Matthew Lang

Maciej Cegłowski, the creator of Pinboard, highlights the growing obesity of the web and what can be done to improve it.

Let’s preserve the web as the hypertext medium it is, the only thing of its kind in the world, and not turn it into another medium for consumption, like we have so many examples of already.

Let’s commit to the idea that as computers get faster, and as networks get faster, the web should also get faster.

— The Website Obesity Crisis by Maciej Cegłowski

Having read this I've just checked this site and I'm glad to say that the index page and a few of the longer form posts are definitely smaller than a major work of Russian literature.

Remember blogrolls? So do I. They were a great way of finding other blogs to follow. Here's a selection of blogs that I'm currently reading.

Annie Mueller

Annie is a freelance writer with a deep knowledge of productivty, personal growth and writing. After a brief hiatus from the Internet, Annie is back with a new website and great new content.

Belle Beth Cooper

Belle's love of her notebooks isn't the only reason I'm reading her blog. Her monthly reviews and consistent blogging makes her blog a joy to read.

Curtis McHale

Currently based in British Columbia, Canada, Curtis writes openly about the trials and tribulations of freelancing, writing and products he’s working on as well as family life and of course cycling. Just the right mix of categories I would say that almost mirror my interests.

Kurt Harden

I first started following Kurt’s blog, Cultural Offering, on the recommendation of Nicholas Bate a few years ago. What I love about Kurt’s blog is that his is more of a journal than anything else. Political stories, current affairs, sports, family life and of course the occasional shots of what’s being cooked on the grill. A true slice of life on the American side of the pond.

Michael Wade

I’m always envious of bloggers like Michael who continually turn out not only excellent posts, but posts that make you question yourself and your work. Michael’s posts take the form of random thoughts, quotes, links to other blogs, link posts and topical news.

Nicholas Bate

It’s hard say when I first started reading Nicholas’ blog and how I found it, but it’s been required daily reading for me for at least the last five years.

Patrick Rhone

Writer, curator, Mac fan, thinker, family man and blog hero. Did I miss anything? It’s hard to put Patrick into one box when his blog lets you know that he isn’t just good at one thing. He’s great at many things.

Last Updated December 2017.

You know what I miss? I miss blog rolls, where authors would list their favourite sites on their blogs.

— Relative Sanity (@relativesanity) January 3, 2016

I miss them as well, so I've added one. It's a work in progress, so I've started off with my essential daily reading. Expect more updates over the next couple of months.

A Star Wars fan has spent a year building the ultimate Lego Millennium Falcon. Absolutely amazing. I just know my sister-in-law would want this.

via Ian Dick

Write a page a day and in 12 months you'll have the makings of a novel. Study a nation a month and in a year you'll probably have a greater perspective on the world.

— May the Incremental Be With You by Execupundit

Love these Atom themes that only use two hues for your syntax highlighting.

I've been a Solarized user for years but I might give these a try.

Love Kurt's more and less theme for 2016.

That's it. The end of another year and the start of a new one.

Start as you mean to go one they say and I intend too. This blog has been lacking in activity of late but that will change.

I just also want to say thanks to Nicholas, Michael, Kurt, Curtis and Patrick. Without my fellow bloggers I wouldn't have the readership that I have now.

Onwards and upwards for 2016!

Maybe. My Knog lights are still going strong and they're holding their charge well. Despite that, these Knog Blinder MOB lights are going on the list as possible replacements.

Love this.

via Kottke.org

Louie Mantia has great wallpaper designs. I've started using some of these for Trello board backgrounds and can see a use for them in a few other places as well.

I was just reminded this morning that it was two years ago that the ice storm hit Toronto and the surrounding area. We were visiting Jen's family in Toronto at that time.

Having never experienced an ice storm, it was quite strange waking up that morning and seeing the amount of ice everywhere. I captured a few shots of the aftermath over the next couple of days.

We were more fortunate than others. We didn't experience any power cuts and we were able to get stocked up for Christmas day.

Aside from the ice storm, we had a great time spending Christmas and New Year with Jen's family. Hoping to do it again soon.

Photo by myself after an ice storm hit Toronto in 2013.

Aside from putting my family first and helping clients build great web products and services through DigitalBothy, here's what I'm spending my time on:

• Documenting some API endpoints for PenMuse.
• Including only relevant writing prompts for the current time of year.
• A new re-design for DailyMuse.

Last Updated December 2017. Inspired by Derek Sivers.

My now page is live. Is yours?

Thanks to Derek Sivers for the idea.

I've added this one to my DailyMuse collection.

There is much that you want to do and much that can be done but fortunately there is much less that really needs to be done.

Don't let the first two categories distract from the third.

— The Stuff on Your List by Michael Wade

Tonight marks the start of one of my Christmas traditions. The annual reading of A Christmas Carol.

Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.

— A Christmas Carol

I received my first copy of the book 30 years ago. I've missed a few readings of it over the years but I haven't missed a reading of it in the last 15 years. The story, the language, the characters, everything about it is fantastic.