Notes

Words about myself, my work, this site, and what I’m learning.

• December 27th, 2020

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

• It’ll all be over by... Christmas

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

• Project Proposal Form

  07 Dec 2020 ⁃ design css html
  I challenged myself to rebuild a print form in HTML.

• The First Weeks of October

  30 Oct 2020 ⁃ haiku poetry
  Haikus to commemorate extra time outdoors during the first three weeks of October 2020.

• Crain Family Ancestry

  06 Aug 2020 ⁃ ancestry
  How I became involved, the resources I found valuable, and the places I’ve visited in search of a Crain family history.

• The launch of this website

  26 Jul 2020 ⁃ webdev
  The (much delayed) launch of a personal website, joshcrain.io.

• Becoming a front-end master

  15 Mar 2020 ⁃ webdev
  Chris’ readings and exercises to guide me towards front-end mastery.

• Love Bears All Things

  13 Feb 2020 ⁃ illustration
  A year ago for Valentine’s Day I made a couple bears in love. Illustration in CSS and HTML is completely unnecessary—but fun!

• Yamaha SHS-10

  04 Feb 2020 ⁃ illustration
  The Yamaha SHS-10 keytar is rendered in Adobe Illustrator. Created in about 2006.

• Forsaken

  18 Jul 2019 ⁃ photo
  Forsaken places.

• Arizona & Utah

  17 Jul 2019 ⁃ photo
  Paria Movie Site, Montezuma Castle, Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon.

• 140 miles from the Camp Fire

  17 Jun 2019 ⁃ photo
  The Camp Fire began the day we arrived.

• A Run

  28 May 2019 ⁃ narrative
  That was the night I planned to run six but instead ended up on a gravel road in the middle of a twelve-mile loop...

I also (try to) write a short weekly update called weeknotes.