Category: Asides
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Chasing a 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie Card
In the summer of 1989, a young baseball fan reminisces about chasing a coveted 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card. Fast forward to 2020, during the pandemic, the passion reignites as he sorts his childhood card collection. On his birthday in 2025, he uncovers a box of cards, pulling four Griffey rookies, creating…
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Guitar Zero
Our eight year old proclaimed today that “is it me or does all the music have guitars?” He’s now saying he’s going to start a band without guitars (though apparently bass and ukulele’s are allowed) and with drums, piano, and horns. He finally settled on calling his band “Guitar Zero” (as a play off the…
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Reblog: The 6 Mistakes You’re Going to Make as a New Manager
Reblog via Matheus Lima‘s Terrible Software: So, for those just scanning, that breaks down to: This is such a perfectly wonderful TLDR for those moving into being a first time manager, but also a reminder for those who’ve been a manager perhaps even with multiple layers of an organization under you on six great actions…
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Reblog: Be the bazaar
Reblog via Jeremy Felt: One of the great tensions in WordPress is the balance between cathedral and bazaar. I think one of the great things Matt has done as the product owner of WordPress is finesse this in both obvious and non-obvious ways. At its best, the WordPress community thrives with ideas as to how…
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Being a better ally and reflecting on yesterday’s actions
I deeply regret causing discomfort to Anne McCarthy. I admire her contributions and commit to learning from this experience.
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What’s a library if not a…
In chatting with the kids while running evening errands and driving to and from kids activities, one of the 5yos asked why the library wasn’t called the book jackpot. 🤣 Good question kid. I’m now referring to the library as the Book Jackpot™️. Also on: X
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Happy 7th Birthday Gutenberg!
Just over 7 years ago, Gutenberg was “born“. Congrats to Matías Ventura for that initial commit and the 1,099 contributors for achieving this milestone. Hopefully the new Props Bot will bring significantly more credited contributors over the next year such that we’re celebrating and even more successful 8th birthday next year!
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Matt + 40 = Bloganuary
Earlier this year (I know, AGES ago right?) Matt Mullenweg shared that as part of his 40th birthday he wanted more folks blogging. None of my 27 draft posts felt worthwhile and then realized the Bloganuary prompts might be a good place to go. So here we go with today’s prompt: Describe an item you were incredibly…
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🏳️🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈
May this month bring greater acceptance for all our LGBTQIA+ friends and where public acceptance is lacking may allies step in to show their support.
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Vote!
I voted today and you should, too!