I’ve been blogging for 20 years! In that time I’ve covered a lot of ground.
This blog is 20 years old today. My first post ever was My first job ever. 20 years later, this is my 2545th post.
It’s tempting to write a philosophical piece about the meaning of it all, and provide some grand perspective. But there is no overarching narrrative to this blog. It’s just been a place to write things and connect with people in various ways.
Here are some popular deep cuts you might have missed over the years:
- 2005: Myst island birthday cake: the most famous of the many family cakes we’ve made.
- 2006: Sue and Ned’s Excellent Adventure: dinner at the White House with the President.
- 2008: CSS Homer, animated: a goofy exploration of what is possible.
Often I write about what’s going on with my autistic son Nat:
- 2016: Walks in the morning: giving him what he needs when situations change.
- 2018: A complicated weekend: the struggle is real.
- 2018: Money for cotton candy: it’s not all struggle.
Of course, there’s lots of Python and other technical stuff:
Looking back 20 years at the early posts, many of the things I liked and linked to are gone. But for whatever reason, the puzzle-makers, geometers and type designers seem most durable. Here are some that are still around (and mostly look their age!):
- Clickmazes: online mazes and puzzles.
- Tom Van Vleck is a computing old-timer, a few decades more than me!
- Xaos is a great Mandelbrot viewer.
- Luc Devroye’s Type pages: many many many links about type.
- Letterhead Fonts: vintage-looking type for sale.
- Bill Cutler Puzzles: physical put-together puzzles.
- Omniglot: the online encyclopedia of writing systems and languages.
- TwistyPuzzles: an overwhelming variety of Rubiks-like twisty puzzles.
I’m not sure what else to say about 20 years of blogging. I’m still doing it.
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