https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/lcd-soundsystem-at-aragon-in-2026
LCD Soundsystem at Aragon in 2026
I’ve seen LCDS many times before (previously), but not as many as my friend Ned. It’s a wonderful experience going to...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/trust-but-verify
Trust But Verify
I’ve been a huge fan of webcomic name for years. Every comic ends with “oh no”. Perfect.
This one popped into my hea...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/comed-hourly-pricing-as-calendar-events
ComEd Hourly Pricing as Calendar Events
I built an iCal feed of ComEd electricity price changes so I can plan around cheap hours from my calendar.
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/music-frozen-dancing-2026
Music Frozen Dancing 2026
Of course we went to Music Frozen Dancing again this year. And this time we got a spot near the front so we could get...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1212868052-possessor
Possessor
I can see this as the stepping stone to Infinity Pool that this would become.
Like Infinity Pool, this perfectly bal...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/exercise/meditation-navigating-change
Meditation: Navigating Change
I had used Headspace for guided meditation in the past, but this week my health insurer sent me a notification that t...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1210579568-le-samourai
Le Samouraï
This review may contain spoilers.
If you spend your days planning the perfect way to kill others, of course you want ...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/divvy-2025-in-review
Divvy 2025 in Review
Last week I opened the Divvy (bikeshare system for Chicago) app and they prompted me with a 2025 year-in-review. Stra...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/notes/trying-currents
Trying Currents
Today I’m trying Current, the new RSS feed reader app by Terry Godier (beautiful announcement and explainer post ther...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1208720778-the-conversation
The Conversation
This review may contain spoilers.
I, too, have been an editor that thought themself a genius, discovering the perfect...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/ical-feeds-for-a-jekyll-site
My Entire Blog History as Calendar Events
I built a Jekyll plugin that generates iCal feeds so I can see my entire posting history in my calendar.
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/attending/weval-at-outset
Weval at Outset
This show was so much better than I had expected!
Weval played heavier house music than you would have thought based...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1202680979-everything-everywhere-all-at-once
Everything Everywhere All at Once
With our one month-old in a stroller, we entered the elevator behind a woman carrying a potted flower and groceries. ...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1199494440-28-years-later-the-bone-temple
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
There are always so many things to say about a really good film.
I haven’t felt so teeteringly sick with gory terror...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/notes/search-engine-tooling
Search Engine Tooling
When I first started as a software engineer, I was a search engine optimization expert. I do not remember those pract...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/listening/fela-kuti-fear-no-man
Fela Kuti: Fear No Man
The Fela Kuti: Fear No Man podcast from Jad Abumrad was a beautiful series I listened to while shoveling snow and lif...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/photos/its-still-very-cold-here
It's Still Very Cold Here
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/photos/bright-eucalyptus-ikebana
Bright Eucalyptus Ikebana
I’m trying to make more angular ikebana and the pincushion eucalyptus combo is so sharp. It helps when the weather is...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/proverbs/description-is-more-valuable-than-metaphor
Description is more valuable than metaphor
But also: Symbols are more meaningful than things themselves.
This is a Jenny Holzer Truism (full list at zertosh/je...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1191800928-mars-express
Mars Express
This review may contain spoilers.
I really enjoyed the first half of this, with fast and fantastic world building ele...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/116013616677995190
GovTrack.us: Your Source for Congressional Insights
GovTrack.us is a Good Source of Congressional Updates
https://www.joshbeckman.org/notes/govtrackus-is-a-good-source-o...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/116013616627681282
Encrypting Personal Posts in Jekyll
Client-Side Encrypted Posts in Jekyll
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/encrypted-post
I’ve been wanting to write more...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/building-a-user-preferences-page-for-my-static-site
Building a User Preferences Page for My Static Site
I’ve been wanting to give visitors more control over how they experience this site. Not everyone wants the same thing...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/notes/govtrackus-is-a-good-source-of-congressional-updates
GovTrack.us is a Good Source of Congressional Updates
I have really started to enjoy and learn from the GovTrack posts on this session of U.S. Congress (example: Will the ...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/encrypted-post
Client-Side Encrypted Posts in Jekyll
I’ve been wanting to write more personal things on this site. Not everything needs to be public, but I still want the...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1189278242-charade
Charade
I’m sorry, I just couldn’t believe how horny Audrey Hepburn was for Cary Grant. He literally continues to get worse a...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1187276660-a-different-man
A Different Man
This review may contain spoilers.
Unexpected revelation through personal transformation.
The Substance is my favorite...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/displaying-letterboxd-like-counts-on-my-movie-reviews
Displaying Letterboxd Like Counts on My Movie Reviews
I’ve been crossposting my Letterboxd reviews to this site for a while now. The posts link back to the original review...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1185420823-the-french-connection
The French Connection
This movie has the best chase scenes - both fast and slow - I’ve ever watched. I was out of breath - or holding bated...
@rosszurowski.com thanks for writing! I loved reading your Small Seasons this morning: [RE: Small Seasons](www.joshbeckman.org/replies/re-s...)
