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Night time, city scene. People in silhouette walk down a city street, lights from shops are reflected in the wet road.

Friday 10: Everything is Temporary, Anyway

When the streets are wet. the colors slip into the sky.

Early morning. Sunrise colors in the sky, which is reflected in the almost still waters of the Roanoke sound. There's a short pier visible in silhouette, either in ruins or half-constructed.

The Unceasing Drama of Social Media

There’s a bit of a kerfuffle on Bluesky over moderation, leading to a little mini-exodus of people (as these things usually do). Familiar enough sight at this point. I’m not going to get into it because other people have done a better job (post one, post two). The

Full Circle

Wanting more interactivity on my blog, even at a minimal level, has made static site generators more trouble than I want to deal with.

A rural road disappears into the fog. The road is lined with trees, which have no leaves.

Friday 10: The Morning After Blues

The morning after blues, from my head down to my shoes

Electric lights hang from the ceiling; they have elaborate filaments.

AI Coding (II)

A lot of folks are asking if AI makes developers more efficient, but we'd have to know how to measure efficiency first.

Buskers with fiddles, cellos, and a double bass perform on the street.

Friday 10: Old Time String Band

I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time string band

An old, beat up pay phone. Grafitti on the phone reads "Tell her you love her."

Friday 10: Tuesday’s on the Phone to Me

Sunday’s on the phone to Monday, Tuesday’s on the phone to me.

The Earth at night seen from space, cities and towns are visible thanks to street lights.

AI Coding (I)

Giving the AI coding thing "the old college try," not that I tried that much in college.

A lonely tree sits out in the middle of a field of tall grass

Friday 10: All of the Greenery is Coming Down, Boy

All of the greenery is coming down, boy

Honestly, I probably have more fun than anyone else with the Friday 10.

Some thoughts after the first few weeks of my lyric guessing game.

The question of purity tests

When people argue about "purity tests" in politics, it’s to dodge accepting uncomfortable compromises.

CSS guide: parents should tell children where to sit

The principle that reshaped how I wrote CSS.

Friday 10 #2

Another 10 lyrics for you to identify!

Interactivity without JavaScript

Bejofo reworks their JavaScript game to run without JavaScript, which is an interesting experiment — and reinforces my biggest concern about modern web development hosting infrastructure.

We’re outsourcing to AI

What happens when a business starts outsourcing the busy-work? Is that even useful? Or is it just another cash drain?

The blog post image conundrum

I’m always having a debate with myself about how to handle images for blog posts — and whether they need images at all.

Friday 10

I give you the lyrics, you tell me the artist and song.

Static no longer

I've gone and done it. I took my nice, static site and turned it dynamic. Wow, what a headache.

Why does work expand?

Ever heard that “work expands to fill the time available”? Let's dig into why that’s only half the story — and what Parkinson’s Law gets wrong about how real work (and real people) actually operate.

Markup for fancy headings

How to mark up elaborate headline structures

Thudfactor link roundup #1

In this first link roundup, I share posts about metrics, AI psychology, and accessibility that caught my attention this last week.

P5.js in Instance Mode

Working with the JavaScript implementation of Processing in a way that cooperates with other JavaScript / frameworks is a little tricky.

I Like JavaScript

Regardless of what you think about it, JavaScript is a crucial part of the platform.

Why scrum fails

Scrum seems like it works. I've seen it work; it's working for me now. Why do so many people think it's a failure?

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