January 26, 2026 Giles Turnbull Gemini and other tools like it aren’t intended for me - they’re for people who find writing hard. I find it easy. Of course I’m going to be dismissive, of course I’m going to want it to stop pestering me. Some people will welcome that.[…] So, sure, I don’t value LLM words for my own...

January 25, 2026 It's snowing and blowing, with a temperature of 24 degrees but a windchill making it feel like 10. We've already accumulated a solid 8 to 10 inches of snow. I've cleared the back porch, the roofs of the shed and chicken coop, and the cars twice already, and I need to do it again. I also used the...

January 24, 2026 It's really fucking cold this morning. The temperature is currently 11 degrees, with a wind chill of -3. A major storm is expected tomorrow, bringing snow, sleet, and ice. We spent yesterday preparing for it. I checked the heating oil, and we have plenty. I'll bring in a good supply of firewood this...

January 22, 2026 While I was laying down to take a nap today (yes I take a nap every afternoon) I started thinking about what a fucking shit show social media is and how in my opinion it is destroying society. Social media as we know it today started in 2003 with MySpace and was then overtaken by Facebook and has...

January 21, 2026 I have a folder of quotes I've collected over the years. This morning, while reading through a few, one stopped me: Instead of constantly hunting for blog topics and maintaining a never-ending list of ideas, I'm trying a new approach. Rather than forcing ideas, I'm focusing on writing only about...

January 20, 2026 This morning, after my walk with Trix, I sat down at my MacBook, scanned my RSS feeds, and checked my email. Then I thought, "Now what?" I didn't have any special projects planned, so I decided to fool around with this site. I have two different designs for it: one based on the 11ty base blog, and...

January 15, 2026 Andre Franca, Why do you run a blog? Is it to make a living, or is it a hobby? If you write from your small corner of the internet for pleasure, to meet new people, or simply for engagement, then you probably shouldn’t ask for money for it. Here's why: […] First, asking for donations creates an...

January 06, 2026 Joan Westenberg Start a blog. Start one because the practice of writing at length, for an audience you respect, about things that matter to you, is itself valuable. Start one because owning your own platform is a form of independence that becomes more important as centralized platforms become less...

December 23, 2025 I like tinkering with 11ty projects for learning and fun. Most of the time I work on them locally, and sometimes I later decide I want the project on GitHub. As someone who isn’t a developer and isn’t comfortable with the command line, I need a different option. The usual advice looks something...

December 21, 2025 I’m tired of these leagues sprinkling their games across a million different outlets so I have to have a million different subscriptions to watch them all. jcarucci It's not just the NFL; it's true for all sports. I used to watch way more sports than I do now because of this very reason.

Clayton Errington A Webring is a collection of websites that share something in common with each other. In this case, it’s a static site generator website showcase. With 40 members now, at the time of writing, I never thought it would be this popular. I’ve seen quite a few familiar static site generators, and a few...

I’ve been digging into Scott Galloway’s take on healthcare, something he talks about a lot on Pivot and honestly, his phased Medicare expansion idea makes a lot of sense for America. He thinks the path to a national system isn’t some overnight revolution. It’s a slow rollout: cut the Medicare age by two years every...