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For this blog topic I will be talking about the transition that I've seen in myself as I transition from a user generated content site to another user generated content site called Lemmy.
I think this story starts when I noticed in myself doom-scrolling quite consistently. But there was stil…

Many things are on my mind. I decided to write today regarding my blog. I had set myself a personal challenge to write 50 blogs, however, that turned out to be quite the challenge. Currently, I am at around 30 something blogs. When I first started my blog I wanted it to incorporate design elemen…

It’s no secret that I have an affordable phone. At first glance, one might wonder why anyone would choose that option. I am here to say that it does have its benefits. An affordable phone does not need to be babied. While it may have lower specs, navigating websites on a phone can still be quite…

When publishing a site, it is better to always (or close to always) be running. There’s power outages, earthquakes, the upgrade didn’t take, dropped packets, cosmic rays-- the list is practically endless. A solution to this can be in the form of containerization. Containerizing allows for some …

The roadways are a shared resource payed for by the taxpayer (hrm hrm)! Currently, I understand there are some entities who pay minimally for the roads while benefiting the most, while there are others who pay the most for the shared resources and benefit minimally. “Unga Bunga!You pay taxes you…

Whoa, whoa! it’s been a while since my last blog. No, matter! I don’t have a set schedule, just a loose schedule. This blog has mostly been my own thing, at my own pace, testing the waters of what works and what doesn’t work; grammatically erroneous and all. I knew I had been a bit off schedule …

Beyond All Reason also know as BAR is an open source, real-time strategy video game. I downloaded BAR, a while back, and I believe it is still free as of this day (8-7-25). The pacing of this game has been phenomenal, even paradoxical, something which I would describe as “chill-tense”.
BAR ea…

As I was researching how to market to developers, since I believe I’m starting to be in that space, I came across an article. According to this source developers “hate marketing”, I don’t necessarily disagree with some of these points, however, a point I did disagree with was they hate it to an …

I chose this blog title because it rhymes! I will, however, be talking (writing) about clouds or more so cloud computing. This day marks a noticeable improvement to my project. I’ll explain.

As you may know, I started this blog as a skills improvement/ skills check. My abilities have imp…

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Pictassembler, Nomerads, GRAVESTUCK, Dynamic Dino Island, Band Maker Party Dungeon, Tileflipper, Skeleton Assembler, Surround Yourself with Dogs, Mini Nomerads, Pixel Master, Mini Nomerads 2: Constructaballs, The Irrigation Game, To All Living Things, Bring Water

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I'm going to give you a couple of tips about traveling to Mexico. One thing that the U.S. does well is providing free bathrooms. However, when you go to Mexico, I recommend taking a handful of coins so you can use the bathrooms, as you typically have to pay for access. They do…

In this post I'm am just messing around with word art. I'm also seeing what improvements I can make to the blog and it's properties.

Today! I'm gonna take a different approach. My workflow is rigid and messy. I save content to a file as to not lose it yet I can still lose the file among thousands of files, file types, drafts. I write today from the admin site. I built it, it should works for me. The site wasn't made with me w…

On a summer day, my spouse and I set out for adventure and wonder. The location: Yellowstone National Park. The drive was long, the supplies were many, and I saw the best encounter the worst. Here is my report.

As my portfolio site suggests, I studied earth sciences. Unfortunately, my jo…

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Upon my quest on growing an audience, I visited different blogs, websites, and anything that would spark an idea or some missing piece of information. I found many things, among them a bloggers’ forum. I was intrigued, as I had originally taken a different appr…

Elden Ring has been a masterfully crafted game; it’s practically art from this century. There are many enjoyable aspects of the game, such as the exploration, optimizing my character build, the combat, and the board-game-like mechanics that are a wonder to experience. Personally, I enjoy mixing …

I tried Thunderbird as an email client. An email client is the software you use to send, receive, and manage emails. I kept my existing email address; I just updated the tool I used to manage my emails. My opinion is the aesthetic is nice, the features are useful, and the calendar is up my alley…

After months of using my public library’s 3D printer, I decided on getting my own. I found that owning a 3D printer has downsides, like its bulkiness and the need for optimal printing practices. However, owning a 3D printer also has upsides like faster prototyping and the ability to print comple…

I tasked myself with writing as many blog topics as I could think of one day. I decided to take a new approach regarding writing blogs as I found conjuring up different topics on the spot was not as easy as I first imagined and I would like to improve on my grammar. I started by brainstorming as…

Personally, I like to experiment with the world around me. My initial thought process follows a decision tree. Would this experiment be worth it? Is this experiment fun? What are the costs of experimenting? (materials, time, effort) etc. I’m planning before I begin the venture. If my conditions …

Is open source better? In my opinion, open source for the most part is better (end of blog, carry on). The main topics that come to mind regarding open source solutions are no vendor lock-in, solves my technical limitations, and is accessible. This translates to me as cheap or free, less hassle …

Like many, I occasionally come across an interesting article only to be greeted by a modal that prevents me from reading the content. Many times the modal is asking to download an app, login or whatnot. On safari for iPhone, I came across a nifty feature that removes those pesky modals. Clicking…

In an effort to improve my phone’s functionality, I casually perused through my phone’s settings. I came across my phone’s web browsers’ settings. I use the browser frequently enough so I decided to explore around. I came across the search engine options available. I saw one search engine I wasn…

Backstory:

For a while, I had been struggling with my workspace. Over time I acquired new tech, such as, an ultra-wide monitor for my laptop, mouse, cables, etc. it was making my area feeling tighter and not conducive for concentrating. I re-arranged cables and orientations and changed d…

Modularity, as I understand it, is a design concept where the constituent parts, of a bigger whole, can be interchanged. In my case I incorporate software modularly, however, I have also applied modular designs in real life to great success.

My software development improved when I incorp…

After a brief hiatus; I have returned.

My experience using certain websites has gotten worse. How has your experience been? The websites that easily come to mind are recipe websites. I’d even go as far as calling some of these websites, rude. What I’ve noticed is the website has a sad st…

My partner and I attended a maker space meeting with a section about showcasing the projects you're working on. As we found our seats someone turned around and mentioned to us that they were thinking about us and the project. When they take their dog out for a walk they have to constantly be on …

Lately I've been making steady and consistent updates on GuzmanGIS and related projects. There are a lot of moving parts such as software development, video editing, prototyping, etc., however I believe I am starting to hone in on the moving parts and making them all fit and relate with one anot…

The user interface has been improved to dynamically change with screen sizes it has also been updated to have a cleaner look. The attributes table now has a cleaner user interface and can be used to fine-tune elements in the GIS page. Layers now encompass points, lines , shapes and can be labele…

It has been an exciting week! Guzman GIS has been launched!

Guzman GIS ( https://guzmangis.com ) is a browser based web application that allows you to make and manage maps and spatial data. Use cases range from garden planning, bike trails, to even marking locations of frequently forgot…

You’ve made your website and you are ready to deploy. But there are many options and the pricing is all over the place. Where do you start? Well, if you are like me, your primary concern is the budget. This is where “analysis paralysis” pops up its lousy head.

You’ve done your research…

Does it read properly?

Clearly a desktop screen and a mobile screen are different sizes. As such, the sizing of the content should reflect the screen it is being viewed on. Depending on what is being displayed, reading material on mobile should be readable without having to scroll from s…

Languages used for this website: Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

I designed and built this website from scratch. The first iteration was solely an Apache webserver with HTML pages. From there I updated it to use Django as the framework so that I could have more flexibility with design and …