katie b.

volunteered to help with the local bike-to-school ride this morning, then took the long way to work. the kids were so full of energy! what a delightful way to start the day.

CSS Zen Garden website in 2003

Happy 22nd Birthday CSS Zen Garden!

In May 2003 the Canadian web designer Dave Shea launched a community gallery of websites called CSS Zen Garden.

#WebDesignHistory

A list of bad-news headlines wrapped up with an Atlantic article headlined “Why are young people everywhere so unhappy?”

I don’t know man, what could it possibly be?

This speaks to one of my big issues with how higher ed is being discussed right now. Humanities departments are largely service departments. It is not nearly as costly to run a history department as it is, say, an astrophysics lab and yet people insist it is entirely reasonable to cut the former.

it's really funny to think about things getting really good in about 120 years from today. an entire earth full of people you will never meet or know, having a great time here in your old house, in your old yard, drinking the same water you did. but happy

If you get funky when the beastie boys shout "HEY LADIES!" then you're a lady.

when did they stop letting elementary school kids climb a rope to the ceiling of their school's gymnasium?

said almost this exact thing to my financial advisor last week when discussing “retirement” (lol). one thing after another after another.

Probably bad that the only way to be happy is to not pay attention

i figured they were plastic

somehow forgot how terrible doomscrolling was the last time around, and i think i need to get off this place for the next four years too.

I'm very concerned that the media is really underselling the impact of what's happening with higher ed and scientific research grants. Too many of the stories I'm seeing, at least in mainstream media, are presenting this as more of an abstract issue and not outlining the clear consequences.

I'm on my university's tenure and promotion committee, and I spent half the day yesterday discussing the cases of scholars whose brilliant, groundbreaking, and life-saving work was made possible by federal research grants. And it's devastating to think of how much knowledge we'll lose going forward.

I liked TikTok because I got to be who I really am in my heart: a creepy little lurker who watches everything and says little.

it was a way-too-close school bus encounter, on the 'official bike route' to campus, that ended my bike commuting to my last job.

happy playoff victory monday, bills fans.

please stream - at long last - my james cook fancam

Biking or walking are my favorite ways to experience and be connected to my town. I chat with neighbors, say hi to dogs, notice a new house under construction or being renovated, peek into a new restaurant to see if I like the menu. I feel part of my community.

When I drive, none of that happens.

go bills.

meet myrtle (sound on)

AI says he "acknowledged her presence and gave her a sense of being heard" I don't know if I can do that all winter.

what do i do about my moaning myrtle pipes in my former-dorm-room-in-and-old-building of an office?

yes! saw them when they came through this fall and I can't stop thinking about that show.

the neighborhood bar is doing an irish nye toast, at midnight dublin time. it warms my elder millennial heart to know i’ll be back on my couch and in soft pants by 8:30 p.m.

Novelty New Year's Eve glasses that intend to say 2025! However, unlike the years spanning 2000-2009, or even 2010 and 2020, 2025 does not easily support using the open area of the zero as the hole for the eye to look through, resulting in ridiculous looking glasses that say 20250!

We had a good run this century but it's time to give this up

i would wear #8

a delightful read, in two parts.

When you remember to bring your camera. When you forget to bring your camera.