Sat 13 April 2024

I was chilling out at the parking lot of In-N-Out after having lunch there (because the weather is pretty nice today), but decided to go to a local library to have a nice desk in front of me and do some reading/writing.

I asked the Oracle at Googlii (via …

Category: Life
Tags: ADHD   Life   Non-religious post   Non-technical post   Philosophy  

Thu 11 April 2024

Content Warning: This post deals with the loss of a pet. Also, Christian themes.

This will probably be my last post on this subject for a while. I do not wish to labor the point, but today marks the sixth month of my cat passing, and I felt that I …

Category: Life
Tags: Content Warning   Life   Loss   Non-technical post  

Tue 02 April 2024

Content Warning: This post deals with the issue of toxic masculinity. If that (or the discussion thereof) is upsetting to you, please skip this one. Also, a minor bible reference is included.

I thought I had a pretty fair grasp on the idea and archetypes of toxic masculinity. I am …

Category: Ethics
Tags: Content Warning   Ethics   Life   Non-technical post   Philosophy  

Sun 31 March 2024

About an hour ago, I was catching up with an old friend from the 90s that I've kept in touch with through the years and visited several times (even though I moved to a different state at the end of that decade). We were part of a wonderfully tight-knit group …

Category: Life
Tags: Life   Non-religious post   Non-technical post  

Sat 30 March 2024

Just a few days before Christmas Day, 1989, I excitedly carried home one of the greatest Christmas gifts I have ever received. I vaguely remember going with my stepdad to the university computer store (The "MicroCentre," it was called; no relation to the large, currently-extant computer store chain) to pick …

Category: Tech
Tags: Amiga   Computing   Life   Non-religious post   Retrocomputing  

Thu 25 January 2024

It's funny to me how simple, practical changes can produce lasting effects. It's also funny how something can seem so insurmountable when you're stuck in a certain mindset, only to realize that it's just a matter of a simple change of thinking and habits.

When I was younger (read: thirties …

Category: Life
Tags: Life   Non-religious post   Non-technical post   Productivity   Informal post  

Thu 18 January 2024

Content Warning: this is all coming from a fairly Christian worldview, and so may seem a bit like proselyting to those from other traditions and beliefs. I'm just putting out what I'm mulling over, so as always, you're welcome to read it, or wait for another nerdy UNIXy post a …

Category: Philosophy
Tags: Beauty   Bible   Christianity   Content Warning   Ethics   Life   Non-technical post   Philosophy   Prose  

Thu 28 December 2023

A couple days ago, I was discussing with my counselor the importance of in-person relationships. I commented on how incredibly easy it is to open a computer and drop into a meaningful and enjoyable conversation within a few minutes (especially on the Fediverse!), but that it felt nearly impossible to …

Category: Life
Tags: Life   Non-religious post   Non-technical post   Philosophy   Prose  

Mon 11 December 2023

Content Warning: This post deals with loss

As I have alluded to before, there is a certain process of effacing that time does to loss and grief, as well as the memory of the departed.

I'm staring at the two month mark, and while I've had some truly dark moments …

Category: Life
Tags: Content Warning   Life   Loss   Non-religious post   Non-technical post   Prose   WritingMonth  

Sat 02 December 2023

LLMs (Large Language Models, colloquially referred to as "A.I.") are perfect...

Perfect exemplars and the very embodiment of the brain-rot of our society.

Much like so many loud voices in society today, the LLM is incapable of discerning reliable from unreliable sources, identifying the origin and validity of a …

Category: Ethics
Tags: Computing   Ethics   Life   Non-religious post   Philosophy   Polemic