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Table of ContentsIntroductionA data sourceThe data transformationOf ISBNs, cover artwork, and buy linksThere's cover artwork, but sometimes there's notThe buyLink propertyThe rating propertySorting books by the year that I read themConclusion Introduction You can read more about the inspiration for the Books page on the page itself. The purpose...

I had taken the week off from working out to give my joints a much-needed rest. I went back to the gym yesterday and had a pretty good workout. I'm a bit sore today, but that comes with the territory. What I wish had not come with it was a 2:15am wakeup to my 7th atrial fibrillation episode of 2024. I did what I usually do, which is to take 2...

As a follow-up to the post on considering a cochlear implant, I have decided to pass on getting one. I had had a thorough hearing assessment earlier this year and it confirmed that I have "profound" hearing loss in my left ear. With that in hand, in July of this year, I met with a surgeon. He confirmed that I was a candidate for a cochlear...

What is it about the web that there's this endless, yet wonderful cycle of people showing how they do things? The latest thing I've taken on is styling my RSS feed. Now, rather than get just a glob of XML thrown in your face, you get a reasonably nice looking list of posts. Go ahead and click on that link above and you'll see what I mean. The...

I don't know what causes this, but every few weeks or so, I get this urge to do something to this website and I just can't let it go. This time, the big thing that landed was the creation of the books page. The other thing niggling at me was the use of the term microBlog for a section of the site. I had become uncomfortable with that term and...