from rscottjones

Big congrats to Roger Craig, one of my all-time favorite players, on his upcoming induction into the NFL Hall of Fame (though I’m a bit bummed that he didn’t get in last year before I re-visited Canton). Whenever we chose “what player we were” at recess, I’d often chose Craig (even over Montana and Rice), just because I loved his versatility and effort.

Also congrats to Larry Fitzgerald, who we have some weird connections with. He played here in Phoenix, of course, but actually lived in our house—albeit years before we did, while he was waiting for his own house to get built (a sports agent owned the place and let his clients use it as needed).

In addition, my great aunt Delma was recognized as the “Arizona Cardinals oldest fan” after her 100th birthday with a VIP visit to the stadium and a conversation with Fitzgerald. Enjoying her wit, he apparently (jokingly?) invited her to join him at a Scottsdale club on the weekend. 😆

Reconnected with an old colleague who is building an amazing eco-friendly container home in Cave Creek, AZ. If you’ve ever been to Vermilion Cliffs or enjoyed condors in northern Arizona, you owe her some gratitude for all her great work. Can’t wait to see the final product!

My buddy Jim O’Donnell published a new book, a guidebook to New Mexico’s rivers, as a fundraiser for New Mexico Wild.

Wild Waters: Passport to New Mexico’s Rivers Your passport to the remarkable waters of the Land of Enchantment

Whether you’re seeking whitewater adventure, pursuing native trout, or exploring hidden canyons, this comprehensive guide opens the door to New Mexico’s most spectacular river segments.

Discover over 40 river segments across 8 major watersheds, with detailed information on access points, best seasons, and ecological and recreational values. Stunning photography and rich storytelling bring each waterway to life, while conservation context explains why these rivers matter and how to protect them.

From wild and scenic stretches to the last undammed river in the state, this guide celebrates the ribbons of life that sustain our Land of Enchantment.

All proceeds support New Mexico Wild’s work to protect our wilderness, wildlife, and water.

$25 including shipping.

Netflix is super annoyed that we travel and login from different states or countries and it’s incredibly annoying to get hounded each time. We’re not sharing our login ffs, one of us just wants to stream some TV in the hotel room. Isn’t that the service you supposedly provide?

Started off the week with a quick hike in Pima Canyon this morning.

One sort of stupidly obvious change we made due to the covid pandemic: when my wife or I starts feeling like we might be getting a cold, we promptly sleep in different bedrooms for the night, just as we had quarantined during covid infections. It’s amazing how much that can help ward off illness.

I wanted to share a solution I found for some misbehaving map pins when using the fun Micro.blog Map “plugin” that Vlad Campos put together in conjunction with the excellent mnml theme by Jim Mitchell.

🗺️ Here’s my map, btw.

The problem I was having is that the map pins, on initial load (zoom level 2, showing the entire globe), would be misplaced to the north by a certain distance, consistently across the map. As you zoomed in more and more, however, the pins would migrate closer and closer to the correct location. It seemed to be a conflict with the mnml theme in particular, as it seemed to work fine in Tiny theme.

I don’t understand any of this, but with a whole lot of back-and-forth of unsuccessful but extremely confident answers (seriously, I’ve spent at least 5 hours on this) with both ChatGPT and Claude, I finally arrived at a working solution.

Add this to your custom CSS:

/* Fix Leaflet markers - override MNML's article img styles */
article .leaflet-container img,
.leaflet-container img {
  max-width: none !important;
  width: auto !important;
  border-radius: 0 !important;
  display: block !important;
}

article .leaflet-marker-icon,
article .leaflet-marker-shadow,
.leaflet-marker-icon,
.leaflet-marker-shadow {
  max-width: none !important;
  margin: -41px 0 0 -12px !important;
}

article .leaflet-tile,
.leaflet-tile {
  margin: 0 !important;
  max-width: none !important;
}

…and voila! The pins should display correctly right from the get-go.

Back in 2008, I started Day Zero Project’s 101 Things in 1001 Days challenge. Unfortunately, I only completed 55/101 items. I’ve started putting together a new 1001 challenge list to adopt, but…I’m having trouble coming up with enough items. Is that a good sign? 🤷‍♂️ Guess I’ll keep at it.

I’ve been slowly manually copying over old facebook posts so that I can finally rid myself of it without losing memories. Today I ran across one of those “tag a friend” questionnaires, one of the rare ones that I filled out.

It’s been fun to look back at Jen’s “On This Day” posts. Today’s post features trips to Sri Lanka, Argentina (en route to Antarctica), and Spain.

💪🍺🌎🌍🌏

Auto Mac vs Auto Bell sounds like a transformers cage match.

La Fortuna needs an HOA—they’re way overdue in taking down their Christmas decorations.

On the road to Beerland

I’m thinking of putting together a compilation of short video shots (3-10 seconds each) from each day of our trip. Any suggestions on what iOS app to use?