I love to code, write things, run. Freelance web consultant, Linux Sys Admin, WordPress geek. Database nerd. I enjoy most Linux distros. Non-conforming in lots of areas. Veteran. Trans/NB.
I rescue and maintain websites at https://wp-dj.com.
I also make silly cartoons sometimes.
Prep cook for my wife’s vegan cuisine.
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My Brief History in Coding
Over the years, my coding journey has been sporadic at best. It’s been all over the place as I’ve worked in other careers, mainly illustration and animation. The timeline looks something like this: 1981 I first learned to code BASIC in an early (experimental) elementary school program. That was back when the only computers in…
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Yesvember
I see the month as half full, so I say yes to this vember. Join me as I spend the next several weeks trying to clear my palette of that really, really bad (yet catchy) phrase. Moving on… Toilet-worthy Reading: The Stand, Stephen King I’ve been reading King since I was 13. Somehow I never…
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What I Learned From Working on Blue’s Clues • Part III
What I Learned From Working on Blue’s Clues • Part III A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away… I worked on a little TV show called Blue’s Clues. If you’re just learning this now, go back and start with Part I: Before Blue’s Clues. Part III: Okay, I’m here. Now what? Imposter…
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Oktober
Sporadically Reading: The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan The Stand, Stephen King Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself, Alan Alda The Design of Everyday Things, Donald A. Norman How I choose to link the books I share. A sort of linking manifesto. Work & Projects & Stuff Somehow I quickly went from writing a…
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What I Learned From Working on Blue’s Clues • Part II
What I Learned From Working on Blue’s Clues • Part II A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away… I worked on a little TV show called Blue’s Clues. If you’re just learning this now, go back and Read Part I: Before Blue’s Clues. Part II: I Got the Job! Getting in: The…
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What I Learned From Working on Blue’s Clues • Part I
What I Learned From Working on Blue’s Clues • Part I A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away… I worked on a little TV show called Blue’s Clues. Maybe you’ve heard of it. If you haven’t, that’s okay. You can catch up on the show’s Wikipedia page. It was an immensely popular…
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You’re going to die anyway.
You’re going to die anyway. “You know you’re going to die anyway, right?” It was 1999 and I had just temporarily moved into my Uncle John’s studio apartment in New York City. He very generously let me stay with him while I found an apartment for my family. After several years of trying to break…
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Septiember
Hop on board my Reading Railroad: The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan Mastering the Coding Mindset, Mads Brodt The Glass Bead Game, Herman Hesse The Design of Everyday Things, Donald A. Norman How I choose to link the books I share. A sort of linking manifesto. Work & Projects & Stuff Holy ink, Batman! After…
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The frustration and magic of being a slow thinker
I’m a slow thinker. Not slow in that I don’t understand what’s going on, but slow in that my thoughts tend to percolate a little longer than others’ do. I guess you could say I’m more of a pourover thinker than a Nespresso thinker. I’ve always been a slow thinker. In school, I was never…