Author Archives: Chris

Trying NextJS

I’m working on a simple application, and thought React would be helpful. The react docs now recommend you use a framework, and recommended nextJS. I tried it out, but it seems like it’s really working against my goals for this … Continue reading

Plants Vs Zombies Could Not Activate

Got an error trying to help my son launch Plants vs Zombies. A big popup about how the game ‘could not activate’ and that I needed to sign in with the correct account. Super confusing, since I was launching the … Continue reading

Faster Road Trips

When I was a kid it seemed like it took longer to drive from California to Utah than it does now. Some of that is explained by increased speed limits! In 2013 the Utah stretch of I-80 was increased to … Continue reading

Played: Mixolumia

My random game for the night was Mixolumia. It’s a super polished Tetris like game with falling blocks and great music. I usually go into my Itch.Io game with low expectations, but there are some bigger indie releases mixed in. … Continue reading

Fireworks

My son had some questions about fireworks, and so we put together some cool videos to watch. We started by finding a good fireworks show to watch. There’s a wealth of videos out there, we settled on this one: Then … Continue reading

Local Politics

I went through all of the offices on my ballot, from President down to the park and rec district. There’s a lot to keep track of and figure out. In some of these local races the signals I’m really looking … Continue reading

The Lord Will Prevail

General Conference was still hard with kids today. I was really quite taken with President Nelson’s story about myopic. It raised so many questions – did he have a lesson in mind when he passed the word along? Or was … Continue reading

General Conference – October 2020 (Saturday)

Watching conference with kids is hard. But we tried to set that expectation, that we would be distracted, and that worked well in keeping the peace. My main impression is that I am improving. I am in fact making progress … Continue reading

The President Has Covid

There’s a lot on my mind today, but this is the story that is so overwhelming. The President of the United States is has been hospitalized with the coronavirus. The whole thing is just so upsetting. And I think what’s … Continue reading

CA Prop 15

I haven’t yet decided how I’m voting yet, but I learned some really interesting things about the history of Prop 13 from a news story from the California Report. The reason why it applied to commercial property as well as … Continue reading