My dad has a pretty extensive collection of hats. A couple years ago he had an acute health event where he had to be hospitalized for weeks, so I went to visit home and help my mom. It was scary and sad. One afternoon at the house I was alone between hospital visits and looking for something to occupy time and...

This is something that I’ve wanted to do for a while. I think that blogging every day is a good idea. A kind of digital diary that you put out there for others to see. We all have life experiences that are our own, but we’re all living this life together, and sharing is caring. Or so they say. So, starting today,...

Topic pages are my idea of having a corner on the internet dedicated to the influential areas in my life. You can read a bit more about them in my note on topic pages with Eleventy. They fell victim to my migration from Eleventy to Astro, but I am happy to report their reinstatement. Check out my subscriptions,...

Isn’t the writing about nothing but everything at the same time? Words are written for everyone, but most are read by no one. If nobody reads them, then why do we write? I claim that I write for myself, but I rarely read them again. Writing is for the clarity of the thought, but 99.99% of thoughts are still...

Last Saturday, I spent a few hours migrating from Shiori to Readeck. The former served me well over the years, but I always felt constrained by its limitations. So when I stumbled upon Readeck, I knew I'd found a perfect replacement. The list of Readeck's quality-of-life improvements is rather long, so here are a...

Another reason why libraries are great Everyone knows the main reasons why libraries are great. You get to read books for free. It is the only place left in our world where you can exist - I mean loiter - without the expectation of spending money. Sharing knowledge to upskill yourself, or your community. But I have...

Some time ago, I migrated the crawler off the okhttp library, to use Java’s builtin HTTP client. This seemed like a good idea at the time, but has led to a fair number of headaches. Java’s HttpClient has one damning flaw, and that that it doesn’t support socket timeouts. Its only supported timeout values are time to...

April 21, 2025 Some quick thoughts on the future of the iPad. Since the iPad launched in 2010, it's been the go-to device for kids. It's safe, simple, great for games, learning, and videos. These iPad kids have grown up with it as their first computer. It's estimated that a significant portion of iPad users are kids...

The third culture difference. One of the hardest aspects of being a third culture kid and eventually adult is the difficulty in the journey of your identity. When you're young, the movement and culture- and context-switching are par for the course — it comes with the literal territory. As you get older, things...

It’s a beautiful afternoon in Austin, Texas. I just returned from a six-mile walk through our neighborhood. The sky is a cloudless, fathomless blue that hurts your eyes when you look at it for too long. Riots of wildflowers have crowded the empty lots and undeveloped fields. I paused momentarily to refill my water...

Un vibrant appel à explorer les formes non visuelles de la fantaisie du web indépendant pour les rendre accessibles.

TitleThe Tombs of Atuan CreatorUrsula Le Guin Year1970 Kindbook Read2025-04-22