Reading Kali’s post about ownership triggered me to write this post about my memories of owning games and other types of media in my lifetime. The future is bleak. GamesGrowing up, I was a video game addict. Browsing the aisles lined with game cartridges and discs at GameSpot and Toys “R” Us will always be in my...

Reading Kali’s post about ownership triggered me to write this post about my memories of owning games and other types of media in my lifetime. The future is bleak. GamesGrowing up, I was a video game addict. Browsing the aisles lined with game cartridges and discs at GameSpot and Toys “R” Us will always be in my...

One Take PassThe phrase “one take pass” is probably not proper English. It’s a common phrase you’ll hear in Hong Kong for taking any sort of exam or test; meaning to pass the exam on your first try. If you’ve followed my weeknotes (W24, W30), you could work out I’ve been having lessons for about 2 months, once per...

Driving UpdateTime really flies because I’ll be having the last two lessons next week, completing the driving course (9 x 1.5hr sessions). Although my instructor behaved increasingly unprofessional in the lessons—being on his mobile & tablet most of the time, replying to students’ messages via voice recordings (!),...

Another Backend Heavy DayI updated almost all the Apache ECharts and Hugo code that generates my favourite page on BurgeonLab: the /⁠stats page. With the new post types I’ve added recently: books, replies (separated out from notes), and RSVPs; I noticed some of the data on the graphs being incorrect. New Features...

DRY Principle: Hugo Layout TemplatesDRY stands for Don’t Repeat Yourself. Although what I did last night doesn’t affect the frontend / look-and-feel of my site, I am pleased to have done something I have been meaning to do for a long time: clean up the multiple repeated layout templates and Hugo conditional code...

Book and World Snack FairThe annual Hong Kong Book Fair is here. I usually go every year and went last Friday. English books are available; but the majority are Chinese. My mom bought a cookbook and I didn’t get anything—there’s still books I have new sitting on the shelf… There’s a concurrent World of Snacks (food...

Brewed a Coffee From 2022Today I brewed this special coffee with the Tsubame Kalita Wave 155 (flat bottom dripper) + 1Zpresso ZP6 Special hand grinder (4.8 clicks): Roaster: Manhattan Coffee Roasters (NL) Name: Sweet Valley Producer: Cafe Granja La Esperanza (CGLE) Farm: Potosi Varietal: Colombia (Caturra and...

Thank you so much, kind stranger, for being my first secret patron on Liberapay! I am speechless and so grateful for your generosity and support. If I had to guess what it is for, I’d put it down to the new Homebrew Website Club event I’m initiating in early August 2026 for the Asia/Pacific/Oceania time zone. I will...

PSA: A New IndieWeb Virtual Event for Southeast Asia / Pacific Time ZonesI have some exciting news to share—I am starting a new edition of the regular Homebrew Website Club event, catering to those living in Asian time zones! It will (tentatively) run every other Wednesday at 5:30pm to 7:00pm Hong Kong Time / UTC+8...

Missing In ActionI am a bit disappointed at myself for breaking my relatively consistent weeknote habit—missing out on W26 and W27. I am now writing this on Friday to make sure W28 is not cancelled! Life just kinda caught up, and partly also because I have been engrossed in my secondary site / WordPress migration...

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