Preamble I had been drawing for was long as I could remember. In the 8th grade I had earned an award as top artist in the class. But this was 9th grade. High school. I had chosen an elective: “Drawing.” I realize now, decades later, what the point of the class had been. I understand...

This past weekend I attended an HTML Day event and made some web pages. That was online. But around the world, people gathered in person to write HTML – from all skill levels. I think that’s beautiful. html.energy is magic. And I’ve added it to my “toys” page. Shoutout to Zachary Kai, who organized the...

State of California Department of Vehicles(DMV) Final Notice: Enforcement Penalties Begin on August 5. Our records show that as of today, you still have an outstanding traffic ticket. In accordance with State of California Administrative Code 15C-16.003, If you do not complete payment by August 4, 2025, we will take the following actions: 1. Report...

The calendar on the wall is reminding me to remind you that if you like a (dailyish) #affirmation to support you and your spirit and mental health– I run automated, parallel Mastodon and Bluesky bots for that purpose. Feel free to follow and share, if you care to: https://thisbot.day/@affirmations https://bsky.app/profile/thisbot.day

I grew up in the 20th Century. Because of that, I suspect my first experience of the word “totem” was probably in a piece of fictional media (television, probably) where the word “totem pole” was used. That usage was likely not respectful to the Native Americans depicted in the fiction. see Reel Injun That doesn’t...

Back in 2016 I was using Twitter far more than I used this website, to my own detriment. Today while talking about politics, centrism, and Republicans with Thomas I thought of an old tweet of mine from 2016, which was a citation of a quote from Ronald Reagan: Civil Rights Concerning the President’s Views on...

Today I’ve been playing with a page with my web toys. It’s pushing me to consider what other toys I might build, too. Particularly ones which allow people to play and create. Here’s my new Toys page.

«Ceux qui peuvent vous faire croire à des absurdités, peuvent vous faire commettre des atrocités». Voltaire, 1765 “Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”

The other day in answer to a CodePen Challenge, I created a thing I call Slideorama Pinwheels. I initially put it on CodePen and submitted it to the challenge / contest. And now it’s also on my Lab: Slideorama Pinwheels. Other entrants to the challenge are on CodePen: Collection: #CodePenChallenge: Slide Interactions Screenshot of the...

AARC Opposition Statement On the FDA’s Authorization of Juul E-Cigarette Products: Respiratory therapists are dedicated to treating patients with chronic respiratory diseases, many of which are directly linked to tobacco and nicotine use. Respiratory therapists see firsthand the long-term consequences of addiction that often begin in adolescence. The decision to allow these products on the...

I emailed James about his post Brainstorming a tool to follow new album releases with Wikipedia. He mentions my mirrored IndieWeb Profile page. I mentioned in the email that the more interesting page from the IndieWeb wiki I mirror is the Front End Study Hall page. That page pulls in the content of the page,...

Crystal Pier is back open. Many folks fishing. Had to avoid fishing lines. Overcast. Still mulling my next moves. I created an art page ahead of the WOCA event this past weekend. And today a short interview/questionnaire with me went live. Over/Under #27 with Joe Crawford which features me opining on CSS, Surfing, Robots, Curl,...

Copying some data from an old tweet. Pancakes could bring up Sequel Pro …but the string was not in the bundle or in the binary Many people appreciated this… For some reason I can never remember the name to the Sequel Pro app, so l always type in Pancakes to Alfred/Spotlight and it shows up....

I met a pelican yesterday at Ocean Beach. The pelican, I think, was trying to steal my handplanes. There’s a video.

Via Cartoon Brew: Fliiip Book Revives Flash-Era Accessibility With a Simple Browser Animation Tool. I made a GIF. Jonathan Andrew Myers also created a site called DRAWWW TIME, likewise simple and fun and free. Love it. Animation is so great. I was watching some Don Hertzfeldt animations last night and they hold up in their...

I think about flags. I don’t know that I want to put the energy out there around this, but I wrote this. And I don’t want to begrudge people having a good time on Independence Day. But also my nationalism is on hiatus. But I love the idea of the United States. A Trump flag...

Bsky & Mastodon

early morning before crowds

it was cool but short Brief but important for a day of code. There’ve been some good rides lately. Documented in the videos page.