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2026
Sunday, 14 June, 2026 - 17:59
Jun 14It’s been a quiet weekend and I’m grateful for it. The next two weeks are going to be incredibly busy for us. We’ve got 2 baseball games, 3 concerts, a short trip and I have a work meetup happening here in Chicago. I’m not really looking forward to all of it.
Saturday, 06 June, 2026 - 18:20
Jun 6Summer is definitely here… and I’m not all that excited for it.
As I write this it is 78F/26C in my living room and I feel like I’m back in Florida.
I never thought I would appreciate the winter in Chicago but, 2.5 years after moving here, I definitely do.
Monday, 01 June, 2026 - 20:38
Jun 1It’s hard to believe June is here, mostly because it felt more like April outside today.
I’m looking forward to this summer. We’ve got tickets for nearly a dozen concerts and sport games and a short trip planned. With a little luck I’ll even make some progress on getting in better shape.
Tuesday, 26 May, 2026 - 19:15
May 26I would love to have more to say lately, but that just isn’t the case. For years I’ve felt as if trying to stay online has been a lot like swimming upstream, with so much arguing and toxicity on every platform. With the advent of AI it now feels like swimming upstream in a flash flood.
Tuesday, 12 May, 2026 - 21:46
May 12I really need to step away from this computer more often but, as usual, today is not the day.
Monday, 11 May, 2026 - 19:12
May 11I’m realizing that one reason I haven’t blogged as much lately is that, with all the features I’ve added to make blogging easier on my laptop, it just isn’t an easy thing to do on my iPad.
There are definitely ways I will work to fix this. I’m even thinking of going as far as writing a task-specific app just to blog with. For now, though, I need to rethink my workflow here on this device as well if I want to be successful with it.
Saturday, 09 May, 2026 - 08:59
May 9We have another busy weekend ahead. Today we’re going out to Joy’s sister’s house to get our car. It’s been there since last weekend as work on our building closed out lot (a semi-regular occurrence, which is infuriating for a spot we own and pay for). We’ll take the Metra out and probably get dinner. As it’s Joy’s family there’s no plan so we’ll see if we come home or spend the night. Tomorrow we’ll probably try to have lunch with her mom somewhere in the suburbs.
All of this while my own goal will be to get some work done on my own projects. Will I be able to? Who knows… but I’ll try.
Monday, 04 May, 2026 - 10:54
May 4I’ve spent the morning migrating my workflow tools to external scripts. This note is, I confess, a test of those scripts and I’m looking forward to a proper writeup.
Sunday, 03 May, 2026 - 19:41
May 3We’re spending the weekend at my Dad’s house. It’s a long weekend. Friday was a Refresh Friday at work (they give us the first Friday of each fiscal quarter off as well as the first Friday of every summer month from May through August) and tomorrow I had to take off as our building is having work done that promises to shut off the power and water while also kicking us out of our parking spot for the day.
I’ve spent the time here working on this site and a few side projects and it has been a lot of fun. Tomorrow we’ll move our car to Jen’s place for the week as we can’t park at home and then Tuesday I’ll go back to work.
Tuesday, 28 April, 2026 - 15:09
Apr 28It’s been another crazy week. I can’t tell if I’m getting sick or just need a few days off. Last night I want to bed shivering so bad I was shaking and achy all over. Today I haven’t felt too bad, but I don’t know if it will last. I’m still super tired.
On the plus side, we are going to see Brendan Hunt’s show at the Steppenwolf tonight and I’m really looking forward to it.
Tuesday, 21 April, 2026 - 17:49
Apr 21I’ve run out of ideas to write or code and, at least lately, find no joy in either. Perhaps it’s how AI is eating everything about tech I loved, perhaps it is something else, but the end result is the same.
Sunday, 19 April, 2026 - 18:22
Apr 19I haven’t had much to write about lately, at least nothing for a full post anyway. These notes at least give me some outlet.
Saturday, 11 April, 2026 - 08:48
Apr 11Today we’re going to see Joy’s family. I wouldn’t normally mind, except we’re going to her sister’s house. It’s the only place most of them will go (that sister and their mother literally won’t enter Joy’s other sister’s house as it isn’t “nice” enough for them and they won’t come see us in the city).
The problem is it literally makes me sick. Not intentionally, but 2-3 hours in the house gives me a migraine without exception. I don’t know why, thankfully we don’t go enough that I’ve asked the doctor about it, but it’s a real problem for me and no one there really cares.
To say I’m not looking forward to it would be an understatement. I don’t mind the people but, damn, I’m really not looking forward to spending tonight sick.
Saturday, 04 April, 2026 - 16:04
Apr 4It’s Saturday on another long weekend where any opportunity to focus is nonexistent. We are going to my nephew’s first paid show this evening though and I’m looking forward to that before we go out by my Dad’s house tonight for Easter in Racine tomorrow.
Sunday, 29 March, 2026 - 08:50
Mar 29I haven’t really had the time to write lately like I hoped I would. Instead of managing one team at work I’m now up to three and my product manager, who also spanned the same teams, has quit.
One day I’ll be able to rest again. Today is not that day.
Sunday, 22 March, 2026 - 19:12
Mar 22I’ve done a lot of work on this site and a few side projects these past few weeks. It should give me content to posts for at least the next few weeks and I really can’t wait to talk about a lot of it!
Tuesday, 17 March, 2026 - 19:56
Mar 17I’m getting to the point where I’m ready to open up some accounts and start writing again. Sometimes I just need to step away and reset it all and this week has been one of those time.
Monday, 16 March, 2026 - 16:56
Mar 16I once again find myself looking for a reset, online and offline. If I’m honest, it probably isn’t the healthiest behavior for me. It definitely makes me feel better about a lot of things though and, for that, I’m grateful.
Friday, 06 March, 2026 - 19:10
Mar 6It’s been a busy few weeks. Instead of staring at my laptop I’ve been reading and it’s been glorious.
Saturday, 28 February, 2026 - 10:35
Feb 28Once again my country is in a war it shouldn’t be. I’m so sick of watching this administration’s disregard for both law and life.
Tuesday, 17 February, 2026 - 16:46
Feb 17For a number of reasons, I’m experimenting with getting some basic stats on this site. We’ll see how this goes or if I keep them. I won’t be adding any JS or beacons, at least.
Monday, 16 February, 2026 - 12:02
Feb 16I’m back at work on this site. There are always so many tweaks I could make to help with it on iPad. It’s so much fun to work on it too!
Sunday, 01 February, 2026 - 11:05
Feb 1Today is a day of packing and prepping for a work trip. It’s been 2 years since I really traveled at all. I’m excited for it, but also far more anxious than I used to be when I traveled.
Monday, 26 January, 2026 - 07:38
Jan 26Today is already becoming one of “those” days and it’s only 07:30. I probably shouldn’t have gotten out of bed.
Sunday, 25 January, 2026 - 09:17
Jan 25The weather outside is frightful… and I’m glad we can stay inside for it. I don’t think I would be as happy living in Chicago if I had to directly deal with the weather like this.
