Chuck Grimmett

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  • I mostly hate lotion, but need it in the winter. Neutrogena Hydro Boost (the blue bottle) is the only one I’ve found that both works for me and doesn’t leave me feeling greasy.

  • This NZ sauvignon blanc has a nose dominated by passionfruit and is a great deal at $13.

  • making this hominy stew from Rancho Gordo for this weekend’s snowstorm

    Rancho Gordo Hominy Stew for the Slow Cooker Recipe
    Inspired by some of the slow cooker recipes in Rick Bayless’ Everyday Mexican a Main Dishes Recipe with Rancho Gordo hominy and dried heirloom beans.
    www.ranchogordo.com

  • Quick sketches of a coffee cup on my desk from different starting points. Sometimes I started from the side, bottom, top, or handle.

    Not the most inspired sketches. My son will be home in 5 minutes, so I wanted to get this done for the day.

  • I think I’m going to go from 3 screens on my desk down to two. The one to go will be the vertical mounted one.

  • Today’s sketches are done in the spirit of Steal Like an Artist.

    I’m a longtime subscriber of Al’s Cocktail Club, and each month Al had a new themed sketch in the weekly emails. I admire them, so I thought I’d see if I could copy them and learn a bit about Al’s style.

  • I tried some blind contour sketching today. 3 minutes for each page.

    First, a boot sitting to my left.

    Next, a chair in front of me. I did not do very well at this one.

    Last, a ponytail palm in a pot to my right.

  • I’m not sure how I missed the Stage Manager feature in macOS Ventura (I’m now on Sonoma), but I stumbled across it today in Settings and loved it from the moment I turned it on. Enable it in Settings > Desktop & Dock > Stage Manager.

  • Can anyone recommend a good online gesture drawing or contour drawing class? Or someone I can hire for a few 1:1 tutoring sessions? I essentially want to learn how to draw like Jason Polan.

  • Today’s sketch: A cardinal.

    Some of my process of trying to figure it out:

    Inspiration: There was a cardinal at the feeder when I glanced out the window this morning.

  • Some Nitter instances generate RSS feeds from Twitter, sans API keys. See: https://feedland.com/?river=https://nitter.tux.pizza/cagrimmett/rss

  • I fixed about 181 broken images on old posts. I migrated the posts from old microblog, micro.cagrimmett.com, over to this site in 2020, but it looks like I missed some image src replacements.

    Two quick wp-cli commands later and those look much better.

    $ wp search-replace micro.cagrimmett.com cagrimmett.com
    $ wp cache flush

  • Taylor Swift? Back in my day we called her Taylor Objective-C.

  • Idea from my Dad: Make firestarters using sawdust, sticks, and wax in something like small paper cups. Old candles or a brick of Gulf Wax works well. You can add some lamp oil or citronella to the sawdust before pouring in the melted wax to make them burn a little better.

  • With the proliferation of AI tools, it now seems weird and a limitation that you can’t ask Slackbot real questions.

  • We need a more advanced Query Loop block. I want to be able to use Group By to order my Likes and Notes so not every one needs the date next to it.

  • Having a bit of fun. Playing around with Arc Browser’s Boosts to try a FeedLand Dark Mode. https://arc.net/boost/B3857C94-AA7F-4FC3-9FE2-98104E93DE1E

  • One fun, silly thing Amanda and I do sometimes is text the other around lunch time pretending to be a waiter/waitress at a restaurant, and explain today’s lunch entrees with what sides are available for them, and what timeslots we have reservations available today. If they ask for customizations or substitutions, we relay that message to the chef and note that they’ll do their best to accommodate. Then we prepare the lunch and deliver it very seriously.

    Today’s specials:

    Hot ham and cheese sandwiches with your choice of tomato soup, simple greens salad, or potato chips as a side. The dining room opens at 1:15pm. The chef has a call and will not be in until 1.

    You do what you can to make work from home fun.

  • Feeling behind this morning. The day started off well: Up early, everything aligned and we got out the door on time. Then when we got to daycare I realized I had forgot Charlie’s gloves, which he needs. They play outside every day and it is cold today. So we drove back home and got the gloves, but there was a front-end loader and dump truck working on the street, and for a toddler who loves construction equipment, I’d be a monster not to let him watch.

    I got back home after dropoff around two to a flurry of time-sensitive messages. Now I’m behind.

    Some days are like that.

  • TIL “laser” is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. I learned this in a children’s book I was reading to Charlie. I guess this is common knowledge, and today I’m one of the lucky 10,000.