I'm Nate Northway

I build websites, integrate systems, and offer small businesses advice for existing online. I’m also a cyclist, photographer, husband, cat-dad, and old man who enjoys laying in my hammock in the woods while reading a book. My face is over there to the right, or maybe below here if you’re on a phone.

This website is an archive of knowledge, trips, activities, and pontification, as well as a bit of a playground for me. If you’re interested in what I do, maybe you can read it. 

Bike Stuff

Since I’ve mostly deleted social media and I traditionally used Instagram to keep me honest, I’m gonna be posting my bike progress here. My full schedule for 2025 is right below here, and I’ll keep this section to the right reasonably up to date with stats. You can always follow me on Strava (my profile is private, but if I know you, you’ll be able to stalk me).

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*Last updated 3/1/2025

Event Name Location Date Read More
Dairy Roubaix Sugar Creek Bible Camp,
Ferryville, WI
4/27/25
The Bear Laona, WI 5/3/25
UPAF Ride for the Arts Milwaukee, WI 6/1/25
Horribly Hilly Hundreds Blue Mound State Park,
Blue Mounds, WI
Mid-June
Oshkosh Century Oshkosh, WI 6/22/25
Ridin’ Dirty Gravel Sittin’ Pretty Farm,
Viroqua, WI
7/5/25
Ride Across Wisconsin Eau Claire, WI 7/12/25
Riverwest 24 Milwaukee, WI Late July
Race the Lake Fond du Lac, WI 8/17/25
Door County Century Sturgeon Bay, WI 9/7/25
HODAG Country Ramble 9/5/25 - 9/7/25 Rhinelander, WI
The Hibernator Laona, WI 10/4/25
Red Granite Grinder Wausau, WI 10/11/25
PUKE Kickapoo Valley Reserve,
La Farge, WI
Early November
Or, old man yells about that series of tubes
Every October, the weekend following my birthday, I go up to Laona, Wisconsin, to experience the best gravel Wisconsin has to offer. The name of the race series is The Bear.
I had been looking for an old MTB to turn into a commuter and this fit the bill just right. It's a 3x7, so all the range I need for my 10 mile commute with barely any elevation. Here's what I've done so far and what I plan to do:
One of the spoils of using Sass is the liberal use of nested selectors, allowing a high level of specificity. CSS is closing that gap, though!
SVG can ensure clearness and proper scaling. And when used directly in CSS, cut down on a network request.
I won't lie, I rallied against WordPress for a long time, but the claim of powering almost half the web wasn't the reason.