A Year in Review and Theory Posts
Hey friends, This is my last scheduled newsletter of the year as we run full-tilt into the holidays. I thought it'd be fun to look back some on this year and...
Christmas Crunch and De Moon
Hey friends, It's Christmas Crunch Time! Time to wrap up projects before the holidays — stay safe, stay sane! Getting Festive 🎄 Also, if you need a festive...
Annual Pie Comas and Returning to the Dark Forest
Hey friends, Now that I've recovered from my Annual Pie Coma, it's time to get back into it in this tiny sliver of time we have before Christmas! Thinking...
Kobitos and JavaScript Mazes
Hey friends, It's a SPECIAL LATE EDITION! Sometimes you just forget to hit the schedule button and wander off on your own. 😅 Thinking Too Hard 🤔 Just take a...
New Things and Wes Cook
Hey friends, What do you call a small pepper in late autumn? A little chili 🌶️🥶 Thinking Too Hard 🤔 Trying new things can be tough. My wife has a tradition...
Weird WordPress and Am I Blue?
Hey friends, What month do fires hate? NO-EMBER 🙅🔥 (oof, that's pretty bad...) Thinking Too Hard 🤔 WordPress is weird now... well, maybe weird is the wrong...
Self Design and Missing Pigs
Oh... ... hello there, friends. Didn't see you there with all these leaves on the ground. Thinking Too Hard 🤔 Ben Robbins, creator of several unique RPGs,...
Dip Pens and Booster Rockets
Hey friends, We're rapidly approaching the section of the year I call 'Ghost Turkey' -- the strange middle section between Halloween and Thanksgiving where...
Affogatos and Cognitive Load
Hey friends, It's very easy to feel isolated as a remote employee, but last week I got to be a part of Viget's Fall TTT, where the whole company gathers...
Smolweb and HTML for People
Hey friends, Quite possibly the most divisive candy this season: candy corn. Love it, hate it? (Someone told me to try it mixed with peanuts, but I remain...
Procrastination and Drawers
Hey friends, Did you hear the joke about procrastination? ...nevermind, I'll tell you later... Thinking Too Hard 🤔 I've been thinking this week about...
Delightful Zines and the Value of Blogging
Hey friends, Whew, Hurricane Helene brought a whole lot of wet our way. We fared better than a whole lot of other areas did... Hope y'all are safe and mostly...
Cards and Spicy WordPress
Hey friends, Spooky-season is nearly here, but Betelgeuse and the Nightmare Before Christmas have already been in rotation in our house! 🎃 Thinking Too Hard...
Freak Energy and Abandoned Offices
Hey friends, So... if I were to send you this sequence: 👨👨👧👦🙅🔥 Could you guess the song title? (Answer at the bottom) Thinking Too Hard 🤔 Last week I talked...
Definition of Done and Virtual Ant Farms
Hey friends, One thing that gets me excited about Fall is ... flannel, truly the king of fabrics! Pumpkins? They're alright. Changing leaves? Pretty cool....
Home-Cooked Apps and the Temporal API
Hey friends, It's always nice to have a long weekend! Hope y'all's was fun! (Is y'all's a word? Second-person plural pronoun possessive...? 🤔) Thinking Too...
TMUX Mysteries and VHS Tapes
Hey folks, When does Fall start? Late September? Nah, I say Fall is already here because school has started! 🍂 Things I Wrote Last week on my blog I talk a...
Componentization and Transparent Videos
Hey friends, August never quite winds up feeling like SUMMER summer, with as much back-to-school prep and events that cycle up in August, it's more of a...
Tiny Jokes and Medieval Vibes
Hey friends, The hurricane has passed and the Olympics are closed -- I guess it's time to get ready for fall! Things I Built It's tiny, it's stupid, but it...
Cave Kayaking and Hiking
Hey friends, Last week was a vacation week for our fam, so not much in the way of tech thoughts this week, but we DID get to go kayaking in a flooded mine...
Olympics and Wild Box-Shadows
Hey friends, Olympics are in full swing at Casa Long. I've always loved the Olympics for the pure athleticism and all the wildly unique sports you don't...
Experiment Cleanup and Tiny Phones
Hey friends, I'm grateful for some rain and some cooler temperatures this week! 🌧️ Things I Built I was doing a little spring/summer cleaning and dug up and...
Client Presentations and 20,000,000 Particles
Hey friends, Phew, we're all feeling a little crispy this week. Stay cool, stay safe! Thinking Too Hard This year I again have the privilege as serving as...
Weird Potatoes and Undefined
Hey friends, Hope y'all had a great (and safe!) Independence Day! 🎆🇺🇸 Things I Made It's been a long time in the making, but I've created my first game! It's...
Just Dü It and The Legend of Link
Hey friends, How many ears does Captain Kirk have? Three. The left ear, the right ear, and the final front-ear. 🌌 Thinking Too Hard This week, I've been...
Potato Sprites and Musical Billiards
Hey friends, How many tickles does it take to make an octopus laugh? Ten-tickles 🐙 (Oof, that one's pretty bad 😅). Thinking Too Hard I spent time last week...
Fluid Grids and Inline Conditionals
Hey friends, Why are peppers the best at archery? Because they habanero! 😂😅 Words I Wrote You know what goes well with Fluid Type? Fluid Grids! But not just...
Summer Thoughts and Sheet Bends
Hey friends, The school year is officially over! LET SUMMER BEGIN! 🌞🌞🌞 Thinking Too Hard No deep thoughts this week, only SUMMER THOUGHTS. Interesting Web...
Fathomless Doing and Adventure Mice
Hey friends, I was going to tell you a joke about time travel, but you didn't like it... Thinking Too Hard Have you ever tackled a problem only to learn that...
StimPine Comparison and SLICE/PLUCK/FLICK
Hey friends, Just a PSA now that the weather's nice: if you work outside you should PROBABLY put on sunscreen. (Don't be like me and get burned!) 😅🌞🧴...
Openings and Eel Slaps
Hey friends, We're rounding the corner on May-cember! June is almost in sight! 😎 Thinking Too Hard I had the opportunity last week to do a mini-presentation...
Between-Spaces and Strange Tunnels
Hey friends, It was a different type of week last week as the PL/UI team (Platform/User Interface) at Viget got together for an offsite location for several...
Story Games and Talking Heads
Hey friends, The end-of-school madness is upon us. This time of spring is a fever-dream of ALL the events happening at once combined with everyone trying to...
32.69230769% and Vue 3
Hey friends, Did you know we just finished week 17 of 52 which makes us 32.69230769% of the way though 2024? SQUADALA! WE'RE OFF! Thinking Too Hard I got to...
Heavy Teams and Mario Pareto
Hey friends, Just a friendly reminder, everyone is just one bad sandwich away from a rough weekend. Whoo-eee. 😈🥪 And here I thought avocados were my...
Consulting and Partying in 1999
Hey friends, Hope you managed to catch the eclipse last week without burning holes in your retinas. 🌞😎 Now that we're through with that phenomena, prepare...
Alpine and Pictionary Jams
Hey friends, Spring has sprung, and so have my sinuses! 👃🌼 Thinking Too Hard This week I got to use Alpine.js for a content site build... and I like it! I'm...
Easter and Inscrutable Cats
Hey friends, We're celebrating Easter this week, which happens to be my favorite holiday (sorry Christmas, it's not you, it's me.) We really ought to have...
Spring Break and The Sound of CLI
Hey friends, Spring Break is here — but hey, not for you, fellow working adult! (Unless you ARE actually on Spring Break, in which case I hope you have a...
The 'T' in Tailwind is for... and Fantasy Workstations
Hey friends, I've decided that age is relative, not a number... and this week I feel OLD. Old in the sense that you swing some kettlebells and THIS week,...
Project Logs and Screenreader Surveys
Hey folks, Hope you've all had a fantastic weekend as we get ready to tuck into another week. Spring break is almost here! 🌼🌳 Things I Wrote I wrote about...
Brain Reset and Lack of Twig
Hey Folks, You ever have one of those days where you simply forget to do things you've done consistently for months? That's me this week. Not just one thing,...
Unique Perspectives and Centering a Div
Hey folks, Hope you're having a glorious week already! Thinking Too Hard Last week I was asked to summarize my experience creating a webinar. Thinking about...
Existence of Nature and Motion Blabber
Hey Folks, Nothing like a day off to remind yourself that there's things like TREES and NATURE and FRESH AIR out there. I recommend you go grab a good lung-...
New Experiments and Scrollbar Properties
Hey Folks, We're firmly in Balumtine'th Week, hope you take some time to tell those you love how much they mean to you! A Thing I Made I decided my old...
The WeirdNet and Frog Corrals
Hey Folks, It's been a weird week, so let's celebrate with even MORE weirdness! Because... why not? From The WeirdNet I've been thinking a lot about the...
Water Heaters and React Annoyance
Hey Folks, Sorry for the late version of this week's newsletter — the joys of home ownership caught up with me when our water heater developed a leak this...
Webinars and the Death of Ello
Hey Folks, Hope y'all are staying warm in these cooold temps. I was reminded that I have indeed acclimated to the southern US and that sub 20°F temps feel...
No Snow and the Weird Internet
Hey folks, They said it would snow, but all we have is cold rain in NC. Hope you all are all safe and bundled warm if it ACTUALLY snowed where you are!...
InVision Memories and Void Elements
Hey Folks, Here we are in a new year. We ate far too much food over the holidays (per usual) and all got sick (per usual). Thankfully we're all better now...