Október 23 (70 years later) 🔗
I am rereading James Michener's, The Bridge at Andau, to observe the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian revolution. The post Október 23 (70 years [...]
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Weeknotes 26:42 🔗
I continued working on Wonder of the Word templates and created some new pages for the True Woman '27 event. I wrote a couple of articles and enjoyed [...]
Origin story 🔗
The story of how I got interested in computers and later learned to build webpages as a hobby which eventually led to a career. The post Origin story [...]
My Interop feature ranking 🔗
I decided to follow the trend of other developers and give my input into Interop 2027 rankings and then share my results. The post My Interop feature [...]
Weeknotes 26:41 🔗
I reworked the dark mode color scheme for a section of the Revive Our Hearts site to apply things I gained from an article I read two weeks ago. I enj [...]
Most influential books 🔗
Earlier in the year, I started a list to try to trace the impact that different books have had on my personal and professional life. The post Most inf [...]
Weeknotes 26:40 🔗
Lots of project launches last week. At the end of the week, my son and daughter traveled to Chattanooga and the whole family went to eastern Tennessee [...]
Sticker memories 🔗
I was inspired by James' recent reflection on sticker memories to write a few of my own. The post Sticker memories appeared first on Jeff Bridgforth. [...]
Weeknotes 26:39 🔗
I made good progress last week on several projects that will launch at the end of the week. I tried out Memento Mori as a way to say a stand alone arc [...]
Sagrada Família LEGO set (I would love to build) 🔗
I would love to build the LEGO Sagrada Família set. I visited the church in 2024 and it is one of my favorite pieces of architecture. (I got my bachel [...]
Weeknotes 26:38 🔗
I attended Front End Study Hall on Thursday. Continued work on three major projects. I was bummed to hear that CSS Tricks has gone quiet for a second [...]
Rock Chalk Sunrise 🔗
My computer welcomed me this morning with this picture on my desktop. It brings back a lot of good memories of walking from my fraternity house on the [...]
Weeknotes 26:37 🔗
I had most of this one written on Monday. Slower week but I found some things to talk about. Enjoyed seeing my youngest again as we traveled to east T [...]
Weeknotes 26:36 🔗
Front End Study Hall I attended Front End Study Hall this week. I participated more in the discussion this week. Joe kicked us off talking about HTML [...]
KU landmarks and traditions 🔗
The University of Kansas recently asked on LinkedIn, “Which KU landmarks and traditions make you feel the most connected to the Jayhawk community?” Ra [...]
Weeknotes 26:35 🔗
I had a more normal work week after a crazy month of jury duty and moving two of our kids. But it was also a difficult week as I miss having our kids [...]
Weeknotes 26:34 🔗
The highlight of the week was a roadtrip to Eastern Tennessee to move my youngest into her dorm. We also visited the Tennessee Aquarium. The post Wee [...]
Most common CSS typos 🔗
Last week, Kevin Powell posted on Bluesky about the most common typo you make when writing CSS. I share my top two typos. The post Most common CSS typ [...]
Weeknotes 26:33 🔗
I had several adventures this week–traveling and in Chattanooga. I read a lot of AI focused articles this week that I resonated with. The post Weeknot [...]
Weeknotes 26:32 🔗
Around the workshop Trucks, planes, and goodbyes On Friday, I traveled from Chattanooga to West Lafayette, Indiana to help my son move. He is joining [...]
This goodbye is different 🔗
I said goodbye to him a couple of hours ago. I have said goodbye to him a lot over the past four years. I said goodbye each year after I helped him mo [...]
Weeknotes 26:31 🔗
I attended Front End Study Hall on Thursday. I discovered a new interface when I opened up Instapaper this week and I am not a big fan. The post Weekn [...]
Weeknotes 26:30 🔗
I was excited to find out that flex-wrap: balance dropped in Chrome last month. I added it to several layouts on the Revive Our Hearts site. The post [...]
Weeknotes 26:29 🔗
I didn't have much to share from work this week. I read several articles and have been reading the book, Enshittification. The post Weeknotes 26:29 ap [...]
Weeknotes 26:28 🔗
I took advantage of a slower time at work to apply what I had learned from Chris Coyier about animating dialogs by refactoring some recent projects. T [...]