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Between Meals and Memories
At the senior center, conversations over lunch shifted from laughter and memories to rising costs, fixed incomes, and empty chairs. Sometimes local issues stop feeling abstract when you are sitting across the table from the people living through them. Read More
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CSS, Jukeboxes, and Flags
A canceled meeting opened unexpected time for jukebox research, website development, community events, and quiet reflection on leadership, delegation, and balancing too many responsibilities while continuing work on the Restoring the Signal exhibit. Read More
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The Day of the Royal Blueberry Tart
A day spent restoring a 1938 typewriter, uncovering archival newspaper scans, photographing local murals, discussing payphones and clowning, playing improvised games with friends, and sketching AI-assisted mural concepts inspired by the Shenandoah Valley. Read More
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Solving SSL Before Press
Days before a reporter visited the Restoring the Signal exhibit, I found myself untangling a bizarre SSL certificate problem involving DNS, AutoSSL, browser caching, and cPanel—while also preparing rotary phones, TTY demonstrations, flyers, and interactive storytelling experiences. Read More
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Restoring the Signal Flyers
Preparing for a news interview, I created flyers, updated the exhibit website, and wrestled with CSS, AutoSSL, and responsive layouts deep into the night — all to help bring the phone exhibit and Royal Visit recordings to the community. Read More
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Remington Noiseless Typewriter 10
A $75 antique store discovery led me down the rabbit hole of identifying, testing, and reviving a late-1930s Remington Noiseless typewriter. What began as nostalgia quickly became a hands-on lesson in forgotten office technology and mechanical ingenuity. Read More
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Crown & Commonwealth Conversations
What began as a petition inspired by the Royal Visit of King Charles III & Queen Camilla has evolved into a broader community conversation about tourism, heritage, identity, & the future of Front Royal & Warren County through recurring events, partnerships, & public engagement. Read More
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ChatGPT Tried to Explain Me
After years of conversations about technology, history, memoirs, civic issues, creativity, and absurd humor, I asked ChatGPT to describe who I am. The result was a detailed portrait of an archivist, community-minded technologist, storyteller, and observer of systems, people, & preservation. Read More
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Death by Metrics
For days, my server showed elevated CPU usage while remaining mostly functional. Then websites, WHM, and cPanel suddenly failed. Through SSH, I traced the problem to a runaway DigitalOcean monitoring agent interacting with CloudLinux CageFS, generating nearly 95 GB of endless filesystem metric errors. Read More
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Are Virtual Fitness Medals Worth It?
My Medal Dash review compares it with The Conqueror, questioning virtual race accountability, false urgency, medal-first rewards, and whether fitness motivation built on the honor system is sustainable long term. Read More