Are.naMy motivation throughout the ups and downs was not that Are.na would one day make me rich, it was that we had to keep Are.na alive because it, the service itself, was part of how I understood (and still understand) myself.One of the best things

After owning an iPhone 14 Pro for more than two and a half years, its maximum battery capacity degraded to ~76%. It is not a terrible number, but the general recommendation is to take action whenever it goes below 80%, which happened a couple of months ago. In this state I am forced to carry a portable charger...

It is Nocturne weekend here in Halifax. We went out for our annual stroll to see the installations. Something that I found this year was that the density seems down. There are still lots of things to see, but the walking seemed more than other years. I haven't been out …

This morning started as many this year have done: should I get up and explore, or stay in bed for one more hour. The warmth of bed, especially as the days get cooler, is comforting. But I know how great I feel when I get up on time and start the day. I am trying my best to get back into a daily routine. On my...

[Everything between September 22 and the day of publishing this] Kumarakom, Kerala, India DataEggs eaten of different species: 2 (Quail and Hen) Library visits: 2 Books read: 3 The difference between a rom com and a horror movie is editing and colour grading. Life is similar.With only a few hours in a pool, I have...

I've just realised that it was six years ago today that I announced to the world that my book The Mother of Beauty was available on Amazon. Looking back, I'm amazed that I managed to produce the whole thing, unaided, on Microsoft Word, and – not unaided – get it onto Amazon. Those two endeavours were far harder than...

on time I was thinking today about how I need to have a clearer picture and organize my online writing and communication. For example when and how to write blog posts, newsletters etc. So here it goes: Blogposts They are entries directly under the prin.lu/log and also appear in the atom/rss feed. I wanted to keep it...

Remember that idea I came up with a couple months ago and then rambled about a bunch and then stopped talking about it?

A bitter, 14 years late eulogy leads to asking who we should pay attention to and why.

In this post, we'll explore the internals of has_one_attached method in Active Storage. It covers two interesting patterns, i.e. proxy and change objects. We'll trace the control flow from the model DSL to persistence and uploads, and explain how files are created, detached, and purged.

On 6 October 2025, I returned to school by officially attending the core programme of my local campus of 42 the computer science school, after having passed the school's 26-day bootcamp named the Piscine in May. On 16 October 2025, I completed Milestone 0, the very first milestone of the core programme, by...

A footnote in last night’s post mentioned that the Amazon links therein had been cleaned of cruft. Today, I’ll show the simple automated way I do that.

These platforms both offer a Google-free, privacy-sparing smartphone experience. How are they similar and different?

Mengapa ya, terlalu banyak berita sedih? Itu yang ada di pikiran saya saat menulis weeknotes ini. Ada bagusnya sih saya nulis tiap minggu. Lihat judulnya aja udah tau ada cerita apa. Tapi karena ceritanya sedih, saya pun sedih lagi. Keluarga saya meninggal. Lagi. Jeda waktu satu bulan. "Nenek" saya yang kedua. Kami...

I have been blogging on and off since 2020. I used to write various pieces of creative writing, musings, and resources on Blogger and WriteFreely. However, I realized that the former feels somewhat bloated (and Google-connected), so I moved to the latter under dotart.blog (which is Mastodon.ART's sibling site). I...

Hit the road early so we could make it in time for the Holly Arts & Crafts Festival in Pinehurst. Our goal was to get there before all the flowers sold out. + photos

Infelizmente venho assistindo mais vídeos no YouTube do que deve ser considerado saudável, e de galho em galho vou percebendo um padrão amargo. Vejo vídeos onde houve um óbvio esforço do autor de comunicar algo, seja de forma informativa ou por puro entretenimento, e os comentários estão cheios de pessoas dizendo...

October 2025. Brasov. Five days into our Romanian trip, and it’s time for bears. Mrs RM had decided we could do better than Bran Castle (“a bit Disney), but a visit to Libearty Bear Sanctuary to cuddle grizzlies was a must. What do you mean I don’t get to cuddle them ? These are the… Continue reading CONTRADICTORY...

Shamisen player serenades visitors in Arashiyama's bamboo grove. 嵐山の竹林で三味線奏者が演奏している。

Updates from the bridge: For once had some time to chill and relax this weekend so I played around with UTM on my Mac and ran Windows XP; talk about nostalgia overload 😭 The sounds, the UI, everything just screams the early 2000s. I need to figure out how to download the old media player skins and load them into the...

This post kind of pissed me off. It’s written to make people who can own physical media feel guilt for doing so. It has no point other than that. Because what should we feel about it? Should we stop trying to own physical media because there are people out there who can’t? Should we give all of our possessions away...

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This post is part of a collection on UUIDs. What is IDOR? Indirect Object Reference (IDOR) occurs when a resource can be accessed directly by its ID even when the user does not have proper authorization to access it. IDOR is a common mistake when using a separate service for storing files, such as a publicly...