Category: life
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2025 Website Refresh and Migration
I’ve had a personal website for nearly 30 years, and a personal blog for nearly 25. For the last 15 years or so I’ve used Wordpress to host both, but for various reasons I decided it was time for a change.
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Visiting St John, US Virgin Islands
One thing my wife and I like to do every year in the middle of winter is go on vacation somewhere warm and sunny. Because we live on the east coast of the United States we usually go to the Caribbean, which can be easily reached via a 4 hour flight from our home in New York. We’ve been lucky enough to visit a few islands over the years, but the one we keep going back to is St John, in the US Virgin Islands (USVIs). Since I just finished my fifth trip to the island I thought I’d share some thoughts (and some of my photos from over the years) of one of my favorite places on Earth.
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2018 Theatre in review
2018 was quite a year for me for theatre. Starting slowly, it really ramped up. An amazing variety of shows, even though most of what I saw were plays. I feel very lucky to live in New York and to be able to see such great works of creativity.
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Give your Meetup a Code of Conduct
And request one if you're not an organizer
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The 10 year anniversary of the London Bombings, and my related mental health challenges
10 years ago, on July 7 2005, four suicide bombers attacked London. Three of them detonated their bombs on separate Underground (subway) trains in the morning rush hour. The fourth followed suit about an hour later on a crowded bus. 52 people, plus the 4 bombers, died. Many others were injured, physically or mentally.
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Asking better questions
I didn't know Aaron Swartz. I met him very briefly in December but that was all. Nevertheless it's been a realization this last week and a half hearing from those that did know him what an amazing human he was, and how much of a loss there is for the world in his passing away too soon.
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5 months banking with Simple
Five months ago I opened a bank account with Simple. Here are some thoughts of how things are going so far.
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Hiking Breakneck Ridge
With the weather finally cooling off a little in New York it was time last weekend to get out of the city and into the countryside. I'd been wanting to get back to the beautiful Hudson Valley for some time so on Sunday morning we got an early rise to head to Breakneck Ridge.
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Hiking with Avenza PDF Maps
The hike on Sunday gave me the first opportunity to use a new app on my iPhone in the wild - Avenza PDF Maps.
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Book Review - William Gibson's 'Virtual Light'
Virtual Light by William Gibson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars