Tangible Life
No clue what made me do this the other day before making a cup, but it continues to make me smile.
Happy coffee face.
November 11, 2024 at 12:12 PM
I think the designers that did the CleanMyMac X 5.0 redesign were HEAVILY influenced by the Action Button UI on iOS 17.
October 23, 2024 at 6:51 AM
Did a refresh. Digging it.
Oct 2024 Lockscreen
Oct 2024 Homescreen
October 5, 2024 at 4:39 PM
I genuinely miss my iPhone 13 Mini. I have this itch to ditch the 15 Pro and get a 13 Mini and rock it until it dies.
August 31, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Really digging how the IndieWeb Carnival submissions are flowing in.
August 24, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Playing Good Pizza, Great Pizza wiht my 11-year old daughter has been so much fun over the last week.
July 30, 2024 at 11:13 PM
A lovely creation with my Picopresso.
Picopresso crafted espresso
July 23, 2024 at 7:58 PM
It has taken me a long time to realize that the reason I don’t dictate blog posts is that I don’t speak the way I write. Rather, I don’t dictate a post the way my fingers type it out.
July 20, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Cotton Bureau’s opaque rejection policy is tough to swallow sometimes. Curious if once you get your first design approved, you can then list things that previously weren’t considered original enough…
July 18, 2024 at 12:35 PM
I’m not normally a huge fan of drop shadows with logo designs, but sometimes it adds a great effect. Was messing around with the Tangible Life logo an ended up with something cool.
Tangible Life logo with a drop shadow
July 17, 2024 at 8:37 PM
The world will show you beauty on a daily basis.
July sunset.
July 16, 2024 at 8:37 PM
I’m back to using my phone primarily in grayscale mode. Triple click of the side button swaps back to color mode for ease of disable. Opening Photos, Darkroom and a few others auto-toggles via Shortcuts automation.
July 2, 2024 at 4:09 PM
I had so much going on in June that I barely posted anything. July will be playing some catch up. So much to write about.
July 2, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Only have one growing this year, but it is really fun to watch it develop.
Pineapple (2024 edition)
May 17, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Oddly, adding a new entry into my guestbook broke the HTML entry embed today. I got it fixed, but I have absolutely no idea what caused the previous version to suddenly break. Even reverting to a previous version of the Markdown file wasn’t a fix. Will need to submit this to the Blot forum to determine what caused the parser to not like the old format and apply to other areas of my site.
May 15, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Tons of updates to my Uses page today.
May 05, 2024 at 10:54PM
Nabbed a Keuffel Esser K&E Leroy drafting/lettering kit (in the original wooden box) for less than $35. Excited to show the kids how it works and make a “no soliciting” sign for next to the front door.
May 4, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Had to temporarily remove the previous/next nav options at the bottom of an entry until I figure out how to not include fleets. Nothing to see here.
April 21, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Shortcuts is so broken… It is beyond frustrating to have shortcuts built only a month or two ago broken without any clear reason why.
April 14, 2024 at 2:17 PM
For anyone else using iA Writer and trying out their new Proofread shortcut that leverages a ChatGPT integration… the annotations from the edited file are hidden in Focus Mode and you won’t see that they’re embedded at the bottom footnote-style. I like the annotation feature of the integration, but will have to remember to remove them after I re-read to ensure nothing other than spelling/grammar was changed.
April 13, 2024 at 12:40 PM
A lovely bloom from the Hario Switch a few days ago.
Pour over coffee bloom.
April 13, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Last couple of weeks have been busy with life but this weekend should offer some writing time. 🤞
April 11, 2024 at 08:58PM
I have two tons of river rocks ranging from 1” to 3” in my driveway. Can’t wait to work on the front yard tomorrow and see some visible change at the end of it.
April 6, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Decided to clean out my sticker cache. Since I have my Apple Magic Keyboard covered in stickers, the Magflött stand is a logical extension. These are mostly from brands or products I believe in. The Arc one just looks cool, and I’m reserving the right to believe in them once they decide what they’re product will actually be.
Magflött front. 
Magflött back.
April 3, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Really enjoying looking at this while working. Have had the pot on the desk for some time, but the plant is a new gift from my mother-in-law’s vast collection.
Desk plant in speckled pot.
April 2, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Finally started my year of no phone in bed last night. Happy to resume fiction reading as a wind down activity. Just started the Orphan X series and need to pick up The Girl That Kicked The Hornet’s Nest where I left off.
If you have any recommendations for similar fiction books/series, please email me. I have read all of Daniel Suarez’s novels and enjoyed them, as another point of reference.
April 2, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Was never fully satisfied with the selection of the “hand waving” icon for the “/about” page. Finally spent some time finding one I like better.
March 26, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Mind blown… Blot supports inline Markdown image sizing. Both explicit dimension and percentage values work. This is so great. Examples:
{width="75%"}
Chicago skyscrapers.
{width=“350px”}Chicago skyscrapers.
March 24, 2024 at 10:43 PM
I’m back to 16-hour intermitent fasting. I haven’t done it regularly since going full remote when COVID hit in 2020. 3 days in and it’s easier than ever. Looking forward to the focus and energy boost that normally comes with it.
March 24, 2024 at 10:08 PM
It’s so awesome to see people finding value or interest in these little experiments (like fleets). After having looked at the card-UI more, I may apply it to the Guestbook as well. Pretty handy to have re-usable CSS snippets to easily define a class.
March 24, 2024 at 1:13 PM
This guy is a killer.
Lumi in March 2024.
March 24, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Really digging the simplicity of using Blank Spaces app for my homescreen setup. Each of these is a stack that I can get to other info at a glance. I should do a proper write up on this at some point.
Current homescreen setup.
March 24, 2024 at 9:08 AM
I wonder how many of these little itches I’ll have to scratch before I stop adding new features or functions and just write. A lot.
March 23, 2024 at 11:55 PM
I wonder over time which method I’ll use more often between posting via SMS vs. the shortcut I built.
March 23, 2024 at 11:21PM
I’m really digging the ability to post a fleet with just my voice while driving via CarPlay. SMS fits this use case pretty well.
March 23, 2024 at 11:17PM
Posting this fleet as a placeholder for some UI work later tonight. I want to give fleets a card-like feel.
March 23, 2024 at 5:54 PM