This blog is 20 years old today. My first post ever was My first job ever. 20 years later, this is my 2545th post.

It’s tempting to write a philosophical piece about the meaning of it all, and provide some grand perspective. But there is no overarching narrrative to this blog. It’s just been a place to write things and connect with people in various ways.

Here are some popular deep cuts you might have missed over the years:

• 2005: Myst island birthday cake: the most famous of the many family cakes we’ve made.
• 2006: Sue and Ned’s Excellent Adventure: dinner at the White House with the President.
• 2008: CSS Homer, animated: a goofy exploration of what is possible.

Often I write about what’s going on with my autistic son Nat:

• 2016: Walks in the morning: giving him what he needs when situations change.
• 2018: A complicated weekend: the struggle is real.
• 2018: Money for cotton candy: it’s not all struggle.

Of course, there’s lots of Python and other technical stuff:

• 2015: Python Names and Values
• 2019: Why your mock doesn’t work

Looking back 20 years at the early posts, many of the things I liked and linked to are gone. But for whatever reason, the puzzle-makers, geometers and type designers seem most durable. Here are some that are still around (and mostly look their age!):

• Clickmazes: online mazes and puzzles.
• Tom Van Vleck is a computing old-timer, a few decades more than me!
• Xaos is a great Mandelbrot viewer.
• Luc Devroye’s Type pages: many many many links about type.
• Letterhead Fonts: vintage-looking type for sale.
• Bill Cutler Puzzles: physical put-together puzzles.
• Omniglot: the online encyclopedia of writing systems and languages.
• TwistyPuzzles: an overwhelming variety of Rubiks-like twisty puzzles.

I’m not sure what else to say about 20 years of blogging. I’m still doing it.