Welcome to my first checkup post. It’s more of an extension of a journal, just more public. And it will be a hoot to check it out in 10 years to see how the early ’20s were going for me. The best news of the month came from Taco Bell with the return of the Volcano menu: Events There were… Read more →
You’re home, and you’re thinking of projects to do. What about setting up your home network to block ads? What is ad blocking? You may have used an extension in your browser to block ads, but when you block them on your network, you don’t have to configure each device. It’s not without it’s faults, some things will stop working.… Read more →
Journaling has many benefits, and for those of us that can’t remember what we did yesterday, journaling is also a way of keeping track of what we have done. In the future I’m hoping I’ll be able to use my journal to pass down my exploits to a younger generation. My history of journaling I’ve tried a few different approaches… Read more →
Today is the two year anniversary of walking (not just averaging) 10,000 steps per day. This last year I walked a total of 6.9 million steps. This is a major increase over the year before, and that was because I stupidly signed up for a step competition at work. Back in March, I was asked if I wanted to join… Read more →
When I look at RyanCollins.org and see that I haven’t updated the site in over two years I realize that something needs to change. Almost five years ago I switched from running WordPress to Pelican. WordPress is a blogging program that now powers 30% of the web. Pelican is a geek way of creating and publishing a website that requires… Read more →