17 Dec 2025 » 3 min read about Blog & Site Meta
As I hurtle toward the new year, I tend to think of this blog. Something over 70 posts this year, which ain’t nothin’ kids, it’s 55,000 words, a short novel if you were to gather it together in a 1970s style original paperback, the kind with the cigarette ads in the middle. Compare that on…
26 Oct 2025 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
This is just a quick note to recognize that today, October 26, 2025 is the official 20th anniversary of this blog. My first post (a list of driving music) appeared on October 26, 2005. Back then, the blog was on LiveJournal, but it was just a few years later that I migrated it to WordPress,…
10 Sep 2025 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Just a quick note to say I have made a few minor updates to the new minimalist theme here. When I introduced the theme last week, I knew it wasn’t 100% complete, and I also knew I would be making tweaks along the way as I road-tested it, so to speak. The comment section was…
02 Sep 2025 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Sometimes, when I am close to finishing an old notebook, I get eager to start scribbling in a new one. There is something so encouraging about a blank notebook, so many possibilities. It is a fresh start. So it is for blog themes. I’ve been using the same theme on my blog now for over…
01 Sep 2025 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Just a heads-up for folks–I’m working on a new custom theme for the blog. I’ve been using the same theme for years now and I’ve gotten a little tired of it. I’m aiming for something more simple, minimalist, that emphasizes the text–pretty much the opposite of what many sites these days are doing, but it…
30 Apr 2024 » 2 min read about Blog & Site Meta
I know what you’re thinking. Another Substack newsletter? Yes, I have a Substack newsletter that will debut tomorrow. It’s called “The Ancient and the Ultimate” and it’s a place where I plan to focus specifically on writing about my reading. I describe it as follows: I have an insatiable curiosity about the world around me.…
14 Nov 2023 » 2 min read about Blog & Site Meta
It has been quiet here for too long. I can’t believe it has been over a month and a half since I last posted here. Remember when I was posting just about every day? What happened? For one thing, things have gotten increasingly busy for me. Our kids are getting older, and they are engaged…
21 Jan 2023 » 2 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Recently, I was notified that I passed my 14th anniversary on WordPress, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to give WordPress a plug here. I switched to WordPress sometime in late 2008 or early 2009 (I can’t recall exactly at the moment, and I’m in a rush so I’m not going to look it…
04 Jan 2023 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
I am on vacation with the family, but I wanted to check-in quickly to let you know that posting should resume here as planned once I am back from vacation. Next week I’ll have a post on some of my early progress on the automation I talked about in my goals post. This one will…
15 Nov 2022 » 2 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Recently, I have been working on simplifying my notes in Obsidian1. One of the things I have wanted to do for a while is make the list of books I’ve read since 1996 available in simple way that is easy to maintain, but extensible, so that I can eventually include notes about books I’ve read.…
20 Sep 2022 » 2 min read about Blog & Site Meta
It has been quiet here on the blog for a few week, but that’s because things have been busy lately. I figured I’d jump in here to say that, yes, there are more posts coming, and yes, I am working on getting back to a regular rhythm. Here are a few things that have been…
20 May 2022 » 2 min read about Blog & Site Meta
I wanted to let you know about some upcoming changes to the blog schedule. Beginning on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, I am going to begin publishing posts here 3 days a week, instead of every day. You expect new post on Tuesdays, Thursday, and Sundays. May 15th was the 500th consecutive day that I have…