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11ty Bundle Moved to Cloudflare

Jan 25, 2025

I've bitten the bullet and moved the 11ty bundle from Netlify to Cloudflare Pages.


I might make a Today I Learned / Linked section

Jan 20, 2025

I'm considering making a Today I Learned / Linked page. Inspired by Simon Willison's link blog.


Playing Poosticks

Jan 16, 2025

We played Poohsticks on this bridge today.


Music is replacing my self-talk

Jan 15, 2025

Ever since I started listening to music while working out, I've noticed that my self-talk has been replaced by the songs I listen to.


Number 24, a powerful WW II movie

Jan 6, 2025

We watched Number 24 on Netflix. It was a very moving portrayal of an incredibly brave Norwegian.


I'm really not enjoying these afib episodes

Dec 28, 2024

I had my 7th afib episode of 2024. It took longer that usual to convert back to normal sinus rhythm. I'm really not enjoying these afib episodes.


Look Ma, I've styled my RSS feed

Dec 26, 2024

I'd seen this done by several people and decided to give it a go.


No cochlear implant...yet

Dec 26, 2024

Due to the lack of Medicare coverage for single-sided deafness, I've opted out of getting a cochlear implant.


Final Christmastime Fiddling

Dec 24, 2024

I spent the last several days fiddling with this site. I changed the microBlog terminology to call them notes and I built a bookshelf page.


Trying to develop a new reading habit

Dec 21, 2024

My book reading has been all over the map. I'm going to try to develop a more consistent habit.


This site now lives on Cloudflare

Dec 19, 2024

I migrated this site to Cloudflare to reduce the bandwidth demands on my Netlify account. Details later.


Tagging posts and 'futzing' with my site

Dec 8, 2024

I've spent some time adding some more descriptive tags to my posts. I call this phase of blogging "futzing."


Happy Thanksgiving 2024

Nov 27, 2024

Wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving. Be safe, be grateful and enjoy the day.


A tweak to how I use Pagefind

Nov 27, 2024

I use the Pagefind package to add search to my personal site. It was returning way too many result for simple words. I made a small tweak to fix that.


Is there an echo in here?

Nov 26, 2024

I'm trying out Robb Knight's Echofeed service


What will I do next among the many things I want to do?

Nov 23, 2024

I've got a lot of things I want to do, but I can't do them all at once. What will I do next?


I'm finally unvexed by microblog post dates

Nov 23, 2024

I recently had a problem on this here microblog. It has to do with dates. But it's all ok now.


My circle of friends on Bluesky

Nov 23, 2024

There's a very cool service called Skircle that generates an image of your circle of friends on Bluesky. Here's mine.


Issue 61 is shaping up

Nov 18, 2024

We're still in Italy, but Issue 61 of the 11ty Bundle is shaping up to be a doozy.


We're in Italy at the moment

Nov 14, 2024

Vacationing in Italy has its upsides, especially following the US election.


The day after...and we're in Italy

Nov 7, 2024

The day after the election. The results are in. The country is divided. The future is uncertain. And we're in Italy.


Anxiety officially reduced

Nov 5, 2024

After an eventful day, I'm feeling much better...for several reasons.


I'm currently anxious about way too many things

Nov 4, 2024

On the eve of the election and international travel, I'm worried about a lot of stuff.


Is it really a new design?

Nov 2, 2024

I've "redesigned" my personal site.


The first microBlog post

Nov 2, 2024

I've set up a microBlog on the site and this is the first post in it.