A couple literary-themed presents — the third volume of ‘Every Moment Holy‘ and a subscription (plus all the back issues!) of Senet, a board game magazine.

“The same procedure as every year, James.” (explanation via Slate)

My Studio Neat Mark One (the most recent limited edition) just arrived. It’s lovely.

I miss Live From Here. What a wonderful thing we got to have for a while.

Thanksgiving dinner beer: Steampunk Brew Works Barrel Rover (2022).

@myersjustinc@mastodon.sdf.org said: “@bjones Congratulations! Will you be staying in St. Louis or moving to DC?”

Thanks! It’s remote, so I’ll be staying in St. Louis. That was a big draw for me.

Hello friends. Some professional news, as they say:

I’ve accepted a job with NPR as Senior News Apps Developer, to start toward the beginning of next month. I greatly admire this team (both past and present members) which I’ve looked up to, asked for help from and shamelessly stolen open source code from since the beginning of my career. I’m excited to be a part of it.

At the same time, I’ll be sad to leave St. Louis Public Radio (where I’ll just miss the ten-year mark). I’ve grown significantly as a data journalist, developer and person in my time there. I deeply appreciate my colleagues (again both past and present) for the opportunities to collaborate on stories, their interest in learning data skills and their willingness to try new things, whether that’s ideas for presenting projects, being open to new tools for improving our workflow or adding a drone to a radio station newsroom’s toolbox.

On my wife’s work trip to Japan this summer, she brought me back this. Seemed like a good enough night to open it. Pretty good stuff.

Finally got a few paw paws from the woods behind the house. Lots of trees back there, but only a couple are mature enough to fruit. Hopefully in a few years we’ll have a bounty. For now I’ll enjoy these.