Why do Carseats Expire?
I'm confident the studies behind carseat expiration dates were authored by the same folks who once proved nicotine isn't addictive. I've got a perfectly good seat I probably can't even give away. You win, Big Carseat.
Curtis Jones
MovieID
MovieID was a fast, native Mac app I built to hop between actors and movies, and to scrub per-minute thumbnails to decide if something was worth watching. It didn't die of disinterest; abandoning it was unavoidable. Maybe I'll resurrect it one day.
The Iliad & Odyssey of Homer
I need to read Homer again; the names are brutal but the books are so good. Also, a job interview that ended minutes before it began when a recruiter, sensing reluctance after asking me to reformat my resume, cancelled the whole thing. Dude. You called me.
Hosting an AASA File on Your Ghost Blog
I wanted to self-host a blog that wasn't WordPress, so I landed on Ghost. The catch: serving a .well-known/apple-app-site-association file when Ghost insists on trailing slashes. With no nginx in front, I solved it using a Cloudflare rewrite rule. Here's how.
MTG Resigns
Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns, not a moment longer than needed to secure her pension. For those criticizing the exit, remember she couldn't stay faithful to her marriage, so why expect better at the job? Here's hoping her replacement has a name that doesn't need an abbreviation.
Would You Rather; Bad Dreams
My 4yo's best joke: would you rather eat ice cream or eat POOP? ChatGPT has no sense of humor. Meanwhile the baby seems to have had his first bad dream, with a cry unlike the usual hungry or dirty-diaper ones, and it took real effort to calm him down.
Of Self-Employment, Mailboxes & Minivans
Is it wrong to laugh aloud at your own writing? Scrolling back to the start of my old Blogger blog, I found a 2005 gem about a mailbox granted a new axis of freedom. Truly a blessing. Also, the kids chose church-yard landscaping over cartoons, in their Halloween costumes.
App Development Drudgery (App Icons)
The problem with app icons isn't the tools, it's that the tools are necessary at all. I just want one 1024x1024 image, not three million resolutions. Icon Set Studio is indispensable, and yes, I think I actually like JavaScript a bit more than Python.
Programming & Parenting
Programming and parenting coexist beautifully for the few months a baby can't squirm, roll, or crawl. After that it's nearly impossible to get work done, though it stays fun to try. He rolled over at just shy of four months, noted for future reference.
App Development Drudgery (App Store Screenshots)
App store screenshots are one of the most obnoxious requirements of app development, and once you finish, you get to do it all over again for iPad, Mac and the rest. Screenshot Studio made it far less painful, and the lifetime purchase was worth every penny.
