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Well look at that. One month into 2026 and it felt like a decade. I sense that’ll be a theme going forward, with 99% of the issue being the current administration’s inability, or desire, to properly govern. I don’t want to spend a ton of time on this but it’s worth noting that every day … Continue reading “January Vibe Check”

I think what would be a great movie, is if a small handful of talented ball players decide they needed a smaller place to be. They decide to transfer to a midwestern university with a bird of prey mascot. Through the power of friendship, they do the impossible and beat their old teams on a … Continue reading “College Football”

I never hear the sad trombone in my brain like when I force a stalemate in a very…very winnable game of chess.

I wrote a post last year that this is the time of year where things go back to normal. I think I summarized the feeling well in that post but thought I could expound upon it more.  Quickly revisiting that summary, Thanksgiving through New Year’s is a weird time warp that doesn’t exist at any … Continue reading “Back to Normal Revisited”

Nothing really sums up my year like noting how long it took to put this together. I’ve struggled to find the words to describe the year. Sure, there are some numbers to look at and a post from last year to see how things went but none of that identifies the melancholy and even the … Continue reading “2025 in Review”

I’m not sure if every Codepen Challenge submission gets added to the collection, but even if that’s true, I get a small skip in my step when I see one of mine makes it into the collection. I won’t lie, many times they’re like half completed. I should really spend more time on them. This … Continue reading “Halloween Countdown Timer”

The latest episode of The Vergecast had 7 hot takes from the host, David Pierce. I had a lot of fun listening to these takes and their arguements and thought I’d respond here and then give a couple of my own. It’s fun to have hot takes about less serious things. Here are David’s 7, … Continue reading “David Pierce Hot Takes”

I have this good/bad habit of always looking for more productivity. How can I get more work done? How can I get the work I am doing done faster? I say it’s good because, I think it’s a good way grow and improve. It’s bad because time is limited and maybe we don’t have to … Continue reading “Screen Time”

The world we live in, is a state of information overload. This is not simply my opinion, but something that has been studied, and I think it’s easy to feel. Have you ever been doing something and felt the pull to look at your phone? That’s the desire for more information, probably not high quality, … Continue reading “The Process Matters”

I’m not really sure what sparked me to want to learn Rust but I assume it’s like any other language I’ve wanted to learn. In my day to day, I write HTML (old school, email tables baby!), CSS (also old school), and JavaScript. I have a small React app I built for fun, a handful … Continue reading “On Rust”