In his albums, Logic occasionally has skits that play throughout that are part of the album’s overall story. A song in his album Ultra 85 titled In Retrospect has a skit at the end that left me wondering: [Outro: Thomas & Kai] Thank God for synthetic gravity and ribeye that never came from a cow I still don't...

My last several birding outings have been with a single objective: to spot a photograph a Belted Kingfisher. So when I leave without having spotted nor photographed one, I feel as if the entire outing was a failure. I seem to have forgotten that: Nature doesn't care what bird I want to see I can still enjoy all the...

How do people even think about this? I had a blast blowing up Wikipedia while waiting for my breakfast order this morning.

Michael writes about blogs disappearing due to rising costs in domains and I agree with him that this is an ongoing issue. My previous blog was available at antoniosantos.io and the primary reason I moved to this domain was the .io TLD renewal price increasing to over $51 dollars. That was just way too much to pay...

I’ve always heard lenses being categorized as either fast or slow, with the contributing factor being maximum aperture which is how much the lens can open. The more light the lens can let in, the better. I always associated the relationship between aperture and speed with shutter speed. The more light the lens lets...

There's a cool new site doing the rounds on the IndieWebosphere called Pixel Area. It's a 100x100 pixel grid where everyone can claim one pixel. I also noticed the grid has different neighborhoods like Cache Hollow, Vector Fields, Mosiac Commons, Echo Heights, and more. I find it pretty cool because as the inital...

Your phone is not the problem Jeff says that he is a better person without his phone. Widdershins says they’re the same with or without their phone. I think they’re both right because when Jeff gets on his phone, he doomscrolls. When Widdershins uses his phone, he contacts his family, uses it as a digital planner,...

When I woke up this morning, just like every other day this week, I felt like going back to sleep and not going birding. Once I get out of bed, I feel well-rested, but if I skip birding, that usually means I get two more hours of sleep. Well guess what. I finally went birding today! I'm so glad I didn't stay in,...

I’m currently on a 60-week reading streak. I might not read every day, but at least once a week before going to bed. I can tell you that in the past year and two months, I have not felt as hooked by a book as I have by Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman. For the first time, I’m looking forward to finding time to...

I’ve always been a night owl, so I struggle with waking up early. No matter how early I go to bed, I fall asleep around 11:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m., so setting an alarm for 6 a.m., knowing I’ll only get 6 hours of sleep, always makes me second-guess birding in the morning. I know it’s mental. Once I wake up, I feel...

Hello there! Welcome to my new home on the internet. Previously located at antoniosantos.io, I've decided to start publishing content on otolock.net moving forward, and I'm still debating if I will be migrating my content to this new domain. The main reason for the change is cost. .io domain renewals went up last...