My wife’s family all share their location with each other 24/7. They’re all grown adults, some living 200+ miles away. Is that odd or normal?

Coach pitch baseball practice tonight:

  • “Throw to 1st! Jack, that’s 3rd.”
  • “Why is your shoe off at short?”
  • “Your helmet is backwards, Liam.”
  • “Stand up in the outfield.”
  • “What position are you?” (“I’m cutoff!”)

But all you need is one athletic fielder and a first baseman that can catch to win.

I have a couple of Field Notes centric bundles available for sale. Feel free to ask any questions you may have. Both bundles include multiple Field Notes, a notes sheath, a challenge coin, and more. $105 per bundle.

Auto-generated description: A collection of Field Notes notebooks, a orange notebook holder, a multi-tool knife, a pack of playing cards, and a small black pouch with a challenge coin are arranged on a wooden surface. A collection of Field Notes notebooks, a brown notebook holder, a pen, and a challenge coin.

I have been using my in-laws’ DSL connection with provider-installed WiFi in an area with low cell signal for two days. I’m one day away from switching to faxing text messages.

Arrow indicates home. I guess it’s time to prep a bit.

Hurricane Cone Chart

For those of you that cross post to different services (Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads, etc)…do replies on those services appear on your site?

My initial thoughts on these new aggregator apps like Reeder and Tapestry are:

  1. It’s nice to have so many sources in one place.
  2. But all of them have limits, meaning you’ll need other* apps anyway.

*If you ever plan on replying, creating new posts, or using native features other than merely reading.

Reeder (new) vs Tapestry (beta). Hmm.

I’ve been carrying a Field Notes with me every where I go. I’ve really enjoyed returning to an analog style of Notes/To-Do Lists. I also got a Stuff Sheath that fits in my back pocket (it came with a limited edition Field Notes). My favorite notebook from them is the Pitch Black Dot Grid version.

A collection of items on a wooden surface includes an orange stuff sheath, an orange Field Notes booklet, a coin, a pen, a yellow knife, and a Hop on Pop handkerchief.

Anyone have any machined pens (Tactile Turn, Saga, Machine Era, etc) that you no longer use and would like to sell/trade?

My wife and I are entering the AirBnb market. If anyone else owns/operates one (or similar), do you have any tips?

A house with a sloped roof sits beside a tranquil pond surrounded by lush trees and greenery.

Carrot Weather’s unadvertised Premium Mini plan hits the sweet spot for me ($1/mo or $7/yr).

I just pushed out updates for both Tiny Theme and Sumo Theme with some bug fixes. Nothing major, but a couple of things that needed to be worked out.

I’m selling a few things soon. Putting on here before I list elsewhere in case anyone is interested:

  • AppleWatch Ultra
  • FourSevens Mini Turbo MKIII (Midnight Blue)
  • Multiple A19 Philips Hue bulbs
  • Keychron K2 (Brown switches)
  • Code V2B (Cherry MX blue)

Any Tapestry Beta testers have luck connecting Micro.blog yet?

I just pushed out a small update to Sumo theme to fix a bug with navigation buttons on category pages. I’ll be working on a few other things over the coming days. If you have a specific request, let me know.

We had a bunch of life happen to us during the last couple weeks, so I fell a little behind on Tiny/Sumo updates. They’re a little delayed, but will still be pushed out within a few days.

A Spontaneous Family Road Trip

After a few long weeks of health-related issues (everyone is ok), unexpected changes to plans, and a variety of curveballs being thrown at us, we decided to take a few days off for a family vacation. We did it old school style…loading up the car and hitting the road.

With Atlanta, GA, as our final destination, we began the trek. On the way, our first stop was Montgomery, Alabama, where we ate more BBQ than we should’ve (especially our 5 year old). We decided to stay the night and continue the drive the next morning.

A woman and two children are standing in front of a brick building with a Dreamland BBQ sign above them.

Once we made it to Atlanta, it was time for lunch. We visited the excellent Ponce City Market to kill some time, shop, and eat. I don’t think we ended up buying anything outside of lunch, but it was a worthwhile visit. The kids got pizza while Kalena and I went with lamb entrees.

Collage of people eating lunch.

We knew we needed the visit the excellent Georgia Aquarium. We’ve been before in years past, but our daughter was too young to remember. She’s been begging to go and there’s no way we could’ve passed it by. Thanks to Kalena’s research and planning, we knew the perfect time to arrive. We had quite a few of the tanks/exhibits to ourselves before the crowds appeared.

A woman and two children are standing in front of a large aquarium, observing various fish and coral.

If you know anything about us, you know a trip to Atlanta most likely centers around the Braves. We know the Truist Park/Battery area well and chose a hotel close by. The Braves aren’t currently playing their best ball, but it was nice to take the kids once again (photos at end). We knew where to sit (good views for kids, shady, cost effective) which helps when you’re dealing with Atlanta heat and kids.

On the way home, we decided to take a different route, this time through Jackson/Pearl, MS. The AA Affiliate (Minor Leagues) of the Braves organization is currently in its final year in the state, and we wanted to catch a game there before they move. Thanks to their version of a going-out-of-business sale, we managed to snag a large amount of goodies (jerseys, hats, shirts, bats, balls, etc). They were also giving away 1,000 jerseys that night. Somehow, we managed to snag numbers 995, 996, 997, and 998 before they ran out.

As with most trips, you get to a point where you’re ready to be home. Fortunately, I’m sitting at our dining room table writing this while the kids are sleeping in their own beds. Normal life starts back up tomorrow, but it was nice to step away for a few days to change things up.

In one photo drop, here are a few of us enjoying some baseball.

Two children, both wearing baseball caps and t-shirts, stand smiling and giving thumbs up near the stands of a baseball stadium. A woman and a young girl are sitting in a stadium, both smiling at the camera with a crowd of spectators and various advertisements visible in the background. A family is enjoying a day at a baseball game, wearing team jerseys and eating snacks in the stands. Three people wearing Braves gear stand in front of a large World Series Champions baseball sculpture near a modern building. A blue mascot in a baseball uniform poses with two children in front of a stadium building. A family of four, making playful faces, is seated in a stadium with many empty seats around them.

I can’t find my hotel room.

A door with a sign displaying the number "404" is shown against a blue wall, with light reflecting off its surface.

No matter what I do, I cannot update from iOS 18 Beta 4 → Beta 5. It simply won’t show. No errors, no messages. Just not available.