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Your smug takes on writing content hurt new writers. Stop it.
There is a growing pattern I’ve noticed of both creators and commentators. More established writers are creating a wildly hostile environment around entry-level writing content and message boards. And it should stop.
Twitch and the Conflicted Joy of Streaming
As much as enjoy streaming on Twitch, there’s a lot about the platform that I still don’t like or understand. It’s like being invited to a party where people are happy to have me, but I know isn’t for me. Like all chronic overthinkers, I made a pro/con list.
On Open Source
With my digital neighbourhood becoming increasingly gentrified and hostile, I’m looking to put down roots elsewhere. I’ve found a place in open source.
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Building a Family, One Project at a Time
Love Make Share’s mission is to show project-based learning in action and demonstrate the power of shared creative endeavours in forging bonds between us. It’s also the story of a family who finds closeness and fulfillment in being creative.
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Blog
Your smug takes on writing content hurt new writers. Stop it.
There is a growing pattern I’ve noticed of both creators and commentators. More established writers are creating a wildly hostile environment around entry-level writing content and message boards. And it should stop.
Twitch and the Conflicted Joy of Streaming
As much as enjoy streaming on Twitch, there’s a lot about the platform that I still don’t like or understand. It’s like being invited to a party where people are happy to have me, but I know isn’t for me. Like all chronic overthinkers, I made a pro/con list.
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Parenting
The Velveteen Rabbit
Tonight, C’s bedtime story was The Velveteen Rabbit. Fresh from a bath and rosy-cheeked, she curled up under the covers and held her own stuffed bunny close under her chin, her eyes gleaming in the low light. Serene and soft and warm in that way that only tired toddlers get. I have always loved The…
Impressions in the Snow
There have been several big snowfalls in a row this winter. I came home from a rare Sunday spent at the office and could barely get the car into the driveway. I didn’t want to shovel. The teens were occupied, hanging out with their cousins; my wife wanted to nap. I wanted to spend some…
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Projects
Kids’ Sabine Wren costume, part 1
My Little Fish announced her Halloween plans for this year with much the same gusto as last year’s Quorra costumes: she wanted to be Sabine Wren, one of the main characters in last year’s new Disney cartoon, Star Wars Rebels. Screengrab from Rebels. via rebelsscreens.tumblr.com. The Mandalorian armour worn by Sabine…
Picard Season 2 Badge 3D Print Files in the store!
The trailer for Picard Season 2 dropped and gave us some new alt-timeline uniforms and commbadges. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoD706qGiHc Note that this is a collection of digital STL files for 3D printing, not physical objects! The Picard Season 2 trailer dropped and gave us new costumes and new badges – and I had to try my hand…
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Writing
Your smug takes on writing content hurt new writers. Stop it.
There is a growing pattern I’ve noticed of both creators and commentators. More established writers are creating a wildly hostile environment around entry-level writing content and message boards. And it should stop.
How I Wrote My Best NaNoWriMo Draft Yet
https://youtu.be/mxFmRUFTuM0 I have had a number of successes with National Novel Writing Month – NaNoWriMo. I wrote a novel with only a drawing to guide me, learned some lessons, lost, and won. I’m getting practiced now, and have completed three novels in five years. My hands-down best performance came in April 2021, during Camp NaNoWriMo.…
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Recipes
Simply the Best Peanut Butter
I don’t lightly say that things are “the best” anything. But we’ve been on this peanut butter for a few weeks now and it’s so cheap, so easy to make, and so delicious that I don’t think we’re ever going back to the store-bought kind.
Cheddar Buttermilk Biscuits
If you’re counting calories, you may want to become temporarily innumerate. Believe me, it’ll be worth it. These cheddar buttermilk biscuits are comfort food at its best. Flaky, soft, salty, rich, and absolutely the kind of thing where you’ll finish one and immediately reach for another.