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James Williams @jwill.dev · 16/09/2026

While riding out a typhoon in China last month, I created an package allowing emacs to render Flutter UI code(inspired by ob-swiftui). Video shows using DartPad to make a UI, c/p the code to emacs, and emacs render using WidgetTester. Blog post: jwill.dev/blog/2026/08... #FlutterDev

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James Williams @jwill.dev · 03/07/2025

Love the fire truck vibes.

Food truck that is stylized as a fire engine.

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James Williams @jwill.dev · 23/06/2025

Was minding my business in the train station Relay and saw a magazine(Analyse-Opinion-Critque) dedicated to a discussion about the rise of fascism. Front and center of the news section, no pulled punches. Decided to pick up some light reading on economic crises.

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James Williams @jwill.dev · 02/06/2025

Wondering how to handle image color extraction in Flutter now that palette_generator is deprecated? 🤔 My new blog post walks you through using `material_color_utilities` for a more robust and modern approach. Read more: jwill.dev/blog/2025/06... #FlutterDev #UI

A side by side view of image extraction using `palette_generator` and `material_color_utilities`. We can see that the color list generated by `palette_generator` has some null values.

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James Williams @jwill.dev · 01/06/2025

I've been using tactile counters. First a silicone kids toy with numbers and letters, then plastic purpose built for stitch/row counting and now tally counters.

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James Williams @jwill.dev · 02/04/2025

Happened to turn on Sen Booker 20 secs before he broke the Filibuster record.

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James Williams @jwill.dev · 15/03/2025

Sharks are playing the Capitals. Have seen quite a few people wearing general DMV area and Baltimore O's merch. #NHL

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James Williams @jwill.dev · 13/03/2025

Made this bag that I gave to my my mom the day before yesterday.

Crocheted bag in autumn colors of red, green, amber, and yellow.

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James Williams @jwill.dev · 21/02/2025

Went up to Montreal to see the #4Nations #CAN v SWE and #USA v FIN games last week. Outside Centre Bell, every team had a stylized vehicle wrap based on the country's colors. Whoever wins, it's been a great series. #NHL

Vehicle in the snow with a car wrap based on the colors in the USA flag with the the French translation of the country name "Etats-Unis" written on it.

Vehicle in the snow with a car wrap based on the colors of the Finnish flag with the French translation of Finland on it.

Vehicle with a car wrap based on the colors of the Canadian flag (plus blue I guess???) with Canada on the wrap and the French translation of 4 Nations Faceoff.

Vehicle with a car wrap based on the colors of the Swedish flag (plus blue I guess???) with the French translation of Sweden on the wrap and the French translation of 4 Nations Faceoff.

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James Williams @jwill.dev · 10/02/2025

When you have the mascot of the team with the worst record in the NHL coming for you.... 😂😂😂

SJ Sharkie posed on the floor with the caption "champagnepapi [Drake] rn probably"

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James Williams @jwill.dev · 09/02/2025

@sjsharkie.bsky.social came to our section at the Sharks game last night. Caught Sharkie on the concourse as well, when I was leaving.

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James Williams @jwill.dev · 26/01/2025

Lunar New Year night at the Shark Tank #sjsharks

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James Williams @jwill.dev · 29/12/2024

Post a picture YOU took. Just a pic. No description

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James Williams @jwill.dev · 24/12/2024

Definition of "I'm rich, -----"

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James Williams @jwill.dev · 24/12/2024

Merry Christmas 🎅🏾🎄🎁

Chibi style Android ornament nestled in a Christmas tree

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James Williams @jwill.dev · 22/12/2024

I learned to crochet for real for real late last year. Have made my share of plushies and a crapton of beanies but these two one of a kind originals, repping Bay Area teams and athletes, are my faves so far. Eventually I'm gonna get to the rest of the teams. #BayFC #SJSharks #art #crochet

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James Williams @jwill.dev · 22/12/2024

Learned BASIC on the ColecoVision Adam. It was the "house computer" until I was like 12 and "Computer Show and Sale" was a thing. If you know, you know.

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James Williams @jwill.dev · 09/12/2024

Made a 🎄hat for my team's holiday party. Was really fun and I might make another for the lulz. Makes a great mini desk tree. Design by @calfunnnnn on IG #crochet

Crocheted Christmas tree with ornaments and lights

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James Williams @jwill.dev · 05/12/2024

That, kinda recent, time when I cited 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin' in talking about the Gold Rush era in a college paper. 😄

Eliza Farnham: Feminism and Fertile Land, A Life in the West

Eliza Farnham’s account of her life in California, California, In-doors and Out, presents a novel account for its time focusing not on the Gold Rush and prospecting but instead reflecting an proto-naturalist appreciation of nature and agriculture. Her work precedes the literary naturalist movement that rose after her death and reflected a deep appreciation and cohabitation of nature while not quite embracing the literary naturalist movement’s view of nature as an all imposing force. The longing for the simplicity of nature mirrors the language and sentiment of Henry David Thoreau’s Walden but elevates self-determinism and feminism alongside harmony with nature. In doing so, Farham reflects a new hopeful and harmonious California Dream.
A large part of the narrative draws a line against the pursuit of the Gold Rush. Farham eschews the sentiment of the 49ers espoused in Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson debut album, “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” (50 Cent). She writes, “I also have an abiding faith that there is something in California besides its mines, some life worth considering besides that of the people who delve at the ‘dry or wet diggings,’ and pray, if they every pray at all, that the Sierras might turn into huge piles of gold-dust before their eyes” (Young 158). In this passage, Farnam is lamenting the singular focus on mining as a means of prosperity in California and longs for more focus on other things. One of them being nature. Farnham also expresses regret at the lost effort, opining, “if half the stout hearts and strong hands, that every year leave home for the mining regions of California, were as resolutely directed towards her teeming vales and plains and hills, for here all are fertile, there would be an annual saving of wealth, health, life, and virtue, that would in these respects, soon elevate her to a level with any of her elder sisters” (Young 158).

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James Williams @jwill.dev · 03/12/2024

I'm about to churn out a paper for my California Literature class on Ripe: A Novel by @sarahroseetter.bsky.social which is set in Silicon Valley. In looking for supporting sources, came across "The Psychology of Silicon Valley : Ethical Threats and Emotional Unintelligence in the Tech Industry" 👀

The Psychology of Silicon Valley
Ethical Threats and Emotional Unintelligence in the Tech Industry

Open Access: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-27364-4

Book cover of Ripe: A Novel by Sarah Rose Etter

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James Williams @jwill.dev · 30/11/2024

But you get a spiffy certificate. I'm not gonna lie, it was kinda chilling looking out on the water and knowing there wasn't land around for hundreds or thousands of miles. I was really happy/relieved when we got to our first port (cruise started with 10 sea days).

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