We went and met two of the most adorable bonded Chihuahua young pups today. We’ve started the adoption process to give them their forever home.
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.
Tab Beniot was a great show at the Coach House last night, and is as good live as his recordings. I’m so glad we finally saw him. The last time we had tickets, we were both under the weather and decided to skip the show. Bucket list artist achieved.
The opening act was The Zac Schulze Gang, a high-energy, super-tight trio out of the UK who were really impressive.
My wife’s worried I’m going to start looking for a band again. She should be…
As an added bonus, we ran into old friends we haven’t seen in nearly 10 years and got to catch up with them before the show.
More Mac Classic Software
Bookmarked taoofmac.com/space/apps/stacks
Stacks runs classic HyperCard stacks from those bygone years of Mac. I tried to get into HyperCard in my early Mac days, but it just never seemed to click for me.
Speaking of my site, I think I can finally say with 99.9999% certainty that I am satisfied with the design and functionality. It’s taken six months and several hundred commits, but it’s been worth it. In it, I’ve been able to reduce posting friction to a minimum, so there’s no reason not to write.
Nick Gray from slashfriends.org contacted me yesterday, proposing I add a “/friends” page to my site. Since I was working on a blogroll page anyway, which is essentially the same thing, I pivoted and updated the page accordingly. I think it’s a clever idea. The whole Indieweb ethos is to connect with others, so, why not join in? I’m not done adding people, so don’t be sad if you’re not listed yet.
I installed macOS Beta 27 on my personal daily driver yesterday. So far, it appears pretty stable, and looks a heck of a lot better. I did discover that Cache Out seems to have some full disk access problems, so I’ll need to work them out at some point this weekend.
Iterate
Begin with one small insignificant change. Let it bake in for a while. Tweak it as often as you need to. Once it's working, call it a public release.
I’ve been grinding pretty hard and fast on a bunch of different code-related projects over the last few weeks and am beginning to see the warning signs of a case of burn out on the horizon. It’s time to slow down on development projects for a while and just focus on writing more.
Bands We've Seen Together
Throughout my life, music has been the constant that grounded me. I've been fortunate to have shared the same passion with my best friend and soul mate.
Nostalgia Level Eleven
Bookmarked morphing.cloud/afterglow/
I spent countless hours fussing with my After Dark screen savers in the early Nineties. This app just unlocked a wave of Mac nostalgia I'd long since forgotten. Who else remembers?