ldstephens weblog
ldstephens weblog
ldstephens
A weblog by ldstephens. This is my little corner of the web where I share whatever’s on my mind: stories, random thoughts, and the occasional rant.
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February 22, 2026 I came across this piece by Greg Morris today and it's been rattling around in my head ever since. It's about something most of us don't think about until it's too late the fact that almost nothing in our digital lives...
February 21, 2026 Fun, fun, fun! For the first time in over a month, the snow has melted enough that I can actually see the yard. Now, we're getting another storm. A powerful nor'easter is heading toward New Jersey, and my town is right...
February 20, 2026 The security issues impact Live Server (CVE-2025-65715), Code Runner (CVE-2025-65716), Markdown Preview Enhanced (CVE-2025-65717), and Microsoft Live Preview (no identifier assigned).[…] Also, it is advisable to remove...
February 17, 2026 I've often wondered if there was a way to switch between windows within the same application without using the Window menu. Fortunately, I just learned that there is! Thanks to Mac Geek Gab 1129 Quick Tip, I learned...
February 17, 2026 Apple Support: If iPhone isn’t responding, and you can’t turn it off then on, try forcing it to restart. Press and quickly release the volume up button. Press and quickly release the volume down button. Press and hold...
February 14, 2026 A few months back, Nicolas Magand wrote about giving his site the "club racer treatment" — stripping it back to focus on what actually matters. For a blog like his, the driving experience is readability above all else,...
February 11, 2026 I recently made a small change to this 11ty site: I moved from external CSS to inlining my stylesheet directly in the HTML. The result? Faster page loads and a simpler deployment process. I replaced this in my base.njk...
February 9, 2026 This morning, I was looking for something to read and browsed the Bearblog discovery feed. While there's a lot of content there, I realized the platform wasn't quite the right fit for my site. So, I've moved back to 11ty...
February 9, 2026 I recently mentioned using FSNotes for note-taking and quick capture. However, I experienced an issue where files would randomly disappear from the user interface, only to reappear after restarting the application. I...
On a recent podcast, I heard Jason Snell mention that he had created a simple Python app to automate a task on his Mac. Inspired by that, and since the weather is to fucking cold to be outside, I decided to explore Python and how I could...
February 7, 2026 On a recent podcast, I heard [Jason Snell(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Snell_(writer)) mention that he had created a simple Python app to automate a task on his Mac. Inspired by that, and since the weather is to...
I have a folder of quotes I've collected over the years. This morning, while reading through a few, one stopped me: Instead of constantly hunting for blog topics and maintaining a never-ending list of ideas, I'm trying a new approach....
February 4, 2026 I'm not trying to escape Apple I'm staging a protest. A small one, sure, but deliberate. The reasons pile up daily: Apple has quietly transformed from a company that built great tools into one that tightens its grip,...
Today, I spent far too much time fucking with Apple Shortcuts just to do something simple: append the current date and time to a specific Bear note on iPadOS. After all the time I spent trying, I still didn’t have a working shortcut....
February 2, 2026 Today, I spent far too much time fucking with Apple Shortcuts just to do something embarrassingly simple: append the current date and time to a specific Bear note on iPadOS. After all the time I spent trying, I still...