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Seeing Front Royal Through Dad’s Eyes
My father spent a day exploring Front Royal with me following the loss of his wife. Together, we visited community landmarks, met remarkable people, and discovered that the town’s greatest strength isn’t its places, but the relationships that connect them. Read More
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Building a Self-Contained Phone Network with Asterisk and Grandstream ATAs
Building an 18-line phone system with Grandstream ATAs and a Raspberry Pi turned into a deep dive into networking, provisioning, and Asterisk quirks. What started as a simple upgrade became a full system redesign with routing, isolation, and interactive possibilities. Read More
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Laser Heat and Victorian Optimism
A Makerspace day turned into bold mugs, restored 1881 advertisements, and new life for a Victorian-inspired card game. Between heat presses and laser etching, I’m blending fundraising, historical preservation, and playful optimism into tangible work — one 4×4 miracle at a time. Read More
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A Glimpse into My World: Volunteering, Learning, and More
There’s been a lot happening lately, from library projects to research and volunteer work. I’ve been helping out with community events, learning new things, and juggling various responsibilities. Despite feeling a bit overwhelmed, I’m managing to keep up and looking forward to sharing more of what’s been going on. Read More
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Puzzles, Ribbons, Faith, and History
Many happenings: Ribbon cutting, Freemasons, Robbie Burns, Braille, Cancer Free Sister, Faith, Laser Puzzles, Tokens for hot meals, Street Organ, Research, Digitization of Historical Records, Rural Broadband, and Samuels Public Library. Read More
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Maker, Personality, Faith, and Library
A recap over the past two weeks of setting up a maker space workshop, finding old photos, digitizing a school play, transcribing old documents, core memory, selling a vehicle, making braille letters, getting a phd, reflecting on childhood faith, and latest developments at the library. Read More
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Enhanced API Flexibility Through Slug Decoupling
To streamline API identification, we decoupled slug management from core icon functionality. This allowed us to introduce dedicated tables for slugs and their types, ensuring a centralized system. We also implemented a “SlugHistory” table for seamless redirects and historical context. Moving forward, we plan to enhance the API with features like slug suggestions and drag-and-drop… Read More
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Overcoming Challenges in Building an API with RTK Query
Building an API with RTK Query can be a rewarding experience, but it comes with its own set of challenges. One common hurdle is managing large apiSlice files, which can become difficult to maintain as the number of endpoints grows. To address this, I explored code splitting and modularizing endpoints, but these approaches introduced their… Read More
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Studio 330 Ribbon-Cutting
A ribbon-cutting at Studio 330 marked more than a new makerspace opening. After the book challenge controversy, the Mellon grant, Library of the Year recognition, and Erin Rooney’s leadership showed Samuels Library turning toward renewal. Read More
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From JSON to SQL: The Road to Efficient Icon Management
Today, I focused on organizing Material UI icons and preparing them for database integration. After generating over 30,000 SQL inserts, I optimized the process to run multiple queries efficiently, avoiding a lengthy execution time. Along the way, I tackled a MySQL issue involving multiple statements and resolved it with a simple change in method usage.… Read More