Geoff Graham |

Spent time watching ER nurses work (not for me, reason not important) and was super inspired; and I’m reminded that what we worry about in web development is piddly in comparison.

Some Things I’m Not Planning to Replace When They Break or Expire

The wind is so strong that parts of my roof have blown off. I asked Marcia if this is a good day to fly a kite and all I got back was a blank look.

Fixing Local’s “Missing Mailpit v1.12” Error

Watching my daughter work so hard inspires me to work that much harder.

Received my very first dollar from album streaming royalties — I’m a paid musician!

It’s been, like, 5 years since I really updated my site’s design, but I’ve been inspired by the recent surge in personal sites and finally shipped something new.

I apparently need to work on typing the word “horizontal” because it always winds up “horizotnal.”

AI “Persona Drift” is a Real Thing

Changing Roles

I’ll be danged if looking back on the past year doesn’t make me proud as heck of what’s happening over at CSS-Tricks.

The easiest way to work with the WordPress Quote block

CSS Meditation #9: .1 + .2 equals 0,2,0.

I’d love to be able to add private notes to an email, the same way you can in an app like Zendesk.

If you’re not gonna bother writing it yourself, I ain’t gonna bother reading it myself.

17 people in the surgical waiting room, 10 on screens. That’s a lot but honestly fewer than I expected.

Total Entertainment Forever

Got Back

Such Great Heights

New Music Tuesday

Remember, Kurt Vonnegut was 47 when he published Slaughterhouse-Five.

One step closer to something I’ve been working on very quietly.

Failures and Open Doors

Now loading the loader thingy that loads the uploader…

I’m Working on an Album

Self-Leadership

It’s starting to look like a real guitar!

Unvarnished thought: Access to the latest information has traditionally been a luxury affordance, but perhaps that’s moving toward slower, more intentional information.

Fighting Technology

Artificial Specificity

I still get that powerful feeling that anything is possible when I open a web browser — it’s not as strong as it was 20 years ago, but it’s still there.

California (the Song), Redux

Today I learned there’s a band called CSS that’s been around since well before CSS3… but it ain’t got nothing to do with the Cascade.

I was 155,655th in the queue but I somehow squeaked by!

Oh my, how nice to see an email that Starbucks is finally getting into the CSS field, finally.

A knockout blow for LLMs?

Glad I didn’t hear about Brian Wilson’s passing until after I got some work done. It’s tough to accept losing a voice that marked a big part of childhood and adolescense.

I’ll be hosting another edition of Smashing Meets on May 29. This time, we’re talking about “Work” and I’ll have to bite my tongue because I have a lot of thoughts about it.

I have this gaping hole in my heart in the shape of car CD players that skip over speed bumps.

I am now accepting band name suggestions.

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

Smashing Meets Modern CSS

Open Up With Brad Frost: Episode 1

If someone asks me to do something “kindly” I often find myself fighting the urge to exercise a little indirect malice. You know, just to spite.

I judge podcasts and videos on whether they offer a 1.75× speed option. That’s my baby bear porridge right there.

I just migrated two sites from PHP 7 to 8 and boy are my feet tired.

I carved out the soundhole for an acoustic parlor guitar I’m making and now I have a pretty sweet coaster for my desk.

“This monophonic microgroove recording is playable on monophonic and stereo phonographs. It cannot become obsolete. It will continue to be a source of outstanding sound reproduction, providing the finest monophonic performance from any phonograph.”

Addition by Omission

I looked for a WordPress alternative to teach framework development next semester and landed on Astro. Wow, it’s a lot of fun and I can’t wait to do the lectures!

The Next Beatles Album

This Site’s Gone Downhill

Our family broke down and got a stinkin’ puppy.

“About 1 second remaining” is the new beachball spinner.

You’re gonna wanna hang out at the next Smashing Hour… not for me but to watch my face melted off by Alex Russell while we chat.

“Girl” by The Beatles

I’m always tickled that the guy who wrote “Penny Lane” eventually hired a guitarist named Denny Laine

A little spot where MagSafe charging would be a pleasant surprise.

Allllll set for Election Day.

You Might Not Recover from Burnout. Ever.