Playing: Stand Back by Kite 🎧

The Swedish band Kite is one of my absolute favorite discoveries in recent years. I love both their sound and their lyrics, and I often recognize myself in their words. That sense of recognition is usually what connects me to a song or an artist.

I spotted a demonstration outside the café window today. Ran out and snapped this shot.

I’ve done a complete redesign of the Blogging Tips & Tools page. It’s been on my to-do list for a long time, and with Bear’s downtime today, I finally decided to get to work. Hope you like it!

The upside of downtime — a positive take on the current technical issues with the Bear blogging platform.

Bear is down for some custom domains, including mine. I’ll take it as a sign that running two blogs was the right choice 😊

Watched: A House of Dynamite (2025) 🍿

I really liked it. It was well-made and had almost a documentary feel. If you enjoyed Kathryn Bigelow’s other films, like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, you’ll probably like this one too.

My latest Bear experiment: a custom search feature for my blog page. There’s an official version, but I decided to take it a step further, making descriptions searchable and highlighting the searched term. You can even link directly to a search.

Time for some transcenDental meditation. Getting to the root of things, one tooth at a time. Drilling deep into my thoughts, finding that inner wisdom tooth. Ommm… my gums! 🧘🦷

Playing: The End by Mammoth 🎧

Just discovered this great track after listening to an interesting interview with the man behind Mammoth, Wolfgang Van Halen.

Watched: The Perfect Neighbor (2025) 🍿

A crazy and tragic story. One of those times you wish it were fiction and not a documentary. Still, definitely worth watching.