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  • January 10, 2025 1:50pm

    Snow day in Atlanta! ❄️❄️❄️

    A serene winter scene featuring a small, winding creek surrounded by snow-covered banks and bare trees. The water is clear, with a few rocks visible beneath the surface. Green leaves hang from some branches, contrasting with the snow.

  • January 9, 2025 5:22pm

    I Live My Life a Quarter Century at a Time – Three Letter Acronym

    Towards the end of the presentation, he showed off the Dock. You all know the Dock, it’s been at the bottom of your Mac screen for what feels like forever (if you keep it in the correct location, anyway). I should know – I had spent the previous 18 months or so as the main engineer working away on it. At that very moment, I was watching from a cubicle in Apple Cork, in Ireland. For the second time in my short Apple career, I said a quiet prayer to the gods of demos, hoping that things didn’t break. For context, I was in my twenties at this point and scared witless.

    Here’s the development story of the first version of the Dock!

  • January 9, 2025 9:18am

    Everyday 054

    A cemetery scene in a wooded area. A headstone is visible with a flower arrangement in front. The ground is covered with fallen leaves, and there are trees and shrubs around the gravesite. Sunlight filters through the trees.

  • January 8, 2025 12:52pm

    Everyday 053

    A black and white image of a graveyard with a tombstone in the foreground. The tombstone is inscribed with the name “Samuel Anthony Scott,” showing birth and death dates as December 2, 1838, and October 16, 1891.

  • January 7, 2025 1:43pm

    Speaking of HTML, if you are interested in starting your own blog, or just looking for something new in this space, you should check out Micro.one! It’s Micro.blog’s (where this site is hosted) little sibling and at $1/month it’s a great deal.

  • January 7, 2025 1:41pm

    HTML Is Actually a Programming Language. Fight Me | WIRED

    Great essay about HTML. Brought a big smile to my face when I followed the link to the Embroidery Trouble Shooting Guide.

    Via kottke.org.

  • January 7, 2025 12:16pm

    Everyday 052

    A close-up of a single green leaf with brown spots, hanging from a tree. The background is a blurred view of more foliage and tree branches, with sunlight filtering through, creating a bokeh effect.

  • January 6, 2025 12:29pm

    Everyday 051

    A black and white photo of a dog looking up. The dog is wearing a bandana and is on a leash. The ground is covered with a few fallen leaves.

  • January 5, 2025 6:49pm

    Celebrating a moment of nerdy victory: took apart my coffee grinder to deep clean it and accidentally broke the wiring to the button that activates it. 😱

    But got out the soldering iron, resoldered the wire, and it works again! 😎

  • January 5, 2025 2:23pm

    Everyday 050

    A black and white image of a deserted forest path surrounded by tall, leafless trees. The ground is covered with dried leaves. A sign on the right reads “Private Property, No Trespassing.” The atmosphere is misty and eerie.

  • January 4, 2025 10:02am

    Everyday 049

    A stone gargoyle statue sitting on a pedestal with red autumn leaves in the background. A black fence and trees are also visible.

  • January 3, 2025 2:14pm

    Finished reading: Orbital by Samantha Harvey 📚

    Good book! Was pleasantly surprised by the writing style.

  • January 3, 2025 9:15am

    Everyday 048

    A sign in a forest reads “Saved Ormewood Forest” with an owl illustration and a web address, ormewoodforest.com. The sign is framed with twigs, and the forest is dense with leafless trees.

  • January 2, 2025 10:44pm

    Moonrise on Florida’s panhandle.

    A starry night sky with a bright celestial body over a silhouette of tall trees, and a faint glow of the Moonrise near the horizon.

  • January 2, 2025 7:42pm

    Everyday 047

    A dense forest scene with tall trees, branches, and scattered leaves. The ground is covered with fallen leaves and twigs, creating a natural, earthy texture. The atmosphere appears misty, adding depth to the woodland setting.

  • Year in books for 2024

    January 1, 2025 6:22pm

    Here are the books I finished reading in 2024.

    The Omnivore's Dilemma How to Do Nothing Things Become Other Things War Against All Puerto Ricans Dune Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Batshit Seven Sea of Tranquility Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) The Lost Cause Demon Copperhead Moonbound
  • January 1, 2025 8:41am

    Everyday 046

    And Happy New Year!

    Pile of broken chairs with patterned upholstery, scattered in an overgrown area surrounded by leaves and branches. Black and white photograph.

  • December 31, 2024 9:34am

    Everyday 045

    A black and white photo of a palm tree growing around a utility pole with multiple wires. The scene includes a road lined with trees and mailboxes in the background.

  • December 31, 2024 12:47am

    Spur of the moment night mode shot while up in the mountains near Blue Ridge.

    A silhouette of trees against a night sky filled with stars. The moon and a planet are visible, and there’s a faint purple glow near the horizon.

  • December 30, 2024 6:17pm

    Everyday 044

    Autumn leaves in shades of orange and brown on a tree branch.

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