Every summer, this guide to how to make ice last longer in your cooler is one of my most visited posts. We’ve upgraded a few things since I wrote this in 2017, but the general principles all remain the same.
#camping #roadtrip
Every time I hear someone mention colonizing Mars, I think of this (rocking) song. Keep the cc lyrics on, and listen to it twice for the best experience.
And here we are, the red planet Craters cross the skyline A sleep sack in a bivouac And a Kerouac sense of time Oh, and we think about the old days Of green grass, sky and red wine Should’ve known, so fragile Avoided this one-way flight
I wrote about what Analytics for the Personal Web might look like.
#indieweb #smallweb #personalweb #blogging
#opcOnThisDay way back in 2003, I took this photo at Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. At the time, it was one of my most fav photos and it adorned my wallpaper for quite some time. ☀︎ #NationalPark #Washington
Wait, so Brigham Young used to distill whiskey? Huh. 🥃🐸
Here’s a map of the Chandler Public Art Tour, which shows the location of murals and other public art throughout #Chandler #Arizona
I really love Andy Gibb’s monthly Being Outdoors recaps, which are written as though he’s updating you during a casual hike together—supplemented with a heaping of great photos, too.
His site is my addition to #Junited2024 today.
Just added this to the various slash pages I already have on my website:
If you haven’t perused the personal website of Jeff Bridges (yes, that one), then you should do so right now. It’s a treat, and a reminder that things don’t have to be fancy—even if you have a publicist (does The Dude have a publicist?)
Today’s addition for #Junited2024. See all entries at rsjon.es/junited
Today’s entry for #Junited2024 is @robertbreen’s poignant post celebrating three years of sobriety—congrats, Robert! His line about how alcohol is the only drug you have to explain not using reminded me of how I often felt as a nondrinker in my 20-30s.
This morning I wondered aloud (well, on my blog really) if Apple could create a new model of the social web by combining personal websites with social media features?
It’s a bit of a thought experiment. What do you think about something like this?
#personalweb #smallweb #Apple
I spent #opcOnThisDay in 2019 enjoying some (cooler than June in Phoenix) mountain air up at 9500ft elevation in the Coconino National Forest, apparently lounging for awhile near Arizona Snowbowl. #Arizona #Flagstaff #NationalForest
Unlike @keenan@social.lol, I’m not killing off my blogroll. But after reading his post, I did realize that I should rebirth it in a different form.
One place I’d actually love to have an LLM is the dictionary/thesaurus app.
1 - “Hey dictionary, what’s a good word for when something is somewhere in between ephemeral and permanent?” (So much better than annoying my wife with these questions and then replying to every suggestion with “no, that’s not it”)
2 - Types “uhrithmia” in the hopes that either spellcheck or google will help me figure out the word I have a years-long mental block on remembering how to spell (it’s “arrhythmia” btw).
I ran across Kev Quirk’s About page and instantly think it’s one of the very best I’ve seen. I love his creative use of a text exchange with a new site visitor, which is the perfect combination of casually playful + strategically useful. Well done!
It’s today’s addition to #Junited2024
