If you're one of the millions of ass-busting Americans who have found yourself somewhat fed up with the diminishing qualities of some of the most prized workwear: Carhartt and Dickies. I have something to report to my fellow blue-collar superheroes. There is a new kid on the block who has been making waves for a...

Not exactly sure what it is exactly, but I've never been one to watch too much television. I can't sit still long enough, typically to make it through a movie. Which is mind-boggling to me because I can drop an hour on some 'informative' YouTube video or a three and four hour long podcast without flinching. There...

2026 is doing something right for the small web. People are building tools that don't try to replace things. They just make them better. Bear Roll is one of them. https://bearroll.dev/ 🐻 The discovery conundrumBear Blog's Discover page moves fast, especially if you frequent "New". Miss a day? You miss posts. Check...

When I woke up this morning I had a few emails from inhabitants of the small web. One of these emails came from a fine soul who asked how I accomplished the chevron changes on the upvoting system on Bear Blog. I made a quick Gist of the CSS code and sent off a reply, but before doing so I poked around on their...

This post has been deleted and started over at least a dozen times in the last twenty-five minutes. I've ripped two smokes trying to figure out how to start this one, and I've bounced between normal for this time of night DEFCON Radio for Lush in search for the spark. Let's just roll up our sleeves and dive right...

I was on my analytics page the other day, one of my quiet routines. Not for numbers, not really. More for the referrals. It's one of the last honest ways to discover corners of the internet that aren't trying to sell you something. Plus, it's intriguing to see where and who all sees our small smoke signals we all...

I am back on my faking it until I make it mode in regards to dealing with the stresses in my life. Lying to yourself isn't good but we all do it all the fucking time. I've successfully faked myself into genuine happiness before, it requires a lot smiling and talking bright and cheerfully turning times when you would...

3:55 my alarms start going off. I forgot to switch them off for Easter, as our store is actually closed today. Typically I'm walking in the door at just after 6 on Sundays. But instead of simply turning my alarm off and sleeping longer, I decided to get up. I fed the cats and went to start some coffee. To my dismay,...

Pattern recognition is a skill that you get better at with each passing moment. When we are young we think things like "Why me", and see the world as so biased and unfair. As we age however, we start to recognize the patterns of life. The patterns of people and things around us, and the patterns that we adhere to....

Whenever I would post to my blog here back in the day I would run the text through ProWritingAid, because to be honest, it was necessary. My spelling and grammar has tanked since the introduction of smartphones in my life. It's so embarrassing, but it is what it is. My old boss at work back in the day had on his...

Claude Code has helped me create a quality-of-life improvement for Obsidian that I thought others might make use of, so I am here to share that with you today. It's true: There are 48 active plugins installed in my Obsidian vault. Alarming to some, completely unacceptable to others. None of these plugins however are...

Christina and I had the opportunity to go to our first game of the year. We sat as close as either of us have ever been to the field in our lives. I love being at the stadium so much. I bet it would be a fun place to work inside of. Despite the allure of the pageantry, there was a dark cloud in the form of...