Week in Review: Week 46, 2025

published 11/16/25

This was a short week with Tuesday being a holiday and I took Thursday off because I wasn't feeling well. I have a bunch of notes and 2 blog post drafts but was not able to finalize them.

I'm trying something new this week where I look through my photos and choose one to feature in the weekly review. Seems like a fun way to liven up these posts and gives me an excuse to share a bit more.

Highlights

worked 24:00, 16:00 PTO
shipped Image Tester page
shipped Moving to Single Column Layout

Pic of the Week

Pic of night sky with northern lights — To the naked eye the sky was unremarkable but when viewed through a camera it was dazzling!

I've always heard this called "aurora borealis" or "northern lights" but I guess what's really happening is that the sun is doing something called a "coronal mass ejection" which sounds like a sex thing. Charged particles blasting the Earth? Come on. Ok fine I guess nerds call it a geomagnetic storm.

We started hearing from friends and family that they were seeing amazing things in the sky around 8:00pm and so we rushed out onto our deck and looked up. Huh, I don't see anything that's lame, I thought.

Then I opened up my camera, pointed it up and was blown away. The fact that this beauty was there but I couldn't see it without some help felt like magic.

Next Week

I fly to Toronto for a work trip tomorrow and then return on Friday. This trip will be the first time I meet many of my coworkers in person so I'm really looking forward to it. Plus it'll be nice to see Toronto again - I like that city.

I won't have much time to rest because then on Sunday I'm headed to Arizona to spend Thanksgiving with family. It has not been that cold here in Minnesota but I'm still looking forward to the warmer weather. Plus it'll be great to spend some time with my family and seeing them interact with Jack.

If I can find the time I'm still hoping to land a few more structural changes to the site. I've been tinkering with the layout and did move to a single column which I need to write up into a blog post. Then I'm almost done with an overhaul of how I handle images on the site. Completing that work will be huge.