Blog

Thoughts on development, tools, and the web.

March 22, 2020

Making Captions for the newspaper comics

Social distancing doesn’t have to be terrible if you can find things to pass the time.

March 22, 2020

Field Notes

A couple of years ago a friend sent me a three pack of field notes and I honestly didn’t get the point.

March 21, 2020

Playing golf during social distancing

Today I played golf for the first time since the social distancing due to COVID-19 started in my area. Here was the rules:

March 15, 2020

Now that's a powerful ad

Should be placed at every bar and night club throughout the world.

March 14, 2020

Art Night

Every so often we do family art night. It’s fun, the kids enjoy it, and we get free drawings to decorate our house with. Winning all around!

March 11, 2020

Buying the Kids a Book a Month

I think reading is essential, and I want to pass on the love of it to my kids.

March 5, 2020

The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger

The Ride of a Lifetime by Bob Iger is about his business life.

March 2, 2020

If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel

We’ve all seen models of the solar system and they do a good job of representing the sun and the planets, but it’s hard to get a representation of the shee...

February 24, 2020

Ebbets Field Flannels Baseball Hat

I just got this awesome old school Ebbets Field Flannels baseball hat from my buddy Joel Kuehn with his company logo on it.

February 21, 2020

Salary Negotiation

Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss is excellent.

February 20, 2020

In your code editor, dock your sidebar to the right

A few months ago I moved the sidebar in my code editor to the right and I love it.

February 19, 2020

Does it pass the smell test?

Today I received the following email…

February 18, 2020

Inspect Browser

Ever wanted to debug a site or web app while on the go, or maybe view it on mobile and do some debugging?

February 17, 2020

Bullet Journal weekly spread

I’ve been a fan of the bullet journal method and been using it for a while.

January 20, 2020

Father Forgets

Today is my youngest child’s tenth birthday and every year I have a reminder set to reread Father Forgets by W. Livingston Larned.

January 18, 2020

A Good Walk Spoiled

It’s been just over a year since I broke my hand and I was finally able to play golf for the first time yesterday.

January 3, 2020

Write a Thank You Letter

Just before the holidays, I received an opensource donation from the nice folks at Algolia.

December 3, 2019

Stop Slack from messing with your Markdown

A few weeks ago Slack made a change to the app and added a new WYSIWYG toolbar.

November 25, 2019

Don't Talk to the Police

This video should be a much watch for anyone living in America.

November 21, 2019

Thoughts on the Impeachment

I’ve been watching the impeachment testimony every day and I’m thankful the Republicans pushed this to be a public hearing.