My new innovation is, get this! Listening to the radio. I feel that listening to podcasts or youtube on the phone or computer are too fiddly - they constantly need changing, or skipping ads, or some sort of interaction. It feels hectic and demanding, all these little micro-decisions about what song or podcast to play next.
I got a Panasonic RF-2400D, from Ebay, for $20 US. The sound quality is…
I have been doing a couple of weeks now of my focus challenge. It's really just an improvement in my routine, rather than a hard challenge.
I have not held exactly to the rules of my experiment. I have looked at Reddit, but not logged in, and only for very specific reasons for short lengths of time, like finding information about fountain pen nib compatibility. I am honestly fine with this.…
(Written the evening of the murder of Alex Pretti by federal officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota.)
My goodness, I don't know what to say. What I see from our country is unreal right now. I check the news each day to see what insane thing the Trump administration is doing now, and what horrors ICE is unleashing today. I wonder what kind of country I am bringing up my kids in, and what we will be…
At the end of the year, I am thinking about what to focus on for 2026, as is traditional. I am not doing anything dramatic or strenuous, as I am immersed in parenting. My first kiddo is now two, and I just had our second baby in early December. So I am trying to reset my body and mind and look forward, amidst the relentless chaos, cuteness and unpredictability that is life with small children.
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I am always trying to create boundaries and guardrails to keep myself feeling more present and less distracted. It may be different for each person, and that's great. These are things I am doing that I think help me to feel more focused.
Due to a tragic accident, my old Google Pixel 3A is now pushing up the daisies. A new phone was not on my plan for this week, but I had the old one for five or so years, and had bought it used, so needing a replacement isn't a huge huge loss.
So yesterday I got on eBay, as is my usual method, and ordered a Pixel 8A, which will be here in a few days. I always try to get the smallest phone…
Well, I redid the web site again. Ha! This one is done with the flat file CMS Datenstrom Yellow. I have been really enjoying the simplicity of it, just PHP, HTML and Markdown. And have been able to customize it pretty well, even though I am not a programmer. So that's fun.
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