Archives of Bob Monsour's Personal Site

Generating the Firehose page on the 11tybundle site

Nov 21, 2023 • 3 minutes to read

Here's how the Firehose page of the 11tybundle.dev site is built.

Pagination in a Javascript template with Eleventy

Oct 31, 2023 • 3 minutes to read

Here I use a javascript template to generate json data files for selected categories of the 11tybundle.dev site.

Scratch that...use the Google Sheets API

Oct 30, 2023 • 12 minutes to read

Just generating a json file from Google Sheets was not good enough. I had to use the API.

Google sheet icon on the left, json output on the right

From Airtable to Google Sheets with Some AI

Oct 17, 2023 • 10 minutes to read

From paid to free, I've moved the 11tybundle.dev data from Airtable to Google Sheets.

The top portion of the Google Apps script to export a Google Sheet to json.

Finding an exercise regimen that sticks

Oct 16, 2023 • 7 minutes to read

At 68 years old, it was high time to find an exercise regimen that I could stick with...at least for a while.

My home gym setup, a yoga mat, some kettlebells, and a balance cushion

Question...how to count outbound links and saving that count

Jun 4, 2023 • 2 minutes to read

I'm in search of a solution to add outbound link tracking to my site for use as a post popularity indicator.

The 11ty Bundle - Issues 1 - 4

May 15, 2023 • Less than 1 minute to read

These have been moved to 11tybundle.dev.

an AI-generated image of the number eleven

The evolution of my CSS pipeline in Eleventy (part 2)

Mar 26, 2023 • 13 minutes to read

Evolution is a continuous phenomenon.

a screen containing a jumble of minified CSS

The evolution of my CSS pipeline in Eleventy (part 1)

Mar 14, 2023 • 13 minutes to read

Handling CSS in Eleventy has been an evolutionary experience.

My first 30 days of learning to play the piano

Feb 4, 2023 • 6 minutes to read

A brief dive into my journey...with a few stats and a couple of (bad) audio clips.

Learning to play the piano

Jan 23, 2023 • 7 minutes to read

It's time for a new learning experience. So this year, I decided to learn to play the piano.

My winding road toward knee replacement surgery

Dec 28, 2022 • 11 minutes to read

Seeking to buy time as I prepare for what seems to be inevitable…knee replacement surgery.

picture of my knee, prior to replacement surgery

I left Twitter

Dec 26, 2022 • 1 minute to read

I left the dumpster fire that is Twitter a couple of weeks ago.

firefighter walking away from a dumpster fire

Losing my brother to cancer

Apr 26, 2022 • 5 minutes to read

Feelings of pain, fond memories, and odd coincidences keep me connected to the brother I lost to cancer.

The day we spread my brother's ashes in the Atlantic Ocean

This never happened, but...

Apr 2, 2022 • 4 minutes to read

The following recounts a very real dream/nightmare that I had in the early morning hours of Jan 4, 2022.

From all Open Props to only Open Props I use

Mar 8, 2022 • 4 minutes to read

Got Open Props working on my site, but wanted to reduce the size of my CSS in production.

essential love drawn in color on a chalkboard

Dipping my toe in the Open Props water

Feb 22, 2022 • 2 minutes to read

I saw the recent launch of Open Props and watched an intro video. I was intrigued, so I dipped my toe in the water.

Calculating reading time for a post

Feb 6, 2022 • 3 minutes to read

Where does that '3 minutes to read' come from?

Is this thing on?

Feb 5, 2022 • 1 minute to read

Welcome to the first post of my new site!