노래방 가서 스트레스 없어
한국에 있어요! 일년 전에 한국에 저음 와서 노래방에 많이 갔어요. 보통 노래하기 후에 "다행이다" 말했어요. 정말요, 노래하자마자 숨을 쉴 수 있어요. 미국에서 진짜 몰랐어요. 요즘은 노래방 가고 짚으면 코인 노래방 갈 거예요. 왜냐하면 3-4 개노래만 노래하고 싶어요.
iml
Howdy - I'm Ian. I like building things that help others and that are fun to use. Here are a few things that I have built: Daily Tokki - daily perso...
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Let's Make Things Together (Cohort 2)
Quick recap Let's Make Things Together (LMT2) is a group that meets weekly over the course of 6 weeks to make things — anything. At the end, we have a "demo day" to show it off. It's a blast. More info about what it is here and here . We finished our inaugural cohort last month and because we enjoyed it so much, we're doing it again! If you're interested in building alongside others, we'd…
There's a reason you're building what you're building
I've been rebuilding Resgen for a couple months now after pausing for about 6-7 months. At that point, I was discouraged because there were other solutions out there that looked better, had more features, and felt slicker. They had millions of users (supposedly), tons of people saying how much they enjoy using their product (which, of course — it's their homepage), and dozens on staff…
"AI-powered" has become a red flag
Since the launch of ChatGPT back in 2022 AI has explod — just kidding. Those lead-ins are getting tiring, right? But what has become even more irritating is how everything is "AI-powered" all of a sudden. Let me make it clear up-front that I am not opposed to using AI, whatever that means anymore, for a product. I've done it myself and it's a good way to add value to the product, if it…
Developing film for the first time
I just got a roll of film developed. It's my first roll of film I've ever gotten developed. I've had the my camera, a Canon AE-1, for over 6 years and never developed any roll of film on it. I have about 5-6 rolls of film filled with pictures, but I didn't know how they looked, or if the camera was even working properly, until two days ago. Here's some of the pictures from the roll (they're in…
Picking up old projects
It’s week 4 of LMT2 (Let’s Make Things Together) and the idea I wanted to start with — a blogging platform aimed at couples traveling together — turned out to be something I truly didn’t want to make. I blog here and there, but not enough to really be hitting the limits on any platform and creating a new platform doesn’t seem like it will provide the impetus for me to want to blog…
Let’s make things together
Overview I'm hosting an experiment where we each make something (not limited to just programming) over the course of 6 weeks We'll have weekly show & tells and a demo day at the end (you get a virtual medal) Fill out this form if you're interested We want to make things One of the hardest parts of making things is choosing something to make and starting. The second hardest part is continuing to do…
I want to hear from you
Hide highlights I'm one of those people that tend to be classified as a "lurker" on most sites. I read more than I engage, and I rarely, if ever, reach out to the writer. I've read tons of posts here on Bearblog and elsewhere and want to reach out to the writers, but find myself resisting, for some reason. Perhaps it's because the option to email is more "by the way" rather than an active…
Hole-in-the-walls are the heart of cities
Hide highlights Turn a tight corner, go downstairs, slide pass someone back-to-back to be seated at a table amidst a din of overlapping conversations where you're holding a well-worn thick paper menu that has 5 options to choose from. A server comes, takes your order, snatches the menu back, brings the food over near-instantly as if they could read your mind, and you take a bite of one of the best…
Korea is way ahead: improvements to everyday objects
Hide highlights Intro I'm currently in Korea for my first country in my year-long (maybe 2 year?) trip around the world. Almost immediately I've noticed there are some quality-of-life improvements to everyday things that seem dead-simple in retrospect, but are absent (or rarely seen) in the US. Door locks Pretty much every door to a home has an electronic key-code entry mechanism. Punch in your…