Looking idly out the window of my favourite coffee shop, sipping on a cool iced latte that I needed after a long walk on a warm summer’s afternoon, a thought came to mind: Why am I so fascinated by the outside world when I just sat down inside?
Even now, back at my desk, I f...
Have you ever wondered which microformat best suits your personality? If so, this quiz is for you!
Answer the following questions to find out which microformats2 classes best embody your personality.
Also: happy belated 21st dt-bday to microformats! (Celebrated on 20 June, ...
A few weeks ago, I learned about the removeprefix method in Python. It lets you remove a specific prefix from the beginning of a string. For example, I can use the following code to remove www. from the beginning of a domain name:
"www.jamesg.blog".removeprefix("www.")
If th...
First thing firstly: I went to OB this morning. It was uneventful. Chilly. Wonderful after several days of not being in the ocean. I was in Northern Virginia / Washington D.C. Instagram used to be where I’d post trip photos. As the platform has worsened, I do it less. That obliges me to post here...
Tomorrow morningonce more into the woodsup the rocks, onto the ridges@brokenarrowskyrace.comGoal: finish 23kLive stream: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeYQprW-4u4#BrokenArrowSkyrace #skyRace #trailRace #mountainRunning
In my “Open sourcing a quiz maker” blog post, I frame my quiz maker as a step toward what could be something better: a script that you can use, but where I see a vision for something more robust and reliable.
This got me thinking about how blog posts can, in many ways, be a ...
As I write, the lowering sun is gently shining on the monstera plant in the living room, casting a shadow on the wall. I am enjoying the changes in light outside as the longest day draws to a close. The birds sing quietly outside.
Yesterday, the clouds started to move away f...
I like to wish people a happy day, and so many of my conversations start with “Happy Sunday”, or similar. Today I was able to add an additional well-wish: “Happy Solstice!” As I write, it is 9pm and the sun is still radiating over the hills. Trees cast long shadows over the q...
When I designed my “Which HTML element are you?” quiz, I wrote all of the HTML and JavaScript required to make the quiz work by hand. It took a lot of work, but it was a lot of fun! I used that code as the template for my second quiz, the Blogger Archetype Quiz. With that sai...
Have you ever wondered how best to summarise your character as a member of the blogging community? If so, this quiz is for you!
Answer the following questions to find out which blogger archetype best suits you.
Question 1
When you are spending time outdoors, what do you lik...
This post develops my thoughts on the theme of home that I first explored with focus in Home. You may appreciate reading Home before continuing to read this post.
Whenever people ask me where I live, I have, for so long, spoken about the proximity to the city, knowing that E...
The warm glow at the door, intensified by the morning sun beaming and then reflecting on the blank walls of the hallway, is the first colour I notice when I wake. I then look around and see the blue around the blinds – colour from the evening before, but seen from a new persp...
Blue light passes through the edges of the black-out blinds as I lie holding a pillow, on the edge of dreaming.
When I look back on my choice to study art history, I feel delighted. This year I have been pushed in new ways: to write essays short and long, to write stories, t...
“Cheers.” I like to say a toast to the day: to myself and others: peace, hope, happiness, health. After I raised my glass of orange juice, I looked up and saw a rainbow. I don’t think I have ever seen a rainbow from this view before: a rainbow that stands out among the grey c...
I wanted to try and write a little bit of fiction for my blog. I started with the prompt "You've been staring out of the window for the last 3 hours. Why?" and ended up writing the story below. Please enjoy!
“Excuse me. I noticed you’ve been staring out the window all day. I...
The faint reflection of the hall catches my eye; how nature and humanity blend — how there are so many ways to see the world; how painting lets us explore what we see and what we want the world to be, just like words. A figure — a few brush stokes and colours — stands out in ...
I opened my eyes and saw pink flowers; the countryside was dotted with flowers of all colours. Bees bounced between the thistles. I was delighted by all that I saw when I opened my eyes on the train journey; sleep is seductive, but so, too, is colour.
I spent the afternoon o...
My interest in upvotes peaked while reading small cypress’ blog. So, I went searching: “add upvote indieweb” using Startpage, IndieWeb’s BurgeonLab.com was listed top five. Naty S’ guide, specific for Hugo, “How to Add … Upvote/Like Button…” also goes into detail on the inner workings of iine, the privacy-conscious anonymous counter button. I altered the […]
An annual blogging event by Robert Birming where bloggers share others’ posts and help others discover cool individuals in the IndieWeb / small web community.
The sixth episode of Wonders of Web Weaving is out:
In Episode 6, I chat with Cory, the author of coryd.dev. We talk about, among other things, the role of community in the indie web, a day in the life with his website, and music listening and community as it relates to personal websites.
I hope you enjoy the episode!
Wonders of Web Weaving has an RSS feed you can use to follow along from wherever you get your podcasts.
