brewing
Blackberry Mead
A deep purple blackberry mead started without an original gravity reading, fermented to dryness, then sweetened back and bottle-pasteurized. Lessons...
reviews
VIA Aquarium Review: A Rainy Day Surprise
Sometimes the best-laid plans get washed away. A trip to Adirondack Animal Land that ended before it began — and the aquarium that saved the day.
reviews
BenQ RD320UA Monitor Review: A Developer's Daily Driver
A hands-on review of the BenQ RD320UA coding monitor after weeks of daily use — examining its eye-care features, text clarity, and the KVM...
family
Saturday Night at Lebanon Valley Speedway
Our first time at a dirt track race — 800 horsepower Modifieds, Twin 20s, and a fireworks show that lit up the whole sky over West Lebanon, New York.
ai
Grok 4.5 in Cursor: First Impressions of the New Frontier Coding Model
SpaceXAI and Cursor shipped Grok 4.5 — a jointly-trained model priced at a fraction of the competition. After a few days of real work, here's how it...
reviews
Budget Auto Rental: The Rental Process From Start to Finish
Booking a 12-passenger van from Budget sounded straightforward. It wasn't. From a confusing website to a three-hour line, a denied deposit, and a...
reviews
2026 Ford Transit 15-Passenger Van Review: 3,000 Miles to Disney and Back
A family road trip to Disney World put the 2026 Ford Transit through its paces. Over 3,000 miles, 11 passengers, and 65 hours behind the wheel —...
reviews
Hilton Aqua Sol Resort Review: The Best Place to Stay in Florida
We've stayed at the Hilton Aqua Sol in Winter Garden, Florida multiple times — including for our wedding in August 2024. Affordable pricing, an...
vacation
Our 2026 Disney World Vacation
No buildup, no countdown, no planning posts. We just... went. A surprise family trip to Magic Kingdom, staying at the Hilton Aqua Sol in Winter...
ai
SpaceX Is Buying Cursor for $60 Billion — and I Can't Wait to See What Comes Next
SpaceX just made it official: it's acquiring the AI coding startup behind Cursor in a $60 billion all-stock deal. Here's why the pairing could unlock...
development
TypeScript 7.0 Beta: The Compiler Rewritten in Go and What It Means for Your Projects
TypeScript 7.0 Beta swaps the bootstrapped TypeScript compiler for a native Go port—and claims roughly 10× faster builds. But the real story is more...
ai
PHP Can See Now: Vision Capabilities for AI Agents Are Here
The Neuron AI framework just added image understanding to PHP agents. That's not a small thing—PHP powers over half the web, and until now, building...