Having fun with static generation
I've been having a lot of fun with my new blog!
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An interactive dive into Memo Pad
Join me on an interactive look at the user experience of "Memos" on Palm OS!
Playing with Astro
A new month means a new blog!
Photo journal day 9
I took amuchneeded day off yesterday and spent time outside. The day started with processing photos and posting the photos forday 8. After I drove ...
Photo journal - day 8
Spider warning!
The bike gods are against me
Bad luck on two wheels.
Music discovery
Recently stumbled upon a couple of artists that I've been enjoying, thought I'd share. It's no surprise I've been going down the rabbit hole of pro...
Deleting everything but this site
I've made the decision to delete any personal online presence outside of this blog. My Mastodon & Strava accounts are gone, Tildes.net account is i...
Photo Journal - Day 7
I really enjoyed doing macro shots last time, so I did it again! To switch things up though, I swapped my Sony aIV frame with an old Nikon D5100 (m...
What Time Is It?
On Palm OS, the interface for picking the start and end time of an event is represented as two columns, hour and minutes. The hours list either sta...
Installing JPilot on Arch
This post is a quick tip for anyone else running into issues installing the Palm Pilot desktop software,JPiloton Arch Linux. If you just try instal...
Meet People Where They’re At
There’s a shopping center I sometimes walk to for lunch. It’s been there long enough that it doesn’t have a sidewalk (before city ordinances requir...
re: Hey you, start communicating!
David writesabout the importance of reaching out to the author of blog posts and starting a conversation, I 100% agree! I love when something I wri...
Photo Journal - Day 6
Today I returned to the park fromday 4armed with a macro lens I remembered I have. It’s for a Nikon camera, and it’s all manual (aperture ring and ...
Automated Capitalism
Woke up to this email in my inbox. At first I though “ugh a sales pitch”, but then I saw the line at the bottom.
Photo Journal - Day 5
Thought I would try something different for this entry! Each of these photos were taken with my Gameboy Camera attached to an Analogue Pocket (sinc...
Tiny Visitor Counter
I created a tiny script for counting per-page visitors on your site. It’s as simple as uploading the PHP file to your server and pointing a<img />t...
Building With Intent
I’m working on a new application called TinyFeeds, it’s a native RSS feed reader. Sure there’s thousands of those, but this one is mine and as such...
Gas & Fonts
I was at the gas station filling up the tank (unfortunately we still have 1 gas vehicle), when I noticed the numbers were in the typical 7-segment ...
Photo Journal - Day 4
Took my soon to a park near our house. He had his kid’s camera and had a blast taking photos with me.
Photo Journal - Day 3
Life has been busy and I missed the past 2 days, but thankfully I remembered to bring the camera with me today! I snuck out in the brief calm betwe...
re:My Fear of Flying
This is in reply toKev writingabout his fears of flying.
Photo Journal - Day 2
Realized I issued myself a challenge, but failed to define any parameters! My goal is to post at least 1 photo taken with my Sony A7IV per day. Let...
re: Who knows that you blog?
David talkedabout their reluctance to share their blog with others in the real world. I have much the same reluctance, I definitely don’t want a co...
I Use Arch BTW
In myprevious postI talked about my frustration that the used Thinkpad I bought was crashing when unplugged in Linux. My conclusion at the end of t...
I’m Glad I Enjoy Older Stuff
Before my daughter was born, I hosted a retro gaming night. I had recently acquired a PS2 and 32” Sony CRT and was looking forward to a night of fi...
Photo Journal: Day 1
I’ve been wanting to get out and take more photos, so here’s day 1 of a personal challenge to do so!
New Thinkpad Means Back to Mac OS
On Wednesday I picked up a new (to me) Thinkpad P14s Gen 4. I was excited to finally get off my System76 Pang12, a computer that works, but has a l...
re: The commodification of travel
I relate a lot toHerman’s recent post, in more ways then one. His thoughts on travel are very similar to mine, and the fact that he’s writing from ...
My Everyday Carry
Thought it would be fun to do a simple everyday carry post! Here’s what I typically have in my backpack.
Fits on a Floppy
I stumbled acrossMatt’s workvia a post on Tildes. His “manifesto for small software” describes how he has targeted building applications that could...
Back to Palm OS
Over the winter I was super into Palm Pilots, I even picked up a few new ones and swapped the batteries. My current collection includes a Tungsten ...
Linux Apps Starter Kit (Gnome Edition)
I find beautiful, well-designed, native applications to be a source of inspiration when using my computer. I’veposted on Mastodonabout the native M...
Moving to Pure Blog
Awhile back I builtmdServer, a markdown based blogging engine. It was fun to build, but I’ve found I want to focus on other projects (and writing)....
Recall on My Vaast A/1
A couple of years ago I started my journey into cycling with a Vaast A/1 gravel bike. It features a magnesium frame, which touts being nearly as li...
re:On AI-Enhanced Writing
Pablo posteda very well put together reaction toanother postregarding the use of LLMs in the writing process.
Laptop Upgrade
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been considering buying a new laptop. My daily driver has been a MacBook Pro with a M1 Pro and 16GiB of memory. I...
Are Design Tools Still Relevant?
I was a product designer for a few years. I had switched careers to design after suffering burn out as a software engineer. During those years, my ...
Will AI Kill Software?
Yes (to a degree).
Built for Distraction
We have a rental car right now, our neighbors backed into one of our cars a few weeks ago (need a new door, thankfully that’s all). The rental is a...
My Love of Email
My (personal) email has become something that I look forward to checking every morning, thanks mostly to the small web. I make it a point to reach ...
Ride Leaders & Team Leaders
One of my favorite things in cycling is being a part of group rides. A group ride involves a number of cyclists riding together, typically in a pac...
Why I Find Writing So Hard
I’ve had blogs on and off since I was a kid, but I typically never stick with them. I’ll write a few articles, then give up once my drafts folder b...
Make Building Software Fun
I’ve been writing software for a long time. When I was a kid, I loved making text adventures, spending countless hours planning the dungeons on pie...