Do you ever feel like all you do as a mom is take a kid somewhere or wait for them to get done so you can pick them up? #MomLife, am I right?? Don’t miss my fun #MomLife car decal SVG file as well as the other 11 funny… · cut, post, free, file, contains

I’ve found myself unemployed with a bit more free time than usual for the last few months, and I decided that it was the perfect opportunity to learn a bit about LLM tool use and to try out this whole “vibe coding”… · some, features, roam, video, research

Time for a quick post about Problem Details, and how we adopted it at work, in a way that’s actually useful. This post is all about how I’ve been building APIs and microservices lately (using .NET and C#), what’s been… · time, post, quick, been, building

Gosh, we've made a mess of things, haven't we? I love tinkering and cobbling together "Small Tools". Some people call that interop. I'd like to work with others to craft and seriously use these tools to foster cosy… · things, tools, like, work, make

Anyone else going a little loopy during these crazy times of quarantine? What better time to raid that stash for a funky project to take our minds off things. Inspired by my local yarn store that is doing a similar knit… · background, color, button, 764db5, script

I skipped last year’s Inktober for the first time since 2016, but not this year! Although it was a busy month, I was happy to make time for it every evening 🤗 Even more so that this time I chose to put cats in all of my… · like, time, web, few, black

It’s been a long time since I went through technical interviews, and the world has changed. I have some catching up to do. There’s a new AI assistant in Jetpack so of course I wanted to try it out. I used a few different… · read, even, been, some, there

I had an interesting conversation with a colleague after my last post, about whether it was possible to get the best of both worlds, or if any new tool would necessarily make you dumber. And I had to stop and think –… · like, had, engineers, interesting, post

In case you’ve been wondering why This Blog has been dormant for quite a while now: We’ve been prepring our cutest DIY project ever! We welcomed our little wonder earlier this year and are completely overwhelmed with joy… · been, blog, while, case, wondering

I'd like to take this time to thank all of y'all who have supported my blog for the last 10 years! FUCKING TEN YEARS. If you haven't heard already (I've only posted about it briefly in an IG story back at the end of last… · collection, last, check, thank, blog

I don’t blog anymore. You all know that. But when DANA from Made Everyday asks you if you want to sew with fabric that she designed and be part of her blog tour, you blog. It’s what you do. Well, at least, it’s what I… · fabric, too, skirt, blog, she

Attempts at DIY electronics projects Guess what? After a couple years of inactivity, I'm firing up Youtube channel and blog again! I've finally been able to settle down in a place with my own workshop and will be working… · time, many, auto, code, good

Life since I’ve stopped really mom blogging it up? It’s been invigorating. It’s been deliciously warm to the soul happy. I have been going to school to pursue a lifetime goal of becoming a CPA only to discover along the… · life, mom, been, day, stopped

As I type we have a bright sunshine glistening on the snow that fell yesterday. It's also bitterly cold out there which is why I'm having a day at home sewing rather than going to the freezing cold unit :) Having said… · pattern, quilt, other, mystery, sunshine

Well it’s been a few weeks and I’ve been working hard (by my standards) on my coat project, but until two days ago no actual sewing had taken place. Pattern alterations; three rounds of cutting out (shell fabric, lining… · had, fabric, been, original, pocket

Well I’m back! After a very long blogging hiatus, I decided I missed it….I missed the people who comented and read my blog, I’ve missed the journaling aspect of the blog and also how it kept me inspired to work on my… · quilt, well, back, missed, blog

There are things that one never expects to get to do. I have talked about this on Twitter before but I still remember being a new immigrant who took a chance and quit college to come to the US, start over and merely… · tech, stack, engineer, manager, principal

I've been sewing long enough that I don't actually remember when I learned to sew, but it's a skill that's been laying dormant for some time now. I love style, and I definitely have a magpie's attraction to novelty, but… · been, really, sewing, actually, some

I haven’t done too much sewing this week. I did manage to sew all but one of the A block rows on my black, white and pink Interweave quilt. Tonight I hit my sewing room and sewed together the first row of the B blocks… · rows, quilt, together, row, done

So, here's the problem: the clock is ticking on my master's. I had wanted to finish by August. That's not looking so good. Most of the work I did in 2006 is lost/useless/forgotten. Fall 2011 is the last possible term to… · some, back, there, something, battery

I’m back with your next FREE quilt pattern, everyone! It’s Liz here and I get the pleasure of introducing you to the next quilt in our collaboration with Crochet.com, one of our 4 sister brands! I have a sneaking feeling… · liz, com, bow, https, eg4og9dpi7s

I had a hard drive failure! My backups aren’t that great because this server is just for fun, but I think I got most of it back. Now I can’t find my sister to tell me if I have her latest post or not (ungrateful wretch)… · fabric, think, little, had, because

We are doing some work on the site and we will have it up and running again soon! Thank you for your patience. · doing, some, work, site, running

It’s been a while, so I thought I’d catch you guys up with where I’m at. I’ve been working with Cash Music the past few weeks and it’s been great! I’m learning a lot, mainly PHP and MYSQL stuff so far. School is also… · been, learning, going, lot, php

Hello! It been a while since I’ve blogged, and it feels good to be back… at least for a minute. I’ve been taking a little bit of a break to learn Portuguese, focus on my health (mental and physical), and be a little more… · continue, reading, sew, been, dress

TL;DR: I made an app so we can use mini thermal printers from Walmart on our PCs! And learned a lot about reverse engineering along the way. TL;DR: The local rec center was short on helping hands for my soldering… · way, script, made, learned, along

Incredibly, I have been tracking my wardrobe for 8 consecutive quarters!! That’s writing down in a spreadsheet every single item I wore for two years in a row! I’m preparing a future post with lessons I learned from my… · wardrobe, post, last, style, years

Took this Everlane Eyelet Top out for a spin this weekend! I haven't been dressing up on the weekends lately, unless we go out to eat, since we've been working on messy house projects. But I spent the day visiting with… · capsule, wardrobes, leave, comment, wore

Thread runs through my life, holding it together. What keeps yours from falling apart?

Ok, so this post may be a bit heavier in topic than I usually do, so if that isn’t your thing, I get it and scroll for the project photos after this wordy bit. I’ll put a bold header past the emotional bits. Life has… · bit, been, law, back, space

Hello there! I am so excited to be joining Mary Jo from Master Pieces of My Life and Rachel from The Antiqued Journey today in their series showcasing Thrifted Goodies! Knowing that they are both avid thrifters, and… · hello, had, there, bit, time

I’ve been working with Elixir for 3 years full-time now and while I think it’s an exceptional language and development environment, the testing story always felt incomplete to me. Something was missing. In this post… · language, google, years, story, worked

Hi, I'm Mark I slogged for years on two non-tech businesses, but now I code. Welcome to my blog. My Elixir Screencast Site [My YouTube Channel]( ...

Somehow despite being a rather busy month I actually got a decent amount of sewing done in November! Blogging about it… Not so much, but hopefully I can get some more detailed posts about my most recent projects up soon… · sewing, been, month, review, got

I have never kept a journal and have sometimes regretted it - especially when I am learning something new. I thought it would be a good idea to record my journey on the road to learning to sew and blogging is an ideal way to keep my thoughts organised and to remember how far I have come - hopefully :-). This is my first *real* foray into sewing and my first attempt at blogging.

Am thinking of moving the blog back to Hugo. Not exactly sure why. Probably a digital self-determination thing. And maybe a bit of boredom with my WordPress setup. I’m going to have to remind myself of the pros and cons… · data, some, garmin, been, back

Always sewing. Sewing Everything. Sharing the Sewing with Everyone

Go Carol Ann Sew, Sew, Sew! (Until I fall out!) I’ve been traveling quite a bit lately. When, I arrived home from my last trip, I unpacked and realized my past three trips I put my shoes in plastic store bags! Yikes… · shoes, shoe, sew, bags, make

On my fourth (fifth?) attempt I got the Automatic Ripoing Machine setup and working in docker in a virtual machine. Now it’s hungrily chewing through my dvds and preparing them for a service of locally hosted streaming… · machine, easy, tonight, sheet, pan

I just want to say how much I appreciate Micro.blog’s automatic archival of links I reference in my posts. That’s such a killer feature <3 A couple examples that are shown in the attached image: This is a very… · rebble, appreciate, 2025, pebble, without

NotCrocker sees an incredible amount of traffic even though I’ve not had a chance to update it in years. I have some recipes and ideas in my pocket that I will certainly get back up here one day, hopefully soon! In the… · some, these, time, lauren, had

This is how I've felt the last couple months! Yikes...it's been for ever since I've blogged. Between moving, working on new wholesale accounts and being busy with my Etsy shop, the blog has fallen to the bottom and… · baby, couple, make, there, last

Is there anyone out there?? I have all but forsaken my blog! Been doing lots of re-imagining what and how I want to write. Things have changed so much since I started this from-the-heart project in 2016 (??) I don’t… · going, may, see, there, blog

So I’m realizing that I’m way to stuck on long form posts and need to get in to the habbit of just posting anytime I have an update. Otherwise I get caught up in being to busy and just don’t post at all… for months lol… · web, laminar, fountain, water, fountains

I hate being overwhelmed with sales and what to buy and what to not buy BUT I also hate missing out on a good deal especially when I really do need the item. So if you’re like me and just need some quick and easy sewing… · need, batting, love, hate, buy

I'm happiest when I'm creating - does that describe you too? Join me in my adventures in creativity and sewing!

I’ve been working on digitally ‘battening down the hatches’ a bit at my house and trying to solve some access challenges that have been bothering me. Specifically being able to share access to applications I’ve got… · been, access, working, digitally, battening

I finally did it. I took the first step on my way to completely switching to Linux for my daily driver. I found a computer I can use, and now I need to get rid of any devices I can “fall back” on when something doesn’t… · game, first, enjoy, task, finally

Can’t decide which one/ones to leave behind so I just got all. Set me back more than ₱2K, yup 😩. I’m never stepping inside a Fully Booked (a local bookstore) again… The WIP that’s been taking all my time after I cast it… · sweater, back, time, came, mind