I’m proud to say that I’ve been building hardcore these past few weeks. […]
2021-02-09 Update, I Guess?
I hate the concept of “updates”. I mean, it’s obvious that you, the not-around-me reader, need to know what’s going on, but I make so many trend-resistant things that I don’t feel like it’s fair to share an update about the fact that I’ve added a few lines to my GainedInSite culture and power pages, […]
2021-01-26 Distrusting FAANGMT
I’m happy to say that my predictions about what will happen with Big Tech’s censorship has been largely overstated. The evidence of this, to me, is what newly-minted President Biden has done lately. My attitude is a defiance of what I already knew to be true, but I had lost my nerve for a few […]
2021-01-02 Satisfied New Year!
I once heard an anecdote from a Jewish man, then promptly forgot it. What I memetically remembered, in effect, was “if you attack the Jews, they’ll make a new holiday”. What happens to us isn’t as important as what we do with it. For Christmas, my family makes a tradition of ramen noodles to remind […]
2020-11-18 Mandatory Update
As much as I’m a fan of the /now movement, adding updates always feels a bit strange because I’m rewriting. As a principle, I feel like restating things is a waste of time, but having children almost guarantees the need for repetition, so I guess I’m fighting a losing battle. I’m not going to lie, […]
2020-10-29 Transitions
One month ago, I was working at Scientific Games servicing lottery machines. It involved traveling to the 2500-odd locations in Iowa where you could get a Powerball. Daytime hours, revolving workweek, Steady Eddie. Today, I’m waiting for marching orders at my new job as a data center technician for a company that services Microsoft. It’s […]
2020-09-02 TechSplained
Spinning up a new website is relatively easy, especially with copy-paste. I made one. It’s called TechSplained. It doesn’t have anything cool on it yet, but it will. My goal is to simplify computers to make the average 12-year-old understand it. First, though, I have to sort out my pile of “to CS read someday” […]
2020-09-01 The Adequacy Bible
If you’re like me, you don’t always remember that much of the world doesn’t have easy access to the internet. Since I made a large pile of distilled guides to help the most downtrodden, it’s way more likely that they don’t have the means to visit my website. Thus, I’ve created The Adequacy Bible. It’s […]
2020-08-21 Substantively Built
Creativity is a type of sickness. You get an infection, and feel compelled to build until the thing has finally migrated from inside your mind to the world around you. I’ve been note-taking about the essence of reality for about a decade. I’ve finally done it: essays about everything. I’m sincerely proud of this creation, […]
2020-07-19 Lots of InSite
You will always miss all the attempts you never made. The fear of failure stops us short from trying. Sometimes, we’re being rather sensible. I now have 39 more Essays to build. Though I’ve published the heck out of the other 37 or so, this journey is probably about halfway done: AdequateLife Guides: pwned GainedInSite […]