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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May 31, 2025 Hey friends, when I'm looking for an answer or doing research, I rarely use Google anymore. I've been using ChatGPT instead. Depending on what I'm after, it can take forever to dig through Google results to find what I need....
May 17, 2025 I've always done Time Machine backups every Friday, which is fine for most things. But when it comes to the 11ty project for this blog, I wanted something more frequent. I make changes throughout the week, and if I break...
April 28, 2025 Patrick Rhone But your body, once it’s done, it’s done. So, it’s even more important to use and maintain it as well as you can, for as long as you can. Because it’s irreplaceable. So, put the best fuel (food) in it you...
April 26, 2025 Some advice if you’re starting a blog for the first time (or it’s been awhile): Share your thoughts on whatever. You’re a blogger, not an opinion columnist in the washington post. Change your mind! Write about why you...
April 26, 2025 My old chair was plastic, and the left support piece that connects the back to the seat broke. I lived with it for a couple of months because I was too lazy to look for a new one. On Friday, I finally decided to get off my...
April 21, 2025 Some quick thoughts on the future of the iPad. Since the iPad launched in 2010, it's been the go-to device for kids. It's safe, simple, great for games, learning, and videos. These iPad kids have grown up with it as their...
April 21, 2025 After realizing that I don’t need a code editor to process a new blog post in 11ty I have a new workflow: Write the post in Markdown with front matter using Drafts. Save as file to the Desktop, naming it with the post...
April 20, 2025 Hey friends, I’m still learning how to use 11ty, and every now and then something clicks. I've come to the realization that I don't need to write blog posts in a code editor like VS Code. If I'm just writing a post, a...
April 19, 2025 I’m tinkering with editors to write blog posts that integrate with my 11ty site. Posts need front matter and must be in Markdown, so the editor has to load my 11ty project and let me drop new posts into the right folder....
April 18, 2025 Hey friends, I want to share a lesson I learned today about properly managing my 11ty site repository. For a while now, I've been noticing something strange whenever I committed changes to GitHub. When I'd make edits with...
April 17, 2025 I guess for us techies especially, the desire to tinker with the site comes from having a deeper interest in writing code than writing prose.[…] I also love tinkering with my website to learn new things and to make the...
April 16, 2025 Jack Baty I need to find a way for my brain to relax. I spend entire days with a dozen apps open, each with a dozen tabs open. I click rapidly between them looking for something to focus on. I never find anything. Jack...
March 22, 2025 Emily Peck, writing for Axios: Seniors won't complain if they miss a Social Security check, Lutnick says Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick suggested this week that only "fraudsters" would complain about missing a monthly...
March 16, 2025 Blogging is a conversation. It’s a conversation with yourself and it’s a conversation with others.[…] You don’t have to be an essayist. (Though you can be one if you want!) Don’t let those essayists discourage you from...
March 7, 2025 getting recognized as a blogger these days is rarely going to work. People are increasingly consuming different types of content these days, and this is largely due to the way AI is changing the way we interact with the...