We drove to Orange County yesterday. Kelly went to work, and I stole away to the beach at Huntington. I enjoy the scene at Huntington Beach, and I’ve been treated well by the folks in the water each time. Yesterday as I was walking out, in my wetsuit and carrying my swim fins and handplanes,...

Class Action Park is a great documentary about a New Jersey waterpark where people died. Even just the trailer is amazing. Seek out the documentary and watch it. Chris Gethard is one of the folks interviewed for the documentary. He wrote for “Weird New Jersey” I think Gethard is great. He’s responsible for a piece...

James sent me this the other day. That’s Gwen, tired. I left my place of employment. The weight of the last job was unhealthy and so I took action. I don’t like it when something with promise turns rancid. I don’t know what’s next, but I can be hired to do any number of web...

Yesterday I went to the beach. Water is always in motion. I have many opinions and intuitions about the motion of water. I go to the beach when I am likely to be able to ride waves. I make myself aware of time and tide, wind and the size and shape of water. James mentioned...

The River Park was great. Wonderful time, wonderful company. Here’s a group photo The event page has been updated with that photo, and others. Once again, my domain joespartydepot.com yields fun usages such as htmlday.joespartydepot.com. ioflow brought Zines! And I got to draw on paper on a table, which is among my favorite things to...

Today is “Send a Friend a Webmention Day!” What’s that? See indieweb.org/send_a_friend_a_webmention_day, and the 2026 event page. I’m running late, and these folks may not have websites which support webmentions but nonetheless they are great friends, acquaintances, or really interesting people worth knowing about. Have a great weekend everyone! And now, the list (in randomized...

So much in my mind and notebooks. It’s good. Last week I started a page with rough ideas which I might implement at some point. It’s at /ideas/. Comic-Con was so great. Still a few more days to get in an entry to this month’s IndieWeb Carnival. In a few days will be Send a...

I wore my “Q” cosplay. We drove to the former movie-theater where Gwen boards during Comic-Con. After all, these are long days away from home, and so Gwen gets a vacation, too. While we were walking her before dropping her off a fellow yelled at me, “Q!” He came up to me and asked where...

Even mediocre conditions can make great sessionsI saw a surfer in the water smiling big. Conditions were middling. Closeouts. Pretty choppy. There were some corners to be had, but a lot of fierce paddling by surfers ending in not-ridden waves. The smiling man was smiling SO BIG. He looked like maybe he’d burst into song–like...

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“Our doubts are traitors / And make us lose the good we oft might win / By fearing to attempt.” Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare (Kelly and I saw it at the Old Globe yesterday)

I had a new art piece up last month (it did not sell). Blossomsbugs2026 I’m still posting likes. I’m still posting bodysurfing videos. Blog of the .Day continues! If you have a blog, you are invited to join. See artlung/blogofthe.day on GitHub. I still host events at events.indieweb.org, which I enjoy a great deal. “Masks,...

Screenshot of the default view of a new website on Neocities Note that it helps a newbie visualize a website as a set of files. Note that it includes a link to download the entire site. This came up because I’m listening in on a session at Nuremberg IndieWeb Camp 2026.

Last week I took some days off for a family event. It was a lovely trip. It’s commonplace to dread flying in the United States these days, and so it was terrific that it was uneventful. In addition to family time which I won’t share, Kelly and I got to tool around D.C. and Virginia...

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...

But maybe I do. When last I posted, I mentioned that I lost a fin in the big surf. That was on June 9, Tuesday. I've lost stuff before. A fin in 2025, which I got back. And 2021, which I didn't. And gotten them back before. So when I left early to take see...

From MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS: ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE by Pope Leo XIV: …those who control digital platforms and means of communication have a considerable ability to affect the collective imagination and to present a particular vision of reality as desirable. Such power should be constantly guided by the pursuit...

I made a new mix the other day. Mellow Drama. Today in the water phrases from some of the songs kept coming to me. The waves were fine. Unextraordinary. Still would not trade this random Tuesday with most other days.