Hi, I’m Josh Crain.

I design and build websites. My work allows me to make an impact through design, user advocacy, web standards, research, and code. I run and sketch in my spare time. There are also other interesting things.

Notes

A Look Back at 2021

31 Dec 2021 ⁃ about
A look back at work, running, and changes to this site in 2021.

The Fastest

27 Sep 2021 ⁃ webdev
Hey! I have the fastest site on The Eleventy Leaderboard for No. 15!

A Running Log - Garmin Connect and Eleventy

09 Aug 2021 ⁃ running
Use Eleventy to log Garmin Connect activities on a website and automate the process with Zapier and Netlify.

Find Whitespace in VSCode

14 Apr 2021 ⁃ webdev
Something I learned about whitespace (and new line character) regex search in VSCode.

December 27th, 2020

15 Jan 2021 ⁃ narrative
I stepped outside into the crisp December morning.

It’ll all be over by... Christmas

29 Dec 2020 ⁃ webcomic
Slow and steady is the race. Onward to 2021.

See all notes or a list of semi-weekly weeknotes. The most recent is Weeknote 1/2022.

Sketches

Sketches Just a few sketches.

Digital Digital art.

Plein Air Sketch Some of my first paintings in Gouache were done outside.

Gouache Studies I was introduced to Gouache, here are some of the first studies.

Running

When	Distance	Time	Pace	Heart Rate	VO₂ Max
1/21/2022 12:06 PM	3.15 mi	21:52	6:56/mi	163 bpm (176 Max)	57 VO₂ Max
1/18/2022 11:40 AM	4.04 mi	27:19	6:45/mi	151 bpm (173 Max)	58 VO₂ Max
1/17/2022 12:18 PM	3.01 mi	20:50	6:55/mi	158 bpm (184 Max)	56 VO₂ Max
1/17/2022 12:18 PM	Trails are a little worse than yesterday. 33 degrees and sunny.

See all running activity or activity for the years 2021 and 2020. More about the project.