Jim Mitchell

Hey, I’m Jim Mitchell. Wrangler of nerds, herder of cats, and butcher of code, though not always in that order. This is my place on the web to explore technology, design, and simple living through the lens of someone who uses ellipses like punctuation should be optional... Indieweb is punk.

The outer bands of Hurricane Marie are rolling into SoCal. I’ve watched the humidity climb 10% in the last couple hours. We are forecasted to get rain tomorrow, which we need badly. I hope some thunderstorms come with it too. I love me some thunder and lightning…

The main editor window for the OutPost Micropub editor.

I changed up the layout of OutPost for Mac this morning. I feel the dual sidebar layout works far better on larger screens and is more “Mac-like” in its look and feel. I might be close to having other people test it for real.

In reply to ljpuk.net/posts/lets-stop-buying-new-phones

I agree with Lee that it’s okay to skip a year — maybe even two or three — between tech upgrades.

Personally, I decided a while ago that I wasn’t going to buy any new tech until it’s either no longer useable due to age, or it somehow breaks and is something I rely on daily. Having the latest and greatest just doesn’t appeal to me anymore.

I’m even ruminating on going back to a dumb phone once my iPhone 16 is no longer useable, and a Framework laptop when my MacBook Air M3 gives up the ghost.

Two Chihuahua puppies, one black, the other black and white, sleeping together on an orange blanket.

We’ve worn Moo Chi and Dice out before they wore us out. It was close though.

I’ve been patiently trying to get a coworker in a different working group to respond to an ask for a very long time now — too long really. I’ve been polite through all of it. Today, however, the big guns come out… I bet I get a response within a few hours.

Bookmarked www.normaltools.com/

Open a tool, do the thing, leave. No account, no download, and nothing between you and the answer.

I somehow managed to stumble on to this site this morning. The dev related tools are pretty handy, but I especially liked the band name generator. I think I might give it a go when I form my punk band.

Two small, alert black-and-white dogs with large upright ears sitting on a cream-colored bed and looking curiously at the camera.

Because I couldn’t wait to share them… Dice (left) and Moo Chi (right) from their Mutts in Need profile picture. They’ll be coming to their forever home today. Warning, this is going to be the first of many dog pics in my feed for a while.

Excited to say that we’ve been approved to adopt Dice and Moo Chi, the two cute rescued Chihuahau pups we met yesterday. Now we wait for the next steps from their foster. Hopefully they’ll be in their new home (ours) within a few days.