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My Journey To Forgejo
After years of SourceSafe locks, corrupted repositories, private repo limits, and subscription friction, I set up my own Forgejo server to preserve old projects, migrate code from GitHub, and regain control over where my work lives. 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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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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Building a Switchboard for Old Phones
I built a working PBX using a Raspberry Pi to connect rotary and analog phones, enabling audio playback, voicemail, and interactive dialing. This guide walks through the setup, challenges, and creative possibilities for turning vintage telephones into a programmable experience. Read More
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Approved. Published. Not Found.
After months immersed in dashboards and public systems, I finally published my Dreamy Tags WordPress plugin—approved February 1st and visible in the directory. Click the link, though, and it vanishes. A small reminder that infrastructure sometimes lags behind reality. Read More
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Gutenberg Warnings, Inline SVG, and Who Let the Dogs Out
A day spent polishing my first WordPress plugin turned into a crash course in SVG optimization, LocalWP testing, open-source collaboration, and tracking a runaway dog through snowy streets. Debug logs, vector paths, and paw prints collided in one oddly satisfying winter adventure. Read More
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Papers, Please: Prove You’re the Author
My Dreamy Tags plugin hit an unexpected checkpoint: proving I owned my own code. What followed was a crash course in WordPress identity, domain email forwarding, forgotten accounts, and DNS quirks—ending with verified ownership, cleaner infrastructure, and hard-won lessons learned. Read More
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When “Stuff” Isn’t Enough: A WordPress.org Lesson
A follow-up reflection on submitting my first WordPress plugin, discovering how a joking profile placeholder triggered automated safeguards, and learning that context, presentation, and identity matter just as much as clean code when contributing to shared open-source platforms. Read More
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A Day Preparing Dreamy Tags for WordPress.org
A day spent preparing my Dreamy Tags WordPress plugin for publication turned into an unexpected deep dive into licensing, performance checks, block polish, and the surprise of a disabled WordPress.org account—proof that even familiar platforms still hold surprises. Read More
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Dreamy Tags
Dreamy Tags is a WordPress plugin that creates meaningful, filtered tag clouds by narrowing results to specific categories and tags. Built for real archives and evolving projects, it surfaces recurring themes while hiding administrative noise. Read More