Posts in "Quick Thoughts"

Shorter than a blog post.

School’s out and I don’t have to take my daughter to high school, so I’m the first person in the office today. Been a while since that’s happened, but I really do love getting into the office when it’s quiet.

I tried to help my wife with an issue on her work-issued PC laptop. I struggled so badly with the built in trackpad, that she pulled a mouse out of her bag for me to use. It was even worse than my kid’s school-issued Chromebooks. I am completely spoiled by Apple’s trackpad designs.

A neighbor has built a custom motorcycle sidecar for his golden retriever. I’ve never seen a dog that happy.

Motorcycle with a sidecar. Golden retriever is in the sidecar.

I have yard work to do… so obviously, I’m reading up on how to customize the Tiny theme with microhooks.

Today, I was surprised to learn that my 16-year-old daughter is a secret F1 fan.

A designer on Threads asked what tool he should use to build a simple portfolio site, and the answers were anything but simple… get-a-good-text-editor-and-build-it-yourself, Wordpress, Squarespace, Adobe Portfolio, a bunch of services I’ve never heard of…

Finally got around to finishing X-Men 97 on Disney+. I read X-Men in the 1990s and watched the cartoon. What a wonderful reboot and a delightful nostalgia trip. Looking forward to the next season.