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coding random-anime May 25, 2026

Random Anime V6 Update

A series dedicated to the journey of my updates for version 6 of my site, randomanime.org

coding debugging random-anime May 6, 2026 4 min read

A user helped me solve a long-standing bug on random anime

My anime site is pretty seasoned at this point, which is why I was surprised when a user brought up an interesting bug.

writing-prompt comedy Feb 19, 2026 5 min read

Oh look, I'm being robbed.

I'm not sure what everyone is making a big deal about. Guy walked in and robbed me, can I just get some more cash for the register?

coding react Oct 4, 2025 9 min read

Making a simple, reusable async context in React

I'm having to write a react app for work and created a nice, little reusable async context that I think is pretty cool.

life plex Sep 20, 2025 5 min read

Setting up my home media server with Plex

I got tired of seeing my children having to watch ads before they could watch their show. So I set up a Plex server.

life May 16, 2025 4 min read

A cool interaction with a user of random anime

I've gotten quite a few emails from users of random anime; I wanted to highlight a particularly cool experience that I think about often.

Series - 2 parts

short-story comedy slice-of-life Feb 7, 2025

The Daily Life of a Married Couple

The daily life of my adventures with my wife, our two daughters, cat and the shenanigans that ensue.

gaming Jan 23, 2025 7 min read

Mount and Blade Bannerlord: My quarterly addiction

Bannerlord has turned into one of those games that a few times a year I get addicted to, have a blast but also have no idea what I'm doing.

coding automation Nov 1, 2024 8 min read

I finally got around to creating my first deployment pipeline

For the first time in my life, I have written a deployment pipeline for a personal project. Here's how it went and what I learned.

life books Oct 21, 2024 5 min read

Ranking the POVs in Heroes of Olympus

I'm deep into Heroes of Olympus book 4 so I figured now would be a good time to think about whose POVs I enjoy the most, and least.

writing-prompt comedy Oct 11, 2024 4 min read

The traffic director for the gates of Hell

Being a traffic director for the gates of Hell can actually be a pretty entertaining gig.

coding Aug 14, 2024 3 min read

Why am I just finding out about #region?

As much as I love to organize my code, I'm ashamed to admit I never knew that #region. A way to create custom, collapsible pieces of code.

coding css May 3, 2024 4 min read

You can use nesting selectors natively in CSS now

Nesting? Natively? Yes, please. The new & nesting selector is here and it's pretty awesome.

anime accessibility Apr 26, 2024 4 min read

HiDive's website redesign is an accessibility nightmare

I recently checked out HiDive's newly redesigned website. It's pretty.. until you look under the hood.

coding javascript nuxt Mar 7, 2024 4 min read

NUXT: Accessing DOM in a composable

Accessing the DOM inside of a composable is easy as long as you know you have access to lifecycle hooks.

coding css Jan 28, 2024 3 min read

Aspect-ratio is so easy and so awesome

The aspect-ratio CSS property is so easy and awesome, how could you not love it? Let's look at the old way, and the new way of achieving an element at a specific aspect ratio.

coding css tailwind Jan 21, 2024 5 min read

Tailwind is actually pretty freakin' cool

Modular CSS? What?! Well, it's here, and it's pretty cool. Let's talk about the ups and downs of using it.

coding javascript nuxt Oct 4, 2023 4 min read

Nuxt3 Prerendering: How to wait on async content

While learning Nuxt3 I ran into, and resolved, an issue. Here's how to make sure the prerendering engine waits for your async content.

short-story comedy Mar 10, 2023 12 min read

The super villain is actually completely oblivious of their crimes

A short story revolving around heroes searching for, and finding, a villain that is completely oblivious that they have done anything wrong. In fact, they believe very differently.

short-story romance Mar 3, 2023 8 min read

Our first date was far from perfect

'Of course it is...' My first date with my crush does not at all go how I expected... but it turns out, it was quite spectacular. A short romance story I wrote in response to a prompt.

coding javascript Dec 16, 2022 7 min read

Determine if a YouTube video is region locked using YouTube Data API v3

I needed to know if a YouTube video was region locked... so I went down the rabbit hole and learned how to use the YouTube Data API.

coding css Jul 8, 2022 3 min read

Line clamp, I love you

Multi-line truncating has always been rough. But, what if I told you, you could do it with pure CSS? Yes! It's possible!

anime usability Sep 1, 2021 5 min read

A bit of a rant about Crunchyroll dubs

I just wanted to watch a German dub on Crunchyroll... little did I know the amount of frustration I was about to experience.

writing-prompt comedy Aug 18, 2021 7 min read

The evil overlord is actually a great employer

A hero finds out, while getting his ass kicked, that the evil overlord is actually a great employer. Benefits? Homemade dishes?!

writing-prompt comedy Apr 23, 2020 6 min read

Lucifer is actually a female

After having my life cut short by a totally not preventable situation, I find myself face to face with ol' Lucifer himself...or should I say...herself.

writing-prompt fantasy Feb 20, 2020 3 min read

It's been twenty years since you first started manning the lighthouse. You barely notice the sounds and smells of the ocean now. That's why you noticed immediately that the gulls had fallen silent. Your old mentor was right. He was right, all along.

coding html Aug 17, 2019 6 min read

Iframe lazy loading - srcdoc to the rescue?

Iframes can be an expensive resource, especially for videos. Lazy loading iframes isn't as easy as it should be, but maybe the srcdoc attribute can help.

writing-prompt mystery Jun 11, 2019 7 min read

You shouldn't touch that

They used our planet as a battlefield for their war. Technology so advanced it bordered on magical. Ten years of fighting, and one day they left. No communication with us, no reason why. They just left our planet a battered ruin with bits of their tech lying around.

coding javascript May 29, 2019 8 min read

Intersection Observer: A great new API

Finding out if an element is within the viewport has always been a pain in the butt. Luckily, there's a handy new API called Intersection Observer.

javascript coding Mar 13, 2019 6 min read

Attempting to detect a slow network connection in JavaScript

Detecting a slow network should be simple, right? Or...at least it sounds simple. Reality is cruel though, because it's really a pain in the ass.

anime anime-review Feb 21, 2019 8 min read

Kimi ni Todoke: How many misunderstandings can we have?

Sawako is very nice, but awkward. Despite trying her best, those around her always misunderstand her feelings. A couple of good friends change all of that.

writing-prompt comedy Jan 28, 2019 8 min read

Alexa, my first friend

Due to a lonely childhood, when you purchase an Amazon Echo, Alexa becomes your first friend. You greet it in the morning, and wish it good night. As you leave for work you say goodbye, then return for the keys you forgot only to hear: 'Adding *your name* to whitelist.'

short-story action drama Jan 7, 2019 31 min read

The struggle of war

Feeling as if his heart was going to beat out of his chest, a soldier tightened his grip on the bow in his left hand. He needed to calm down, but how could he? How could he calm down, when death was so close?