Project: Cable Rail, appears to be reasonably successful! There’s some work still to go, including replacing the old trim beneath the decking and some finishing painting. We weren’t sure we could pull this off, so are really happy with how much we’ve been able to do.

Makin’ pizza.

Our monsoon season has been record-breaking dry, but yesterday we began to get a little bit of relief. This was our sunrise.

On the occasion of @ftrain being interviewed for Uses This, I checked in on the Text Editor Race. While annual emacs mentions spiked ca. 2012, vim has maintained a relatively steady mentions number. Mentions of editors generally have declined, but here comes Visual Studio Code.

Still equal parts lucky and utterly gobsmacked each time I walk outside after dark, glance up and see the Milky Way above.

Just typed “rsync” in a tweet and iOS autocorrected it to “raunchy.” When I retyped it, iOS autocorrected it to “raunchier.”

The Single Speed coffee trailer at the Sunday farmers market is a must-do part of breakfast.

We’re making progress on the new deck railing! Demolishing the old railing and then prepping the posts, building the new top and bottom rail, painting, and very careful drilling is a lot of work, all before we get to string the actual cables. We’re happy with the results!

More from the beach: Early morning lights at the waterfront, Coronado Island.

We went to the beach last week for a few days of vacation. It was pretty wonderful.