Forgive the pun. Who does this gull think they are? I’m checking the surf cameras on Surfline, and notice this gull in the way. Like–excuse me. Can you do your morning groom somewhere else please? Alas, birds will bird the way they want to bird. Yesterday I did maintenance on some even older parts of...

Like I do, very often, I went to Pacific Beach Today. Here’s the panoramic photo I took before I went in the water. Here’s the Bing maps rendition of the spot. How impossibly blue is that water? The current was strong. I had an instinct that the current was strong and north. That’s the state...

Today was really fun. The conversation at Front End Study Hall was rich. We discussed email, including a library I’ve yet to try called MJML which allows creating a unified file which compiles into html code which renders consistently in the many different mail programs. I’m not using it for my newsletter (yet?), but I...

In 1999 in answer to a comment that read: Check it out if you don’t believe me. I thought that cross-browser compatibility meant that everything looked the same in both browser, but I guess not. Here’s what I wrote: Cross-browser compatibility does NOT mean that everything looks the same everywhere. It means that I have...

On Saturday I exhibited work at WOCA. It was a wonderful time. Kelly was very supportive. I have a passel of photos yet to post and I want to add the pieces I made to my art page in the next week. I’ve been to WOCA several times with friends, and this is the third...

You’re welcome to subscribe. See https://artlung.com/newsletter/ I’m committed to doing this on Mondays for a year. Let’s see how it goes. I’m using Buttondown and did some custom programming against the existing things I make to generate a markdown file which I can then use inside Buttondown. That address again: https://artlung.com/newsletter/

I will be showing at WOCA again this weekend. Saturday. A selection of works made from found objects at the beach. I’ll post photos in the future. But come on down to WOCA and I’ll be there. I hope it’ll be fun. We may get food from The Hat afterwards. Art Spiegelman remains an influence...

Lives well lived. Live as well as you can, be your authentic self. Carry on. Yes, I know it’s not easy.

Among the older things I put on the web were fansites: Bebe Ads Ronny Vardy Fan Stew & The Negro Problem Lyrics These are run with WordPress. I did some maintenance on them today. Not particularly interesting, but it keeps me busy. I added SoundCloud to my feed patterns list page, kind of obvious to...

Panorama, Sunday It’s been foggy the last few mornings at the beach. And the weather has been hotter. The water temperature has been colder. I’m working on things. Making adjustments. Riding waves, both water and metaphorical. What wave it next?

Beth Accomando interviewing Chuck Tingle Kelly got us tickets to see Chuck Tingle speak at KPBS San Diego Book Festival. It was a hot day and it was great to peruse the booths and the energy of the folks walking the USD campus was terrific. Aside: I got to tell Kelly (again) that my parents,...

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...