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Thoughts on development, tools, and the web.
September 12, 2019
Used books
I like books and to save money I started buying used ones off Amazon.
September 11, 2019
United States air traffic on September 11, 2001
Quite a fascinating gif showing the air traffic before, during, and after the 9/11 attacks.
September 11, 2019
9/11
This year Laracon was back in New York and I had the ability to take the family to the 9/11 memorial and below are some of my favorite photos from that vis...
September 10, 2019
Rush hour
This morning I had to drive into the city during rush hour. Having worked remote for the past decade it was eye opening and a little bizarre.
September 9, 2019
Personal Blogs?
We all know the mantra, own your space yet we all seem to love our walled gardens.
September 3, 2019
Breaking Records
Today, with the Laravel 6 announcement the Laravel News site had the single best day according to WordPress stats.
September 2, 2019
Happy Labor Day
Today we celebrate Labor Day, which as a holiday seems to be used to represent different things.
August 31, 2019
First Website
This week my friend Jack McDade made this tweet showing a screenshot of the first website he created that he made more than $1,000 on:
August 27, 2019
Off the grid
Where I live (Charlotte, North Carolina) it’s hard to get off the grid. Most places have wifi, and we have cell coverage almost everywhere.
August 26, 2019
Fryingpan Lookout Tower
This past weekend we as a family decided to go camping up in the Pisgah National Forest and spend the day Saturday tubing down one of the rivers.
August 6, 2019
Camping and Mountain Biking
For the past few years, I’ve been a part of a weekend guys trip where we camp, ride our mountain bikes and just have fun.
July 29, 2019
Pear Programming
I made this drawing one afternoon back in January and I remembered sharing it but couldn’t remember where.
July 27, 2019
My Photos From Laracon NYC 2019
I’ve started uploading all my pictures from Laracon NYC to Flickr and if you are interested you can find them here:
July 27, 2019
Cameras
I just got back home from Laracon in NYC and this year I decided I should take my real camera pictured above.
July 20, 2019
Trust
Another day, another report of a security issue.
July 8, 2019
Seasons
Having a daily routine is important as it allows you to coast through the day knowing what comes next.
June 17, 2019
Note to self...
Note to self… Do not tweet when I’m angry. Nothing good can from it and nine times out of ten it’ll end in more frustration and heartache.
May 22, 2019
“Thoughts On” journals
Derek Sivers has a blog post from back in January on the benefits of a daily diary and topic journals and this part is something I started trying:
May 21, 2019
If Else in SQL
Today I hit an interesting problem and when creating a report for an internal billing system.
May 13, 2019
Own Your Narrative
In my local paper, there was a story about a guy doing something dumb, the internet found it and now the insanity has started spiraling.