Giving In
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Letting people help us in our time of need helps make them feel good about themselves. Even allowing someone to perform a small task for us can make a big difference when they feel helpless.
Posts
Reflections, projects, and ideas worth sharing in more than a passing thought.
A Widow Maker
Saturday, June 7, 2025
I’m about to embark on one of the gnarliest life-changing journeys that could happen to anyone. This sets the stage for how it started…
Yet Another mnml Update
Saturday, June 7, 2025
The latest mnml theme update v2.5.7 introduces three new features: a RSS link toggle in the footer, read time display for titled posts, and dynamic copyright year range that adjusts based on blog post publication years.
Using Phosphor Icons for Micro.blog Navigation
Monday, May 26, 2025
This post walks through how I’m using Phosphor icons for the Mastodon, Github and Search navigation links on my blog using the mnml theme.
Another mnml Release
Saturday, May 24, 2025
The latest mnml theme update brings compatibility with the Micro.blog for macOS preview feature, and introduces icon support for navigation and titles, meaning you can now personalize your blog with Fontawesome and Phosphor Icons, making your design more dynamic and engaging.
Mac Themes Garden
Thursday, May 8, 2025
I spent hours looking for the perfect theme to apply to my system setup on the Performa I had at the time.
The Law of Enterprise Software
Thursday, April 24, 2025
In my nearly 30 years of enterprise software development, I can confirm this law has held true in 100% of the projects I’ve ever worked on.
Weeklog 2025-13
Sunday, March 30, 2025
It’s been a while since my last Weeklog post, so it’s time to summarize recent events in another one. A lot more happened than I realized at first.
Exception: Illegal Instruction - The Sad Mac T-Shirt
Saturday, January 25, 2025
A nostalgic t-shirt featuring the Sad Mac error for fans of vintage Macintosh computers is available for purchase from Cotton Bureau.
Huge mnml Theme Updates
Saturday, January 18, 2025
The latest update for the mnml theme now offers users the choice between grid and masonry photo layouts and the option to display images from specific categories.
mnml Theme Update - Photos Page Redux
Friday, January 17, 2025
A new update (v2.2.1) for the mnml theme improves image loading and resizing, and provides a CSS trick to adjust photo grid width.
mnml Theme Update - Photos Page
Thursday, January 16, 2025
As I mentioned yesterday, I recently discovered that the photos page for my mnml theme was not rendering images on the photo page very well without using one of the plugins available in the plugins directory. I’ve released an update to version 2.2.0 that fixes this.
Apple Six Color Hello T-Shirt
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Since I’m on the topic of t-shirts and swag, I just published a new design on Cotton Bureau of my take on the classic Mac “hello” graphic with the retro Apple six color palette.
Unoffically Official Micro.blog Swag
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
If you’ve missed my previous posts about the Unofficially Official Micro.blog swag available on Cotton Bureau, here they are all in one place.
AppleScript to Generate Strong Passwords
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
I’d totally forgotten I wrote this AppleScript until I needed to create a strong password this morning. If you’re a Mac user and need to generate unique strong passwords, give this script a try.
Even More mnml Updates
Saturday, December 21, 2024
I’ve been a busy guy today. More updates to mnml are available for those using the theme.
Another mnml Update
Sunday, December 15, 2024
It seems I’m on a mnml theme development roll this weekend.
Micro.blog mnml Theme Updates
Saturday, December 14, 2024
If you’re a Micro.blog user who uses my mnml theme, I made a few updates I’ve been ruminating on for a while that makes it a little more customizable.
Once you’ve updated from your Micro.blog plugins page, you’ll see a new settings option to manage the customizations.
App Defaults 2024
Saturday, December 7, 2024
I made more changes to my app defaults in the last year than I first realized.
Giving Thanks
Thursday, November 28, 2024
I’m up early this morning. My plan was to get up at 4:00 am, put the turkey in brine and then go back to bed for a few hours. But as my mind is prone to do, I began pondering all the things in my life I’m thankful for.
No to Everything Else
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
I took some time off work during the Thanksgiving holiday after grinding on a work project for a really long time. I’ve found myself at a point over the last six months where I just don’t feel effective and needed to figure out why.
Showing the American Flag Respect
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
There are a lot of self-proclaimed patriots out there who need to familiarize themselves with these rules.
No Words
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
I went to bed concerned with what I was seeing, but with the hope that democracy would do its thing and a tyrant would be defeated.
The Unofficially Official Micro.blog Swag
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
You may have seen my teaser for this yesterday. Or not… 😁
Do you love Micro.blog and wish you could represent the platform while you’re out and about at the grocery store, sporting event, work or nerdy conference?
Changing Link Colors for the mnml Theme
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Since this question will likely come sooner or later…
When I was developing mnml, I wanted to give users the ability to set their own link colors for both light and dark modes. However, in my testing, there were challenges that would have caused colors a user set to get overwritten if I needed to release an update. So, another approach was needed.
Week Log 2024-43
Friday, October 25, 2024
Taking ideas from a few others, I’m going to try something new and start a long form post of things that happened during the week. The goal is a stream of consciousness that gets published with minimal editing. Just write and publish – though some copy editing is allowed…
Let Your Yes Be "Hell Yeah!" and Your No, No
Friday, October 18, 2024
This is something I wrestle with because I have a people pleaser personality. When someone asks something of me, I immediately feel like I have to do it to make them happy, even when my gut screams at me it’s not a good idea.
Still More WordPress Drama
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Having Slack access, as do all WordPress.org plugin and theme authors, I can confirm community moral is in decline. Many developers have been banned from Slack for their dissension.
Unsung Heros of the Deep Sea
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Most people don’t realize just what it takes to keep global communications running.
Text-Only & Minimalist News Sites
Monday, October 14, 2024
This may have been posted elsewhere not too long ago, but I’m posting here for my own benefit.