Wanted to start my own blog, but didn't want to use WordPress or equiv. Tried self hosting my own blog site on an old laptop, tldr didn't work out, and so I ...
I love notebooks, they're vessels for my knowledge, thoughts, memories, and experiences. I've got a whole stack of them on my desk. Some of them are fancy Leuchterms and Moleskines and Foreskines and whatnot, but the majority of them are either free from events and conferences or are stolen from the office 👀. One of them was gifted to me by a masters student, which was very nice of her (I didn't…
I am delighted to inform you that I have passed the upgrade process for my PhD 🥳! What's does the upgrade process involve, you may ask, or as many people have asked me? I had to write a thesis on the work I've done so far, and then perform an oral exam known as a viva, testing my foundational knowledge and asking about the work I've done so far. To be honest, the viva was a bit of a fever dream.…
I've been able to cut down on using my smartphone, but I still want to cut it down further. Here are some of the things I did, along with how successful they were. Stuff I've already done Deleting my Social media accounts (successful) Instagram was my only form of social media, aside from Whatsapp, but that doesn't count to me because you can't doom scroll on Whatsapp! Not until they make doom…
I want to create more things. I want to make things. I want to repair and fix things. I want to do shit with my own hands. I'm tired of watching videos of other people doing things. I want to do them myself. So I will!
I love RSS! I can read articles and blog posts without being bombarded by popups and ads, and being further manipulated by da Algorithmz . I have an RSS reader on my phone, but I'm going to delete it as I want to spend less time on my phone. Instead, I have set up Newsboat , a terminal RSS client. I chose Newsboat because it's configurable, meaning you can do cool things like watching YT videos…