Tue Aug 26
Dear reader,To start this blog, I needed to find a suitable blogging platform. It was obvious from the start that it had to be open source and respect readers’ privacy, so trackers or ads were out of the question. I also wanted something simple, where I could focus solely on writing, instead of spending a lot of...
I didn’t come up with the idea of a /now page. As with most things when it comes to blogging, I stole the idea from @Joel. But I really like the idea, and I’m working on expanding the things I put on that page, along with the other slash pages I’ve created. I think this is an important topic, because it reminds us...
As you might have noticed, I’ve put this website through a number of changes this year. Apart from changing the theme (sorry if you hate blue), I also switched my website metrics from Google Analytics to Umami, which is an open source, privacy focused analytics platform. Along the same vain, it was finally time to...
A poem about coffee (all things equal) the first coffee of the day always tastes better than the second. A thought about mosquitos Once you notice a mosquito flying around the room you’re in, everything will itch until you or the mosquito is gone. Truly These could have gone on Mastodon.
“The book of love is full of music,” sing The Magnetic Fields. “In fact, that’s where music comes from.” The book of love is written in the language of wonder — our best means of loving life more deeply. To love anything — a person, a pond, the world — is to see the wonder in it, to hear the music in it. Both love...
I wrote a New Leaf Journal Article several years ago praising Nintendo for having a cartridge-first mindset with the Switch. Nintendo’s emphasis on cartridges has waned with the release of the Switch 2, which has introduced game “key-cards,” which are good for nothing more than downloading the game in question. This...
Learn how to run a Personal User Manual exercise with your team to boost connection, improve communication, and foster a positive team culture. Includes a ready-to-use template and practical tips for success.
I’ve said before that switching to headphones gives five percent of the benefits (attention, awareness, mindfulness) that going fully phoneless would give for one percent of the effort which is a 400% savings that I’ve applied in my own life and I more often than not (but not always) had headphones with a podcast,...
I’ve not been doing super great lately. I’m trying to get better, but I don’t know how.
I love a habit. I adore a routine. Doing things in a certain order, or certain time, or certain way. Over and over. I love the dependability. I love the resonance, the echo, the beat. I love the surprising power. Layering one small movement over another and another until the tiniest action builds itself into a...
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Research on environmental reporting confirms my own experience of late — positive stories are more engaging and more likely to encourage you to help with solutions. Awni Etaywe, a lecturer in linguistics at Charles Darwin University in Darwin, Australia: If people are constantly told the situation is hopeless, they...
I don't much care for how hot my laptops run, before the cooling system takes action to bring the temperature under control. What can be done about that?
How to disable AI in Firefox. And the LM features. And how to disable other AI, LLM and Machine Learning features that Firefox and Mozilla are introducing into the browser.