Notes

I’m grateful for friends making space to hang out this week. I’m not the most social butterfly but it really does feel good to be around people who care about you.

• gratitude

I am now a “bought these clothes at Costco” person but I’m not entirely comfortable with that fact. $25 jeans in my size seemed worth it.

🎵 Listening to Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. This is of my favorite jazz albums of all time. My parents got it for me when I was a kid playing trumpet in the school band. Compared to some of the other music I listen to, this album feels restrained...

• jam

I’ve really enjoyed the Wings Over Water birding festival this weekend, but one of my favorite surprises was finding the artwork of Laurel Mundy. Her artwork is so vivid and beautiful that we bought a few pieces and I added some to my /stickers page. I highly recommend checking out...

• site changes
• Washington
• birds
• art

I added my first custom web component to my site to implement a screen wake lock on recipe pages. Nice to get a chance to play with new web APIs.

• site changes

🎵 listening to the album Renewal by Billy Strings I haven’t followed contemporary bluegrass but I started listening to Billy Strings’s discography after I saw they won Best Bluegrass Album at this year’s Grammy Awards. Minus some of the trippier songs I’m really enjoying it. There’s something about the string...

• jam

Somehow we ended up with a million cookies in our house and I’m not mad about it. 🍪

I just got inspired to write some blog posts but I’m discouraged by the long list of previous ideas I haven’t written yet. Plus I usually end up distracted by ideas for improving my site. Anyone have tips on developing a writing habit? I mainly do it because I enjoy...

• IndieWeb
• blogging

More progress on Omnibear! Fixed some bugs and even implemented some enhancements. Still some big known bugs, but it’s getting more usable. Soon I’ll have to figure out distribution.

• IndieWeb
• technology
• Omnibear

Progress update on the Omnibear Micropub Extension! This is the first post using a WIP version compatible with Chrome’s manifest V3 requirements! It’s also the first post on my site using the extension. There is still lots to do. [Not] shockingly, rewriting all the state management in the codebase lead...

• IndieWeb
• technology
• Omnibear

Today I learned the dish my family calls “egg in a hat” is called “hole in egg” by my in-laws and neither of those are the most recognized names. A quick search online reveals there are dozens of other names. Some were close like “egg in the basket” or “egg...

• TIL

🎵 listening to the album Live At Electric Lady by Bleachers I love the fun blend of mellow pop and elements like a jazzy saxophone. Jack Antonoff already has been a force with his producing work with artists like Taylor Swift. It’s cool to see the different influences of people...

• jam

I had to dig up a computer mouse and USB adapter just to turn off my phone alarm. How is your morning going?

🎵 listening to the debut album from The Wellermen This group is known for folk compilations highlighting bass voices. I think I heard about them in a podcast episode (I can’t seem to locate) that had a segement on Sea shanty trend on TikToks. A bit of a unique niche,...

• jam

I thought my #11ty upgrade had been uneventful. But then I learned my hacky use of eleventyExcludeFromCollections to add reasons for why something was excluded had caused my draft posts to suddenly be exposed in my main feed. I remember reading about that feature but didn’t think about the implications....

• site changes
• 11ty