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Climate Week NYC & Build a Website in an Hour

2023-10-03 by Pablo Morales

This post was written in en

Climate Week NYC & Build a Website in an Hour

Let's talk about climate change by building a Website.

Background Information

A few weeks ago I attended Climate Week NYC in New York City. It was such a great time listening to all the great talks and participating in different activities such as driving a Lucid electric car with my friends. It got to meet such amazing people (and networked) who are in the climate change space. It made me step back an realize how much time we have lost not fighting the environment and how we only have a limited time to speed up on our actions.

It was nice to be in a place full of public transportation and get my steps in. I was also wired on Matcha Lattes to keep up with the revolving door of events occuring all at once.

Getting Around to Building the Website

I've been meaning to build a website for a quick summary of my adventures in the city. I finally found the perfect day to do it. I finally was able attended a Build a Website in an Hour event. Thank you James G for hosting this event!

Just as the name of the event states, I built (most) of the website in an hour. It was fun and challenging because of the following:

  1. I didn't have a plan on how this site was going to look
  2. It was a challenge to get the site made in an hour. Talk about pressure
  3. I got to hangout with people in the IndieWeb.
  4. Show off the adventures I went on.

Where is this site located?

This website is located at https://climateweeknyc.lifeofpablo.com .

Technologies Used

This website was made using vanilla HTML & CSS. I used Tachyions CSS Framework for the CSS. I use it on my website, primarily on my blog, to change the appearance of my posts. I like this CSS framework because is it doesn't interfere with existing CSS frameworks or existing CSS stylesheets. The classes are easy to learn

A Breakdown of the Site

Hero Banner

Hero Banner Green

Description:
A green hero banner with a navigation. It says "NYC Climate Week 2023" and "A Wakeup Call About Climate Change"

Other Sections Include:

  • Introduction
  • Attendees
  • Events Attended
  • Photos

Webmentions

This site supports webmentions!

Closing

I hope you enjoy the website! Let me know if you have any comments, questions or concerns. Don't forget to say, "hello"!

Send a Friend a Webmention Day

2023-07-30 by Pablo Morales

This post was written in en

Send a Friend a Webmention Day

Webmentions

By Pablo Morales
info icon In reply to Send a Friend a Webmention Day on IndieWeb Events

It's been a great year so far! Lot's of good things have happened. I've overcame a few things. I started my blog again. The little things add up. One of the major events was becoming part of the IndieWeb Community. It's been a great community that is welcoming. I have learned so much from the people in the community and at Homebrew Website Club. Every single one of them has been pretty amazing.

Since it's Send a Friend a Webmention Day, I want to send a webmention to a few people.

Angelo Gladding

You were the first person I interacted with at Homebrew Website Club. He gave me the run down and help me connect the pieces based on the information I knew already. Thanks for being so rad! Your bot trained with your voice is pretty tight alongside your mediasoup-based setup.

Tracy Durnell I really enjoy your style of writing! I have been looking for better ways to express myself through writing and to find my style of blogging, it's inspiring and I enjoy your content. I've been wanting to make the Apple crumb pie. I'm excited to try it soon! If you need some more information on Oaxacan cuisine, I'm your guy!

James G Everything you do is super cool especially the programming language you created! You'll have to try some Coffee (and hot chocolate) from Oaxaca. I really enjoyed this month's IndieWeb Carnival topic.

Benji I love what you are doing with your site. I love the minimalist approach. The Sparkles is so rad! It works beautifully with one of my sites.

gRegor Love I hope you picked the blue shirt! I still haven't seen the movie? Yay or nay? Thank you for pointing me in the right directions when it comes to marking up content in a different language. More of content in different languages coming soon.

Alex Sirac Ton site, Réussir Mes Études est super cool et informatif! J'aime le blog de ton site web principal. You've inspired me to write in French again!

Jo dead.garden Since I love languages, I started looking into toki pona. Thank you so much for sharing this. Hopefully we can speak soon.

Anthony Ciccarello Thank you for helping me out microformats and "likes" and getting that squared away. Every time I see you post about your puppy I immediately want to pet but we haven't broken the virtual-physical barrier yet to pet dogs yet. Any ideas?

Also as a Midwesterner, I saw you have a recipe for Puppy Chow. I will probably be making a batch once I get home.

Colin Walker I'm really digging your site. I also stumbled on your Music and I'm really digging it! I'd love to talk about your music since I am teaching a sound engineering class. I've been making progress on the e-book as well.

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How I got Into Personal Websites

2023-07-30 by Pablo Morales

This post was written in en

A Trajectory: How I Started Building my Personal Website

A timeline

By Pablo Morales
info icon In reply to Send a Friend a Webmention Day by Sara Jakša

Before I jump right into the post. I want to thank Sara Jakša for creating such a great blog post on Sending a Friend a Webmention Day. Thank you for the prompt on How I got into Personal Websites. I've been meaning to write this so this is the perfect time!

I've had a presence since I was a young kid. I've been very fortunate to be around computers since i was three with these interactions been in school.

Having access to computers was game changing for me and has helped me. I would say I signed up for MySpace when I was ten. I know I am such a rule breaker. When I discovered personal websites, my mind exploded . . . metaphorically.

Curiosity didn't kill the cat

I remember when my parents upgraded from dial-up to DSL. I remember the lady at the phone company explaining all the details of the features included in our internet plan. Something that struck me was the FTP storage space. I thought, "Wait, I can create a my website and have it hosted for free?" This was in 2003 when I started my first personal website. I remember using basic HTML and clip art. I cringe just thinking about it. This was the stepping stone for me building and hosting websites. Using FTP was pretty advanced for an eight year old. I would stay up late just tinkering my site to make it perfect with poor HTML skills. It worked somehow?

Expressing Myself

I've always wanted to find ways to express myself. Since I was big into computers and tech, I figured I would use the website I built to share the things I enjoyed. I wanted to share who I was as a person. I had an idea who I was but I was still developing.

Inspired by others.

I would look at other people who would blog and that would make me super gitty. I remember stumbling upon Matt Mullenweb back in 2003 and being inspired by him. He and many others taught me a lot about blogging. Learning by (browsing the internet) doing.

Being Resourceful.

I would create new websites over the years. I couldn't afford to a pay for a website domain because I was eight years old and I wasn't going to ask my parents to spend money on something when I was more than grateful to have a computer and fast internet. I would use any free service I could until I could pay for it on my own.

Services I'd use

I would use a site in 2010 called Altervista where I officially used Wordpress for the first time. I made a big leap from HTML to the most popular CMS (of course I had no idea at the time). I decided this was the moment I would start expanding from a basic site to start blogging even if the posts had a few sentences. I used:

  • Altervista
  • DynDNS
  • Wordpress.com
  • Freewebhosting

Today

Often, I really feel like that 8 year old who was discovering how to build things on the web.

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Learning Rust and what's to come...

2023-01-09 by Pablo Morales

This post was written in en

We're 9 days into the New Year of 2022 2023.

These last few years, I haven't been in the right mindset. I've been in a dark place for many, many years. This dark place has hindered me in so many aspects of my life. I don't know who I am anymore. It's been hard to love myself for as long as I remember.

The keyword: Avoiding.

I hope my friends and family understand. I know I have hurt you in some form. I am really sorry.

The past can't be changed. All I can hope is to learn from it and not be stuck in it.

This year I am going to push through to improve myself. The things I want to do are not a deterrent to the problems at hand. I would like them to help guide me into finding clarity. To help point me in the direction of the light. I am finally going to dedicate myself to formally learn a few programming languages and actually understand that missing disconnect/mental block.

I'm going to start with Rust. A language I've been very interested in for many years. A language I've pick up for a while and would just stop out of no where. I hope to finally get some certifications in Google, Amazon Web Services, Artificial intelligence, front-end/back-end development. On top of all this, I'd like to start my Master's in Information Technology in Education.

I know I am capable of great things. I just hope I can acknowledge this.

I promised to build something. It'll happen.

The bigger issues need to be solved through other channels. I also acknowledge this.

I guess I should try to work on my body too.

That is all I got.

-Pablo

Très Loin de ma Maison (Very far from Home)

2017-05-10 by Pablo Morales

This post was written in en

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Intro

These last 5 months have been very exciting. I am very happy that I decided to study abroad in France! During the last few months I did not really think of my life or home back in the United States. I feel that I did that intentionally so I would not get so homesick. I’ll admit, I do not call home that often. I probably worry my mom at all hours since I go at least a week or two without calling her. So far life has gone one. The feeling has been starting to lurk and now it is in full effect! Avoidance

All the methods I have used to not get homesick is finally catching up with me. Lately, all I can think about is my family, friends, all the big and little things we do not realize that make such an impact on our lives. I’ve missed some important dates and I am still going to miss important dates coming up this weekend. Missing Loved ones

I’ve been really missing my family lately. The feeling of your family not being around is starting to get to me. It sucks not having your mom, dad or sisters be there when you are feeling down but what can we do? I know the independence will help me down the road. On the contrary, I know family members, when you are around them 24/7, they tend to get annoying. Honestly, I miss the annoying feeling, seems weird. I would do anything to have even just a little bit of that annoyance. Family is important to me. Sure they will be waiting for me at the airport. The emptiness is really tackling along. sister’s graduation

One of the worst things that is really getting me down at the moment: missing important dates. This weekend is a busy one, my youngest sister, Michelle is graduation high school. I feel bummed out that I cannot be present for graduation. Hopefully she can forgive me! I miss her the most! Just know Michelle, I’ll be thinking of you on your big day and I got you a graduation gift that you will like!! Hopefully there is a live feed or something for me to watch! food

Traveling my whole life, I have never been afraid to try new foods. This is no exception living in Europe! Trying the new foods make me happy but at the same time because I know it will be a while until I get to enjoy them again. When I think of food, all I can think about how much I really miss my mom’s food! It is not your typical American cuisine, but Mexican cuisine. I miss her delicious home cooked Mexican meals. One of her favorite dishes I truly miss, is mole tamales. I can’t wait to be able to stuff my mouth again! So much for losing weight 😛 I am fortunate to have a mom that can not only cook Mexican food but American as well! I really miss eating at small restaurants as well as the big chain restaurants! I am honestly excited to eat at Panera once I make an entrance to Nebraska! familiar sights and feelings

Strasbourg has become my home away from home! I consider myself a resident of this town that took me in to become better at my French. I am happy I picked here instead Paris (dirty and too big of a city) to study. I would say I know this town pretty well. Even though I found my home away from home, nothing ever replaces your actual home that you grew up in! I know my bed is calling me to come back as much as I want to be back in it to sleep on! I miss the squeak spots in the floor. I miss waking up on the weekends and my mom would have food ready to eat, especially after a long night. Take that however you want! I miss Hastings, miss UNK and going shopping in Grand Island. I just miss all familiar sights that I was accustomed all my life! Conclusion

Homesickness has really hit me, I knew it was coming but I didn’t expect to avoid it for this long! I’m okay with that! Never have I been so far away from home without family. Living on your own is life, it is now or never to experience it! I know when I get back to the United States, reverse shock culture will hit me (that’s another blog post down the road) flat in the face the minute I get back in Nebraska! I do not regret being away from home, traveling in Europe has been one of the best decisions of my life!