Writing

  • COVID in Austin Update (June 14)

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    COVID in Austin Update (June 14)

    The good news is our death rate remains relatively low and stable. Our 7-day average for deaths is an even 1, which is middle of the road over the last…

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    COVID in Austin Update (June 13)

    It’s a Saturday and weekend days have traditionally been “better” as results tend to back up to spike early in the week. Austin saw 147 new cases reported today, which…

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    Covid in Austin Update (June 12)

    I’ve been commenting on Austin’s daily report on Twitter; moving that to my site. To catch up, this has been a week. We’re just far enough out from Memorial Day…

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    Covid Cut

    Like probably most of y’all, it had been some time since my last haircut. While I tend to let it get longer than I should normally, it was getting beyond…

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    Thinking in Public

    This week at work, a conversation went toward “thinking in public” and how writing online helps us refine our thoughts. I’ve definitely fallen into this trap. I’ve fallen into the…

  • Happy Birthday WordPress!

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    Happy Birthday WordPress!

    Yesterday marked the 17th anniversary of the first release of WordPress. I didn’t use WordPress back then—I didn’t find my way to it until it was a youthful four years…

  • Jetpack’s Publicize Now Uses Twitter Cards

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    Jetpack’s Publicize Now Uses Twitter Cards

    A long time ago, Jetpack’s Publicize feature—which automatically posts to your social media platforms when you publish a new post—started attaching an image to your tweets to help them catch…

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    CSS Naked Day

    I learned from Dries, founder of Drupal, that today is “CSS Naked Day” which encourages site owners to disable all CSS. You can read more about it on the day’s…

  • Palm Sunday

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    Palm Sunday

    A Palm Sunday liturgy to use at home.

  • Sundays at Home
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    Sundays at Home

    Let’s use this time to find new ways to pray at home.