diff --git a/src/now.md b/src/now.md index 4c96ac2..f524799 100644 --- a/src/now.md +++ b/src/now.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ _This is a [now page](https://nownownow.com/about). If you have a website, you s - Still doing the daily _Wordle_ (when I remember) _ Beat most of \_Wildfrost_, but still playing once a day to try to get the remaining unlockables -- Trying to finish _God of War: Ragnorak_; enjoying the world but hoping the story comes to an end soon +- Trying to finish _God of War: Ragnorak_ - enjoying the world but hoping the story comes to an end soon - Excited for 2025 games: _Ghost of Yotei_, _My Time at Evershine_, _Tales of the Shire_ _Last updated: November 28, 2024_ diff --git a/src/posts/how-i-nearly-quadrupled-my-salary-in-one-year.md b/src/posts/how-i-nearly-quadrupled-my-salary-in-one-year/index.md similarity index 98% rename from src/posts/how-i-nearly-quadrupled-my-salary-in-one-year.md rename to src/posts/how-i-nearly-quadrupled-my-salary-in-one-year/index.md index 6f184ad..3e51338 100644 --- a/src/posts/how-i-nearly-quadrupled-my-salary-in-one-year.md +++ b/src/posts/how-i-nearly-quadrupled-my-salary-in-one-year/index.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ tags: From 2012 to 2013 I managed to increase my annual salary from $35,000 to $130,000 by changing jobs and [negotiating major salary increases](/always-negotiate-your-salary). It took months of job hunting after gaining years of experience, but I gained nearly a hundred thousand dollars in just a few conversations. One reason for the large jump in pay is that I was being paid well below my worth prior to 2013. Nonetheless, without negotiating, I could have easily been stuck under six figures for much longer. - + Hopefully this post inspires anyone who thinks they are stuck in a low paying job. This post isn't for the Stanford graduate or someone with a ton of connections. I didn’t study _Cracking the Coding Interview_ to land a job at Google or Facebook. None of my salary has ever come in the form of RSUs. So this post isn’t for the kind of person looking for tips on how to get that $500K FAANG payday. This is for the software developer who dropped out or never went to college, living in Omaha, or San Diego, or wherever else outside of Silicon Valley, working for a company that no one has heard of, but wants to finally get paid what they are worth. diff --git a/src/posts/how-i-nearly-quadrupled-my-salary-in-one-year/salary-table.png b/src/posts/how-i-nearly-quadrupled-my-salary-in-one-year/salary-table.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..da51d02 Binary files /dev/null and b/src/posts/how-i-nearly-quadrupled-my-salary-in-one-year/salary-table.png differ diff --git a/src/posts/main-street-carmel-safety-improvements/7KLjoBZ.png b/src/posts/main-street-carmel-safety-improvements/7KLjoBZ.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f67ad99 Binary files /dev/null and b/src/posts/main-street-carmel-safety-improvements/7KLjoBZ.png differ diff --git a/src/posts/main-street-carmel-safety-improvements/KF1kmnu.jpeg b/src/posts/main-street-carmel-safety-improvements/KF1kmnu.jpeg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5a072b2 Binary files /dev/null and b/src/posts/main-street-carmel-safety-improvements/KF1kmnu.jpeg differ diff --git a/src/posts/main-street-carmel-safety-improvements/XwXeX56.jpeg b/src/posts/main-street-carmel-safety-improvements/XwXeX56.jpeg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a51f10b Binary files /dev/null and b/src/posts/main-street-carmel-safety-improvements/XwXeX56.jpeg differ diff --git a/src/posts/main-street-carmel-safety-improvements.md b/src/posts/main-street-carmel-safety-improvements/index.md similarity index 92% rename from src/posts/main-street-carmel-safety-improvements.md rename to src/posts/main-street-carmel-safety-improvements/index.md index 86218ac..4da6878 100644 --- a/src/posts/main-street-carmel-safety-improvements.md +++ b/src/posts/main-street-carmel-safety-improvements/index.md @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Dear Council Members Ayers, Worrel, Finkam, Rider, Hannon, and Nelson, On Friday August 18th a [pregnant woman was struck](https://www.reddit.com/r/Carmel/comments/15v3lso/hit_and_run_in_downtown_carmel_woman_who_is) by a vehicle at the [Main Street and Monon Boulevard intersection](https://goo.gl/maps/aBWW3M3hPH2rWXac8). As a nearby resident, I use the crosswalk at that intersection, on foot and on bike, on a daily basis. I take my daughter to school (by bicycle) through this intersection and I see many other children doing it by themselves. - + With the constant conflict between pedestrians, cyclists, and motor vehicles at this intersection, an accident like this was bound to happen and **will happen again** if the city does not make improvements to the infrastructure. Main Street is a destination, but much of the street design reinforces that it is also a thoroughfare. It cannot and should not be both. @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The city (with the help of Jeff Speck), has done an amazing job of designing a p Unfortunately that wonderfully safe design comes to an end at Main Street. The priority of people over cars is flipped and instead the design makes it dangerously obvious that cars are the dominant mode use. The sidewalks are narrow. There is free parking on both sides of the street (despite our expensive parking garages just blocks away). At the crosswalk where the pregnant woman was struck, there is a stop sign for people on the Monon Trail. However drivers, in 4,000 pound vehicles, only stop if they feel like it. - + Main Street has so much potential and the city has a great base from which to build on. We only have to look at Midtown for inspiration. We must continue to improve the safety of Main Street (and the rest of the city) for people walking, biking, or rolling. It will only accelerate the success of local businesses and attract more families like mine, who moved here to live as car-free as possible. @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ I am not a transportation expert, but there are many ways to improve the crosswa - Remove parking — I would guess that a majority of the drivers on Main Street, especially on weekend nights, are people circling the block looking for the closest spot to their destination. People scanning for parking are distracted and anxious to avoid missing their opportunity. We should be directing people to use the abundant free parking we have in our garages. This could reap many positive benefits in the future as it would free up public space in front of our local businesses for seating and walking. - Restrict car access entirely — the saddest part of hit and run is that it wouldn't have been possible the very next night, as the city closed Main Street to cars right at this intersection for "Late Night on Main". An entire block of Main Street was closed to cars, but drivers still found parking without creating a traffic jam. - + I hope you understand the importance of the situation on Main Street. We cannot allow the safety of people to be jeopardized for the efficiency cars. Well designed places are for people. They are destinations, not thoroughfares. diff --git a/src/posts/posts.11tydata.js b/src/posts/posts.11tydata.js index 23a1cb8..51fe792 100644 --- a/src/posts/posts.11tydata.js +++ b/src/posts/posts.11tydata.js @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ // no arrow function because it breaks "this" // https://www.11ty.dev/docs/languages/javascript/#warning-about-arrow-functions -module.exports = function () { +export default function () { const settings = { layout: "post", permalink: "/{{ title | slugify }}/", @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module.exports = function () { eleventyComputed: { socialImage: function (data) { return `${data.site.url}/static/banners/${this.slugify( - data.title + data.title, )}-social-card.png` }, year: data => new Date(data.date).getFullYear(), diff --git a/src/posts/updating-the-design.md b/src/posts/updating-the-design.md deleted file mode 100644 index d7cba9b..0000000 --- a/src/posts/updating-the-design.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Updating the Design" -date: 2010-06-06 -tags: - - design ---- - -Although I started with a free theme, I ultimately knew I wanted to design my own theme. At first I started tweaking the current design, but the more I worked with it in Photoshop and the more stuff I tried to include, I realized I should probably start more or less from scratch. So that's what I've done. I'm still working on it, but here's a little teaser to sample: - - - -Obviously its a lot more stylized and playful, which I usually try to do with all the designs I've made for simpixelated.com. The current theme was mostly a stepping stone, something to tide me over as I converted everything to Wordpress. With this redesign I'm going to push the width out to give more room for the blog content. Then I'm going to add some actual navigation to the homepage, portfolio, and a new contact page. There's lots of little icons to be added and hopefully some more social media functionality like Facebook sharing, Retweet, etc. It should be a lot better and hopefully serve me well for awhile.
