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Reflections: My Time at WebDevStudios

Published on: December 20, 2022

I’ve been spending the end of this year thinking back on the past to sort of get it out and be done with it. I’m going to be laser focused on the future in 2023 but I wanted to wrap up 2022 with some thoughts about the past. I was so busy when all this ... [Read More]

Filed Under: Reflections, What Have I done?, WordPress

Heart & Health Update 2022

Published on: December 9, 2022

ALL FUCKING GOOD! It’s been almost exactly 3 yers since my brush with the Widow Maker and I’ve been reflecting a log this year on life, goals and health. During May and June I had my yearly bloodwork, nuclear stress test and heart echo. These are the standard yearly tests for someone who’s had a ... [Read More]

Filed Under: Blog, Reflections

Building My First App

Published on: March 31, 2022

I’ve been toying with the idea of building an app for quite a while. I’ve dabbled in various parts of it for projects over the years and I generally know how it all fits together. But I’m not a front end engineer by any stretch so this will be a bit of a learning curve. ... [Read More]

Filed Under: App Development, Dev, GameMasters.Studio, Laravel

New Year – New Job!

Published on: January 14, 2022

It seems like I only blog when I have big changes. I really need to work on that. But today I’m writing here again because I have a big change. Today is my last day at my current job working on Blue Summit Supplies while working at Franklin Creative Solutions.  BSS, as we call it ... [Read More]

Filed Under: Blog, Dev

Just Deal With it

Published on: May 10, 2021

I’m not sure I have a point with this blog post but just really wanting to acknowledge some things to remind myself that everything I’m experiencing is normal. Erin and I have had a rough time for most of or marriage. We’ve thankfully been rock solid together, though it’s caused some stress here and there. ... [Read More]

Filed Under: Blog

Where ever you go, there you are [Stoicism]

Published on: March 22, 2021

The Best Retreat Is In Here, Not Out There People seek retreats for themselves in the country, by the sea, or in the mountains. You are very much in the habit of yearning for those same things. But this is entirely the trait of a base person, when you can, at any moment, find such ... [Read More]

Filed Under: Stoicism

The Next Chapter

Published on: October 31, 2020

Last week was my last week at WebDevStudios. I was working on the support side of the house in the Maintainn sub division of the company. The role was considered a support engineer role but most of the time it was new development for smaller to medium sized clients. When I originally applied it was ... [Read More]

Filed Under: Blog, Dev

Catching Up

Published on: October 13, 2020

Since my heart attack back in early December I’ve felt like I’ve been perpetually behind. While my body has been healing up I don’t think my psyche has quite recovered. We’ve been struggling for a while with bills. I was out of work for a while after my last job closed and I took a ... [Read More]

Filed Under: Blog, Etc

New Links Section + Tutorial

Published on: July 4, 2020

I’ve always liked sharing links of interest but I’m taking that content and putting it on my own site instead of puffing up social media. I’ll still share stuff there too from time to time but this will be the main place I share links from now on. They are mostly for me to find ... [Read More]

Filed Under: Dev, Plugins, Themes, Tutorials, WordPress

New Theme – Groovy 1976

Published on: May 23, 2020

I’ve had the itch to redo my site for a while now. I’m not a designer and I’ve not been super happy with the look of the site and so I decided to do something about it. This new look is inspired by the 1976 Keyset from Pimp My Keyboard. I want to get these ... [Read More]

Filed Under: Etc, Themes

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My name is Chrispian and I like to make things. I'm a web developer and have been working in the computer / internet field for almost 26 years now. I also draw, write, make things, take pictures and love figuring stuff out. Read More

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