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Summer Vacation

6/6/2026

:: sunny times season ::

Hello and good day to all you tiny web librarians. As you should know: June, July, and August are our Summer Vacation months her

Easily Remove AI Features from VS Code

6/3/2026

:: it is just too distracting at this point ::

I pulled all of my hair out trying to figure out how to turn off and remove all of the AI tools from Visual Studio Code. It turn

Web Developer's Review: computerchronicles.tv

5/31/2026

:: what a show, what a website ::

Here I'll offer a quick review on a website I've been using a lot lately. It is an independent website that is managed by David

Star Trek TNG: Introducing the Borg

5/28/2026

:: hello hive ::

"Interesting, isn't it? Not a he, not a she, not like anything you've ever seen. An enhanced humanoid." - Q Are you watching St

Unbridled Thoughts: 5

5/25/2026

:: filter-free thoughts ::

05/02/2026: Considering the onboard control technology on the Enterprise of Star Trek The Next Generation: it looks like the cre

Vue Async Online Meetup

5/22/2026

:: anytime meetup ::

Hello web developers. I'm hosting an online "meetup" for Vue enthusiasts. I'm going for the least-flashy and most-easy interacti

Anytime Tea

5/19/2026

:: this time, that time, anytime ::

Hello there, here today I hope you'd like to see a tea recipe. This I call "Anytime Tea" because I can drink it at any time with

Web Development Fundamentals: Console

5/16/2026

:: oh the things you'll see ::

Hola. ¿Qué onda? Today we are going to proceed with our series on the developer tools that are available in every major desktop

Green Star Scent

5/13/2026

:: smelly but good ::

This is a recipe for my scent. I'm especially sensitive to scents, but I like this one! I think I developed it around 2019 and i

Unbridled Thoughts: 4

5/10/2026

:: a whole new thought ::

Hello my dear witness of thoughts! This one's dedicated especially to you. Here we go with another installment of the Unbridled

Unbridled Thoughts: 3

5/7/2026

:: a parade of oversharing ::

Here we go for all the random documented public thoughts that span from April 16 to April 21st 2026. If you must: please enjoy.

Unbridled Thoughts: 2

5/4/2026

:: more thoughts, more unbridled ::

Here I'll continue with my microblogging/journaling stuff. This one covers the first half of April 2026 (copied from my Substack

Web Development in Practice: Text to Image

5/1/2026

:: encode text as color ::

No, you aren't having a stroke. At least, I sure hope. Anyhow, you are likely reading this title correctly. Today we will have s

Unbridled Thoughts: 1

4/28/2026

:: a collection of passing thoughts ::

I'm enjoying writing some random thoughts and announcements out on Substack. I guess the thing I'm doing could be called microbl

Web Development Fundamentals: Rational Security Rant

4/25/2026

:: a rant disguised as education ::

I am not a security expert. I know there is a ton I don't know about the various methods used to execute electronic crimes, or t

Web Development Resources: OpenMoji

4/22/2026

:: a lovely resource for lovely illustrations ::

The OpenMoji project is an excellent resource for obtaining handmade creative-commons illustrations. Their website features more

Web Development Fundamentals: the Inspector Gadget

4/19/2026

:: dun dun dun dun dun ::

Let's explore one of your browser's most-useful features! Every modern browser comes with a set of development tools that everyb

Web Development Fundamentals: WebP Web Photos

4/16/2026

:: If you know, you know. ::

I'll get right to the point: it is almost always appropriate to use the WebP format for storing photographic and other detailed

Photo Gallery Test 1

4/13/2026

:: Or is it a demo? It's a simple thing, anyhow. ::

Shirley, dear librarian, no doubt by now you know how much I must love publishing text on the web. Isn't it divine? Now it is ti

Web Development for Artists: 4

4/8/2026

:: Congratulations, you've done it ::

Hi, high five, high and hello. I had a feeling I'd see you back here before too long. Welcome back, dear student. How are you fe

Web Development for Artists: 3

4/3/2026

:: The next next step. ::

Hello again, hello, dear student. Welcome back to class. It's good to see you here. I feel I've waited for 1,000 years! But here

Web Development for Artists: 2

4/2/2026

:: The next step in getting started with web development. ::

Hello again, student! Welcome back. I missed you. In our last installment, I rambled through a sort of course introduction and

Web Development for Artists: 1

4/1/2026

:: Want to develop the web? Do it. ::

Hello and welcome to the first installment of this series, "Web Development for Artists" If you are joining us as an artist or

Scam Defense Tactic: Lead to Hallucinate

3/28/2026

:: Some scammers use LLMs. Luckily LLMs really like to hallucinate. ::

Have you experienced an AI social scam yet? Overall I think new technologies have had a positive impact on the frequency of enco

Too Many Images

3/27/2026

:: one thousand images = one million words ::

This isn't a rant, I promise. Although it will be a challenge to frame this objectively after a title that is so judgy. I love

Favorite Color

3/26/2026

:: colorful thoughts ::

Colors, colors, everywhere! But not a drop to drink... Colors are cool. Except, of course, the colors that are warm or neutral.

Book Club: Ozma of Oz

3/25/2026

:: Written by L. Frank Baum in 1907 ::

Buenas mios. Here we will hold our online reading club for the book, "Ozma of Oz" Which was written by L. Frank Baum in the year

Book Club: The Marvelous Land of Oz

3/24/2026

:: Written by L. Frank Baum in 1904 ::

Hello littelest librarians. Here we will hold our asynchronous reading club for the book, "The Marvelous Land of Oz" Which was t

Book Club: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

3/23/2026

:: Written by L. Frank Baum in 1900 ::

Hello my dear librarians. Here we will hold our asynchronous reading club for the book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" Which was w

Yearning for Brewing Near Beer

3/22/2026

:: Get back to the kitchen ::

Last year I brewed the world's most delicious near-beer. It was beginners luck. Ever since, I've been reluctant to try again. Wh

My Stack

3/21/2026

:: The technologies I use to build things ::

In this article I'm going to briefly go over the technologies that I frequently use for creating things. Here's what most of my

Channel Stream TV

3/20/2026

:: things we wish for in an ideal world ::

In my last post, I opened by reminiscing about how I missed watching a certain YouTube channel. Now I'm thinking about how much

Technology Connections

3/19/2026

:: share your work ::

Gosh I miss watching that show. I wish YouTube hadn't lathered on the ads or ad-free extortion so heavily that I can't go there

Jumping-Off Point

3/18/2026

:: Some allure but the thing feels wrong overall ::

My in-memory legacy definition of "the jumping off point" goes a little something like this: "can't live with it, can't live wit

Ghostly Thoughts

3/17/2026

:: Ghost Pro initial review ::

So far pretty good here on Ghost. Of course my initial naïve assumptions about it were a bit off. That's OK, it still looks like

I just can't hide it

3/16/2026

:: Ghost blog initialization ::

I'm so excited. Lately I've been reluctantly doomscrolling on Substack. One small gem in the rough from that experience has led

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