![A sign on the blue ridge parkway reading View Graybeard Mountain. The view is completely obscured by fog.](/_astro/graybeard.DlHhiX3h_Z1YEwgJ.webp)
The view of Graybeard Mountain in North Carolina from the Blue Ridge Parkway, September 2002. It was a little overcast.
Welcome to Thudfactor
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![Three knit swatches. The top is a stockinette swatch knit in the round. Bottom left is a yellow swatch in broken rib, and bottom right is a flat-knit stockinette swatch.](/_astro/sampler.CJ82A2zp_Z25PzgI.webp)
Playing catch-up
Where my head is at after a three-month hiatus
![Closeup of a Mochamaster coffee pot with coffee and condensation in it](/_astro/coffee.BsUTp4ZS_Z1lNu9a.webp)
Agile’s insistence on co-location is disabling
Does “face to face” communication require our bodies to be in the same space, too?
![Banner that reads We do this not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy.](/_astro/not-easy.BuUrFiCc_28DdyA.webp)
Don’t drive screws with a hammer
Sometimes developers will solve problems with the handy tool, not the right tool, just because it seems like less work. It's probably not.
![A very life-like sculpture of a security officer.](/_astro/guard.C3RiAFx1_Z26znLc.webp)
The Regrettable State of Cross-Browser Testing
Update-by-default has pushed the platform forward, but has also put browser testing out of reach for many
![A fortune from a fortune cookie, which reads Be content with your lot, one cannot be first in everything.](/_astro/fortune.CDAlwtRD_10w7YF.webp)
Uptake of the new CSS seems slow. Why?
There’s so much great new stuff in CSS, some of it with extraordinary support. Why aren’t people leaping on it?
![A sunny day at Pandapas pond, with the bright blue sky and scattered clouds reflected perfectly in the water.](/_astro/reflections.B-6qyXjS_2japlY.webp)
Adventures in VIM part 2
The continuing story of migrating my brain from VSCode to vim