Some link titles have been slightly modified for style. Arts and entertainmentAre.na: Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute (CARI)Learn about various categories of consumer aesthetics from 1970s to present. Bye Spotify, hello MP3sMinimal bought 16 secondhand CDs and ripped those albums as MP3s for their VLC-powered...

James asked: "How have you changed since you started your website?" Ever since I built my personal realmlets on Nekoweb and Bear Blog, I became more intentional and unconstrained with my online activities than before. Because of the personal web, I managed to pick up my long-forgotten interests such as programming,...

This was written for this month's Bearblog Carnival. Thanks to Kami for hosting this event! Gregg shorthand may be an obsolete writing system today, but it was among the important subjects that I learned in my office administration course. As one of my professors said, it was intended to be used for legal and...

Arts and entertainmentPlease compensate the work you appreciateA certain Brain Baker encourages you to financially support your favorite artists, especially through ethical means. Why are there no art movements anymore?Contemporary art becomes diversified and democratized, as kwist said. Indie web and online...

I have contributed to other people's creative projects before. Back then, I would join art collabs within walled gardens (especially Instagram and Discord) and strive to finish my entries on time. Although I enjoy collaborating with other artists there, I feel that I should branch out from my siloed experiences and...

My personal realmlet just got renovated! Although it still keeps a similar theme and responsive design as the previous one, it now uses a single-column layout. Before: A two-column layout with a navigational sidebar on the left and main content on the right. After: A single-column layout with main content right...

This post was written for this month's Bearblog / Grizzly Gazette Carnival. Thanks to Sage for hosting this event! The roseate spoonbill is among the six spoonbill species that can be found around the world. Also known as Platalea ajaja, this freshwater bird is the only native spoonbill species in the Western...

Some link titles have been slightly modified for style. EntertainmentAfrica (Toto)...but it lists every country in AfricaEvery independent country in Africa gets mentioned in this take from There I Ruined It. (Thanks to Barry Hess for sharing this video!) iox Blog: How can we make it work?This feature from the indie...

My aunt gave me a Nikon D3000 a while ago. Although this camera has been rarely used, it is still useful for taking a few snaps at home. So far, its only attachable lens is the AF-S NIKKOR 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6G II ED (which is included in the DSLR camera). According to the Exif data from my camera, the following photos...

This post was written for this month's Bearblog Carnival. Thanks to Suliman for hosting this event! What happens if a blonde woman and a white cat meet each other? They just start fighting for the spectacle in the Internet world. This is how it happened for Taylor Armstrong and Smudge the Cat. A meme template...

I finally have a lifetime subscription here on Bear Blog! Thankfully, I paid 50% less than the original price for that since I live in the Philippines.1 That means that I can get the same upgrades (like custom domain and embedded images) as someone who pays the full amount. Custom domainLoreleice's Virtual Writing...

Some link titles have been slightly modified for style. AnimalsDr. Cheeto CatThis orange cat gets his own profile as a professor at UC Davis' high-performance computing facility. (Thanks to someone on the Fediverse for sharing this university chonker!) Nature Match Cuts: Snails or Slop SlimePetra dissects a viral,...