Brennan's Old Blog

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. -Jack Layton

 

Why I Write

Writing Hand, Black & White | Source Death, Meaningless Ideas, Timeless Work, and Paper Perhaps the first thing that I’d like to write after the obviously required navel-gazing of yesterday is more navel-gazing today — but of a different flavor. Perhaps a bit more...

Not Writing a Novel: NaNoWriMo

November Dreaming | Source An Act of Rebellion Well, it’s officially the first day of NaNoWriMo. Exciting stuff, huh? Like with my personal monthly writing challenges, I’ve signed up year after year, only to fail. And here I am on Medium,...

CSS Hacks & Creating Blogs

Source Solving Web Design Problems in a Clever Manner. For the past week or so, I’ve been working on a blog theme for the popular platform Tumblr from scratch. It’s been a (mostly) fun experience, and I thought I’d share some...

Earn Your Keep

Type Typewriter | Source Past and Future Writing WHETHER WE WANT TO OR NOT, we leave our footprint on the world — particularly a digital one. We leave a legacy scattered across the Internet. And I believe this is a truly marvellous thing. As...