...I wanted a way of notifying [the family]] when I was on a call. Yelling out "On a call!" across the house wasn't popular, so I decided I needed a clear "on a call" sign instead. And I wanted it to automatically turn on and off when the call started and ended. The registry came to the rescue...

I once had a blog. It was a Wordpress one, hosted on Dreamhost. I started that blog 14 years ago in 2007...