Weeknotes 25:05

February 2, 2025

Week of January 26–February 1

Chiefs win and will go for the three-peat

I started the week watching the Chiefs exciting win over the Bills to win the AFC Championship. Now they will have a chance to make history if they can win the Super Bowl and be the first team to win three Super Bowls in a row. I wrote my thoughts about the game and Mahomes Magic in Chiefs vs. Bills did not disappoint.

What I wrote

• Blog Questions Challenge – I answered several questions about blogging and my blog from a challenge that is going around.
• Chiefs vs. Bills did not disappoint – The Sunday AFC Championship Game between the Chiefs and the Bills did not disappoint. It was another classic slugfest between these two great teams that was not decided until late. As a Chiefs fan, I was elated with the outcome. I am hoping for a three-peat.
• Publix: Where shopping is a pleasure – I highlighted a very positive experience that I had at my neighborhood Publix on Friday morning.

Learning/Development this week

• I started the first project of The Joy of React course. It is a word game similar to Wordle. I had built the project over the summer. But I am building it again as I restarted the course and want to sharpen my skills.
• I built a search page template for my WordPress to Craft project. I got some help from the Craft Discord to help me solve an issue I was having with my pagination solution.
• I built a template for my notes for the WordPress to Craft project.
• I removed X cards from this site. It was very easy to do in Yoast SEO. Just had to change a setting.
• I applied what I learned from Chris Coyier’s Cool People Link to Text Fragments in my Blog Questions Challenge article.

Photos shared

1. Ready to cheer on my Chiefs (wearing red shirt with Chiefs arrowhead logo
2. Picture of the dome of St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Budapest, Hungary that I took in April 2024
3. Altar of St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Budapest, Hungary that I took in April 2024
4. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom at chiropractor’s office. brought memories of reading it to my kids when they were much younger. Also, it makes me think about one of my favorite Stray Kids songs, Chk Chk Boom.
5. There is still some snow left over from the snowfall over 18 days before
6. More snow
7. Friday was a rainy day. I took this picture of a bug and sent it to my daughter with “Slug” message

Articles I read

• Twenty-Five Years (Brian Williams, Viget) – Brian reflects on 25 years of Viget.
• Is CSS getting too complicated? (Kevin Powell – weekly newsletter)
• At My Mother’s Deathbed, I Discovered the Symmetry of a Long Life (Jen Wilkin, Christianity Today)
• How the tech you build is used (Chris Ferdinandi)
• A Little Arm Chair Businessin’ about Chrome (Chris Coyier)
• Notes on Google Search Now Requiring JavaScript (Jim Nielsen)
• Throw Out the Buoys! (Tim Challies)
• Blog Challenge Questions (Rachel Andrew)
• A challenge of blog questions (Ethan Marcotte)
• Studio Notes #17 (Dan Cederholm)
• The future of WordPress (Simon Jones, Studio 24) – This is a pretty good overview of the drama going on with WordPress and Matt Mullenwig. Written from the perspective of an agency and what it means to its clients.
• min-width: fit-content (Kevin Powell, HTML & CSS Trick of the Week)
• The Mistakes of CSS (CSS Tricks)
• Testing AI Value (Nathan Long) – I appreciate Nathan’s thoughts on testing AI tools and the value they can add to us with parameters.
• Control (Chris Coyier)
• The Battle for What is Real (Alan Noble)
• Questions to Deepen Fellowship (Micah Colbert, Rooted Thinking
• Missed Connections (Jim Nielsen) – Jim ponders the lost connection of finding solutions through personal blogs rather than through a prompt.
• On Approach (Jonathan Snook)
• Babel & the Sin of Glorifying Ourselves (Justin Huffman)
• Associate Pastor, It’s Good to Be Second (Joe Carter on The Gospel Coalition)
• Who Knows You (Jonathan Snook)
• 2024 (Tyler Sticka)
• Rubbing Shoulders Throughout Eternity (Joshua Budimlic)
• Durable websites (Chris Ferdinandi)
• Eloquent (Jonathan Snook)
• 15 Minutes (Dave Rupert)
• Chiefs’ playoff dominance with Patrick Mahomes, Andy Reid by the numbers (FOX Sports)
• If I Could Change Anything about the Modern Church (Tim Challies) – Tim would like to see graveyards return to the churchyards. The previous church I attended had a graveyard and I knew at least one of the saints buried there.
• From media to container queries (with more Flexbox) (Jon Hicks)
• An Ode To Side Project Time (Frederick O’Brien on Smashing Magazine)
• Guiding principles for my website (Tracy Durnell)
• The Garden vs The River (Chris Coyier) – Chris continues to explore some thoughts he first shared a couple of weeks ago.
• Changing (Jeremy Keith)
• This is how DEI will change in 2025 (Fast Company)

What I watched

Cheetos Other Hand Font (YouTube via Dan Cederholm’s Studio Notes)

• The Franchise, AFC Divisional Game (Chiefs vs. Texans) (YouTube)
• AFC Championship Game (Chiefs vs. Bills) (CBS)
• NCIS Season One (Netflix)
• The Night Agent, Season Two (Netflix)
• All Creature Great & Small (PBS) – Tristan’s return
• M*A*S*H (MeTV)
• American Pickers (Samsung Plus)
• Frasier (Cozi TV)
• Skeleton Crew (Disney+)
• The Magic Number (Kansas City Chiefs) Episode 1, Episode 2, and Episode 3 (YouTube)
• The Franchise, AFC Championship (Kansas City Chiefs on YouTube)
• Patrick Mahomes Mic’ Up, AFC Championship Game (YouTube)
• Super Bowl IV Recap: Vikings vs. Chiefs (YouTube)
• Coming on Strong : 1981 Chiefs (YouTube)
• Gary Green Hall of Fame Tribute (YouTube) – Green was a cornerback for the Chiefs in late 70s and early 80s
• Patriots vs. Chiefs Highlights from AFC Championship (2018 Season) (YouTube)
• Golden State Warriors vs. Kansas City Kings game from 1978 (YouTube) – I watched about one quarter. It was fun to revisit the sights and sounds of a Kings game at Kemper Arena.
• What Was It Really Like to See Star Wars in 1977 (YouTube)
• Flight to Prominence (1986 Chiefs) (YouTube)

Books I am reading

• Sunday Matters (Paul David Tripp)
• The Call (Os Guiness)
• Everyday Gospel (Paul David Tripp)
• The J-Curve (Paul Miller)
• Forgive (Tim Keller)

Walking

I finished January with a total of 52 miles walked. I am a bit off pace for the personal goal of 800 miles for the year.

• Wednesday morning – 4.64 miles in 1 hour 23 minutes
• Wednesday afternoon – 2.6 miles in 46 minutes
• Thursday morning – 4.39 miles in 1 hour 18 minutes
• Friday evening – 2.72 miles in 50 minutes

What I played

• MLB The Show 23 (Rays) – I lost Game 5 of the ALCS. The series moves back to Cleveland and I will need to win two games to advance to the World Series.
• NBA 2K25 (Nuggets) – I went 2-2 this week, winning the first two games and dropping games to the Thunder and the Heat.