James Zhan’s personal blog where he shares opinion pieces, thoughts and other stuff he finds interesting.
What brought me joy New coffee! I’ve had this coffee resting for 4 weeks and it’s finally ready to be opened! Opening a new bag of coffee is always exciting. I’m a few brews in and I’ve found that I prefer it brewed with the TORCH Mountain Dripper over V60 because it gets me a bit more acidity. The fermentation notes are quite strong with this one and I’m not 100% loving it so far, though it’s…
What brought me joy New coffees!! Got some new medium-dark roast coffee for espresso and my first ever bag of decaf beans, both from Propeller Coffee in Toronto! Sometimes, in the evening, I crave the act of brewing coffee and so I thought, why not give decaf a try? I’ll have to learn how to brew decaf beans as they’re different than regular ones. Propeller Coffee has a special place in my heart…
James talks about why he loves the Mac app, BusyCal.
What brought me joy I discovered the indie typeface, Missive Serif , last week and started using it for headings and UI elements. This week, I set it for the blog list page as I found that I much preferred it over Rosario (font for body text). I really love how the blog list looks now! It was a rather cool week in Toronto so my wife and I were able to keep the windows open in our home rather than…
Writing my response to Michael Harley’s blog post arguing against the merits of weeknotes has, ironically, had me think more about weeknotes and seek out more weeknotes to read. I’d toyed with the idea of creating my own weeknotes for a while and, rather than dwelling on it endlessly, I’ve decided to just give it a try and see how I like it. I enjoy reading other people’s weeknotes; even though…
James discusses why “no AI” statements are necessary now more than ever in creative works.
Some thoughts upon waking up to my city becoming the most polluted in the world.
Discussing the pros and cons of having a comment section in a personal blog.
Some thoughts on blog title quality on personal blogs.
How to create responsive list spacing on Bear Blog.
I published “ Thank You, Canada ” yesterday morning, on Canada Day, listing a bunch of things I appreciate Canada for, and the first thing on the list was universal healthcare. Well, 6 hours later—thanks to the forces unbeknownst to us—I certainly put this Canadian perk to the test as I found myself and my wife stumbling our way to the emergency room (my first time) at a hospital 1 and getting…