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November 1, 2025 This morning, I updated the homepage of this site.

November 1, 2025 One of my favorite hobbies is exploring different text editors.

October 25, 2025 I updated the design of this site today.

Thomas Rigby Smartphones are not the enemy, doom scrolling is.

October 21, 2025 I've been with Geico for the past 8 years.

October 8, 2025 I recently wrote about weather apps and their importance in my area.

Hey friends, I see this question come up occasionally, and I want to share what this site is to me.

This week the Fed cut interest rates a quarter of a percent.

August 24, 2025 Made a few more changes to the site today.

August 23, 2025 I’ve been tinkering with the site’s design and layout the last couple of days.

August 21, 2025 Dem Bones: "Few measurements reflect the luster of a political party’s brand more clearly than the choice by voters to identify with it — whether they register on a clipboard in a supermarket parking lot, at the Department of Motor Vehicles

August 21, 2025 Pundits are not Journalists.

August 16, 2025 Analytics numbers can be deceiving.

August 8, 2025 RFK Jr.

August 3, 2025 I’m so sick of hyper-specialized, narrowly focused web presence.

August 2, 2025 I'd been on the fence about getting a new M4 MacBook for months but kept putting it off.

July 30, 2025 This afternoon I ordered a base model M4 MacBook Pro.

July 21, 2025 I was fiddling with my blogs today and made a few updates.

July 19, 2025 There's a tech podcast that I listen to (not naming names) with three hosts.

July 11, 2025 Well, this is just fucking GREAT.

July 7, 2025 I don’t know who reads this.

July 2, 2025 Fifteen years ago yesterday, I was 65 and lying on an operating table at UCLA Medical Center, about to have open heart surgery.

June 30, 2025 Since I've started adding some running sections to my morning walks with Trix (our dog), I decided to start recording them in Strava yesterday.

June 28, 2025 John Gruber Having an ignorant conspiracy nut lead the Department of Health and Human Services is angering and worrisome, to say the least.

June 4, 2025 I’ve used BBEdit on and off over the years.

May 31, 2025 Hey friends, when I'm looking for an answer or doing research, I rarely use Google anymore.

May 17, 2025 I've always done Time Machine backups every Friday, which is fine for most things.

April 28, 2025 Patrick Rhone But your body, once it’s done, it’s done.

April 26, 2025 Some advice if you’re starting a blog for the first time (or it’s been awhile): Share your thoughts on whatever.

April 26, 2025 My old chair was plastic, and the left support piece that connects the back to the seat broke.

April 21, 2025 Some quick thoughts on the future of the iPad.

April 21, 2025 After realizing that I don’t need a code editor to process a new blog post in 11ty I have a new workflow: Write the post in Markdown with front matter using Drafts.

April 20, 2025 Hey friends, I’m still learning how to use 11ty, and every now and then something clicks.

April 19, 2025 I’m tinkering with editors to write blog posts that integrate with my 11ty site.

April 18, 2025 Hey friends, I want to share a lesson I learned today about properly managing my 11ty site repository.

April 17, 2025 I guess for us techies especially, the desire to tinker with the site comes from having a deeper interest in writing code than writing prose.[…] I also love tinkering with my website to learn new things and to make the site and its tooling…

April 16, 2025 Jack Baty I need to find a way for my brain to relax.

March 22, 2025 Emily Peck, writing for Axios: Seniors won't complain if they miss a Social Security check, Lutnick says Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick suggested this week that only "fraudsters" would complain about missing a monthly Social Security che…

March 16, 2025 Blogging is a conversation.

March 7, 2025 getting recognized as a blogger these days is rarely going to work.

March 2, 2025 Writing without an audience might feel pointless.

February 26, 2025 Hannah Ziegler, The Washington Post Online education company Chegg sues Google, says AI is killing business A new lawsuit against Google alleges that the search giant’s artificial intelligence summaries have hurt online education company…

February 20, 2025 Dave Rogers I have a 10th generation Kindle Paperwhite.

February 20, 2025 Employ private posts — I don’t have to publish everything I write Tracy Durnell

February 10, 2025 Democrats, obviously, aren’t thrilled, but the more meaningful data is that Republicans don’t like what Elon Musk is doing at all.[…] Voters who supported Trump based on economic promises are instead seeing federal support for their local

February 6, 2025 I’ve been using AI in two ways: for help with my writing and for figuring out how to do things.

February 2, 2025 Unplatform Unplatform is an interactive guidebook, online library, and recommendations database intended to help you escape social media and join the indie web.

February 2, 2025 Bradley Taunt, btxx.org: Another problem arises when you finally do convince someone to start “blogging” online; self-doubt.

September 30, 2024 I like this conversation so I thought I would chime in: it revolves around how different bloggers discover new blogs.

September 23, 2024 In this blog post, Manu reflects on the divide between two groups regarding the future of being social on the web.