From Albright to Albright
We interrupt our regular broadcast to bring you a late Christmas treat: a new addition to the CD collection--by an artist I hadn't heard of before--received as a gift.
Tags: cd-listening, christmas, music
Photo calendar, 2021
This year, I decided to start what I hope will be an annual tradition: a photo calendar sent to friends and family. If you did not receive one, please don't be offended: I kept the list fairly short because of the cost of printing and shipping. However, let me know if you'd like one, and I'll gladly have one printed for you.
In the meantime, I figured I'd share the photos here.
Tags: meet-the-mayhaks, new-year, photography
Season's greetings, 2020
Sarah and I celebrate Christmas in a fairly traditional way: trees, lights, presents. She carefully arranges our commemorative ornaments on the main tree, and I set up an aluminum Christmas tree from my dad's childhood. Most years, Sarah puts together a nice card to send out to friends and family, and I thought I'd share a digital copy on this blog.
Tags: christmas, meet-the-mayhaks, photography
Adding a simple dark blog theme using CSS
I've started using dark themes on some of the devices I use, including my phone, and I was struck by my blog's default black-on-white theme when viewed at night. I like the ligher theme as a default, but I wanted to accommodate folks (including myself) who prefer a less bright look.
Since I've gotten used to some sites automatically adjusting based on the device's theme settings, I figured I'd see if it would be easy enough to do the same for my blog. Here's my bare minimum attempt at implementing it using only Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
From Computer Magic to Costa
More of my CDs and why I have them. These sort of hit on opposite ends of my life, from recent adulthood to early childhood.
WARNING: This episode may contain a tangent of love.
Tags: cd-listening, meet-the-mayhaks, music
From CAKE to Cars
This time, we have two bands from the collection. One I have a little, one I have a lot. Don't be fooled by the CDs that I've got: I'm still, I'm still avoiding disc rot.
Tags: cd-listening, meet-the-mayhaks, music
Migrating to CentOS Stream
A short one to talk about moving my server to CentOS Stream. This is precipitated by the recent announcement that the traditional CentOS Linux releases that followed official RHEL releases will be going away by the end of next year as they focus on CentOS Stream that precedes RHEL releases.
Tags: how-to, server-info
From Bowie to Brubeck
This one brings us two artists who shouldn't need any introduction, and about whom I feel woefully underqualified to write. As with previous entries, I'll focus mostly on what they mean to me and how their albums made it into my CD collection.
Tags: cd-listening, meet-the-mayhaks, music