ODonnellWeb
ODonnellWeb
Chris O'Donnell
Launched on 12/31/1995, and updated regularly ever since. It's probably one of the oldest continually maintained personal websites on the WWW.
Latest Posts
Thoughts on a cold Sunday morning It's Sunday morning, February 1st. These are 10 things I'm thinking about. It's fucking cold here. It's 19F (-5C) as I type this. I live in the South. I do not remember this kind of extended cold streak...
I've noticed that by about 10 AM most days I am done with the news. I'm deleting unread email newsletters and skipping over blog posts or Mastodon posts that have anything to do with current events. I just can't take it anymore. Then I...
I’ve noticed that by about 10 AM most days I am done with the news. I’m deleting unread email newsletters and skipping over blog posts or Mastodon posts that have anything to do with current events. I just can’t take it anymore. Then I...
Yep, I've stopped pretending that these will ever be weekly on a consistent basis. I simply do not have Andreas time management skills. He never misses a week. I'm going with Ryan's approach. If 2026 came with a 14-day warranty, I'd be...
Yep, I’ve stopped pretending that these will ever be weekly on a consistent basis. I simply do not have Andreas time management skills. He never misses a week. I’m going with Ryan’s approach. If 2026 came with a 14-day warranty, I’d be...
Happy New Year. I hope this blog post finds you well, or at least not hungover. I went to bed at 10:40 PM last night, and turned off the lights around 11:30 PM. I was woken up at midnight by the commercial quality fireworks show somebody...
Happy New Year. I hope this blog post finds you well, or at least not hungover. I went to bed at 10:40 PM last night, and turned off the lights around 11:30 PM. I was woken up at midnight by the commercial quality fireworks show somebody...
30 years of blogging. I don’t even know what to do with that. The word blog had not been invented in 1995 when I launched this site, but from the early days I recognized the utility of giving people a reason to come back. So I was...
30 years of blogging. I don't even know what to do with that. The word blog had not been invented in 1995 when I launched this site, but from the early days I recognized the utility of giving people a reason to come back. So I was...
A silly thing that I do every year. 2025 in selfies collage of selfies from 2023
A silly thing that I do every year. 2025 in selfies
christmas card featuring northern cardinal on branch with snow On to bigger and better things in 2026. If you are celebrating something, happy holidays! If not, happy Thursday!
On to bigger and better things in 2026. If you are celebrating something, happy holidays! If not, happy Thursday!
I finished Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil last night. It ends up being a good book, but it takes a while to get there. It's a narrative non-fiction story covering an alleged murder in Savannah, GA. The book is highly atmospheric...
I finished Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil last night. It ends up being a good book, but it takes a while to get there. It’s a narrative non-fiction story covering an alleged murder in Savannah, GA. The book is highly atmospheric...