# ig (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover ig. Page: Feed: --- ## [Life Note 1: An Asian Weekend of Food](https://thequarterlight.bearblog.dev/life-note-1/) _2026-07-26 · thequarterlight · the quarter light_ I decided to post something a bit more casual, just to document happenings in a low-stakes way - I'm going to call this series Life Notes. Let's see how this goes :) ... This weekend, I managed to eat food from Japan, Philippines, Korea and Singapore! Italy too - but I didn't document it (I was too hungry). Friday evening started with an event by Ethos Books that I attended with Hubs and a couple… ## [Dumbifying my iPhone (again)](https://thequarterlight.bearblog.dev/dumbifying-my-iphone-again-2026/) _2026-07-20 · thequarterlight · the quarter light_ At the beginning of July, I realized that all of my time and mind space was being taken up by IG and YouTube... and my sanity/ability to regulate was highly dependent on the glowing brick in my hand. Some research was done + I went through my "I want a dumbphone" phase again. But decided it wasn't worth the security risk again. So decided to dumbify my smartphone... again! past attempts I had… ## [june 2026 - a smol reflect](https://thequarterlight.bearblog.dev/june-2026-smol-reflect/) _2026-06-24 · thequarterlight · the quarter light_ With the end of June, my time of hospitalization leave comes to an end. I'm sad to leave behind languid days of space to choose what I want to do. However, being still gave me an opportunity to turn inwards, and to plant some seeds of ideas. It was strangely exciting. Anyway, this is a record of where I'm at, how I am finding it, along with some musings on where I want to go, if you want to read… ## [Literature Challenge 2.0](https://thequarterlight.bearblog.dev/literature-challenge-v2/) _2026-06-16 · thequarterlight · the quarter light_ I have to confess that the act of creating my post about my literature challenge inspired more questions than answers within me. I feel excited, so I think this is a step in the right direction. Frances of What The Fran reached out with kind words and asked me about what plans I had for "output" - and as encouraged as I was by her note, I realized that this was a question that had been weighing… ## [do i talk too much?](https://thequarterlight.bearblog.dev/do-i-talk-too-much/) _2026-06-12 · thequarterlight · the quarter light_ This thought came up because I was reading a blog post about how someone ended up on Bearblog. Their preference for the simplicity of bearblog was contrasted with the shininess of substack. no hate against it, but I, too, do not feel like I am meant to be on a place like Substack. Why? Well, I just spent the last day and a bit going editing and re-editing my last post. Not because I regret posting… ## [my literature challenge!](https://thequarterlight.bearblog.dev/my-literature-challenge/) _2026-06-10 · thequarterlight · the quarter light_ I was just telling Hubs that quitting social media made all the blood flow to my brain --- It is potent stuff! And I am now back to surfing the internet, like the millennial teenager that I was. It feels like the internet + staying off social media provides me with the rabbit holes that are deeper and wider than the social media ones... the questions feel bigger and the answers are longer. What… ## [post-surgery experiment](https://thequarterlight.bearblog.dev/post-surgery-experiment/) _2026-06-04 · thequarterlight · the quarter light_ Hello all, reporting from June. Just finished a surgery to remove a pretty big cyst. Thankfully, it was keyhole and could remain so. I am about 5-6 days post-op now, and the pain is a lot better. So far, I've been spending copious amounts of time on the usual suspects - IG, XiaoHongShu, YouTube. I guess it was nice to indulge a bit, but it was starting to feel meaningless... I also noticed that I… ## [may update](https://thequarterlight.bearblog.dev/may-update/) _2026-05-25 · thequarterlight · the quarter light_ the may update is that... i do not feel like blogging. it's hard to say why - in march, i felt so excited about blogging. and then that feeling died out HARD in march. hm, coincidentally, with getting back onto IG?!?! it's time for some breaktime i guess. ## [on Reviewing](https://thequarterlight.bearblog.dev/on-reviewing/) _2026-03-28 · thequarterlight · the quarter light_ I'm realizing that I'm someone who appreciates having time to digest what I've consumed. My original intent with this space was to have a place where I could process my thoughts and feelings... in "public". I still appreciate this idea. But reflecting on my process for the past few weeks, I don't think "first draft, final draft" is working for me. For a long time, I've felt a keen sensitivity that… ## [Seeing Sounds - N.E.R.D (2008)](https://thequarterlight.bearblog.dev/seeing-sounds-nerd-2008/) _2026-03-28 · thequarterlight · the quarter light_ It's been a long time since I've thought about N.E.R.D. Frankly speaking, I've felt done with Pharrell since the late 2010s... it seemed like he was inescapable. No man, woman or child could avoid the advent of 'Happy'. 'Get Lucky' was making the playlists of all the weddings that I attended and concurrently giving me a slight ick (i mean, great song, but like, your parents are right there). It… ## [Collect Open Source Legends (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Lg0AaFB5AcjV) _2026-03-28 · **Sponsored**_ Open-licensed art, limited foil trading packs, and optional on-chain mints. ## [This one weird trick](https://veekeeweekee.substack.com/p/this-one-weird-trick) _2025-01-31 · vikki wiercinski · yadda yadda_ 13: The rest of us aren't Mary Kate and Ashley