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How to frame paintings
E.G., a 30″ x 40″ painting: 1. Get your supplies at lowes or homedepot or whatever -2 x these for the outer frame: https://www.lowes.com/pd/1-1-2-in-x-8-ft-Pine-Wood-Lattice-Moulding-Actual-1-5-in-x-8-ft/1000443635 (or deeper than your painting**) -2 x these for the inner frame: https://www.lowes.com/pd/EverTrue-1-1-8-in-x-8-ft-Pine-Wood-Lattice-Moulding-Actual-1-125-in-x-8-ft/3042181 (or less deep than your painting**) -Clear (or whatever color you want) and Black wood stain like this: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Cabot-Tintable-Solid-Exterior-Stain-Actual-Net-Contents-7-25-fl-oz/5001615019 (or use sharpie or acrylic…
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Lichess Patron Icon
I probably am on lichess.org more than any other single website, mostly losing chess games. It’s an absolutely perfect example of the best open-source software can be. As an open-source project, the developers do not charge for membership. It’s totally free. There’s something extraordinarily humane and selfless about open-source, especially when it rises to the…
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Life in 2024 so far
Teaching has shifted to administration The huge migration is nearly done My wife and kids are beautiful
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Movies and shows, 2024
I’ll try to post the stuff I watch with reviews this year. I saw some great stuff last year and meant to do this, but didn’t :/
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On designing logos
How designing logos, which aren’t much different looking than other symbols such as fonts and icons, is so hard.
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Trip to Fordham
At the LGA getting ready to fly back to Buffalo. Brian’s talk was great. I understood it well enough to get excited about the stuff he’s digging into. Highlights The lecture Trip to botanical gardens The sausage slice at new moon pizza (might be best ever) Dinner at zero Otto or something with bri and…
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Crystal Beach 7-28-23 — 7-30-23
What a weekend. It’s an idyllic Eden here. Days were spent laughing on the deck and the beach. Nights were filled with music and magic. So many beautiful people.
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Kerning animation concept
A machine that pours water down a chute with a word at the bottom. A measuring cup directly underneath each gap between the pairs of letters. Each cup has the same amount of water in it after all the water has poured down and through the gaps.
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Branching out from WordPress
I want to start learning another framework. I don’t want to keep relying so heavily on WordPress as the default option when starting a new site. It’s easy to assume that WP, being the most universal CMS, makes sense. But FSE, Gutenberg and block themes are placing enormous demands on its contributor base, theme builders…
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GrammarFixer.com
Here’s a huge opportunity. Reply to spammers, global manufacturers, etc. with an offer to rewrite the broken English in their communications. 24¢ per fix. You’d be a millionaire in no time.