It would be a real shame if something terrible happened to this Chutes and Ladders game.

Every election I pat myself on the back for registering for permanent “vote by mail” status.

Family and Friends Cancer Update Emails

I’ve published a set of email updates I’ve been sending to my family and friends to keep them up to date on my progress since my diagnosis back in January 2013. The best way to view these is probably via this thread which presents them in a chronological timeline.

I decided to publish these in the event that other folks with similar cancer diagnosis might find them and gain some benefit from reading about my particular journey.

This site has always been a place for me to write and reflect on the things that interest me, challenge me, and otherwise occupy my brain. As I turn much of my attention towards securing new treatment options I plan to continue to publish these here going forward. Probably sometimes with a bit of a delay, as well as talking a more about my experiences with cancer here on this site; as I feel comfortable.

This post is part of the thread: Cancer – an ongoing story on this site. View the thread timeline for more context on this post.

On Medical Leave

About a month ago I made the decision to take a medical leave of absence from Crowd Favorite. My goal is for this to be a relatively brief hiatus. I love our team and can’t wait to get back to doing cool things with them. In the interim, I’ll be focusing on my health (more…

To: Family & Friends

Date: October 27, 2014

Subject: Back pain returned and now receding

3 weeks ago things were going so well with my back pain that I was backing off my meds and thinking about how best to up my physical activity. Last week I got hit by the proverbial truck. Thankfully, I’m already making progress managing coming out the other side. My current cancer treatment (Regorafenib) has…

Continued…

BBEdit 11.0 Release Notes →

Two big things that are now off my wishlist:

There is a new control in the status bar at the bottom of text views; it displays the current magnification of the view and allows you to change it. The control can be hidden (or shown) using the “Text Magnification” option in the Appearance preferences.

This means I no longer need to use another editor when presenting on a projector, etc. I also like larger views for writing prose, so I’ll probably use BBEdit more for that now as well.

There is now an adjustable split between the Currently Open Documents list and the Project list.

Now I can go back to using BBEdit as I did so lovingly pre-version 10 (when the open document list was in a drawer)! I submitted a ticket requesting that this pane be made resizable in 2011. :)

No WordCamp SF 2014 For Me

Unfortunately I’m not going to be able to attend WordCamp SF 2014. My apologies to those who I was planning to meet up with. I’ll miss seeing you folks there – but have fun and do great work!

When you eat a PB&J sandwich do you hold it with the peanut butter on the bottom* or the jelly on the bottom?

* Correct answer

Photos from Maine

I took a few photos in Maine during our extended weekend stay post-Monktoberfest. We stayed at an awesome 1800’s farmhouse that had been nicely renovated; had a fantastic house concert from Liz Longley, and visited Fort Popham.