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...