2020 Ski Trip Pack List

I went on a short weekend ski trip to Park City, UT. I don’t have a photo of my items, but if you have seen my North Face Recon backpack, it was completely stuffed. Zippers were hard to close and it barely fit under the seat on the plane. Packing the items in a particular order was the element of success. North Face Recon backpack North Face Jacket Shell North Face Down Jacket Columbia Snow Pants Thinsulate mittens North Face e*tip gloves Dorky stocking hat with ball on top Scott Ski Goggles Smart Wool baklava Buff * Merino Wool Patagonia long underwear Under Armour 1/4 zip shirt Tees (3) Underwear (4) Wool Socks (4) Swim briefs Hospital Scrub Pants Pants Patagonia R1 hoodie Trucker hat Keen Boots Bluetooth ear bud headphones Mini battery bank Charging cords, wall adapter Phone Wallet Hanky Snacks (shelled sunflower seeds, raisins, dark chocolate) Travel coffee mug Deodorant Toothbrush Toothpaste Beard comb Ibprophen Daily vitamins Dr Bronner’s soap samples Zip-Lock baggie (toiletries) Worn on the plane...

February 29, 2020 · 3 min · Joe Whitsitt

A case against social media timeline widgets

We get it all the time at my work. “Can I put my Facebook timeline on my website?” Absolutely not. Here is why. They are generally inaccessible At work, we strive maintain websites that are WCAG 2.0 compliant. Most of these timeline widgets lack the neccessary accomodations to make them accessible to all. They don’t blend in with your website’s look and feel They are usually difficult to design around and stick out like a sore thumb unless your site uses the same color scheme....

December 7, 2019 · 3 min · Joe Whitsitt

2019 NYC Pack List

Going into Labor Day weekend, Abby and I traveled to New York City to attend my buddy’s wedding as well as celebrate our 10-year wedding anniversary. All in all, with travel to/from, we spent 5 nights, went carry-on only and had a wide range of events dictating dress code. Weather sunny in the high 80s. Urban sightseeing, broadway theatre, casual to fancy dining, a formal wedding and Ultimate Frisbee in Central Park....

October 30, 2019 · 2 min · Joe Whitsitt

So I Became a Vegetarian

My wife heard it from the mayor. Two weeks ago, I jumped right into it. I became a vegetarian, but kept it to myself. For breakfast and lunch I didn’t share a meal with anyone and I didn’t tell my wife about it. In the same day my family and I walked to our town’s fall festival in the nearby park. The mayor was grilling up hotdogs and was offering them out to anyone nearby....

October 19, 2019 · 4 min · Joe Whitsitt

Hello Gatsby

Jekyll has served me well for several years, but I am interested in trying something new. GastbyJS has caught my attention because it uses Node instead of Ruby which is what I have been using for work and Gastby has plugins that integrate with Drupal, something I might look into later. The first step has been to migrate and familarize myself with Gatsby. To aid in this, I am using a starter kit that works with Netlify and Forestry....

October 7, 2019 · 1 min · Joe Whitsitt