discussion about AI coming to iOS and Mac, I don’t think anyone has mentioned how much this is going to cost.
Service revenue is becoming more and more important to Apple.
iOS meh-teen
Wish I could see the debate, if only to see an example of how to deal with “certain people”.
📺 KAOS (2024) - ★★★★★:
I didn't know that I was going to enjoy this as much as I did.
This show harkens back to the old school gods. The fickle
ones that would smite you down because of a petty slight or demand that you kill your children because the will it so.
A long way from Disney’s Hercules. There is murder …
Afternoon exercise.
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #21:
I don't do a lot of hobbies
like I used to.
- What kind of adventures have you had pursuing your hobbies?
I think the closest thing I have in terms of adventures related to hobbies is trying to find hotels or things along the way when …
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 →
Trying to be there for others.
Just spent the evening thinking about how to clean my home and send letters for the PTO that I’m a part of.
Never thought about this as a younger person.
Posted with no explanation.
There are 30 days in September! Guess who is going to be posting every day!
I’m really hoping that people checkout the next winging it seminar tomorrow.
Found via OddBird
I now know what a steak left in an unpowered refrigerator for 3 months smells like.
Got my first email pen pal!!! I hope I don’t over do it.
🍿 Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) - ★★★★☆: 
This movie allowed me to laugh with my friends.
I think that’s my favorite part of this movie. Just being able to sit back and have fun with it. I’ve never really considered Deadpool a serious
character and honestly didn’t have a lot of expectations going into this.
If …
What is that?
Oh! A use case I didn’t think about!
Goody, goody.
I feel seen with this one.
I still like objective-c. Also, would love to get some Perl code in sometime.
I came across a cool hashtag on mastodon called #Bloomscroling.
Stoot has been added to the list of official plugins for micro.blog! It’s also had it’s first change which should address some issues with sizing!
There have been a couple people asking how to get the stoot plugin working when it isn’t part of the official library. I’ll send an email to @help later today.
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #20:
At one point, I thought it would be cool to work at a movie rental store.
- How do you like to watch movies? Are you a theater goer, a streamer, or do you like physical media?
I used to love going to the movies. It was a wonderful …
My next technical project is to learn how to parse strings like … say … https://social.lol/@mandaris/112972179158249151 into the stoot shortcode.
#LastThingISwear
Introducing stoot for Micro.blog: 
I’m on mastodon too much a lot a fair amount of time and come across items that I want to share with others on my blog. stoot is a Hugo shortcode that allows you to have a static version of a mastodon post on your site. This can match your template or be restyled as you choose.
As of …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #19:
I do like talking about food and this one is lighter than yesterday's entry.
- What is your favorite food? Why do you like it? What is your history with it?
My favorite food is pizza 🍕. I’ve enjoyed it since I was a wee little …
It’s how I express my love.
I’m pretty happy with the results!
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #18:
I didn't expect this kind of question. I feel it is relevant to a lot of things in my life.
- How do you feel about alcohol? Is it something you enjoy? What do you like? What do you dislike?
The amount of times that I’ve seen …
📺 The Boys S4:E7: 
This is the penultimate episode!
This episode like most of the season reminds me of a smoldering fire. It’s not as flashy as it was previously but it can still burn you and there is the occasional pop as the embers break.
I’m not trying …
I sometimes wonder if I spend too much time making test data for scenarios that no one cares about. Is it the back of the fence or the shape of the nail heads?
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #17:
- What are your favorite books and why?
I think I'm going to say that my favorite genre of book is fantasy.
I think I’m drawn to the genre because most of them have a beginning, middle, and end where the protagonist resolves …
📺 Harley Quinn (Season 4) - ★☆☆☆☆: 
Season four? More like Season Snore!
But seriously, I found myself struggling to care about the series at the end. The only thing pushing me through those episodes at the end was my desire to just be done with the whole thing. …
Working on another technical project. It’s looking like it’s going to get more complicated than I expected. Part of me is excited and part of me dreads having to hunt down unexpected issues.
📺 The Boys S4:E6: 
We’re getting to the home stretch of a slow burning season. I feel that this episode highlights that you don’t need to have everyone in danger to have some tension and character development.
I feel that some might be turned off by having some of the subtlety of …
I thought she wanted to go for a walk.
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #16:
- What things are easy for you to write about? What things are hard?
The easiest thing for me to write about is about my blog.
I enjoy writing about what changes that I make to the theme and different posting challenges that I’m …
📺 The Boys S4:E5: 
You might be wondering “where is the review of episodes 2 through 4?”
Well, I accidentally binged them and I found myself in episode 5 thinking about how I hadn’t written anything about the show.
Well, if you’ve been watching the show for …
The emperor is weird.
I think I might give this a try.
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #15:
- Are you an early or late adopter of technology? What makes you that way?
I'm currently a late adopter
.
I still get excited by some technology, but I don’t have the enthusiasm I used to have for adopting new things.
I used to …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #14:
- What has your relationship with music been like throughout your life?
Music is one of the things that express my feelings when I can't put it into words. I find that I feel better after listening to music for a while. Either with …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #13:
- What societal problems is your region known for and do they affect you?
At this moment in time, the problem that I see in the region is homelessness.
I’ve had my them get into my car and and take things out.
A Book Apart Books:
**Unfortunately**, A Book Apart is [no longer selling books](https://abookapart.com/pages/about/) and I never managed to get a complete collection.Fortunately, the authors of each book seem to be in control of what happens to their books, meaning their books are potentially still available in some …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #12:
- What hobbies have you had in the past that you no longer have? What happened?
I used to do ballroom dancing when I was in my early 20s. I loved it because I didn't have a lot of natural rhythm and it felt great to get out on the …
This one without a title Just a small test to see what details and summary look like in my RSS feed.
Also, I’ll see if mastodon hides it as well.
Details and Summary Test:
Just a small test to see what details and summary look like in my RSS feed.
Also, I’ll see if mastodon hides it as well.
What a crazy weekend. I had a lot of things going on and wasn’t able to make posting a priority. Now, I’ve got to decide on trying to “catch up” by posting more times in a day or just resuming from where I was.
Does anyone remember WAMP stacks? That was a thing.
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #11:
- What is your current relationship with technology? Do you enjoy it? Does it cause you anxiety?
There is a funny clip of Homer Simpson where he’s praising beer for being the cause and solution to all of his problems.
I feel …
📺 The Acolyte S1:E8: 
Does this show stick the landing
?
Um… Kinda?
To extend the metaphor, it sticks the landing but twists the ankle and has to hobble away hoping to get a chance to redeem itself in the next routine.
The show has a number of great points and attempts to do some really cool new things with the …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #10:
- What’s your relationship with physical labor? Do you enjoy, accept or avoid it?
At this point in my life, I do not do a lot of physical labor.
I’m actually very sedentary and do roughly 5 minutes of exercise a day …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #9:
- Do you have a gratitude practice? Why or why not? What sort of things are you grateful for?
I do have a journal that I write 5 things that I'm grateful for in. I'm inconsistent with writing in my journal but I've come back to it in …
Lillie likes sitting in the sun.
It’s ironic that Apple released an update to private browsing and also made ads worse at the same time.
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #8:
I was really happy to see this prompt. I really needed a laugh today.
- What is the funniest book or TV show with which you are familiar?
The funniest TV show that I’m familiar with is The Good Place. It’s a great example …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #7:
Yesterday was horrible. Absolutely horrible. That being said, I want to keep this post light.
- Do you have any unpopular opinions or dislike something that many people like?
I don’t like pineapple on pizza.
I’m more upset that Richard Simmons died than anything else going on today.
I mean it was a pretty nice day for the most part… then it just went crazy.
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #6:
- What is or was your relationship with people from your parent’s generation?
I feel I get along with people of all generations.
When it comes to people of my parent’s generation, I feel that I get along with most of them. …
Jumping In July:
It’s been a while but I’m excited to get back into the swing of things. Although I don’t want to know how long we will go between releases.
I guess we’ll just say that it’s part of the fun.
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #5:
This one was pretty easy to write.
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #4:
This one was pretty easy to write.
📺 The Acolyte S1:E7: 
The road to Hell is paid with good intentions. History is filled with examples of people doing things with the most noble of intentions only to find out that they made things worse.
This episode embodies that to the fullest.
This is a flashback episode where we get to see what happened on Brendok. …
Lillie relaxing in the sun.
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #3:
This one isn't as heavy as the previous two answers.
Severance - Season 2 Date Announcement:
I woke up goofing off today and was rewarded by seeing the YouTube video of an announcement trailer.
I joked that it was going to happen before the release of Apple Intelligence.
A Tour Of My New Self-Hosted Code Setup | Leon Mika:
I really enjoy how Leon steps us through the journey of setting up self-hosting as well as giving us his reasons on why he's doing it.
Well, if I was going to do this at all, it was time to do it for real. I decided to set up my own code hosting properly this time, complete with CI/CD runners, all …
Every once in a while, I’d type tuaw in my browser to see if they were going to use it the domain again.
Now I can’t on moral grounds.
50 Ideas for Blog Posts by Lou Plummer #2:
I'm continuing with the series by Lou Plummer and trying not to get too worked up over the format of the posts.
- On what subjects are you outspoken and on what subjects are you mostly mute?
I read the prompt and thought about the …
50 Ideas for Blog Posts - Living Out Loud:
Lou has put together a nice list of writing prompts on his website. It seems like a perfect time as I was looking for something to write about.
- A road trip you’ve taken that was memorable
I remember the first trip that I took …
I thought about changing the table of contents from an <aside> to a <section>. My reasoning that it’s a block element that is part of an <article> and I supply it with a header. Afterwards, I thought about using the <nav>.
🍿 Deadpool (2016) - ★★★☆☆:
I wanted to get familiar with the characters again before I watch the latest iteration coming out tin a couple weeks. And it was just as fun as I remember it.
It’s a lot of crude jokes and over the top action.
I’ll watch it again when the next one comes out.
Overview
The origin story …
The Boys Season 4 Episode 1: 
Violence is nothing new to The Boys series. It’s one of the more pronounced aspects of the show where the Supes
demonstrate that their extraordinary abilities. Some of the more notable deaths are people being blasted by lasers, having their heads explode, or literally having someone else run …
📺 Pride and Prejudice (1995) - ★★★★☆:
I have to admit it this version of the Jane Austen classic is pretty good. I normally avoid watching period pieces because I look at all the wealth that some of these people have and how their only concern is that they have the most fashionable clothes of the season.
I feel that this version got me …
📺 The Acolyte S1:E6: 
We’re getting to the end of the season and there are still a lot of questions to be answered. It can be really hard to stick the landing. This episode is there to build up some tension and get us ready for those last two episodes.
Unfortunately, it feels like you could sum it up in 2-3 …
📺 The Acolyte S1:E4 and E5: 
Oh man! Episode 4 and 5 are amazing together!
If you wanted to see something different from Star Wars than this has something for you. It’s not perfect but I really like having new ideas and new possibilities given to me.
The temporary a/c unit we have in place before the person comes to fix it.
🍿 A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened (2023) - ★★★☆☆: 
I saw this on the flight after watching the Thriller documentary and I’m pretty happy that I did. I think it’s a good example of how you could have all the talent in the world around a project and still have things go wrong. I also feel that this is where the business of making things …
Just wanted post something else.
🍿 Thriller 40 (2023) - ★★★★☆: 
I’m a big fan of Michael Jackson. I’ve been that way since I was kid. His music is timeless and has a global impact. I feel that every fan of music can get some enjoyment of this movie that tells the story of the biggest album of all time.
What I enjoyed the most about this was how they …
Twice as much pi:
I’ll have to mark this off for next year.
Tau Day is a celebration of the circle constant 𝜏=𝐶/𝑟= 6.283185… Founded in 2010 with the publication of [_The Tau Manifesto_](https://tauday.com/tau-manifesto) by [Michael Hartl](https://www.michaelhartl.com/), Tau Day takes place annually on June 28 …
I’m considering GitHub alternatives in our new AI world.
🍿 The Flash (2023) - ★☆☆☆☆: 
I had to go back to my rating system to make sure that I was evaluating this properly.
It’s got a reputation for being bad, but the masochist in me kept chanting How bad can it be?
and I had a 5 hour flight that I felt that I …
Back home from vacation and almost installed the iOS beta.
Yes, there is something wrong with me.
Last day of vacation. The last thing I thought about was the “presidential debate”. Going to be a long hot summer.
I like to test things on my own.
From the top of the building
My first reaction was to be very self conscious of my bald spot, but I realized that this is my body and shouldn’t be ashamed of the fact that t that I’m lucky enough to show signs of aging.
I’m too much of a MAC nerd 🤓. I’m in Philadelphia and I’m wondering if I’ll see John @gruber
View from the balcony
It just got me that this upcoming iOS release might be the first one that I don’t want.
On vacation with my parents and they both whispered to me that the other is in the beginning stages of dementia. Don’t know what to think but the possibility of relaxing for the rest of the trip feels like an impossibility.
I’m on vacation and get to experience tv with commercials. This is pure torture.
📺 The Acolyte S1:E3: 
I’ve been enjoying this new series of Star Wars TV recently.
It’s got a mix of different Star Wars troupes and other concepts you normally don’t talk about in regards to space wizards with laser swords.
It’s not a perfect show, but I don’t need that.
WWDC 2024 Recap And More(second Posting):
Talking about WWDC 2024, Rick and Morty Season 7, The Boys, and the latest with Labarum.
00:00:00: Chapter 1 - Beginning
00:00:35: WWDC 2024 Reflection
00:06:23: Media Review: Rick And Morty Season 7
00:08:01: Upcoming Media: The Boys Season 4
00:08:45: Labarum Update
The last time didn’t …
For bios, not bots:
I started working on my theme for Micro.blog in the hopes that it was accessible and could be parsed using schema and microformats. It was spurred by the feeling that I wanted my posts to be shared to as many people as possible. I’m not saying that I’m a literary genius or have something …
WWDC 2024 Reactions And More:
Talking about WWDC 2024, Rick and Morty Season 7, The Boys, and the latest with Labarum.
00:00:00: Chapter 1 - Beginning
00:00:35: WWDC 2024 Reflection
00:06:23: Media Review: Rick And Morty Season 7
00:08:01: Upcoming Media: The Boys Season 4
00:08:45: Labarum Update.
Apparently, Homelander and I share the same birthday year. I wonder what’s stopping be from enjoying the same level of success?
I don’t know who had Vimeo on there WWDC bingo card, but thanks for reminding me about the service.
A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio (John Boyega, Teyonah Parris, and Jamie Foxx) onto the trail of a nefarious government experience conspiracy in this pulpy mystery caper.
What deserves to be shared:
I’m self aware enough to know that some of what drives me to write on this blog is to communicate and share my thoughts and feelings on various things. Some would call it a little narcissistic.
That being said, I do come across things that I would like to share. For instance, I came across a …
Does anyone know of an app that creates a image based off of a url? I’m looking for something that would show a preview the same way apple notes or discord does.
So, I guess my yoga session will be delayed.
Sometimes, I feel that I’m putting a lot of effort into theme when others can do it with very little effort.
But, that’s ok, not everyone is at the same level and I feel that mine is a very good starting point for everyone who wants to learn. Including myself.
So, take what you want and …
I was experimenting with webmentions a lot today. Still have a couple questions, but I think I’m done for the time being.
Smart quotes are The Devil!
Testing Webmentions one last time for the day:
Webmention is one of the fundamental indieweb building blocks. It enables rich interactions between websites, like posting a comment or favorite on one site from another site.
I hope this works.
This is really the …
Testing Webmentions again:
Webmention is one of the fundamental indieweb building blocks. It enables rich interactions between websites, like posting a comment or favorite on one site from another site.
I’m hoping that this all works …
Finish the post and then close all the browser tabs. … … Then remember that you still needed to save some of those links for later.
Labarum: Restarting Iterations:
During my Micro Camp presentation, I stated that the first publication is the first iteration…
Then I stopped.
Just a lot of little things got in the way, and I started to sit on changes that I have made. I’m hoping that this post will be me getting back into publishing changes and why …
I have beeen sitting on changes to my to my theme because I want to write about it. Then I realized I haven’t added to the repository of themes yet.
I’m walking away from my dream of being an iOS/Mac developer. None of my hardware can run the latest os and I have to focus on other things.
Sometimes you have toe to find other dreams.
I went for a walk to clear my head this morning. I hope that these find you well.
Ghosted, 2023 - ★★:
Ok, I’m going to start off by stating it plainly, Chris Evans plays a bad boyfriend.
Seriously.
I really enjoyed the change in gender roles for an action movie, but it really reminds me of what is wrong with the “formula” that Hollywood had used for years. Think about Jaime Lee Curtis in True Lies. …
Ghosted, 2023 - ★★:
Ok, I’m going to start off by stating it plainly, Chris Evans plays a bad boyfriend.
Seriously.
I really enjoyed the change in gender roles for an action movie, but it really reminds me of what is wrong with the “formula” that Hollywood had used for years. Think about Jaime Lee Curtis in True Lies. …
A Brief For June 7th, 2023:
Just a hot take on WWDC and where we’re heading with that.
Documentation is a love letter that you write to your future self and I have not been a good friend.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, 2023 - ★★★★:
I enjoyed this movie but I found myself not fully invested in the characters during some points of the film. There are a tooooon of Easter eggs for those who like Spider-Man so keep your eyes peeled as they move from point to point in the story.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, 2023 - ★★★★:
I enjoyed this movie but I found myself not fully invested in the characters during some points of the film. There are a tooooon of Easter eggs for those who like Spider-Man so keep your eyes peeled as they move from point to point in the story.
I was looking into changing my profile picture. It’s hosted on gravatar and the information isn’t saved properly in 1Password (created in The Before Time). Now I’m concerned what resetting the passwords might do. Should be fine, but don’t have the time to fix it if things go wrong.
This is my favorite feature of the new OS.
Also, I’ve got to stop installing betas on my only device.
A Brief On June 2nd, 2023:
Just talking about what’s going on without any editing.
Life has been a little stressful but it’s good to get it out of my thoughts for a little bit.
Don't meet your zeros: 
Photo courtesy of Gratisography
I’m not above getting influenced by my peers and the media around me. It’s all part of being a social animal like most people in this world. We get information from others and form opinions based off of what we observe.
The best way to get information is …
My biggest sadness about the upcoming WWDC is that my iMac that is running Monterey won’t be able to run the newest version of Safari.
Little gobbles
For the web designers out there, how do you arrange your css file? How often do you refactor it?
So I upgraded my wife’s phone to iOS 16.
‘MM/DD/YYYY’ is a horrible date format. I will never feel otherwise.
Just two ducks 🦆 chilling by the pool.
Today will be focused on labarum and planning for the week.
Just picked up Beat Saber this is the first time I’ve ever played it.
Some thoughts on labarum designs for the future: 
I’ve been thinking about where I want my theme to go next, and have been looking at other themes for inspiration. When I look at the other themes, I see that they usually have the time posted on the post but don’t have text stating that it’s the time that it was posted. There is …
I was thinking about going through all my browser windwos and closing the tabs, but then decided that it was a problem for future me and just started playing video games.
I think I’m going to remove comments from on the main page of the theme that I’m using. It’s nice to know that people have things to say about what I’m writing, but I feel that I want my readers to see what I have to offer on the index page.
Just went through my spam folder. A whole lot of false positives that I’m going to delete anyway.
The Future of Hybrid Digital Communities podcast - Fastmail:
I thought this would be fitting to post here as we just finished having micro.camp
On this special Philly Tech Week episode of the Digital Citizen podcast, Fastmail COO Helen Horstmann-Allen speaks with Alex Hillman, Will Toms, and Michelle Freeman, three of the savviest digital citizens in …
A lot of stuff in my social media timeline(s). Wish I could respond and read everything but it’s probably ether just to focus on a select few in the hopes that people will understand.
I look at my todo list and say “As soon as I finish my theme, I’m going to do X, Y, and Z”
Then I find something wrong with the theme.
Yesterday, I made pancakes 🥞 for breakfast.
Oh! Hey! You want to check out my theme and see how awesome it is!?
Face palm.
I should have set this up a long time ago. I let my email get out of hand a lot, so any kind of control can really help.
The setup for micro.camp.
I hope that this is enough gummy bears 🐻
Apple previews new accessibility features, including AI-generated voice clone – Six Colors:
I feel that the Six Colors website had a really good overview of Apple’s announcement related to accessibility.
For the third year running, Apple has offered a preview of accessibility features coming to its platforms later this year. The announcements were timed to mark global accessibility …
Having a really hard time focusing the last couple of weeks. I’m hoping to turn it around.
So I went through my email last week and archived everything with the determination of staying on top of it. Now, I’m at 92 unread emails.
Six Colors – Apple, technology, and other stuff by Jason Snell & Dan Moren:
These also mark Apple’s first major subscription software venture: each of the pro apps will be available on May 23, running $4.99 per month or $49 per year; they’ll both offer a month-long free trial.
I think this is the …
I was listening to a podcast where someone said they raised money to buy a keyboard by mowing lawns. And I thought 💭 if you went door to door offering that you might get shot.
Do I really need to tell you not to put empty containers in the refrigerator?
I put my thoughts into words and words into action… or something…
Webmention is one of the fundamental indieweb building blocks. It enables rich interactions between websites, like posting a comment or favorite on one site from another site.
Doing a little test of webmentions. I think I found what the problem was.
…
This post advertises its Webmention endpoint with an HTTP Link header. The URL is relative, so this will also test whether your discovery code properly resolves the relative URL.
I like the idea of …
Going to be doing some post testing tonight. Feel free to mute or unfollow.
I saw this and it made me laugh and a little sad at the same time.
Good morning. It’s ok to start somewhere new or continue on whatever path your on.
I used to love hear what my favorite podcasters would wish for in the new OS. If only to join in the excitement. Now ℹ actively avoid them so I don’t become disappointed with something that was never promised.
Lillie likes to smell the flowers sometimes.
A peaceful video for you all.
Blockquote to webmention:
This post advertises its Webmention endpoint with an HTTP Link header. The URL is relative, so this will also test whether your discovery code properly resolves the relative URL.
I don’t know if this will show up.
I’m really enjoying my micro.blog workflow with drafts.
It’s pretty cool.
I'll always love each and every one of you no matter what, but to my friends who are dipping their toes in the Bluesky world: please remember that you're signing up for yet another service run by yet another billionaire. This particular billionaire might be nicer than that other billionaire, but …
With the recent announcement about 1Password adding telemetry to the product, I’m not as eager to upgrade until I understand this. So much news in the world it’s hard to keep up.
Hey!
The world is sometimes kind of crazy. If you’d like, I’m willing to sign GPG keys if you send me an email. Don’t know that that is? Check out this link
A Brief For Monday:
Just attempting to make a small post.
This is what I do when I’m stressed 😫.
Got to take a break walk and come back.
Thank you @manton
Just a general thanks for putting in the effort and time.
I like the interface for blue sky, but I don’t think it’s enough for me to jump to yet another social media platform. Are you cross posting, @maique ?
Do you still watch “Death in paradise”, @rosemaryorchard ?
Does anyone else go for a walk, find a stick, and think “hey, maybe I should bring this home to my dog?”
I had to go into the office today. I left my backpack 🎒. No earbuds or headphones 🎧. Don’t know if I can make it.
Really trying to get back on track today.
I’m up at 1:35 AM… It’s not a good sign. I found myself tweeking the design of the site some more. Added styling for ins. del, and mark tags. I’ve only ever used those tags to show them in an example.
I didn’t know that mail will expand links to have a rich preview.
Link in question is github.com/gohugoio/…
I feel that April and May are interesting as a Mac user because you see some notable releases as developers clear the slate before WWDC.
A Small Blip:
I haven’t done much with the microcast. I think I might do something more with it later.
First things first. Cleaning the home office space.
I’m going to do a presentation in May. I think I’ll make a mind map 🗺️ tonight to brainstorm.
A somewhat lazy day. I’m going to turn it around now.
It's the little things in different browsers: 
Simple list of things to do today
Should be done before lunch
I wanted to play with the newest version of Ulysses.
I hope that I can make it a more fluid experience.
Well, I know what workouts I’m doing this week.
The images came out too small. I used a different workflow to capture them and can’t replace them at this point. Really kicking myself.
Creating Labarum (Part 6): A Splash of Color: 
I’m wrapping up this series. I’ve been playing with this theme for more than a year. Rarely consistent and not always forward progress but rewarding. I’m at a point where I’m very happy with how the theme looks.
This is what it looks like in dark mode.
I wanted to use the Nord color …
I really enjoy posting to the web.
My draft actions weren’t working so I deleted them. I’ll treat myself to getting to the bottom of the issue later.
I know there are more important things in life to worry about, but I still hate spaces in file names.
Normally, I don’t pay attention to the times when I’m going through my week, but the last week was really stressful.
I need to work on my self awareness when on the computer.
Sleepy time.
Creating Labarum (Part 5): Schema and Open Graph:
Websites are read by more than just human eyes. Browsers, search engines, screen readers, and more take the information being served to them about a site and use it for different purposes. I wanted to make sure that my site could be parsed properly so that it can be reached to everyone who wants it. …
Simple Audio:
Please ignore this if it is on the main site.
Prompt for today: Chance
Take a chance on these discount seasonings.
#mbmar
Prompt for today: Houseplant
I don’t have a house plant, but I do have a dog who plants herself where she wants.
#mbmar
Bath time for Mrs Peabody.
"Ted Lasso" returns for 3rd season -CBS News:
Emmy-nominated actor Nick Mohammed joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss the third season of "Ted Lasso" and what we can expect from his character Nate Shelley.
I love this show! I’m really looking forward to the end of this season.
I don’t have my usual template.
Not a great way to start the day.
I’m thinking about joining a “MasterMind” group or something along those lines.
Prompt for today: Patience
It takes time to make something good sometimes.
#mbmar
Prompt for today: Horizon
I hope this meets the standard for @maique!
#mbmar
Building a website like it’s 1999… in 2022 - localghost
I’m on a bit of a mission this year to bring back the spirit of the old web. The creativity and flair of the late 90s and early 2000s
Prompt for today: gimcrack
Double word score as we see if Scrodinger’s treadmill is working or not.
#mbmar
Prompt for today: Walk
I keep seeing this pile of leaves and stepping over it as I go for a walk.
#mbmar
I really want to finish my Micro.blog tutorial, but I’ve run into a little bit of a writers block. On one hand, I want to explain all the different pieces and, on the other, I don’t want to have a post with nothing but Hugo syntax.
I thought I had posted my daily picture yesterday but I had it in the drafts folder.
Waiting for my brain 🧠 to show up.
2023.02.28:
If I’m going to be looking at new jobs, I need to have some way of tracking the jobs that I’ve applied for. I also need to track what house that I’ve look at so that I don’t stress myself out.
This is the document that I was working on at the coffee shop. …
Installed the newest beta. So far, no crashes. The last one I would see a crash almost anytime there was a change to Bluetooth outputs or Wi-Fi networks.
#DoNotRunBetaSoftwareOnNeededHardware
I wrote “I am goo enough” in my affirmations this morning. I actually thought about keeping it that way because it made me smile 😃.
Going through my old journal entries and seeing that I’ve been struggling with the same issues for years. It kind of made me sad.
The internet is out at home. Very quiet here.
Just looking at all my to-do items for work and thinking “this is not fun. Not fun at all”.
I understand that not all work is supposed to be fun but at this rate I am going to burn out if I haven’t already.
I connected my micro.blog instance to feed into my mastodon instance.
Things are feeling a little out of control. Going to read this and maybe get back on track.
So… apparently we like a certain brand of coffee.
I’ve got a podiatrist appointment today. It sometimes hurts to walk. I hope it’s something they can fix quickly.
Hello @manton! I’m curious on some of the ways connecting to mastodon has made micro.blog better.
Lillie takes all the blankets and pillows.
I’m holding a parking space for my daughter’s volleyball team. The parking lot is full and I feel guilty about it. I see people driving by and giving me dirty looks.
Hello, there! 🐶
A very stressful bug in calculating my move goal. 🏃🏾♂️
Went for a walk earlier
You have a million choices. You beauty of it is that these choices are for you and you alone. Some are perfect. Others are less than ideal. But they are all yours and no one can take that power from you.
I say this to you and myself today. All the best!
One less pool to play in:
So, I’m sure that everyone who cared already has heard about Twitter’s shutdown of the APIs that third-party applications use. For me, this invokes the myth of Cortez burning the ships. I do not see a way for me to go back to Twitter.
I haven’t deleted or deactivated my account, as I had seen …
I do enjoy a good board game session
Switching my mouse to my left hand for a while.
Creating Labarum (Part 4): Initiating the Index:
In the beginning of this series, we started off with an index page that was just a static page with one line that stated you were on the index page. When it comes to implementing this, I looked at the Hugo Themes Free as well as the theme gallery that Micro.blog provides.
Ultimately, I went with a …
When I was young, I used to associate infinity with positive things. Teachers would tell the class that there was an infinite amount of possibilities and you just have to work hard to grab them. Now, I see things like the infinite amount of things that beg for my attention.
If I’m a little too chatty today, it’s because I deleted my Reddit client (Apollo) from my phone 📱.
Finished my first kickboxing workout 🏋🏾♂️
Did my first kickboxing lesson.
I’m thankful that I didn’t have as much damage as others but it’s the worse that I’ve ever seen it here in Sacramento.
Went to an Anime convention recently
I suck at scrabble
Power just went out. I guess it’s time to call it a night/early morning.
Currently reading: The Circle by Laura Day 📚
I remember reading this a while ago and feeling more in control.
Sony PSVR 2 hands-on: A massive jump forward from the original
The highly anticipated Sony PlayStation VR 2 is almost here, with a launch date set for February 22nd.
I keep seeing people respond to @timapple for months , but didn’t realize that I wasn’t following him until today.
🍿 Watching Twins (1988) with the family. I’m 1/3 of the way in and I think it still stands up pretty well.
I said I would post more pictures, so here is Lillie getting more use of the yoga mat than me. 🐶
Apple Fitness+ unveils new offerings for the new year - Apple
Starting Monday, January 9, the service will launch Kickboxing, a new total-body cardio workout type.
I am SO excited by this news!! Best thing I’ve heard all year!
Creating Labarum (Part 3): Implementing post footer:
In my initial design, I had footer that would show the categories, tags, date published, and date modified. All of these values are things, I had seen in previous sites and I could easily get to this information. I thought it would be 15-20 minutes to get this information. The fact that I felt that …
I’m seeing a lot of spam in my gmail account. It’s weird ‘cause it’s usually the one that is the best at filtering out the noise.
Update: I went back later to see if it’s still there, but don’t remember if I had deleted it or the system.
I’m having trouble finishing the third part of my theme tutorial.
And just like that, BBEdit is my first tech purchase of the year.
Do something positive for yourself today.
Lot of trees down after the rain.
Today was the second day in a row where it wasn’t leaking in the house.
Yay.
As is our custom in this season, we’re hosting a gathering of software artisans who are working to transform research and writing for a new era. We’ve all finished our latest updates, we’re working together to save you lots of money.
So today I connected my Drafts to my micro.blog
Inclusion beats optimization | Erik Kroes
Accessibility has priority over other issues
Creating Labarum (Part 2): Creating the individual posts:
For this part, we’re going to be setting up the basic page used for our post and make sure that it can be reached from the index page. We’re going to be switching between different files to show the iterative process that I went through in order to see results quickly.
We’re going to edit the …
I was going to wait until tomorrow… but why?
Twixmas: What to do between Christmas and New Year - Almost The Weekend
Twixmas is the period between Christmas and New Year, when the kids are still off school, many people are off work, and the world slows down a bit. The craziness of earlier December has passed, the excitement of Christmas Day …
Wednesday, December 28, 2022 →
Ok, there are still a LOT of places that need my attention with my new theme. I’m really looking at them as chances to improve it.
Wednesday, December 28, 2022 →
Creating Labarum (Part 1): Design and initialization:
I wanted to create a new theme for Micro.blog, and I thought I would document all the steps that I went through. The creation of the theme was an iterative process for me and this tutorial works in that way. I’m also not a web designer and I’ve focused mostly on the technical aspect of this theme. …
That 90’s Show Official Trailer
Check out the official trailer of That 90’s Show, starring Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp, below, coming to Netflix January 19th, 2023.
I was writing a series of blog posts in Ulysses but I’m moving them to MarsEdit before posting. I’ve had a couple weird things happen when editing after something is posted. The problem is all the images that I was planning to add.
I wanted to take this day after Christmas to wish you all well.
Please don’t drive at night with your high beams if you don’t need to.
I feel that the only people who would take the job of CEO of Twitter at this point would only be doing it to get that huge golden parachute that CEOs get when they are fired.
I think the best thing Elon has done this year is demonstrate that CEOs don’t magically make things better.
I keep seeing people sign up for mastodon.social. It makes me think about how I felt a little overwhelmed to look at all the toots(?) on the local server when I was on one of the smaller instances. I’m curious to see how many toots are going through there now.
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 →
Just saw the following on Precious Chicken and just tested in the local copy of my theme.
Prompt for today: **Road**
Prompt for today: **shiny**
<meta name="keywords" content="{{ with .Params.tags }}{{ delimit . ", "}}{{ end }}" />
I’ve got a couple places to refactor! Hopefully this tip shows up in the timeline …
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 →
Why do all my yearly subscriptions renew in December?:
It’s another year and Apple is asking for me to pay $24.99 to keep my iTunes Match subscription. This is supposed to allow me to store all of my music backups1.
This year is harder because I’ve had a full year of the Apple One subscription which gives me music and more. The reason that …
I think I’ve really come to enjoy having longer posts that don’t have a title.
No thanks
I signed up to mastodon a while ago and chose mastodon.cloud because I liked the name and was worried about capacity. I didn’t know that mastodon.social was going to be the popular one.
It’s an interesting time as I see posts from a lot of the people I used to follow.
Although, I do need to find a …
My thoughts about twitter:
I still have my account active. I haven’t gone in and deleted all my tweets and contacts at this time. In fact, to write this, I logged in to see that I have been a user since December 20081.
I’ve enjoyed the service for years, and it was nice to login and see what was happening with all the people …
Ran my theme through the a schema tool and it came out without errors. I’m going to make one more change and then mark that off of my todo list.
I also ran it through the WAVE accessibility tool and there weren’t too many errors that I can control.
Mark Zuckerburg might be enjoying all the publicity that Twitter is generating.
Just spent a boat load of time attempting to get the open graph, twitter, and the start of schema tags to my theme.
I don’t know how many people are going to be able to use it going forward, but it does give me something to be proud of when I share my links.
The arm rests on my “nice” office chair are breaking and I haven’t had it for a year yet.
I guess it’s true…
No arm rests for the wicked.
Just a little reminder to everyone that you don’t need the new year to make a resolution to try something new or different.
A quick review of Willow (Episode 1 & 2):
It’s alright, but I hope that it gets better over time.
Let me say this first, before I get into it more. I loved the Original Willow movie when I was kid. It came out in 1988 and must have been 8 when I saw it on VHS. I even remember reading the first two books in of a …
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 →
Can you tell when I got Covid?
I’m going to start writing down some end of the day questions. I’ve identified the following 3 that resonated with me.
Should :
I’m someone who says a lot of things about self improvement. And I have to say that I’m a much better person now than where I was 10 and 20 years ago.
This doesn’t mean that I’ve hit all my goals but it does feel good to know that I have made progress.
Unfortunately, it feels like a lot of the …
I can’t find my notebook 📓 and it’s really throwing me off.
I just hit a high as far as weight and blood pressure is concerned. I’ve got to get back to my regular exercise routine.
I just spent the last two hours trying to get the meta tags working in micro.blog. I should push this kind of thing to the test blog.
Good idea @fahrni 🍺night!
Somewhere in this picture is a “gift” that my dog made.
Careful where you step.
Something about this felt sad and hopeful at the same time.
Still working on my Novel for NaNoWriMo….
Although very, very slowly.
I got a new keyboard yesterday. I hope my wife doesn’t tire of the new click-clack sound that I’m making in our shared workspace.
She was taking a long time so I thought I should capture the moment.
Pretty tired right now. The only reason that I’m awake is that I’m trying to be there to support my daughter as she’s working on some homework.
A quick review of Wakanda Forever:
I liked it.
I really, really wish that I had more sleep before and after watching the movie. This movie does a lot of things that we don’t really see in a “super hero movie”. You get a feeling that the people making it were really trying to convey what it …
I wonder how many posts are going to use “barrel of monkeys” for today’s word challenge. I’ve only played that game once and can’t say that I’m in a hurry to play it again.
I’m now using my theme for my main site. I’ve got a “short” list of enhancements lined up.
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 →
I used to call it fast-food, now I just call it franchise food.
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 →
I don’t know if this is an accomplishment or a sign of a problem with my memory, but I was looking at a github repository and it said that I was a contributor.
I don’t remember working on this at all.
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 →
I’m not seeing replies on my site and I want to know if it’s because I didn’t add it properly to the theme or not. Could you respond to this if and when you get a chance?
I don’t think there is much aluminum in this.
I set a timer ⏲️ for a journal entry. I have it on my todo list to journal 10 minutes a day, but I was observing that I mostly just write a few words and then mark it off.
This is what my desk looks like when I came back from vacation.
I’m sad that so many people felt that they had to leave twitter. I used to really like the service, but I’ve found this place and it is a real upgrade.
Woke up late so I’m going to have to adjust the vacation plan.
There’s no suspicion about who ate my pop tarts this morning.
It was me!
Listening to the radio when they mentioned “Black Friday Month”… that’s just to far.
Apu is on the display here at Universal Studios.
I told my family what the word of the day was and we had a session about how the minister as going to minister the mister who was a minister.
One of the things about NaNoWriMo that I’m experience as I create this story by the seat of my pants is creating characters as the story progresses. Who are you and why are you here?! A special kind of fun.
I’m on vacation and I’m certain to go over my calorie target.
The more I use it, the more I enjoy using Ulysses for writing my novel for NaNoWriMo and the posts for Microblogvember. The feature that I’m using the most is the word count and scheduled posting.
Wow… I don’t think we’re going to have a consensus on anything with the upcoming US midterm elections.
Today, I meditated in the hopes that it would give me the one beautiful ray of insight that would make everything perfect.
Results unclear.
Sometimes, I wonder if I am in an echo chamber when it comes to my thoughts and ideas. I’m willing to rethink things, but it seems like the alternatives are so departed from reality.
I recently saw the Weird Al Biopicand I really enjoyed it. It’s short and does leave you wishing for more. Check out this Rolling Stones article to learn more about how it got made.
When I was younger, I thought the rules applied to everyone. Now, I feel that if you’re rich enough, you are exempt.
This morning, my watch alerted me that it was birthday of someone who had stopped following me on social media. I think he stopped following me because of my political views. I’m a little sad, but I understand. I still wish him well.
As I’ve gotten older, I feel that a number of the people I viewed with admiration has changed. The only consistent people have been family and friends… mostly.
I always wondered if I could use the phrase poetic license in a sentence and not sound pretentious.
PlayStation VR2 launches in February:
Today, I’m very pleased to announce that PlayStation VR2 is officially launching on February 22, 2023. PlayStation VR2 Sense controller charging station, designed specifically for the PS VR2 Sense controller, will also launch the same day.
Took Lillie to the vet today.
One of the great things about working from home is that you can feast on anything that’s in the kitchen at any time.
Starting the work of writing for NaNoWriMo. The first word is the hardest at this point…
My daughter just told me about how one of her fellow students started crying during one of the lockdowns. This isn’t normal kids shouldn’t be feeling that a potential shooting is regular thing.
Declared email bankruptcy at the beginning of the month. Let’s see how many emails I have at the end of the month.
I recently bought this really cool action figure from the local game stop near my house.
I don’t have a lot of feelings about Lando Calrissian as a character, but I thought it was strange that I was able to pick him up for about $3.
When you’re broke, it’s hard to look at your bank account, let alone create a budget.
When your task system is out of whack, it can be hard to open the app, let alone re-build it.
Where do you even start?
I found this article about being productive and it kind of spoke to …
I’ve been home sick all day and I’ve been thinking about how I still have some planning that I’d like to do for the upcoming NaNoWriMo. I had actually sat down to take some notes on my computer when I noticed that it wasn’t turning on.
Not the way that I wanted to part ways, but I’ve known that this …
My personal notebook has died.
Up late procrastinating because I’ve got to find some place to board me dog as the person who was going to take care of her can’t. She’s got papilloma.
On top of that, I’m behind on my deadline.
I’m posting from my iPad to see how I feel about this.
At a local tea shop while I wait to dry my daughter to her next social event after school here in Sacramento, CA at 3:01 PM.
Went for a walk today.
It’s interesting to see how dry things are.
Taking a mental health day.
This is part of the reason that I’m hesitant about moving my notes into Obsidian. In the time that I wasn’t using the app, it had unloaded my settings.
Well, it looks like SNL will have enough material for this week.
Nap time?
Is this the biggest gap between the release of iOS and macOS?
The phone service hasn’t been working on my cellular phone for the last couple of days. Luckily, the internet is provide by another company so I’m able to connect like this. Hopefully no family emergencies in the meantime.
So, I ran out of space in dropbox. I don’t remember if there was an email about a policy change and to be honest it probably got lost in junk mail or in the tons of other emails that I get on a regular basis.
Planning the story for NaNoWriMo this year.
This toy isn’t going to see morning.
She has the whole house to sit in.
I just don’t know anymore…
Took this picture last night in my apartment complex. A lot of light pollution, but I feel that there is something there.
I’ve been posting to my test blog by accident for the last month. 🤦🏾♂️
Mandaris On Monday :
A short one on Monday.
Mandaris On Monday:
A short podcast episode with no agenda.
My rent is going up $285. Feeling down.
A Mini Podcasts :
I’m just going to release this without any fanfare
Topics:
Saturday, September 24, 2022 →
Putting together a new morning routine. This is the second day that I’ve used it.
The robot apocalypse will be caused by a parsing error.
Started today with some yoga. I have been having some problems with my legs for the last couple of days and it has really helped.
Thursday, September 15, 2022 →
I didn’t ask for this…
The more they change the more they stay the same. Happy new OS day!
The heat is affecting everyone.
Ace of spades isn’t a song that you should play when giving a driving lesson.
Do what you need to do in order to be the best you.
💪🏾Push-up challenge!!!
Day 26!
The last Friday of this challenge!!
The air conditioning unit broke today.
Lillie owns the couch
Weird weather here in sunny California
💪🏾Push-up challenge!!!
Day 15!
It’s time to muscle up for Monday!
💪🏾Push-up challenge!!!
Day 14!!
It’s Sunday! Time to push it into gear!
💪🏾Push-up challenge!!!
Day 12!!
It’s Friday! Let me know if you want me to stop prompting you about the push-ups over the weekend.
💪🏾Push-up challenge!!!
Day 11!!
Can you push yourself to 11?
Trying to focus on my form.
It might be time to clean the office area.
💪🏾Push-up challenge!!!
Day 10!!
Day 10 and 10 Pushups!
💪🏾Push-up challenge!!!
Day 9!
Sorry for being late with the post. I hope that you all managed to get your reps in!
💪🏾Push-up challenge!!!
Day 8!!
Day 7 I was at the beach without reception. Today is a great day to start up again. Do what you can and enjoy the feeling of your body getting stronger!
💪🏾Push-up challenge!!!
Day 6!!
After this it’s time to clean up the house.
💪🏾Push-up challenge!!!
Day 5 Alive!!
This one was super hard for me to finish.
Beautiful things in this world.
💪🏾Push-up challenge!!!
Day 4!
Let me know if you want me to ping you everyday like this. @ronguest @jemostrom @gr36 @Gaby @Mandalorian @odd
💪🏾Push-up challenge!!!
Day 3!
A little late in my day but never too late!
How it going @ronguest @jemostrom @gr36 @Gaby @Mandalorian?
Hey! There’s something I knew but haven’t started to implement as much as I need to.
If someone likes something I don’t, I DO NOT NEED TO SAY ANYTHING!
Not every point needs a counter point. There doesn’t have to be a winner on whether pancakes are better than waffles!
💪🏾Push-up challenge!!!
10+ pushups everyday for the rest of the month. Who’s with me?
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Time to give the dog a bath!
Sometimes I just like looking at the trees at my apartment complex.
Playing with Ulysses Tables:
This is just a simple test of publishing with the latest version of Ulysses.
❯ hugo -D
Start building sites …
hugo v0.94.2+extended darwin/amd64 BuildDate=unknown
WARN 2022/07/05 18:19:20 found no layout file for "HTML" for kind "page": You should create a …Long day! I hate my shoes!
I told my wife that I was grateful to have her in my life.
Definitely a lot of work no going in the journal.
I’m angry and frustrated. I don’t understand how these people can live like this.
I announced #JustDoItJune and got sick with Covid. Now I’m shooting for #JustManageJune and it feels like every day.
Still counting it as a win.
The only good thing about Covid is that it’s counting all the times I walk around as exercise.
Which it certainly feels like.
Starting to feel normal after contracting Covid. In my sickness, I installed the iOS beta.
Wrapping up for the night and I’m actually at peace with a lot of different things. How can I feel like this more?
Sometimes you hit it on the dot, Siri.
I don’t know if I’m hungry, thirsty, or just stressed. But I just want to keep eating.
Seriously, do not send me a text about an email with no further details about said email. You are part of the problem!
I’m challenging myself to #JustDoItJune and in that spirit, I’m starting today.
After having my tooth extracted, this is how I eat a banana 🍌.
I missed a couple days of the photo challenge because I got busy and sick over the weekend. I’m hoping that I feel better today and use the rest of May to finish making a theme for micro.blog and prep for WWDC. Someone please remind me not to install the beta.
Someone is giving away a tv. I might take it to e waste.
Oatmeal with different sides and strawberries for lunch.
Day 12 prompt: tranquility
Teaser for the new season of Westworld!
I didn’t know that I was going to be so excited about this.
My wife says that I haven’t put any effort in. I don’t feel that way. I understand that I have missed some clues as to what she wants but I don’t…
Maybe that’s what it is.
It’s what “I” think and feel.
How are we on such different pages?
Day 5 prompt: earth
I guess we’re back to normal since the pandemic is over. We can get back to destroying the earth 🌍
The clipping on this is not only bad taste but a bad sign of what might come.
Seriously? How did this pass QA?
Oh! I never knew it made such a difference!
I want to know myself so that I can appreciate more of who I am without hubris and improve in a healthy way.
My dog taking a walk in the rain.
Lillie taking a afternoon nap.
Poop hit the fan at work and everywhere else for me. I’m turning of social media until Sunday. I’ll miss ya.
Turns out I was sending some of my posts to my test account.
As an example of our brains working against us, I just had a thought cross my mind.
Is it too late for me to be awesome?
Why would I think that? What is the definition of “awesome” that I’m debating on?
To all of you, go out and be awesome!
I wish Apple had continued working with enhancements to books. Apple has a lot of good ideas that seem to get a little bit of traction and then stagnate. Sure, not as bad as what google does with some projects, which is to kill them even when there are no alternatives.
Lillie sitting in the sun.
Lillie’s new bed
Lillie playing with a frisbee.
So my dad called me asking if I had a Facebook account. He needed one to access the stream of his cousin’s funeral.
It just feels so, so very bizarre that this is how we live and die.
Top 10 Hugo Themes for 2022 - CloudCannon
Found this on Reddit and thought some of you might be interested in making this work for micro.blog.
Obsolete body parts:
While his two-implant system is still working, he doesn’t know how long that will be the case. “As long as nothing goes wrong, I’m fine,” he says. “But if something does go wrong with it, well, I’m screwed. Because there’s no way of getting it fixed.” -Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and …
I’ve been wondering… since the changes in 1password have happened how many people are leaving. I’m looking at my budget and wondering what things would make consider leaving. For example, I have netflix and they are going to be raising the price for me from $13 to $15.
I might have bought too much flour.
Should I work on a new theme?:
I’ve been thinking about this for a little bit of time after putting some effort into the Pure theme. Pure is a very nice theme that makes it very hard to read to content and using HTML5 semantics. I really think that most people will be happy with it.
But I’m not most people.
I like working on …
A lot is going on in the world. Here is a picture of my dog blending into her natural environment.
A small defense of Apple Arcade:
I was recently listening to episode 49 of the Hemispheric Views podcast and they had a brief segment on the gaming and I responded in the discord associated with the podcast, but wanted to add it to the blog for perpetuity.
Well… in a short defense of Apple Arcade, it has helped me with a …
Friday!
Just spent more time trying to come up with my next project than actually working on it.
What is the name?
Still haven’t come up with it.
I recorded a podcast on my laptop and the audio quality was very bad. I don’t want to share it even though it’s only 4-5 minutes long. There’s a lot of feed back. I think I’ll still count it as a success that recorded it. I’ll have to look up some tutorials and try …
Due is Helping:
This was originally two messages that I put in discord, but I thought I’d put it on my blog for others to see.
I’ve been using the app “Due” to help me track things like medications for me and my dog as well as a wind down for work. The issue is that I’ve got 7 reminders for …
Podcast Episode The Second :
Thanks to everyone who listened in. I’m still putting things together and I’m looking forward to the next episode.
First In A New Podcasts Habit:
The first step is always the hardest. I thought I would start with something small and see where it goes. I’m hoping to make at least 20 of these before the end of the year.
Today, I got to inbox zero with my personal mail. It felt great to get it all sorted out. We have a ton of email in Family Mailbox but nothing in there needs my attention.
Lillie taking a nap on the bed
Hiding in her natural habitat… blankets.
Found out that I was posting to my test blog for the last couple weeks as I was working on changes to the theme.
A Podcast Announcement :
Going to get back into making podcasts and other kinds of media.
Just found out that a friend of mine has died from Multiple Sclerosis. He’d been diagnosed for more than a decade. We knew that the end was near, but it’s still sad. He was part of the reason that I love mac. Thank you for being in my life, Nat.
How was your first day at work @ChrisHannah?
I’m debating on getting BBEdit or upgrading my license of Sublime Text. Am I putting money towards an identy that no longer defines who I am? Should I just “settle” for VS Code?
Giving Lillie her first bath of the Year:
I gave Lillie her first bath of the new year.
Trying to determine if something goes into notes or a dairy.
Making bacon for the morning.
The Matrix Resurrections is meh:
Let me say this and there will be spoilers
I really, really liked the Matrix when if first came out. It was revolutionary in the effects and probably the first piece of media that ever outside of my high school required reading that asked me to question reality.
Although, I remember walking over to …
Let’s start something new.
Love and kindness to all this Christmas season!
Happy holidays everyone!
There goes a 167 day streak.
She’s in charge of the bed.
This is how we spend our Halloween. Just chilling.
I took Lillie to the vet yesterday.
The best thing about the new OS was that I installed in on the family’s home computer and now one noticed.
Found this in my daughter’s art work.
I deleted twitter off my phone today. I didn’t delete my account, but I thought I would remove the temptation of checking out what is going on over there.
Made a short video.
Broken pen.
Apple event on a Monday?
With all the R. Kelly stuff coming to light, I’m finding some joy in listening to some songs by Aliyah.
I finished a half marathon:
I recently ran a half-marathon. I thought I’d include the little video that they took off me limping across the finish line.
6 Ways to Participate in World Mental Health Day - The Secret Ingredient
World Mental Health Day takes place every year on October 10th. It was established by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1992 to raise awareness and mobilize efforts to address mental health issues around the world.
An Interactive Introduction to Zettelkasten:
I came across this page in a newsletter that I read. It’s a pretty cool introduction to Zettelkasten.
Zettelkasten is a note taking process and a personal knowledge management system rolled into one. It is spreading like wildfire in tech and academic circles. I promise it will supercharge …
I took a little break from social media and apparently Facebook did too. I hope people started to see the problems with the service. Like one of the episodes of the animatrix.
Always loving a good sweat! fitness.apple.com
So… our neighbor has a cat.
Micro.blog photoblogging challenge, Day 1
We didn’t get a touch down.
Thursday, September 30, 2021 →
I’m really hoping that Apple announces new laptops in the next week or so. I want to get something good for the kids.
Thursday, September 30, 2021 →
Waiting on Teenagers:
My oldest is doing her first high school activity. She’s going to be hanging out with some other kids to work on a float for homecoming. Something that I’m not a fan of not only because of the pandemic but the fact that it’s really late on a school night… and then I …
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 →
Downstream - Relay FM:
Downstream is a new podcast about the future of streaming media. Tech and entertainment companies are vying for our attention and money, all to see who will become the media giants of the 21st century. J
Jason Snell, one of my favorite podcasters, has a new podcast out …
Going to bed early tonight :
As soon as I said to myself that I was going on o bed early, a voice in my head said “No, your not”.
Today wasn’t rough by any stretch of the imagination, but it promised to be one that I’ll look back on as a list of minor accomplishments in a hodgepodge of tasks that I have …
There is room here in the shallows:
Long ago, I had wanted to be a writer. More specifically, a fantasy writer. Someone who could weave tales of far off places and people. I didn’t put the time in and despite a couple attempts at NaNoWriMo, I haven’t done a lot of writing that I would point to.
I feel that I get caught up …
Spending sometime going over my list of tasks. Just using a pen and print out of my OmniFocus items.
I hate my allergy medicine:
It makes me very, very drowsy. It becomes incredible hard to focus on anything for a prolonged period of time, a problem that I’ve been facing more and more of as the pandemic continues.
I feel a lot of pressure to perform exceptionally well at my job because there is more and more discussion …
Saturday, September 25, 2021 →
My family is having a guest over tonight and it’s the first time that we’ve allowed someone to come over since the pandemic started.
This is also the first time that Lillie has seen someone in our home and she was not happy about it at all.
She saw our guest and started barking and …
waiting at the airport :
I’m waiting for my parents at the airport. I’ve been waiting for almost an hour even though the flight came in early. Apparently there is something going wrong with the luggage and now we’re all waiting for something to happen.
After driving around the terminal for 10 minutes, I …
What are you doing in my bed!?
Sleeping. 🐶
Thursday, September 23, 2021 →
Jr High Dungeons and Dragons:
My youngest daughter joined a Dungeons and Dragons at her high school and was really excited about the possibilities.
She’s been having a couple problems connecting with people so my wife and I are just as excited for her. We even went out and helped her pick out her first set of dice.
Then …
Thursday, September 23, 2021 →
When I’m stressed, I get mean to myself. Little unnecessary comments. Where did I learn this and how do I turn it off.
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 →
I’ve been invited to be part of my friend’s new DnD campaign. It’s using DnD rules but part of a world that he’s spent years coming up with. I’ve played a couple times in the past but this is my first time where I’m actually concerned about learning more of the lore. It’s also a little nerve …
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 →
Making dinner!
Close up of the dishes
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 →
Hey, there are about 100 days left in the year. Does anyone have any challenges that they would like to tackle?
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 →
I’m wearing my watch on my right arm because I found that wearing it on my left discouraged me to measure my blood pressure.
I’m getting older and heavier.
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 →
Lillie in her kennel. 🐶
My wife has been telling for weeks that there were going to be shortages on certain kinds of food. Not in the post-apocalyptic kind of shortage where we’d have to think about eating someone sort of shortage.
But more of a we’d need to not be wasteful because there isn’t a much of this as we’re …
Hey @maique! Here is a picture of one of the sandwiches. I think I spend too much time rolling the meat in the sandwich in an attempt to get some texture.
Someone keeps knocking the stuffing out of her bed.
It’s the little things in life that really, really irate me when it comes to Apple’s software. All I wanted to do was read the MacStories iOS and iPad review on my …
There are soooo many text editors to choose from these days.
If there was ever a time that you wanted to explore different ways to write text on a Mac, this would be that time. I’m currently bouncing between a few as I work through my goal of writing 100 words a day1. I’m planning on writing more …
Went to get some air.
Saturday, September 18, 2021 →
It was a pretty full day, I woke up later than I usually do and looks sometime making coffee. My daughter had a soccer match and it felt good to be able to see it without worring about smoke and heat.
I also attempted to watch Dune tonight, but I didn’t get much further than 16 minutes before …
the day after the tears:
Yesterday was pretty chaotic.
It feels like today went to an opposite extreme.
Just feeling lethargic and the dread that I’m going to mess up.
I started to think about what my daughter said about wanting more control of her life. With the pandemic, I don’t know if there is anyone who …
Thursday, September 16, 2021 →
Being a parent is so, so very hard to do. Not only are you supposed to be responsible for yourself as an adult but you have a responsibility to someone else. Someone who didn’t choose to have you as a parent.
I think that’s been one of the hardest things about this pandemic. We’re …
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 →
Something about this fire hydrant
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 →
Being drunk means never having to say your sorry:
About two days ago, I had a friend start shouting some stuff in a group chat that a few of my friends were in. Nothing wrong with that by itself, it’s a private chat that we use our personal devices to connect with. The problem is that some of the stuff was just 100% not cool and we could all …
The Apple events are usually fun for me. I usually put it on my calendar and watch them live either by myself or with a friend. This year, I went over to a friend’s1 home and we watched it live as they announced all the different products.
And…
And I think Brianna Wu has summed it up …
Wow @jayeless! I was working theming the default marfa theme using the color scheme from nord and just playing with the idea of making it it’s own seperate plugin, but what you have done is absolutely beautiful.
Went into the office today.:
I went into the office today to have a little bit of a change of pace as my productivity at home has kind of wound down in the last couple of weeks.
I had forgotten how much of a hassle it can be.
First, I had to pack up my laptop. And even though I didn’t need to pack all the dongles because …
It’s been a pretty long weekend. My wife was telling me that we hadn’t had this many activities in a weekend since the pandemic had started. We were out of the house almost all of Saturday because of my daughter’s volleyball tournament followed by a birthday party at the skating …
Saturday, September 11, 2021 →
Well, I’m up in Chico, Ca this morning to take my daughter to a volleyball tournament. She’s really passionate about it or maybe it’s because her friends are also doing it. Either way, it makes her smile.
For me, coming to Chico causes other emotions because I went here for …
Smart Glasses by Facebook and Ray-Ban Mix Cool With Creepy
Ray-Ban’s Stories look like classic sunglasses. Except they’re made in partnership with Facebook and have built-in cameras that are hard to spot.
I really liked the video that is included in the article. Joanna Stern is a master of the …
I woke up before my alarm this morning and actually sat up and did some meditation. The day before I had thought about what I was going to do for a morning routine but haven’t committed to writing anything down on paper.
I know that my life is better if I have some kind of start up where I …
In my Toastmaster’s club we recently talked about what things you should have ready incase of an emergency where you need to leave your home. Something that seems to be more and more common. For example, I live in California and we’ve had a major fire for the last 3+ years and I …
Meeting invites using the default tools from apple is kind of messy.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 →
For close to 48 hours, my home has been without air conditioning. I’m very, very thankful as today will hit 106° F (41° C) with a 67 AQI and that is not air that anyone should be breathing.
Luckily, it was a very easy fix for the repairman and they were in and out of my home fairly quickly. …
Last night, the air conditioner stopped working. This made for a very long and very hot night. Unfortunately, this causes me an enormous amount of stress due to the fact that I’m renting and the lease is set to renew in October.
With the housing and rental costs going up to unheard of levels, …
I joke woke up from a nightmare this morning. I dreamed that might wife had left her job which I am 100% ready for but that we went to Disneyland to celebrate it. As we were at the park it got dark and we were in line at a counter that looked more like a Chucky Cheese counter, we got some gum that …
I went to go walk our dog, Lillie for the second time in just as many hours. On the way to little dog park, I saw the basket ball hoop come down. When I got there, I saw that one of the kids that lives in the area had taken it down to try and fix the net.
At first, i didn’t want to get …
I can’t be the only one who likes “Off the wall” more than “Thriller”.
As some of you may know, I live in an apartment complex. One of the perks is that it has a little gym on the premises. It’s something that they put on the brochure to attract new tenants and justification to raise the rent. I do enjoy the convenience of it and it is a pretty good size room, but you …
GoDaddy is cutting off Texas Right to Life’s abortion ‘whistleblowing’ website - The Verge
I might have to rethink my opinion of GoDaddy.
We’re very fortunate to be able to get our children cellphones at a reasonable price thanks to hand-me-downs and Mint Mobile. It’s definitely not a necessity, but has made things a lot smoother when it comes to communicating with the kids about their various after school activities.
Although the …
We’re very fortunate to be able to get our children cellphones at a reasonable price thanks to hand-me-downs and Mint Mobile. It’s definitely not a necessity, but has made things a lot smoother when it comes to communicating with the kids about their various after school activities.
Although the …
In my home, I’m the one who wakes up and makes sure that everyone is able to get to where they need to be that day. In a lot of ways, I help set the tone for how the morning is going to go.
I hear the alarm and then stumble out of bed and go down stairs to make lunches and coffee for everyone else …
Wednesday, September 1, 2021 →
Lillie's Friend: 
Our dog, Lillie, has gotten a friend. It’s the cat next door. She comes running to the door to see her when I open the verticle blinds and stare at her. After a while Lillie will come and paw at me to let her outside to play with the cat.
The thing is the cat only likes my dog for a little …
This is a small test to see if the micro.blog mac app allows for post using hugo shortcodes.
I’m thinking about challenging myself to write 100 words every day on micro.blog for the month of September. But there are already a lot of challenges in my life, so I don’t know if this would be more therapeutic than other choices that I’ve made.
I came across this today.
If on micro.blog is using this app.
I made it all the way to 20 push-ups. The trick is that my phone is right in front of me and I don’t want to fall on it.
I bought a chemex and Audio hijack…
Did I catch the podcasting bug?
Playing fetch with Lillie
She likes to look down on the peasantry.
Big eyes!
I want to start writing more.
The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that I don’t have as much to write about.
I turned off cross posting (again).
This spider only bites the cleanest hands.
I feel like I’m fighting all my tools today.
Now she’s taking her toys with her to what used to be my bed.
Made some pork chops !
The results of the grill.
It hurts sooo much in a good way!
In a rare moment in my life, I find myself tripple booked.
Just for a little bit
The only thing that I agree with Led Tasso about.
Led Tasso breaks my heart. 😭
So, my co-host for my very short lived podcast has dropped out. Does anyone one want to do a short run podcast of Schmigadoon?
Michael Jackson’s original Thriller demo. The words are completely different. Wild.
It was hard for me to listen to because it’s so close and yet very different to what I’m expecting.
Morning sweats!
Three telemarketing calls in the last 20 minutes. I don’t know why this continues.
A little bit before work starts.
I don’t believe it! But it feels incredibly good!
Songs of Schmigadoon S01E01:
This is the pilot episode of a podcast covering the Apple TV+ show “Schmigadoon”.
One of those days where the move ring doesn’t want to work with me.
I have to put my swift programming dream on hold (again). I’ve got to focus on a different tech stack for work.
I love Ted Lasso but this last episode was awkward to watch with the kids.
Early morning sweat!
I sent an email to all the toastmaster clubs that are part of my local area and I only heard back from one club. This could be why there wasn’t any volunteers to be area director this year. It’s hard enough to keep one club going, let alone connecting to a larger organization.
Things change with time.
That is something that is abuntantly clear to me. I’m not the person I was yesterday and I will not be the same person a year from now. The only thing I have complete control over is how in the moment I am and how I look to the next.
This tool tells you if NSO’s Pegasus spyware targeted your phone – TechCrunch
Over the weekend, an international consortium of news outlets reported that several authoritarian governments — including Mexico, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates — used spyware developed by NSO Group to hack into the …
Time to get the weights out. I bought these in high school and have probably used them 40 times since then.
I just had this thought… Am I the Ted Lasso of my loved ones? If that’s a question, then how do I go about being a better person?
There are plenty of books, videos, and online resources for developing iOS apps. Despite the fact that iPhone and iPad apps require a Mac for code development, there is little information about actually creating native Mac applications. The examples provided below demonstrate various …
I’ve realized that I’ve over committed myself to other people.
Playing poker with my daughter. It’s a win-win.
The fence at the new “dog park”
This is fun!
The new beta of iOS 15 introduced tags. I think this is great because I use notes to share information with my family. They don’t want to use a third party app but I’d like to have my flexibility.
Went for a run and it didn’t record the distance.
As I was running this morning, there were a couple times that I stopped. I would forward and say “how about I just run to that garbage can?”. Life is like that find your own little garbage cans along the way.
I just need this to get to 13.1.
Picture that my daughter drew
I went into the office and realized that I lol probably never use this again.
Dead Startup Toys: 
Behold these beautiful mutants, hoisted on petards of their own solid-aluminum-unibody construction. We salute these voyagers, flown too close to the blood-red suns of their own fever dreams, on wings made of oh-so-flammable dollar bills, whose inexplicably sincere hopes became our most surreal …
It’s hard sometimes, but I think it’s worth it.
Swift Concurrency by Example - free quick start tutorials for Swift developers:
Swift Concurrency by Example walks you through the many and varied ways of running concurrent code in Swift, including async/await, tasks, actors, and more.
I have 12 more weeks before the half marathon that I signed up for is supposed to happen. Hopefully, I don’t hurt myself #fitness
I’m really enjoying how my homepage on micro.blog.
I’m really enjoying Song Pop Party.
I just spent half an hour working with Hazel so that I can sort the files that I download. Tomorrow, I’ll go over it again with my SO so that we can both be on the same page.
Earthquake!!!
Goals for being an officer in Toastmasters:
I wrote the following email and sent it to my fellow officers. I haven’t heard back but it’s only been a day and we’re all getting back from the holiday.
Hello,
I’m sending this to all of this year’s officers.
I want to get it in writing what your goal is for yourself as an …
This is my mind right now.
I think this might be my favorite feature of iOS.
Nitro + PDFpen: Extending PDF Productivity to Mac, iPad and iPhone:
Another company has been acquired.
Today, I’m excited to announce Nitro’s acquisition of PDFpen, the much-loved suite of PDF productivity apps for Mac, iPad and iPhone developed by Smile, Inc.
It’s cool to look back on this stuff.
First perfect month of Fitness+
I turned off all of my mail rules to see how much mail I was getting. Turns out it’s a lot.
My family says this is the only thing that I can watch today. fitness.apple.com
I’m going to be the President of my Toast Master’s club. This is either going to be fun or kind of suck.
I’ve been doing yoga this week and just realized that I’m making a habit of working out in the morning.
I set up cross posting again to see if bridgy works.
I keep going back and forth on whether I should cross post my content on Twitter. On one hand, I do have some contacts are only on the service and it has given me years of free entertainment. The other, it has a lot of people and opinions that I most certainly don’t agree with
Messing around with clips again
Meanwhile, someone forgot to take a water bottle out of the freezer.
Looks like someone is giving up drinking.
I changed my site to use the Nord Theme.
My daughter said she doesn’t like science and I felt that I had failed.
The Safari beta was available for a little bit for Big Sur, but the images didn’t open up. They has since removed it as a download.
I woke up this morning almost swearing that I could smell the heat of a 109 degree day.
JuneteenthConf - Celebrates Black Excellence in technology
One of my friends is going to be speaking here!
Lillie doesn’t like to walk.
The joys of having pets…
I tried…
I was going through the Async/Await and concurrency videos. I feel dejected. I’m not ready yet. I feel like kicking myself for not starting sooner.
breathe
Start again.
The mew OS knows what breed Lillie is.
Day One acquired by Automattic:
Today, I’m thrilled to announce that Day One is being acquired by Automattic Inc. This is incredibly exciting news. For the past 10 years since I started Day One, I’ve worked to not only create the best digital journaling experience in the world, but one that will last. By joining Automattic, I’m …
Just waiting for my order.
She’s tired from the periods between her naps.
Going to start up my swift development again.
Now that the pandemic is over, we can go back to not washing our hands.
#MorePeopleThinkThisThanTheyShould
I’m upping my exercise goal to 20 minutes a day.
I found myself chastising myself for looking at the “what’s new in swift" video because I’m not an expert in what is “old" in swift. This is negative talk that doesn’t get me to where I want to be. I’m working towards making myself better and it starts with stuff like this.
My RSS feeds are filled with things from WWDC. I kind of wish more of this was in the presentations instead of finding out from the grapevine.
My daughter asked me about async/await and now I’ve got homework. #WWDC
That sound during the multitasking section was horrible!
I was really excited by WWDC, but the highlight of today is that my daughter was asking me for advice on productivity.
Not feeling 💯 because of my second covid shot, but I think I can finish my rings before the end of the day.
First day with Apple Watch. I’ll post what my rings are at the end of the month.
A fresh new Firefox is here:
I thought it was important to high light this section in the announcement of the new version of Firefox.
Backed by Mozilla, the non-profit that puts people first
Firefox was created by Mozilla as a faster, more private alternative to browsers like Internet Explorer, and now Chrome. Today, our …
I just got an Apple Watch and none of my friends do. I would like to challenge anyone else. Mandaris@me.com.
I’m out of shape and have a goal of 10 minutes a day to start.
My Apple Watch ⌚️ came in today. The family bought it for me as a gift 🎁. I’m excited 😆. The need part of me thinks “they should wait” but you can’t always postpone something just because something new will come out.
Memorial weekend sales.
She definitely has a presence about her.
I’m taking next Monday off to watch WWDC. I usually watch it with my good nerd buddy friend and make a day out of it.
Does anyone use Fastmail for contacts?
And that’s part of the reason I’m not in a rush to see this movie. Why is this even a question? Some of this stuff I’m hearing just doesn’t make sense.
This is non Lillie’s yoga mat.
I jumped rope for 10 minutes and I feel so, so, so out of shape. I’m starting training for a half marathon in October.
I put “Clean up personal notes" in my task management application yesterday. I opened up my notes app and I don’t even know know how to start anymore.
Found this while on a walk
Yesterday was pretty good in that I stayed on task and just kept the distractions to a minimum. I’m hoping to capture that same feeling today. I really enjoy writing things down which is ironic because I just got on the OmniFocus 4 beta.
Mental Health Association San Francisco:
May is Mental Health Awareness Month1 and I wanted to spread the word a little bit more. I’m in California and wanted to let people know about some resources that you may not have heard about.
The Warmline
The Peer-Run Warm Line–which began operation in 2014–is a non-emergency resource for …
Giving [Alfred](www.alfredapp.com ”Alfred - Productivity App for macOS”) a try this week. I’ve got a license for [LaunchBar](obdev.at/products/… “LaunchBar - Meet the future of productivity”) but haven’t been using it.
#Update# By me checking, I’m saying that I’m feeling excited and not entitled to it. It will come when it’s ready. #OmniFocus
I keep checking my invitation for OmniFocus 4 from @omni.
Manton Reece - Webmention and Twitter:
Micro.blog get’s better and better!
This is all a long way of saying: when you post a link to your blog post on Twitter, tweet replies will be collected and included under your blog post on the web.
She has it good.
I made sure that my mastodon user name for micro.blog is set up. If you are interested it is @mandaris@mandarismoore.com.
Hello @help Is there something that needs to be set for my domain so that I can use ActivityPub? I have the certificate. No rush.
I’m connecting Twitter to my micro.blog account to reconnect with some of my friends.
She keeps messing up the couch 🛋 cover.
A tasty 👅 blanket.
Hello @manton! Would it be possible to include an “Add Book” button for the individual shelves? I understand that the “Book Search" button is at the top, but it’s not really where my eyes go. This is just one person’s opinion.
Hey @manton are you doing anything with FloC
In the meantime, if you’re a website owner, you have to opt your website out of the origin trial. You can do this by sending a server header. A meta element won’t do the trick, I’m afraid.
Sometimes you have to “back” to pen and paper.
I shouldn’t say “back” because it’s not like I was making that much progress without it.
I shaved and apparently the whole family thinks I’m a monster now.
Finished reading: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear 📚
I’ve got to go back and start re-reading this one. There are some habits I’d like to take up.
First Look: OmniFocus 4 for iPhone and iPad - Learn OmniFocus:
First Look: OmniFocus 4 for iPhone and iPad - Learn OmniFocus
I’ve had the good fortune of being one of the first people outside of Omni to put OmniFocus 4 for iPhone and iPad through its paces. Now that the embargo has been lifted, I’m excited to share a taste of OmniFocus’ exciting future. This …
Just went through most of my passwords in [1Password](1password.com “The world’s most-loved password manager”) to get rid of the compromised passwords.
I took a lot longer than I thought, but I’m hoping that clearing them out now and staying on top of it will be easier.
A Monday In May (Belated):
Just a short post as I get back to podcasting.
Just because you haven’t heard anything new about the situation, doesn’t mean that it has gone away.
OmniFocus 4 First Look & Invitation to Help Test:
I’m always excited by something new!
Today, we are excited to provide a first look at the update currently in development for iPad and iPhone, and invite you to share feedback with us via the OmniFocus 4 TestFlight!
Deeply focused.
That was nerve wrecking.
#covid
Feeling sick and now we’re having a little mommy-daddy discussion about how I might have gotten our children sick. I tell you the hits just keep coming.
My dad came by and asked me to hold two pairs of shoes for him that don’t fit me, him, or anyone else in my family for a year and give them back to him.
#what
Mental Health Awareness Month 2021:
Mental Health Awareness Month began in the United States in 1949 and was started by the Mental Health America (MHA) organization (then known as the National Association for Mental Health). Each year in mid-March Mental Health America releases a toolkit of materials to guide preparation for outreach …
List Markers and String Styles - CSS-Tricks
But what if we want to style the markers differently than the contents of the list items? That’s always been difficult at best. Now, thanks to the ::marker pseudo-element, it’s a whole lot easier. You don’t get the full range of CSS to apply to the …
I’ve been thinking about it for a while and it definitely feels like base camp has moved from being something in high regard to “just another company”.
Further cementing my thoughts that the only company that has your ideals is the one you create.
Had a medical scare today. Not life threatening but it definitely doesn’t help my opinion of the health care here in America.
Going through the old passwords: 
It feels pretty good to have some of these passwords cleaned up.
I’m not a paid subscriber to fantastical. So I now see this every time I open the app.
I’m doing a review and I cleaned out all my emails.
That felt weird until I realized that I had put everything that needed my attention into OmniFocus.
I can’t focus on anything so I need something to track this stuff for me.
Most exciting thing on my desk.
This is the same image from the same app being sent to Sunlit.
Sorry about this, I thought you knew about it and was just waiting to roll it out.
Kind of how I’ve been feeling lately
It’s interesting to see all the replies about the remote being sold separately. Given time, it might be the most memorable thing about the AppleTv announcement.
Throwing shade at Intel.
SVG test post from MarsEdit:
This is another attempt at putting an svg in a post.
I didn’t know that acorn allowed you to put svg into a text window.
That used to be my spot.
First big walk of the year.
Anyway, I woke up before the alarm went off and spent the last half hour having fun on Micro.blog and working on my old blog that I swore I wouldn’t do anything with. 👨🏾💻
Come hither!
Buying a House: Home Prices Soar in U.S. Market Where Demand Outpaces Supply - Bloomberg:
Demand is so fierce that almost half of U.S. homes are selling within a week of hitting the market, a record pace, according to Redfin. Annual price growth reached 17% in March, the highest in data going back to 2012. Urgency is amped up, with real estate agents commonly limiting bidding to a few …
Google is making it easier to leave them. Thank you!
On our way back from the vet
I think that’s a good sign that Safari is second on the list.
Lillie is literally chewing up the stairs.
I’m thinking about doing a small run podcast about Falcon and Winter Soldier
This is my bed now!!
Sorry, but daddy’s busy.
Seriously, pick one!
I wrote this in 2017 and it feels like it’s the same arguments.
Thinking about creating a micro.blog just for Lillie
She doesn’t listen sometimes.
Well, I’m at that point of being so out of shape that I’m tired from standing up to help my daughter make a cake. #TimeToChange
I took today off. I’m going to just relax and play around with Xcode.
My daughter made shrimp and polenta.
I’ve decided that I am going to finish [100 days of SwiftUI](www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swift… “100 Days of SwiftUI – Hacking with Swift”) before June. I’m on day 32 and I’ve got 71 days to finish.
Sleeping on the job.
She’s supposed to be helping me work.
I don’t know why so many people are in a rush to get kids back into school without addressing the fact that not everyone is vaccinated and nothing was done about school shootings. There was one every week in the US during 2019.
Going for a drive.
It’s raining outside so this is where she’s going to be for a while.
My daughter took this picture.
The first work day since [daylight savings](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayl… “Daylight saving time in the United States is the practice of setting the clock forward by one hour when there is longer daylight during day”) is hard.
OK so I’m trying to get the dog up and she just does not want to move with me today.
Taking care of the neighbors dog
I want to write more. I also want what I write about to have some kind of substance. Maybe I’ll just add to the volume of things that I write and something good will come out of it.
You have to give things an opportunity if you want them to grow.
Getting into a habit is easy. Getting back into it is hard because I’ve made it a habit of not doing something that is hard for me. Like changing for the better and then beating myself up over it.
Spent some time cleaning the floors this evening. It’s a never ending job, but it feels good to make some progress even if it’s a little bit.
Wolfwalkers - Wikipedia:
I just finished watching “Wolfwalkers” on AppleTV+ with the family.
Wolfwalkers follows the story of Robyn Goodfellowe, a young apprentice hunter who arrives in Ireland with her father during a time of superstition and magic to wipe out the last wolf pack. While exploring the forbidden …
After cleaning shrimp 🍤, I can see why they cost a little bit extra.
I also block out the thought of the hundreds of shrimp 🦐 I’ve eaten that weren’t.
Lillie hanging out by the entertainment center
This is how Lillie expresses her distaste for waking up.
Making tacos!
She’s supposed to be helping me!
Today is the last day that of WandaVision. I even put up some shortcuts to avoid spoilers.
What are you looking at?
Messing with Apple's built in Grapher:
Spent some time looking at the grapher application found on the Mac.
I like the fact that I can just put an equation into it, but it’s frustrating in the fact that it looks like there hasn’t been any improvements in the usability of it for a while.
I wonder if this is because the program is meant …
My daughter drew this over her lunch.
This is a private conversation.
With this, I can get more light on my 🧠
She’s looking up at a bird.
We took Lillie to the vet today. The weird part is that I collected a stool sample this morning but didn’t know that it had to be less than two hours old so now I’ve got to get another sample.
I never thought I’d have to put so much effort into collecting poop.🐶
Hers is a picture of Lillie all dressed up with nowhere to go.
This is from Ulysses.
I have to clean up the kitchen after making coffee.
This might be my favorite moment of the day. That and using both spellings of a word. English is not always a great language.
I keep getting the day wrong on my photo challenges! 😫
Waiting for Xcode to load my preview.
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 →
We were walking and then she just stopped and pouted like a big baby.
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 →
Some months ago, I made a promise to myself that I would only work on 1 tech project at a time. Since then, I’ve been working through some tutorials create by Apple and Paul Hudson’s Hacking with Swift.
I fell off of the wagon of programming daily, but I hope to restart today.
Going for the literal definition of bananas today.
She’s sleeping for a spell.
Me: Hey Performance Testers, can you update the test environment this code is from several weeks old.
PT: Oh, that’s weird.
Me: So what have you been testing?
PT: Testing?
Second attempt to post this. These don’t get a lot of use.
These should be the color of dust.
Re-edited.
Ready for any type of weather.
WandaVision!!!!!
She makes the home come alive.
This stuff is looking for a new home.
100 Days of SwiftUI - Day 34 (Part Deux): 
It’s been a while since I posted a score on one of the tests. I’m doing it this time because I’m pretty proud of myself for doing this section again. I really want to understand this part going forward.
100 Days of SwiftUI - Day 33 (Part Deux):
Today felt much better when it comes to getting the material. I’m really glad that I decided to do it again, and wish that I had done it earlier in the day so that I can reflect on it more.
Maybe I can sleep on it?
Most of the time that she stays still, she’s sleeping.
100 Days of SwiftUI – Day 32 – Hacking with Swift (Part Deux): 
It feels good to accomplish something like this. The first time I looked at the material, I felt I was just going through the motions. Maybe it was a little bit of burn out with changes at work.
Today, I spent as much time just messing around with what I can do and I think that it’s a much …
I got to use these to find the meaning of the word.
Testing from the share sheet
Who is that handsome young man.
100 Days of SwiftUI – Restarting from day 32 – Hacking with Swift:
Sometimes life changes a little bit or something comes along and makes you rethink what you are doing.
I was going through the last couple of days and I realized that this portion wasn’t sinking in as much as I would like. I could power through it, but I don’t want to.
Animations are …
It’s amazing how much more I learned from her.
Are there any stout lovers following me? 🍺
I call it making breakfast but my partner says I’m making a mess.
100 Days of SwiftUI – Day 33 – Hacking with Swift:
I’m pretty happy that today’s lesson lands on a Friday. It will allow me to do more experimenting over the weekend!
Today we’re going to be getting into more advanced animations, and it’s where you’ll start to get a deeper understanding of how animations work and how you can customize …
This sporg might outlive is all.
100 Days of SwiftUI – Day 32 – Hacking with Swift:
Today is an introduction to animation and I’m really looking forward to it.
Today we’ll be looking at easier animations, but tomorrow we’ll progress onto more difficult stuff – it’s a good idea to be aware of both, so you can tackle whatever problems come up in the future.
Crank those widgets!
Who are these people who like using 11 point font and why do you hate me?
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 →
I’ve been using Big Sur for about a week and it took me until today to realize that I didn’t like the way the new mail looks and feels. Which probably means that I haven’t been checking my email for that week. 👨🏾💻
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 →
100 Days of SwiftUI – Day 31 – Hacking with Swift: 
The apps continue to show more and more of what I can do in Swift and I’m really enjoying the feeling of getting through the challenges.
Obviously I want to get you towards SwiftUI greatness as fast and effectively as possible, but that takes a lot of consistency from you. To be fair, it is …
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 →
I wonder how many people are going to use pictures of ☕️ or tea for today’s challenge.
100 Days of SwiftUI – Day 30 – Hacking with Swift:
For today’s activity, I started it in the afternoon after a long day. I spent too much time looking up keyboard short cuts to get the Xcode preview to start (command+option+p).
Here are some good links.
The sprinkler system at my apartment complex does quite work.
I’m ready for my close up!
I’ve been attempting to do 100 push-ups a day for this month. I break it into sets of 10 and do it on the hour. If I miss a set, I got to make it up on the next hour. Carrot and stick approach.
Beautiful article via The Loop to the site called cake.
Certainly interesting to hear another take on Steve Jobs.
100 Days of SwiftUI – Day 29 – Hacking with Swift:
A lot of people have mixed feelings about Monday’s. For me, I look at them with gratitude that I’m still employed. After this last weekend, I’m just happy that I don’t have to think about that disaster called a super bowl and can get back to “Hacking with Swift”! …
I hope that I can open this one day.
It’s the little things that make me wonder about the new version of the OS.
I was craving this and forgot to take the picture before eating it.
100 Days of SwiftUI – Day 28 – Hacking with Swift:
I’m pretty happy that this review day landed on a Sunday. It lets me go over my previous posts and to enjoy the Superb Owl.
That’s where I want you to reach with SwiftUI – to know that when you have a new project idea you can reach for part of project 1, part of project 3, part of project 4, …
100 Days of SwiftUI – Day 27 – Hacking with Swift:
I’ve decided to change the default title for these posts to reflect what resource that I’m working on and make sure that all post related to my journey with Swift are in the “SwiftSlowly” Category.
Today’s activity is about CoreML and I can already tell that it’s …
I pick these up sometimes.
Upgraded to Big Sur today.
I hope that I don’t regret it.
Swift Slowly: Day 40 - Hacking Swift 26:
I’ve finished a quarter of the program! I’m pretty proud of myself for doing that. With everything going on it was good to have a nice project like this to work on.
That being said, I was very happy to see the following quote.
However, I want to say that if at any point you’re feeling …
Swift Slowly: Day 39 - Hacking Swift 25:
Today is a consolidation and challenge day! I’m a quarter of the way through this and I’m pretty excited and grateful to have made it this far. With that comes a little more stress as I’m venturing out on my own to do small challenges along the way.
Which brings me to the …
Made a short video of my dog in a dress.
This is how hard it’s to get her up in the morning. I’d let her sleep but she’ll poop on the floor later.
My dog under a layer of blankets.
Swift Slowly: Day 38 - Hacking with Swift 24:
It’s the middle of the week and it’s a good time to do some Swift development!
I’m a little struck by one of the things that Paul wrote in today’s exercise.
Albert Einstein once said, “any fool can know; the point is to understand,” and this project was specifically about …
New “Coming 2 America" trailer!
I used to watch this with my mom on a regular basis.
This is my dog Lillie laying in what used to be my bed.
Micro.blog February Photo Challenge 📷 2:
I wish I could go back to sleep for a couple more hours.
The new beta looks really interesting. I’m plan on upgrading from Catalina this weekend.
Swift Slowly: Day 38 - Hacking Swift 23:
Today’s activity is research.
I’m a little nervous about what is coming next because this was the first time that I saw the syntax for templates and custom containers.
I’m going to have to read it again before I go to bed and hope that it makes more sense in the morning.
Micro.blog February Photo Challenge 📷:
I bought an aeropress years ago and it’s really made a difference in how I enjoy coffee.
I told my wife that one of my friends just found out that they had “The Big C”. A poor choice in words in the fact that it could really mean two things at this point.
Micro.blog February Photo Challenge 📷:
This is a pic of what I see when I look straight down. So I decided that I’m going work hard to see my toes again.
Swift Slowly: Day 37 - Hacking Swift 22:
Today, I was reading reddit like I normally do and I came across a quote on the GetMotivated forum.
I think it fits with what I’m doing with Hacking with Swift program.
Blockquotes in MarsEdit:
MarsEdit has a wonderful feature that allows you to take a snippet from a website and start a post to put in your own page.
When I use it, I feel like I’m closer to some of my favorite blog writers.
There is this problem… I told myself that I’m not going to do another technical …
I went walking after the storm earlier this week.
Lots of fallen trees every where.
Swift Slowly: Day 36 - Hacking Swift 21:
Project 2, Part 2
almost sounds like a title for an action parody, but it’s the title for today’s work. I think the following really captures what I’m feeling:
Oprah Winfrey once said, “do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.” By the end of this 100 days course …
Swift Slowly: Day 35 - Hacking Swift 20:
I’m fresh off the high of creating my first application and I SO want to charge ahead. I keep thinking “It’s a marathon, it’s a marathon, it’s a marathon.”
Today’s activity is pretty fun in that it allows me to experiment with colors. I spent some time just …
Swift Slowly: Day 34 - Hacking Swift 19:
Today is challenge day!
I’ve been looking at the page for about 20 minutes. Then surfed the internet for another 20.
I’m procrastinating.
I’m intimidated because I’ve been playing with Swift for a while but this is the fist time that I said “Hey, I’m going to make …
A couple pictures of how I had to plug in my devices at my local laundry in order to get my devices power.
Swift Slowly: Day 32 & 33 - Hacking Swift 17 & 18:
Power was out for two days and the this was one of the first things that I did1! It felt great to get back into the swing of things. I also took the quiz that is associated with the application and scored 12 out of 12!
Tomorrow is Challenge day for this project, so I’m going to use the time …
We’ve been without power since Tuesday. I’m using the power from a near by laundry room to charge my UPS. It’s like a scene from “The secret of NIMH”.
Power has been out since yesterday. So I guess my streak of programming every day has come to and end.
Swift Slowly: Day 31 - Hacking Swift 16:
Day 16! Starting the first project after a long day of work. Part of me wants to just veg, but I’ve wanted this too long!
100 Days of SwiftUI – Day 16 – Hacking with Swift:
Today is the project overview day, which is where we’ll be looking at the isolated pieces of code that you need to understand …
Swift Slowly: Day 30 - Hacking Swift 15:
I’m posting this for hacking with swift 14 & 15.
Tomorrow, I start the first project and I’m very excited!
Wish me luck!
Swift Slowly: Day 29 - Hacking Swift 13:
Review day!! I’m using this time to go over the basic types again.
Swift Slowly: Day 28 - Hacking Swift 12:
The neighbors were up arguing from 3-5 in the morning and it woke the whole family up. I’m having trouble focusing, but I wanted to get started with learning about optionals today.
This is the last section of 100 days of SwifUI that contains quizzes so I’m pretty excited about what …
Swift Slowly: Day 27 - Hacking Swift 11:
I’m up past midnight and thought that programming is probably the best thing to do.
So tonight/today, I’m learning about Protocols and extensions.
When it came to extensions, I think I learned just as much about the once that I got wrong as the ones that I got correct.
Learning to knit 🧶
Wow, you would think that something like this wouldn’t be allowed to be entered. And yes, I see that the validation triggers!
I made a promise to myself to just have one technical project at a time. It was hard to let go and today I really, REALLY wanted to spend sometime messing around with html/css. 💻
Swift Slowly: Day 27 - Hacking Swift 10:
Today is really cool because not only am I celebrating the inauguration of Joe Biden, but I’m on day 10 of Hacking with Swift!
Pretty proud of myself for the most part because most of my errors where me not reading the question correctly.
Watching the inauguration.
Went for a walk and came across these turkeys 🦃.
Swift Slowly: Day 26 - Hacking Swift 9:
We continue with structs today and I think I’m getting it for the most part. The issues that I run into are ones where I don’t pay attention to property names.
This session wasn’t as long as others, but I feel that I needed that after going through closures.
I think I might have to rewire my home set up.
Swift Slowly: Day 25 - Hacking Swift 8:
Today, is an exploration of structs. A lot of Swift seems to be built using structs. I wasn’t 100% awake when I was doing the computed properties section.
I tried mixing property observers and computed properties, and that does not seem to work.
I understand it as the value cannot be both …
Swift Slowly: Day 24- Hacking Swift 7:
Closures part 2!
Paul Hudson says that this is where closures start to look a little bit like line noise and it can be hard to follow functions that use closures as parameters. Needless to say, I’m happy that I started this section early in the day.
Swift Slowly: Day 23 - Hacking Swift 6:
Closures!!!
It took me a while to understand1 but this run through has really cemented how I look at them and just working with them in different tutorials.
For example, I had no idea what the section on “Closures as parameters” actually was saying. Now I can read the code and understand …
It looks like she is running for office.
Swift Slowly: Day 22 - Hacking Swift 5:
Today, I decided that I’d use CodeRunner to look at the examples found in the tutorials. It’s part of SetApp.
It’s simple and I can just run the …
How day you wake me up?!
Swift Slowly: Day 21 - Hacking Swift 4:
Today is all about loops.
I learned that you can’t loop over a tuple. I think this is because you can’t guarantee that every item will be the same thing.
I got to spend some time look up how to get a real going because it feels like forever to check my answers in a playground sometimes.
Swift Slowly: Day 20 - Hacking Swift 3:
I want to point out that I really enjoy the brief discussions on why things are the way they are in Swift.
I got into a grove with the operator overloading and made the assumption that ** was an exponent operator.
I found myself talking through the training and that really helped me with …
Just finished the 1997 film Selena. Good movie but really depressing.
Swift Slowly: Day 19 - Hacking Swift 2:
The introduction of complex data types: Arrays, Sets, and Tuples. I normally get sets and tuples mixed up hopefully not after today. I spent some time going through my older run throughs of the material.
In a previous attempt to make it through the 100 days, I had created an Xcode playground with …
Guess who isn’t allowed upstairs!
Swift Slowly: Day 18:
Working through Paul Hudson’s excellent 100 days of SwiftUI. I thought about changing the title to reflect the fact that I’ll be going through this but decided to stick with this to show that it’s part of a greater arch.
Having the _ as a number separator is kind of …
Our dog isn’t allowed upstairs.
I feel pretty good about limiting my technical projects. Although I do have feelings that I’m missing out, the absence of that feeling of what “I should be doing X”, makes it worth it.
Swift Slowly: Day 17:
The last day of my run through!
I get to run the completed application.
Tomorrow I’ll start going through Paul Hudson’s Hacking Swift tutorials.
Swift Slowly: Day 16:
Work got busy and then the Country’s Capital got attacked so I didn’t put any time into my programming.
Well. It’s time to get back to it. I don’t want not working on my task to be a habit!
Purpose: Create a simple view for the history of the the …
Any beginning to intermediate tutorials that anyone would recommend? I’m doing a slow series of training myself to understand swift and swiftui. 👨🏾💻
Swift Slowly: Day 15:
This is the last section of the tutorial.
There were a lot of distractions today, but I’m going to finish this so that I can move on.
Purpose: Introduce the code that will allow the application to record speech.
Although the time to go through this is …
I don’t feel like doing development today. I got to push through some how.
Swift Slowly: Day 14:
This is the last section of the tutorial and I’m wondering what I’m going to do after this. I’m going to just do one section today because tomorrow is a big work day.
I’ve been working towards learning swift a little more everyday and blogging about it. I was hesitant that it would annoy my readers and that I was spending more time writing about me learning swift versus actually learning it.
At this point, I feel that it’s really helped.
Swift Slowly: Day 13:
Yesterday, I stopped so that I could spend time with my family. I’m going to pick up from the draw an arc spot.
Swift Slowly: Day 12:
Today’s tutorial is about drawing. I’m almost done going through the entire tutorial and wondering what I should look at next.
I don’t know if this is new but seeing the notifications builds trust that it’s working. I say this after seeing it pop up once.
Swift Slowly: Day 11:
Continuing with learning about persistence tutorial
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She wasn’t ready to wake up.
This is America.
Start of with a little exercise.
Swift Slowly: Day 10:
Today’s tutorial is about persistence. I think that’s a good one as I make my way through these various tutorials.
After watching the ball drop this year, I know that what we needed to do was have the year sponsored by Kia and planet fitness.
Lilly love neck rubs.
I just spent an hour going over a 15 minute tutorial. It was great.
I think I might have to work on the workflow between taking screen captures and marsedit.
Swift Slowly: Day 9:
Getting back into the swing of things and I’m continuing with the tutorial. Today is about State Management.
I was trying to lose weight this year. I’ve been creeping up more and more these last couple of months.
So, I bought a controller to for my Mac and my daughter asked to use it. My swift development has come to an abrupt halt.
I haven’t forgotten that I was going to work on my swift development. I just used that time to spend with the family. That’s part of why I’m thinking of it as #swiftslowly.
I want to understand this and not give up on myself by making it a habit.
I wonder if this is new in the beta?
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 →
Swift Slowly: Day 8:
I’m continuing with the Managing State and Life Cycle section of the Apple SwiftUI Tutorial.
Purpose: Learn about State Object
This sections was pretty small and introduced the concept of “Source of Truth”.
At this point, I got a little side track …
I don’t understand why “Trading Places” isn’t celebrated as a Christmas movie as much as “Die Hard”.
Swift Slowly: Day 6:
As this is Day 6 of my self directed move to learning swift, I’m thinking about how this series of tutorials is only supposed to take 3-4 hours. I think that might be if you just copy past the code or maybe to get people started without worrying that this is going to take all day.
I’m going to nominate @Burk for Micro Monday.
Swift Slowly: Day 5:
On day 5 of the tutorial and I think I’m growing more comfortable with the keyboard shortcuts.
I’m hoping that future versions of Xcode will have more information in the quicklook for different classes. At the minimum, they could offer a link to get more information or have example of …
Swift Slowly: Day 4:
Today’s tutorial was pretty good. I did run into a small problem with specifying the destination view.
I think it’s pretty cool that I’m recognizing some of the closures in swift.
Mike Tsai pointsto a great article about Google and it’s case of antitrust brought forth from Texas.
Swift Slowly: Day 3:
Day 3 is the third day of the tutorial.
I spent most of this time just reading over the document and I stopped myself because I want to make this a daily habit and not something that I put down and never come back to.
Swift Slowly: Day 2:
I’m working on the second part of the tutorial.
The autocorrect is much nicer when it is filling out items from data structures that I’ve created, but I’m still having trouble with some of the longer method signatures. I took a moment to look up a tutorial online and I think …
Swift Slowly: Day 1:
Started iOS App Dev with SwiftUI Tutorials.
I know it’s my X numbered attempt to learn swift, and I gave myself so many deadlines/goals. I thought that this time would just be me attempting to learn enough to finish an app that has been haunting me for years.
I hope that by writing about …
The Forest app has upped their game for the holidays.
Designed to Deceive: Do These People Look Real to You?:
Well, this is a little unsettling.
There are now businesses that sell fake people. On the website Generated.Photos, you can buy a “unique, worry-free” fake person for $2.99, or 1,000 people for $1,000.
Sometimes you have to use what tools you have to use what tools are available to you. #bulletjournal
I spent some time removing things from my todo list. I actually started to tear up a little. It’s really hard to let some things go but I have to be honest with myself. Seeing the list of things that I wasn’t doing made things worse than if I never thought about doing it.
I spent the first 4 hours of my day in my own mind. Did I find anything? I hope so.
Ok, we’ll adopt you.
One thing that I like about Micro.blog is that it’s breaking me from the habit of looking at all the people I’m following to see if they are following me.
Dr Drang says Good-bye to Setapp
I’m walking away perfectly happy with the year I spent with it.
I understand where he is coming from. I think I’ll be sticking with it over moving to purchasing or upgrading various applications. A set monthly cost helps with budgeting.
I’m going to recommend @maique for [Micro Monday.](help.micro.blog/2019/micr… “A weekly tradition for finding new people to engage with.”).
He’s a photographer with a tiny movie star for a daughter.
I really like being able to share my subscriptions with my family. I just hope that they find them as helpful as I do.
I’m feeling pretty tired today, but I’m going to power through on some goals that I’ve set for this weekend.
#determined
I’m spending sometime with iA writer:
I’m spending sometime with iA writer.
It’s definitely a nice interface for writing things.
I just wonder how I’m going to add the descriptions to the images.
So, I’m starting the process of removing the number of things that I’m working on. Part of that is letting go of some of the domains that are related to someday/maybe projects.
I wanted to echo this tip from Brett Terpstra related to the proxy icon functionality found in macOS Big Sur.
Remove the proxy icon hover delay in Big Sur
💻
Not so happy today.
A new addition to the family.
I didn’t make it to to the end of NaNoWriMo this year. I did enjoy spending time writing with my daugther during the various sprints. #NaNoWriMo 📝
Wednesday, November 25, 2020 →
Took some pictures as I went for a walk:
The leaves are really look nice as they continue to change.
I really enjoyed taking pictures of the sky. I was trying to capture the moon just above the trees.
What’s Going Up?:
Getting back into my podcasts.
Every other day, it feels like I log into mastodon and see this kind of error.
Playing with PeerTube:
Recently, YouTube had an outage and I saw someone mention PeerTube on Reddit.
It got me a curious and I spent about 15 minutes looking through the main page.
In a lot of ways it reminded me of what we’re trying to do with micro.blog. I don’t know if they have enough to move it forward, …
Random thought: I’m going to attempt to us my non-dominant hand more often.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 →
Bought some comic trades.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 →
The internet wasn’t working this morning and it made it one of the most productive mornings that I’ve had in a long time.
messing-around:
Sometimes...
I wonder why I have so much trouble on focusing on what is important.
For some reason, this looked interesting to me.
What’s New in Hazel 5 – Noodlesoft:
Hazel 5 is out.
My first reaction on hearing the news was a dread that it had moved on to needing a subscription like so many of the other apps that I have.
It’s not, it’s an upgrade price of $20 dollars and even has a trial.
So if you are interested, check out the new Hazel.
Just realized that part of the reason that my day wasn’t going so well is that I didn’t spend any time with my morning routine.
No journaling or reflection really throws things off.
Oh fantastical, if only I hade my life together enough to justify paying for you.
Empty Software Dialog: 
I saw the little red alert on my system preferences that there is a new update. I’m going to wait to update for now. I’ve got enough things going on in my life and I don’t want to spend time worrying about what software is or isn’t going to run today.
Update: Cognitive bias. …
Went for a walk this evening. I want to get out here before the weather changes.
It seemed like so long ago…
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 →
Prompt: say
Say what you will, but Pancakes 🥞 might be one of the greatest foods ever. It’s enjoyed all over the world.
I thought I would try to use clips again.
Prompt: elderly
I hope one day, when I’m elderly, that this year isn’t the one that society doesn’t fall completely on its face.
#mbnov
I’ve decided to put all of my technical projects on hold for the rest of the year.
Prompt: force
Procrastination is a horrible force that can make you miss so much that this world provides.
#mbnov
I found a copy of one of my favorite childhood movies. I remember watching this video a LOT and I’m sure that I annoyed my parents a lot with it.
Numbers count!
Almost convinced the wife to buy a PlayStation 5 so that the kids can play with the VR capabilities.
I think I’m going to say no because there might be an upgrade to the PlayStation VR headset. The system itself might only be a daddy gift and that isn’t fair.
This is me attempting to post my NaNoWriMo status image from the files application.
I went for a long walk today
A self portrait
Hello @help i keep getting this error when I attempt to post using the sunlit app.
I’ll plug 🔌 my phone in later to see if I can get something in the console.
Does it look like an issue you’re familiar with?
I’m feeding the little squirrel in my backyard. It’s really malnourished and the tail isn’t as fluffy.
I deleted my Twitter app. I figured it would not be good for my mental health as we go into the election. Tomorrow night will be one for the history books. Unlike the election of Chester A. Author.
Prompt: concentrate
I’m having trying my best to concentrate on my goals for NaNoWriMo. The story is in my head but not on my laptop.
#mbnov
Prompt: Dreary
I’m having my favorite dinner, pizza, but I’m still feeling dreary.
#mbnov
The house is kind of mess with all the things we ‘think’ we need plus we’re dog watching.
Prepping for NaNoWriMo:
I’m getting ready for NaNoWriMo this year. I’m really nervous about this because I haven’t been writing much of anything for a while and this would be a huge commitment. I’d have to write an average of 1666 words a day! I might do that on a heavy email or documentation day at …
I understand that Big Sur isn’t here because they are probably waiting for the Apple Silicone macs to be released. At this point, I don’t really know what the new OS would do for me at this point. I haven’t heard anything good about it.
Feeling a little bogged down and saw this windmill.
Went for a walk today. The leaves are turning brown. Normally I’d think of it as being picturesque but now I’m a little worried about fires.
Giving up on the dream. : 
Decided to find a new home for my tech books.
At home is Sacramento, CA (USA)
7:47 AM and it’s somebody’s birthday 🎈
#adayinthelife
Trying to find the post from a couple days ago where someone was talking about a nice place to live. They speak a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese.
I suspect a lot of people don’t know how to go about owning a home. Being part of “Generation Rent”, I’ve got to start from the bottom up.
Episodes For The Future :
Starting the podcast up again.
I want to recommend @dejus for micro Monday! His pictures have certainly brighten my days.
Today is the presidential debate. I think @manton planned the new release so that way so we can use highlights on all the wonderful alternative facts that we’re going to hear the next day.
Running iOS 14 and this is the first time I felt the GM was buggier than the beta.
Making a picture.
Saturday, September 19, 2020 →
Went for a walk in the smog
This story got me. kottke.org
Making The Most Of It:
Taking a moment to talk about where I am today.
Wednesday, September 9, 2020 →
Dirty air… Worst than what you see in the science fiction movies about a future distopia.
This book just came in. I’m hoping to use it as my first book entry for micro.blog.
The Signal To Start:
Quick musings about how we sometimes need that signal to stop and start.
Short Thoughts On A Bigger World:
A short podcast on where I’m at today.
The First Episode Is The Most Awkward :
This is actually my second podcast. The first one never got to see the light of the internet. The hard part is seeing what happens a month from now.
A Picture of the yard.
I disconnected my twitter account from micro.blog because I want to start filling this with podcasts and more videoes.
I figured I would play around with clips again.
Got update the css on the blog:
One of the things about having a personal blog without analytics is that you don’t really know if anyone is watching. For example, I was attempting to get grids to work on the main page so that I can have an optional side bar.
It’s not looking too hot.
Hopefully, I can get it up and …
Today, I’m going to spend a lot of time going through my own:
Today, I’m going to spend a lot of time going through my own documents and knocking off some todo items.
Horrible day.
It could be sooooo much worse but s#!+ today really sucks.
This is not ok.
That is new.
I’ve been very negligent in the last couple weeks and now I’ve got 36 items in my todo box and an unknown amount of things in my email inbox.
Taking a moment to center myself and avoid my normal pattern of negative talk and just seeing what I can do to make the situation better.
My daughter looked at the console while playing Minecraft and I was impressed that she was able to understand it so quickly.
We are having meatloaf to dinner!
Shocking!
Just spending a minute with my thoughts. I’m going to do some push-ups and then clean up the icons on my phone some more.
I was talking to a neighbor and they said “I have nothing under control”.
None of us do.
I wrote about how I couldn’t do something because I’m in America. I never thought I would write a sentence like that.
Poked my head outside my bubble.
It’s rough out there, but I cling to the belief that things are better than they were 100 years ago.
Keep safe.
Lots of typos today. 🤦🏾♂️
I cut off.
I’m at the recycling center.
They give you tags with a number and you get called one at a time to have your materials exchanged for cash.
I’m using exercise as my stress relief. I set myself up to lose 30 pounds in the next year. I’ve gained 2 so far.
Finished!
Went for a morning walk.
Intel’s stock is really taking a hit.
Went for a walk.
It was 90+ degrees.
I remember that last year people were talking about the reliability of the iOS betas. That’s not a real topic this time and I feel that should be celebrated.
My favorite new feature?
A new date picker!
My podcast feeds are going to be filled for the next couple of weeks.
No humans were hurt during the creation of this keynote.
This is a pretty good keynote so far.
I saw a guy riding a bike and holding two chainsaws. I said “only in America“ and he smiled and said “you’re right”.
Hey! If there wasn’t enough stress in my life.
The family has challenged me to take smaller bites as I eat. Now life has no meaning.
1000 things!
Went for a walk to just relieve some stress.
I say this too many times.
My brain 🧠 hurts today.
Found myself yelling at the screen because someone used comic sans in an email for work.
breathe
Mold on mold.
Easily rename your Git default branch from master to main - Scott Hanselman
I remember a speech I heard years ago about the fact that if a master dies the slave is still not free.
After “last night”, I think this is appropriate.
It’s 3:50 AM. The wife and I have been talking for the last 2 hours about where we are in life and the upcoming issues.
I vaguely hear sirens in the distance.
Went for a bike 🚲 ride.
Went to bed feeling anguished.
A nonsense post with a clip from Apple’s clips app.
Working on system is o post mind maps
My daughter wants to watch “Stranger Things”. I’m going to let her because it’s less scary than what is going on in the world.
Stay Safe.
This is my office space.
Chilling in the dentist office.
Palm tree 🌴 in front of my dentist’s office.
I just hope that “after this” things will get better. But how long is “after this” and “what am I going to do now” are just questions I don’t have answers to.
Hmmmm…
Got to turn this around.
I finally got my 30 day challenge pin!
Went for a walk to a nearby fountain.
Feeling a little chubby today.
My watch doesn’t work anymore.
Drop-in switcher for previewing minimal CSS frameworks:
I’ve got a real interest in simple interfaces and came across this recently.
Drop-in switcher for previewing minimal CSS frameworksThis is a quick drop-in CSS switcher to allow for previewing some of the many minimal CSS-only frameworks that are available. See the demo or drop the switcher …
Made cheese burgers 🍔
Made a little picture in my journal.
Can you see the baby turkey 🦃
Took a different approach to my journal today. I set a timer for 10 minutes and just kept writing. Most times I just write until the thought stops.
We got a new bench.
My family made cinnamon rolls. Usually, I’m the baker 👨🏿🍳 of the family.
More pictures of the park during quarantine. It seems remarkable that I was more worried about the power lines back then.
A brisk walk.
Going for a walk.
If you haven’t noticed already, I’m trying to post a picture every day for 30 days.
Hello @manton! Would it be easy for you to implement a trim on the accessibility description?
I use the double tapping of the space bar to write a period. It shows up when I use the JavaScript sidebar on my site.
Super, super nit picky.
The only good bug 🐜 is a dead bug!
Making turkey burgers 🍔
So many dishes!
Getting dressed up to see the dentist 🦷
More pictures of flowers.
About to hang up some pictures in the house.
It’s been a while since I’ve been on top of things like this.
Color challenge blue
Went for a walk with my new iPhone SE.
Color challenge
Green
Color challenge day 3 Yellow Ethernet cord
Color challenge 🌈
Orange 🛋
Color challenge 🌈
Red mouse.
I found an Ant.
The older cook books seem to have the better recipes.
Cake time!
Got to clean up the back area today.
Picked up my sleep apnea test machine.
Quarantine Corndogs!
Shrinkflation on the cream found in an oreo.
I guess I have to get them double stuffed.
An apple a day keeps anyone away, if you throw it hard enough.
-Stephen Colbert #mbmay 💬
I bought flowers from my favorite flower 🌺 shop.
This is such a weird year.
I met someone who said that the coronavirus is just a hoax. I don’t feel that this person is dumb, but it’s really disconcerting to meet people who think differently about this.
I wonder if this is in the same vein as meeting some who doesn’t believe in the holocaust.
Not much happening this weekend.
Making waffles 🧇!
Watching my kid play roblox.
Yes, I’m using all three.
C’mon people! We live here!
Really feeling down today.
I thought I would give [Ulysses](ulysses.app “The Ultimate Writing App for Mac, iPad and iPhone”) a try for writing in. The short story that I’ve been working on hasn’t been updated since summer of last year.
I’m thinking about posting the number of tasks that I finish this week.
Years ago, if you said that the president wanted people to look into using disinfectant as a way to cure viral infections, I’d laugh.
This isn’t funny.
I take a lot of pictures of food.
Updated to Catalina on the family machine.
If they die...:
I came across this little number.
Stay safe everyone! Someone needs to be around to write the history books.
I wish Game Center had worked out better. Maybe they can bring it back with a new update of “Sign in with Apple”.
I’m doing a little more everyday.
Maybe I’ll catch up with @danielpunkass one day.
Cleaning up the inbox.
Just finished a seven day streak of working out. Hoping to continue with positive routines.
A cool thing about working from home is that it has given me a lot more flexibility with my time. After you establish boundaries, you able to make work happen for you. For instance, today I was able to get some stuff done earlier in the day, finish my work, and then take a nap.
I know there are a lot of people who are going to be reviewing their budgets during this pandemic.
Ok today, I’m going to focus on doing a couple things.
I was going to plan some other stuff but I feel that is enough for one day.
I’m going to fish this book.
Things like this are part of the reason that I don’t upgrade to Catalina.
Haven’t finished all of these on the same day in a while.
Messing with clips.
I’ve been trying to coin the term “Corona Kids” for all the upcoming births in December.
Went for a little walk.
The case for postponing macOS 16
A couple of my friends have been saying they needed to slow down for a while. I don’t know if anyone asking for a new version. It’s good to have continued development, but sometimes it’s good just to iron out the kinks.
This is the third week that I’ve worked from home. I’ve moved my “work area” every week in that time. Still working towards getting it “right”.
One thing I know is that office furniture is definitely not going on sale anytime this month.
Not a time for playing around.
I’ve decided to use the automation in drafts to forward things like this text to places like micro.blog or my journal.
I think that home automation is going have a huge improvement next year.
Spent almost and hour getting my website to be parsed properly by IndieWebify.
My site was always close but now it’s passing and looking good.
But it seems all my content has been going to micro.blog.
Firefox and Safari are really great browsers.
Is anyone else other than me running Mojave?
Buckle Down For The Second Week:
Initial podcast!
Decided not to let imperfection stop me from posting. Just some thoughts on the sheltering in place and how it’s affecting me and the family.
My fitness app granted me permission to eat an entire battery!
Still thinking about making that podcast. Perfect is really being the enemy here.
It's a very different time:
It’s just the uncertainty of it that has been wondering. It’s a lot different than the times that I’d wonder how I was going to feed my family, it’s the uncertainty of what other people are going to do.
Today is the first full day of me working from home due to covid. I think I might start a podcast.
Stop 🛑 Panicking
The keyboard shortcuts stopped working on my laptop 👨🏾💻 and I started to freak for a minute.
Just some random picture.
Let’s get started!
Can’t find my journal 📔
Ah man! I didn’t make the 30 day challenge. Oh well, it was still a load of fun.
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Vision
#mbfeb
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Leap
#mbfeb Leap in Cholesterol
I’m noticing a lot of adds for Apple Arcade in the last couple weeks. Listen you already got my money… I can’t finish the games I already have!
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Below
#mbfeb
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Double
#mbfeb
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 →
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Escape
#mbfeb
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 →
Idea that I had about doing sketch notes for swift.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 →
I spilled tea all over my backpack 🎒
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Hurdle
#mbfeb
This stack of pancakes is certainly a hurdle…
But someone has to do it.
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Double
#mbfeb
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Station
#mbfeb
Ready to blast off!
A nice flower.
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Spectical
#mbfeb
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Progress
#mbfeb
Maybe not every day but moving forward.
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Scale
#mbfeb
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 →
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Space
#mbfeb
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Oppose
#mbfeb
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Cool
#mbfeb
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Rest
#mbfeb
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Balance
#mbfeb
An ant crawling on the wall. I would have done some yoga 🧘🏾♂️ but…
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Warmth
#mbfeb
Air fryer
Keep up mulling this blog post about fantastical.
Just having trouble putting it into words.
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Rise
#mbfeb
Wednesday, February 12, 2020 →
Just realized that I can included an accessible description of my images.
Wednesday, February 12, 2020 →
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Attachment
#mbfeb
Because it’s an attachment to another attachment
I think I’ll look for a night time writing prompt for tomorrow night.
For tonight, I’m going to just run through some of the high lights and call it a night.
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Plain
#mbfeb
I set a timer to do some writing ✍️ today. 20 minutes goes by really fast when you’re having fun.
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Sign
#mbfeb
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Lull
#mbfeb
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Contrast
#mbfeb
The contrast of the green and red of the tennis court
It’s good to get an update and even better that he’s focusing on his mental health.
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Above
#mbfeb
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Plant
#mbfeb
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Hide
#mbfeb
It’s kind of weird that they are releasing this in March. Maybe they should have targeted WWDC 2020 to avoid growling from people in my sphere of influence. mjtsai.com
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Spot
#mbfeb
Listen people, not everyone needs to run for president to enact change. There are many things you can do to make the world better.
Trying to think of a picture that encompasses the word “spot”.
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Reflect
#mbfeb
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is:
Sight
#mbfeb
I cheated with this one.
Photoblogging Challenge.
The prompt for to day is: Open #mbfeb
I re-enabled crossposting from micro.blog to promote the 30 photo challenge.
Just deleted a post because it doesn’t help make the world a better place.
I won first place at my speech contest!
It feels like fantastical is going to move to a subscription.
And that just part of what makes smoking 🚬 so disgusting to me.
When I’m trying to get control of my life, I find myself fighting that feeling of shame for not doing it earlier.
I have to take those negative emotions and let them go. There isn’t a reason for me to hold onto something that isn’t moving me forward.
I love the ability to set a hyperkey:
Make Your CAPS LOCK Key Do Double Duty As a Modifier Key and Caps Lock – 40Tech:
Your Caps Lock key might be underused on your Mac. If you’re a big automation geek, why not use it for something else, in addition to its built-in functionality?
I love using this functionality. I share a computer with …
Just used certbot to make sure that my site was served over https and I found it super fun and -dare I say it- easy.
I’ve got three notebooks 📓 that I can use for projects and I left all of them at home. 🤦🏾♂️
Playing around with MindNode 7.
Interesting article about google. mjtsai.com
Is this enough?
It’s the little things in life.
Going on a food budget.
Dungeons & Dragon
The year started with great aspirations but now is time for Planning and Actions to make it happen.
I’ve decided to give Headspace a chance.
Woke up from a nightmare. Really need to take a second before trying to get back to sleep.
I feel better after yesterdays little brush with the internet.
One of the hairs from my mustache was ripped out by the root!
The morning before work starts.
I just looked at the archive of my personal blog and it says that I’ve been blogging for 10 years.
Going for a little walk
Decided to place ALL of my python projects on hold so I can focus on my swift development.
One last time!
Thinking about going all in with the Swift programming language next year.
Let’s try this again…
Playing around with a new app idea.
Downhill | Uncrate:
Really looking forward to this movie.
I like the Will Ferrell drama films. I saw this trailer with my wife and we’re both on board.
DOWNHILL Family vacations are usually as difficult as they are enjoyable, and Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus' European skiing trip is …
Why am I always questioning what I do with my website and domain?
Wednesday, December 25, 2019 →
Website is back up and Running!
Email isn’t working today. I’m not in a hurry to fix it.
I think… … I think I might hate christmas.
Little “c”.
Spending some time programming in swift. It’s kind of frustrating when swiftui gives me an error I can’t understand.
Spent most of the day being productive AND watching “The Mandalorian”.
Just saw the latest Star Wars and I enjoyed it a great deal!
Trying Evernote again.
One of my coworkers bought an iPhone after having used android for years. I found myself saying things like “This is a bad year for that”.
I guess this is how we fall out of love with something like this.
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 →
Playing with a mechanical keyboard.
I want to write more, but I don’t know what to write about.
Plus I don’t want to write about how I’m not writing.
… more than I just did.
I really need to wake up fully before I post something online.
Fighting the desire for a nap.
Spending a little time thinking.
Friday the 13th!
Someone tore off the back of my chair.
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 →
“I’ll just tweek this part… should only take me 5 minutes”…
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 →
I’ve been feeling the itch all week to write some more code. So addictive.
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 →
Went to bed early last night and woke up sick.
Today was a pretty good day. I’m looking forward to what happens tomorrow.
Switching my domain from enom to hover. Worst case scenario is that I don’t have email for a couple days.
Steak for lunch.
Wonder Woman 1984 | Official Trailer - YouTube:
Really looking forward to the new Wonder Woman movie coming out.
Woke up but feeling very loooow on patience today. I’m going to do some breathing exercises and see if that’s enough to shake off this funk.
Thanksgiving again!
A simple movie test.:
Created a small movie to see how much effort it would take if I wanted to challenge myself with making a new one every week.
It looks like something that would be cut from one of the Disney straight to VHS movies.
But it’s still cool to make something
Slow day today. Sometimes we need these in order to clear our mind.
I’m very happy that it’s Friday. The weekend has a lot of opportunity…
Probably going to be moving furniture around.
Fall in California. Pop
This isn’t cool.
Gave a donation Wikipedia.org today. It felt good and I encourage others to do the same.
Finally got those Nachos I’ve been friending for.
If will power is a muscle, I’ve been really using it today.
I’ve decided to give reeder a try to stay on top of the news.
Microblogging all month for December!
Going the distance!
I’m happy right now.
I’m not able to get everything done but I’m still happy with the process.
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 →
Microblogvember prompt: Second
I find myself reading a lot of comics and having thoughts about living life over. The thing is that every second is figuratively a second chance.
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 →
Working out early in the morning. The energy drink I had this afternoon is keeping me up. Still better this than idle hands.
Pretty good day today.
I’m going to challenge myself to post something new everyday for the rest of the year.
#goals
I never knew this could happen!
I’ve been having some problems focusing recently. I spent a lot of time sleeping today and I’m going to start a meditation practice to see if that helps.
Met my goal for exercise.
Taking a moment before work.
I just lost myself reading code...:
It was all python based and focused on scratching my own itch.
Just a small brisk walk
Moved my blog to micro.blog today.
Spending time at the zoo.
I can’t be the only one who still prickles at the thought that save as isn’t directly under file.
Don’t park that chicken here!
100 Days of SwiftUI – Hacking with Swift:
100 Days of SwiftUI – Hacking with Swift:
Welcome to the 100 Days of SwiftUI! This is a free collection of videos, tutorials, tests, and more, all drawn from around my work here on Hacking with Swift, and all designed to help you learn SwiftUI effectively.
I’m thinking about doing the California International Marathon as part of a relay team. I think I might have caught the running bug.
So, I connected MarsEdit to my micro.blog account tonight. It’s a nice little editor.
Making turkey burgers!
Wednesday, September 4, 2019 →
Trying to read without my glasses. Pointless!
The family computer won’t boot up. Not a great moment in computing.
Waiting for Windows to restart… 💀
I don’t know what to say about this.
Woke up to reAd about another shooting. Instantly tired of having to think about “another”.
I left my lunch at home. 🤦🏾♂️
I got the writing bug today but I don’t know where to go first.
My favorite place to take a picture
First day of diet… So hungry…
I’m on the iOS 13 beta!
I hope that I get some sleep tonight. I’ve been really exhasted the last couple of days. Maybe it’s a sign that I’m super out of shape (physically and mentally).
Going over bills with the wife. Listen people, if you don’t budget it, you are only hurting yourself.
It’s a little weird. Normally, the videos for WWDC are posted that day. I really want to see the keynote and SOTU. #wwdc
Skewers for dinner!
Turkey burgers!
Just looking at the sky before work.
Spending some time grilling.
Just found out that the Day One app has a way to create little drawings that you can put in your journal.
Making dinner
Sometimes I forget how good I am at technology.
I’m running on a 13" Mid 2009 MacBook Pro. I still love it, I don’t have the latest software and I think that makes me appreciate the fact that this has worked for so long.
Just finished reading about “Why” Charles Manson and his “family “ did what they did. It’s sad that people have these theories.
Spending some time just looking at the screen…
Moving all my blog posts from Dropbox to git this weekend. Haven’t decided on GitHub or bit bucket.
I’ve given up comics for lint. I don’t know what to do with myself right now.
I wish I was doing more writing.
Time for D&D!
I haven’t touched my inbow in days and I’m really starting to feel it. I got to get back into the swing of things before it starts to hurt.
Really hard to restart a habit where I’m constantly thinking about how good I imagined I was. Comparing how good an imaginary version of myself to where I am now hurts unless you take a step back a realize it’s a potential goal.
For years, I’ve been using Apple Pages to work on my resume. Today, I think I’m going to have to leave it. A lot of the places and tools are expecting either docs or odt. I can submit a pdf but it’s a little disappointing how poorly it gets parsed.
Having a healthy lunch.
I wrote this last year and haven’t done anything to make it happen.
Yesterday was filled will a lot of anger. I was angry that no one was listening to me at work. I was angry that no one was listening to me at home.
I went to bed with that anger and waking up still fighting those same battles if only in my mind.
I know a lot of people are excited that there is a new Spiderman trailer, but I’d be happier to see Gramora in a new gardians movie.
Slightly better day today.
It wasn’t the best day, but I’m praying that this is the worst day I experience this year.
Well, today is starting off with a lot of friction.
Didn’t know the bathroom was this clean…
Happy Almost End if the First Week of the New Year!
Every time I consider switching…
This time it couldn’t finish with the smiley face.
A picture of someone happy to be here!
I turned off cross posting to twitter because it meant that I had to places to check for replies. Also some people didn’t know where to respond to me or where the real me was. It’s a hard problem to solve. I’m still going to be here on micro.blog, but I’ve got to really …
Thinking about taking a picture every day.
This is just a simple one to get me started.
Sitting at my desk and just enjoying a quiet contemplative moment.
Got my domain renewed for another year and verified on Micro.blog.
Thinking about going all in with Micro.blog and even doing a podcast next year.
This is what I meant. 15 items to review. It means I’m not going through my list properly.
I got to get this under control.
I still like the idea of micro blogging. It feels good to just sit down and write without having to worry about what the title and category of my writing is going to be. It reminds me of the beginning of the book “Writing down the bones”.
I’ve been semi active with it for almost a …
I’ve got a smart folder set up that just looks at how many pieces of email I get in a day. It’s sitting at 84. That’s not including all the ones that I deleted.
That’s just ridiculous.
Just working on some python
Can’t wait to get home and watch the good place!
Soup is good.
Going to give have an advent calendar of compliments for everyone. Let me know if you’d like a little pick me up!
Today is almost over! So much has changed and I haven’t spent any money!
Happy Pre-Black Friday
Wednesday, November 21, 2018 →
So happy to have tomorrow off.
I wasted a lot of time this morning. I’ve got to change my thinking and write down my morning routine.
Today was a good day!
Lunch!
When I was younger, I wanted to be a writer but let the world tell me no. Now I feel a pain every time I have to write something for work.
Home office setup.
For the first time in my life, I’m eating salad with out dressing.
Smoke on the brain. Not getting much done.
The waiting game is the worst game ever.
Breakfast of champions
Weird day of getting weird things done.
A good sandwich!
Starting another week. 🌝
Happy Monday world.
Wow, the iPad Pro looks pretty good. Don’t know if I can justify it.
Trying to eat healthy snacks makes me not eat as many. So, I guess that works.
Just finished Robocop. It took me two weeks because I could only watch it when people weren’t in the room.
Might be getting a new iPad… for someone else.
Sitting in the home office.
Let’s try this whole “day” thing again.
Very long day. Still have a lot on my mind. No definitive answers yet.
Looking at the Office 2019 suite and it seems nice.
I’m going to start a 30 day challenge for making some everyday.
I got invited to use OmniFocus on the web!
Spent some times going through my Apple notes. It felt good to see some old favorites.
Just went through a ton of email. I get a lot of junk.
Ask for help can be hard sometimes.
Good morning sunshine!
Went through OmniFocus today and nothing needed to be reviewed.
Playing Dungeons and Dragons
So, I reset my iPhone and now I’m only going to load the applications as I need them.
Blue berry sausage #abomination
In the office early. The sun hasn’t risen.
Monday is just hours away!
I’m celebrating my moment of inner peace by checking out social media.
It was a pretty sunset.
Just winding down for the night.
My feet smell really badly. I think I should see a doctor.
Website is still in funky state but I’m not at home to fix it. I know my fans are disappointed.
So, I moved my site back to github for hosting. It’s going to take a couple minutes for everything to populate.
My website has been down for days… I don’t think anyone noticed.
Sunday, a day of rest… Supposedly…
Saturday, September 29, 2018 →
My family likes making ciphers for fun.
Saturday, September 29, 2018 →
Really enjoying the latest update to GamePigeon. Message me if you want to connect.
No such thing as too many Star Wars toys on the desk.
I feel good for the first time in weeks.
I love “The good place”. The problem is that I watch it on Hulu and it isn’t available until the next day. Meaning I’m on a social media blackout until I get home.
Thursday, September 27, 2018 →
I think today was pretty decent.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 →
I’ve got a headache and past due deadlines. One feeds into the other!
First Evernote starts having their 40% sale and then I see this deal for 25% on Dropbox. Should I be worried? #nope
My little workout from yesterday.
I’ve been doing some exercise. A little here and a little there. It makes a difference.
The view out of my window is inviting.
All my deadlines are due on Friday and I don’t feel I’m going to meet them.
Korean fried chicken was delicious! 😋
Saturday, September 22, 2018 →
Just relaxing
Saturday, September 22, 2018 →
I strive to make my code legiable to the future me. It’s a great investment.
Started a new meditation 🧘🏾♂️ practice yesterday. If I remember to do it today, it’ll be two days.
Went for a walk and… there was sooo much sweat 😓
Friday is here to kick off the celebration that Monday is only 3 days away!
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 →
Calling in sick today. Just need a moment to think.
Just trying to take care of myself.
I was thinking I was having a bad day, but a coworker convinced me to look for what brings me happiness in my life.
Is there some kind of update coming out this week?
Not a great day for me today. Where did all the time go?
Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest… and I sit here about to do paperwork.
Saturday, September 15, 2018 →
Long day today… Just thinking about how to make the most of the evening.
Drafts continues to be one of the most powerful apps that I’m not using.
Thursday, September 13, 2018 →
These fake flowers bring real joy.
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 →
Working at Apple is just what Jony Ive is doing until his voice acting career starts to take off.
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 →
Hanging out with a good friend to watch the Keynote. It’s the small things in life.
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 →
Still working out kinks to get my blog to feed directly into micro.blog. Here is my latest post
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 →
The most exciting thing about the new iPhone X announcement is that I’ll be able to buy the 7 and 6s for even less. #secondhandphones
Taking a walk
Just watching the kids have a good time.
Re-enabled my micro.blog account today. Just want to see how it feels to reconnect with the community.
Going for a quick walk
Spending time at a new restaurant. It’s nice to experience something different.
Still not a fan of Apple’s decision to take a bunch of functionality out of iTunes and leave us with nothing.
Work has been kinda weird these last couple of days. Trying to find a little bit of peace in a crazy schedule.
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 →
I never understood why people post pictures of there lunch. Maybe to remind themselves of what they have?
Sitting at the cafeteria at work. Just wondering if I’ll be doing what I’m doing 5 Years from now.
I found out that one of my coworkers liked West world as well. I’m excited to have someone to talk to about it.
Pretty good lunch from home
Just a simple
I’ve got 44 minutes before I have to head home. I’m planning on using this time to improve my blog.
I made a cake last night. Not happy with the frosting but I thin the rest of it should be fine.
I don’t have any where else to post my clips but Twitter! I’ve got to come up with a better plan.
We’ve been together for a long time.
Just enjoying a salad while hanging out with my family.
I don’t know where I want to go with social media.
Well, starting another day and it looks like allergies are already fighting against me.
Really enjoying Streaks.
I don’t know what this is, but it makes me calm.
Another picture of a desert island
Just made a quick sketch for no other reason but to relax and smile
The view from a window next to my cubicle.
Woke up early to get to work today. It’s nice to have a sense of accomplishment this early in the day.
I don’t have much to say at this point
Ok, I’m going to have fun with this.
I’ve looked at the completed …
