NewDad playing some songs off their new album, which was featured on a recent issue of Crucial Tracks. So good.
It's Basic
This documentary on the GBI (guaranteed basic income) experiment done by over 80 mayors of U.S. cities is worth watching. This documentary on the GBI (guaranteed basic income) experiment done by over 80 mayors of U.S....
Humanity over Naiveté
The world needs more humanity, more small online communities. Long live the small web.
Barry's post on wishing we were all a bit more naive, got me thinking: What I wouldn’t give for all of us to be a bit more naive. A bit less social media. A bit less 24-hour news. I certainly get the sentiment. I think...
Transitions
On college and parenting through transitions.
Last week we dropped off our oldest kid at college for his freshman year. It was a whirlwind trip across the state for the whole family, as we took both cars to fit all of his college stuff plus all five of us... The...
Small Web Digest: 2025.ep1
A regular digest of awesome small web projects, sites, posts, and more!
There's so much good going on around the web that isn't from big tech (Meta, Google, Twitter, etc)... so I'm going to try to regularly highlight small/slow web sites, posts, projects and more. Letter Club 🔗Link A new...
Finding Joseph I: The HR From Bad Brains Documentary
An amazing documentary about one of the most enigmatic and powerful band leaders... hardcore, punk, or otherwise. The Bad Brains impact on music is legendary.
So unexpected. So good.
No Forgiveness
Felt like doing a little rant about all of this bullshit.
TL;DR: If your politics support the erasure or dehumanization of another human being, whether they are brown, black, trans, queer, or whomever… you are on the wrong side of history, morality, and decency. There are...
Also test driving some new stuff out in the wild. #crucialtracks
Crucial Tracks merch launch!
I’ve got shirts, hoodies, hats, sealed vinyl, and more available to purchase on our new merch site. All proceeds from this sale will go to help pay for site costs.
Since it’s Pride, 25% of those proceeds will go to The Trevor Project this month. And I will match the first $50 of that… 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️❤️
It happens every few generations. It’s what drove the fascist oligarchs of the Confederacy to reach out and try to conquer the entire United States in the 1860s. It caused the robber barons to murder union organizers and ultimately crash America into the Republican Great Depression in the early decades of the twentieth century. And it’s why wages have been stagnant while billionaires’ wealth has exploded in the years since the Reagan revolution.
Yup.
Crucial Tracks the app, the intro post
Announcing Crucial Tracks, a music journal to log and share the important songs in your life.
For the last four years I have been doing something I call a “music journal” or song-a-day playlist on Apple Music. The basic premise of the idea is to add one meaningful song to my playlist each day. It could be a song...
Crucial Tracks the app
The birth of the Crucial Tracks app idea.
I’m quite possibly working on Crucial Tracks the app… a music journal that basically combines Crucial Tracks, blogging, and my song-a-day playlist project. You will be able to post one song per day with a little (or a...
(Too) Comfortable
It's time to get uncomfortable, folks. Doing the same things we have always done because they are the path of least resistance is not going to cut it anymore. The times of ignoring the bad for the little comfort benefits...
🎵 Blog challenge - Music Edition
My pass at a recent music related blog challenge.
I was tagged for this challenge and you know I like to write about music, so here we go: What are five of your favorite albums? I currently have over 4,600 albums saved to my library, so this is going to be hard. There...
2025
2025 is off to a great start. *sarcasm*
Geez this year is going to be hard, isn't it? It's only January and we have an openly Nazi billionaire (and richest person in the world) with major influence in our new government. Seriously? Fuck Elon and fuck Nazis....
Exporting GoodLinks Highlights to Craft
I built a shortcut to share highlights from GoodLinks to Craft.
I’ve been exploring Craft more, now that I took advantage of their 50% off for life promotion. It's been fun discovering all the new features since I last used it, as well as how I can integrate apps like Things and...
Disappointment
Ugh, again... really?
As a parent of a trans son and two daughters (all teenagers), I’m obviously disappointed and saddened by the results from last night. Mainly because morality, decency, competency, and facts no longer matter. The U.S. is...
We've gone insane
The cost of mass deportation.
I have been refraining from posting politics, but this new study is just absolutely insane. 🔗 Mass Deportation: Devastating Costs to America, Its Budget and Economy Any kind of mass deportation, like Trump and Vance are...
New Reeder!
Loving the new version of Reeder.
The new version of Reeder is out and it is glorious. Reeder is by far the most used app on my phone. It’s been my go to RSS feed reeder since 2011 and I’m pretty sure it was one of the first apps I bought for my iPhone,...