Weeknotes 25:01

January 7, 2025

Week of December 29–January 4

I spent the last days of 2024 and first days of 2025 reflecting on the year. I put together four different articles. One was more of a broad commentary. The second was remembering 2024 through 20 images. The third was numbers and lists from the year. And the fourth was a list of my favorite articles that I read from the year.

COVID-19

I got sick at the end of the week. I thought it was just a bad head cold. I had congestion for several weeks which is typical of this time of year when the weather changes so frequently. It hit me through the day on Friday and then very hard on Saturday. I ended up taking a home test for the flu and COVID-19 and it came back positive for COVID-19. This is my second time having it. I had some similar symptoms as the first go around but seemed milder this time around.

What I wrote

• Weeknotes 24:28
• Twenty twenty-four
• 2024 in Pictures
• 2024 in Review
• Links: Favorite articles of 2024

Articles I read

• Just grab a library (Chris Ferdinandi)
• Twenty Twenty-Four (Dave Rupert)
• Christmas Day (Jim Nielsen)
• Watching Google Search in 2025 (Chris Coyier)
• Thank You (2024 Edition) (CSS Tricks)
• Own Your Web – Issue 17: Jump Start (Matthias Ott)
• What I got up to in 2024 (Hidde de Vries)
• The Need For Adults (Freya India)
• 2024 In Review (Bluesky)
• 2024 in Review (Craft CMS)
• The Little Child Who Brings a Rod (Alan Noble)
• Understanding how your code works (Chris Ferdinandi)
• How to do alt text on social media for artists and photographers (Nicolas Steenhout)
• Keep Bible Reading from Being Rude (J.A. Medders)
• The New Year’s Prayer Challenge (Robb Brunansky)
• Are We Trying To Be Too Clever? (Peter Mead)
• 2024 in review (Rachel Andrew)
• 2024 (Jeremy Keith)
• Realign (Chris Coyier) – Chris did a nice realign to his personal site. Interesting that he considered moving away from WordPress and that he considered Craft CMS. Always enjoy getting a peek behind the scenes of someone’s thought processes.
• Link styling – Underline your links. Test with night mode. Test in greyscale (Nicolas Steenhout)
• The Pump Don’t Work Cause the Vandals Broke the Handle (Samuel James)
• To Be a Woman (Tim Challies) – A book review.

What I watched

• Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
• Skeleton Crew (Disney+)
• Paddington 2 (Prime) – We watched this for New Year’s Eve.
• M*A*S*H (MeTV)
• Bluey (Disney+)
• The Fellowship of the Ring (Digital)
• Starting 5 (Netflix)
• This Magic Moment (Netflix)
• Frasier (Cozi TV)
• The Franchise: Episode 8 (YouTube)

Books I am reading

• Bible – I finished reading through the entire Bible in a year for the fifth time using The Navigators plan
• Everyday Gospel Christmas Devotional – I started this one late and finished it on Sunday.
• Design for Real Life – I finished this one on Monday.
• Dorothy and Jack
• Sunday Matters
• The Call
• Everyday Gospel – I am using this devotional and Bible reading plan for 2025.
• Universal Principles of UX – I bought this on sale for Kindle this week. I have been wanting to read this one for awhile.

Walking

• Tuesday – 4.40 miles in 1 hour 16 minutes (this one put me over 600 miles on Strava for the year)
• Wednesday – 3.19 miles in 58 minutes

What I played

• MLB The Show 23 (Rays) – I played a divisional series against the Angels and won the series in four games. Next up is playing the Guardians in the ALCS.
• NBA 2K25