Latest Blog Posts for Jimmy's Sweet Blog

• Setting up git for deploying website updates (Dreamhost and other hosts)
  on May 18, 2016 in Coding Digging Deep Web Design
  For this site and the blog I built for my company, I use WP Engine, a WordPress host (which I can definitely recommend).  WP Engine has a built in staging environment as well as the option to deploy to staging or production via Git.  If you donR...
• Composting: I do it and you can too!
  on May 17, 2016 in Digging Deep Hobby
  There’s nothing quite like the smell of decay.  Actually, if you are composting properly, it doesn’t smell much at all.   Plus, when you compost, you get free natural fertilizer for your garden or other plants AND reduce the amount of...
• REVIEW: Nature’s Way Cedar Bird Feeder
  on Dec 8, 2015 in Hobby
  As I mentioned in my post about becoming a homeowner, I got weirdly into bird watching.  Sometimes I feel like I should be retired, because I remember my Grandma and Grandpa Pautz always watching the birds at the bird feeder by their camper. When we...
• I like birds…. (and my bird feeder)
  on Dec 8, 2015 in Hobby Random Thoughts
  As I mentioned in my post about becoming a homeowner, I got weirdly into bird watching.  Sometimes I feel like I should be retired, because I remember my Grandma and Grandpa Pautz always watching the birds at the bird feeder by their camper. When we...
• Binge this: The Newsroom
  on Dec 6, 2015 in TV
  A couple weeks ago, my dad asked me and Alyssa if we had seen any of HBO’s The Newsroom.  Neither of us had, so my dad told us to at least watch the opening scene.  We watched it right then and there. After seeing those 8 minutes of excellent...
• Reflections on being a homeowner, 6 months in
  on Oct 27, 2015 in Digging Deep Random Thoughts
  Alyssa and I have been homeowners since April and I figured it would a good time to reflect about what I’ve learned and my likes and dislikes. I enjoy yard-work When we first moved in the middle of April, the first thing I focused on was the le...
• Breakfast Cereals, Ranked
  on Jan 31, 2015 in Digging Deep Random Thoughts
  I eat breakfast every single day, and most days I eat cereal.  When I say cereal, I don’t mean that dog food stuff that some people eat or the cardboard that others eat.  I eat cereal that tastes great, and may or may not be that great for me...
• Life of Pi and the Problem with Relative Truth
  on Jan 14, 2015
  Back at the end of 2012, I previewed Life of Pi via a sponsored post.  Part of the sponsorship was a free copy of the novel (movie tie-in paperback).  In summer of 2013 I got around to reading it and Summer 2014 I was able to view the film,...
• Life of Pi and the Problem with Relative Truth
  on Jan 14, 2015 in Movie Review Thoughts about God
  Back at the end of 2012, I previewed Life of Pi via a sponsored post.  Part of the sponsorship was a free copy of the novel (movie tie-in paperback).  In summer of 2013 I got around to reading it and Summer 2014 I was able to view the film, on my p...
• Appreciate the things we don't get anymore
  on Oct 19, 2014
  Last week my company held its second annual User Group conference, where we invited all of our clients and to come to Milwaukee for sessions, networking, and to meet our team.  This year it was held at the Pfister Hotel, a luxury hotel built in...

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