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What would you do if you were told you had 60 days to live? 

That is a question that has been on my mind lately. Someone I know was more or less told that this month. I wondered, what would you do? What can you do? Would you feel like you had a good run? Are you leaving things better...

5 years ago I decided to get a Raspberry Pi Zero W and install Pi-Hole on it for blocking bad traffic on our network. It worked incredibly well. The little Pi would stay on without a reboot...

It has been perhaps the 3 busiest months of my life between bidding on homes, closing, and moving. Despite my best efforts and planning, there was a lot more work and logistics than I had anticipated. While we are mostly settled now, there is a lot I wish I knew upfront that would make it go...

I'm on the move again!

After months of searching, we've finally found our dream home. I will have a lot to do between now and the closing date, right after which I need to begin work on the "Drupal 11 Development Cookbook" with Matt.

I wrote about what the new book may contain on the...

Drupal 11 is coming down the pipe this week, are you ready? I've already updated my site to the latest release, even though visually it looks the same to you.

Its been quiet around here lately but I have been efforting a lot of things, including completing a move. Hopefully I will have...

Eat at a local restaurant tonight. Get the cream sauce. Have a cold pint at 4 o’clock in a mostly empty bar. Go somewhere you’ve never been. Listen to someone you think may have nothing in common with you. Order the steak rare. Eat an oyster. Have a negroni. Have two. Be open...

I know I had set a goal for myself to write more this year, but I have not been motivated to write lately for two reasons.

One, I celebrated a killer 2023 by treating myself and bought a really nice acoustic guitar from the folks at Taylor. The Taylor 324ce is a beautiful looking and...

It feels like the post I made for 2023 goals was done only a little while ago - but here we are again at the start of a new year. I'll keep it short this year, things like reading and exercise are table stakes. Those are 'must do' things that are not really goals anymore - I just do it. Instead...

2023 was a white hot, fun, successful and non stop year for me. Perhaps one of the best in my life both personally and professionally. Hoping for (and working toward) that trend to continue into 2024 and beyond.

Drupal 10 Development Cookbook

I accomplished a big milestone / bucket...

In line with the previous post, I have been thinking a lot about my career trajectory and how it is still ever rising. I've been doing what I do now for nearly 25 years.

I started building websites in the mid 1990's (thanks...