Status – Tyler's Microblog

Oldest had his first robotics competition a few weekends back. Super cool to see what they have been building and experience all the enthusiasm.

Kids looking at tablet with Scratch editor on the screen

Merry Grinchmas!

My 3 kids in front of the How The Grinch Stole Christmas poster outside the theater

Half-day at school so we built our first game with the Makey:bit.

My son pointing the controller towards a laptop playing a game

Fun week at work! Huge release I contributed a lot to rolled out Monday. Wrote an integration to streamline online ticketing for a big aquarium the rest of the week. Kicking off one of the more ambitious custom WordPress plugins I’ve ever written this afternoon. Long live PHP!

My Saturday view these days. 🏒

Group of kids playing ice hockey with a small net

Wrapped up another term of teaching at ArtCenter this week. Didn’t have a regular class this fall but hosted two labs to help upcoming grads build their portfolio websites. I always enjoy getting to work with the students right before they enter the industry when they’re in the process of defining themselves and what they want.

Lots of tough things in the news right now but I’m just feeling really down about the impending ‘death spiral’ for SEPTA. Public transit is such an asset to Philly and it’s just going to be diminished right before we host the world in 2026.

Here we go! I have hopes that perhaps Bluesky can revive early 2010s design Twitter.

Having a great trip to NYC for SmashingConf

Stage with speaker and welcome slide in background

Hiking to a waterfall in the Poconos

My three kids and Golden Retriever in the foreground with a waterfall in the background

@manton I agree! It’s incredible. I got my son a micro:bit this summer and I’m hoping to move up to an Arduino and Raspberry Pi soon.

Home after a great week in Delaware! 🗺️

My daughter playing with a bucket in the sand

My golden retriever running towards the ocean with my two kids in the background

Made it up Germantown Ave to visit the Woodmere for the first time a few weeks ago. They’ve done a really good job keeping the museum connected to Philly’s contemporary art scene, much more than I expected going in. 🎨

View of paintings from balcony in upper gallery

View of paintings and sculptures in lower gallery

I caught the Alexey Brodovitch exhibition at the Barnes right before it closed. 🎨

Me holding the pamphlet for the exhibition outside in front of the building's reflecting pool

Great weekend in NW Philly celebrating everything Mt Airy Saturday night and the installation of our new pastor at our church on Sunday!

Our pastor speaking from the pulpit with stained glass in the background

I just signed the Save The Train petition in support of fully-funded public transit in NW Philly.

Finally a real snowstorm in Philadelphia

The front of my house photographed through the trees covered in snow

Miracle on South 13th Street

My kids sitting in a train made of apple crates

Happy Philaversary to us. There were several moments last year when I thought we were insane for moving back to the beltway with three kids and two dogs in tow but it has absolutely been the best thing for our family.

Selfie of me hiking in the woods in winter with my wife and daughter in the background

Cast of school play posed together in their costumes

Great talk by @salcode@phpc.social on the WordPress REST API! He made the topic super approachable.