# nick = brennan
# url = https://brennan.day/twtxt.txt
# avatar = https://brennan.day/assets/images/brennan.jpg
# description = Queer Métis author and FOSS web developer from Treaty 7 territory
2026-02-13T07:15:02-07:00	🎙️ I feel as though, as I'm nearing thirty, I am given two choices: start a podcast or become a Vtuber.
2026-02-10T10:13:00-07:00	❓ As soon as I start thinking I'm keeping up, I'm introduced to a new concept like punctuation cushioning and realize I will never keep up. Oh well !
2026-02-08T07:23:55-07:00	🌞 My first ever blog attempt was named https://brenjour.github.io/, 11 years later and my current blog is named brennan.day

jour is French for day... and I didn't even realize until right now, lmao
2026-02-06T09:42:15-07:00	📰 Just released a new IndieWeb-friendly blog theme! This one is a little brutalist, built with Hugo, is smolweb compliant (https://smolweb.org/) and has perfect 100 Lighthouse scores. ⛯

Demo: https://indiepaper.netlify.app/
Source: https://github.com/brennanbrown/indiepaper
2026-02-05T04:54:35-07:00	🔤 Just found out about https://modernfontstacks.com, such a great resource. Goodbye bloated font embeds!
2026-02-03T19:17:47-07:00	🍎 A few good apples don't unspoil the bunch.
2026-02-03T00:31:26-07:00	🦞 Happy Groundhog Day to all who observe! Lucy the Lobster has predicted an early spring! https://groundhog-day.com/groundhogs/lucy-the-lobster
2026-01-30T05:12:04-07:00	⏩ does anybody feel like January went by really fast? it always goes fast, but wow.
2026-01-27T00:27:39-07:00	🗓️ Finished my latest little silly web project: https://weeks.brennan.day/ 

Special thanks to Buster Benson for the inspiration and code! https://busterbenson.com/life-in-weeks
2026-01-24T08:45:17-07:00	🤖 I can't believe how many typos I always find only after I post something. At least it proves I'm human?
2026-01-23T06:26:05-07:00	🎓 Just registered for my ORCID! For some reason I thought it was a heavily gatekept process.
2026-01-21T20:15:18-07:00	😪 IFTTT seems to just randomly turn off multi-step automations... and I'm a premium-paying user.
2026-01-20T17:55:17-07:00	💻 does anybody else use micro instead of vim/nano/emacs?
2026-01-19T18:42:56-07:00	☕ Pulled out my electrical blade grinder for Indonesian beans for my Chemex for the first time in awhile. Tried out a roaster called "Canadian Heritage Roasting Company" that I saw at Luke's pharmacy. I accidentally made espresso with how strong this brew is! :D
2026-01-16T20:37:50-07:00	🚰 All water restrictions have been lifted in my city! I'm so happy.
2026-01-12T18:27:55-07:00	😆 I love whenever I modify (read: fix) my RSS feed, I can always tell because EchoFeed posts a dozen of my blog posts all at once.
2026-01-10T22:49:49-07:00	😅 Just migrated ~50 posts from Medium to my personal site. Did it take five entire hours? Yes.
2026-01-10T02:16:21-07:00	⁉️ Wrote this stream-of-consciousness poem earlier today, trying to process. | https://bkpoetry.com/post/805259953853153280/forgive-me-what-else-is-there-to-write
2026-01-07T17:05:55-07:00	💬 Just implemented IndieAuth comments on my site! Very stoked, full technical write-up coming soon.
2026-01-05T12:07:37-07:00	🤯 Holy moly, my referrals page is popping! Say hi if you read my article and joined! I love spreading the word of omg.lol
2026-01-03T21:18:16-07:00	📚 Already halfway through *Things in Nature Merely Grow* by Yiyun Li. Talk about a heavy book! I've been really appreciating it.
2025-12-31T06:33:43-07:00	💥 Managed to FINALLY get a working mirror of my site on NeoCities: https://brennanday.neocities.org 

I had to wrestle with GitLab's CD/CI pipelines for an embarrassingly long time. Technical write-up coming soon.
2025-12-28T21:58:01-07:00	⛸️ There's no more Olympic Plaza to go ice skating on for New Year's Eve, so I have no idea what I'll be doing, alas.
2025-12-23T09:06:37-07:00	🔆 my new site is officially up and launched! https://brennan.day/
2025-12-16T08:06:01-07:00	✳️ I’ve been making really exciting development progress on our local grassroots wayfinding directory, [Calgary Groups](https://calgarygroups.ca/). I’m stoked to do the hard launch soon! A huge thanks to my partner Yvonne for organizing the orgs
2025-12-14T04:07:37-07:00	🥳 Getting my config files all set up for my weblog, and also mirroring some of my projects to https://source.tube/brennan !
2025-12-12T05:15:53-07:00	😀 Hello, world! I just discovered omg.lol and I'm in love!