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You’ve stumbled across Flyingtroll.com (if that wasn’t already obvious).

Flyingtroll.com is the personal blog of Jonathan C Lane, just one of several Jonathan Lanes available online today.  Truth be told, I’ve been blogging at this URL for almost a decade now, but recently I decided to blow away my entire site and start fresh.  In my past life, I had a lot to complain about, and did it publicly (on occasion).  I don’t need those memories anymore, I’ve moved beyond that.  If you’ve landed here because of some old link or reference, sorry.  I didn’t keep a copy of the old content, it just wasn’t important to me anymore.

Where did “Flyingtroll” come from, you ask?

My mom writes stories.  When I was a kid, I thought the idea of a tooth fairy was way too girly (hey, I was on a Star Wars-induced testosterone high for most of my youth), so mom wrote me a story about Fred the Flying Troll.  Fred was my tooth fairy.  Years later, after the aforementioned other Jonathan Lanes snapped up all of the .coms and .nets relating to our name, I put out a plea for domain name ideas.  My mom, who is also my only regular reader, suggested “Flyingtroll”, which happened to be available.

What can I expect?

Not much.  It’s best that way, so that you won’t be disappointed.

Seriously though, Flyingtroll.com has always been a bit of a weird site.  On one hand, I’m an active father of two insane boys that eat up the vast majority of my time.  On the other hand, I do reasonably geeky things like build web sites, write books on the topic, and run a business.  The topics on here cover all of those areas.  I’ve never puzzled over why I can’t build a huge readership here — being a hardcore geek, I’d be bored out of my tree reading about some other geek’s kids.  Likewise, geeky topics don’t appeal to all (hi mom!)  Hopefully you can find what you’re looking for without running into too much of what you’re not looking for.

Quick Rundown:

I’m a 30 year old father of two.  I live on Mayne Island, BC (that’s in Canada) now, before that I lived in Lethbridge, Alberta for just over a decade, and prior to that, grew up in Calgary, Alberta.

I’m quite outspoken on topics that I care about.  I love Mayne Island, and really couldn’t imagine living anywhere else.

Posted on May 25, 2010 - by J Lane

Web Directions “North” (time for a Canadian solution?)

Featured Posts Working

As a previous attendee of Web Directions North, I received an e-mail today about what’s happening in that conference series: Over the last year or so, we’ve been looking for a location that will be home to the sort of event we really want Web Directions to be – an event that brings together folks [...]

Posted on May 9, 2010 - by J Lane

Summer is looming

Featured Posts Personal stuff Working

One of the weird things about living on Mayne Island is that the summer brings mixed blessings. On one hand, it’s warm and you can get out to the beach and go for hikes a lot more.  It’s a great time for exploring and enjoying everything this island has to offer.  Everyone becomes a little [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-28

Just heard that David Suzuki is building a place on Mayne Island. Awesome. # Referring to @sanbeji and @maymaym's book AdvancED CSS for a little help with a print style sheet. Thanks guys. # My username in the UK national lottery is coggers2011. Just so you know. # Sitting out on the deck, listening to [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-21

That was about the dumbest thing in the WPSC plugin. Loads a bunch of generated styles AFTER your CSS to override everything. # Also folks, you don't need to specify 0px in CSS. "0" is "0" regardless of whether it's ems, pxs, pts, cms or whatever unit you're using. # RT @Cocoia: Celebrating Razer's Mac [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-14

I *HATE* door-to-door people peddling religion. Seriously folks, get a hobby. # Just got my copy of REWORK by @jasonfried and @dhh. Looking forward to reading this! # Pro tip: some kind of vapor-producing cream in your hand (tiger balm, Vicks), cupped over an ear -> instant ear ache relief # Just got the domain [...]

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