AI, Disinformation & Nature Deficit Disorder
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Written is better than perfect
hater's anthem
Wednesday (and occasionally Thursday) nights are for pickleball with friends. These particular friends happen to be friends of a friend of mine, and they're ...
Local Businesses Should Have Proper Websites
The above is a pet peeve of mine. A local brewer had their …
Oct 13, 2023
Writing, blogging, life, tech and mental health with a philosophical/psychological slant
On Social Media, Lurkers, Introverts, and Blogging
Roy Tang's blog. Programmer, engineer, scientist, critic, gamer, dreamer, and kid-at-heart. Randomly amazed.
Digital Decluttering
fall favorites
I admit to being a lover of all things Fall and Halloween - and, furthermore, I admit to being a serial seasonal-rewatcher. There are certains shows and ...
Having the patience to find better goals
desolation row
It's finally the weekend! This one is a bit different from the usual, because I took all of next week off for vacation. I wish I could say I'm excited, becau...
The virality of human suffering
It’s impossibly hard to watch coverage of the Israel-Hamas war. Thousands of people on both sides of the border have been killed (1,300 in Israel,
Extending my understanding of self-care: IndieWeb Carnival October 2023
On a blog’s visual identity
Sometimes the aesthetics of a blog are just as important as its content when it comes to being recognisable.
Less typical
Over the last couple of years, I've had multiple readers email to kindly ask if I've considered that I'm neurodivergent in some way.
Design systems, color spaces, and CSS
OK…lch.
Man of a Certain Age
my mind, the invisible loudspeaker
Anhedonia. The inability to feel pleasure. I wonder if I have sort of been this way for as long as I can remember. Is that why I've always been somewhat reckless and impulsive, because I needed...
A Digital Color's Journey
Let’s say you were looking at a sunset with your eyeballs. You loved all the shades of orange that were happening. So orange! You took a photo with your modern digital camera. Later, you get …
Shoes dilemma
I hate shoes. Not as objects, I don't have anything against shoes. I hate them because they're disposable garments. At least that's what sneakers …
and I took that personally
My wife and I have a fairly regular argument. Something goes wrong with the house/finances/activity. Depending on the situation, I either get mildly annoy...
Displaying internal linkbacks on WordPress
I have written a lot of blog posts. In some of those posts I link to other posts on my site. What's the easiest way of displaying those internal incoming links? Here's what it looks like: Code All we need to do is search WordPress for the URl of the current page. Loop through the […]
Sucking It Up
On Bookshelves
There was a time I had my mom move in with me while she …
There is no place like home: Why I love to blog
It's good to be home.
Goodbye, Old Friend
It’s been a little while since I last put pen to paper, and I want to talk about why I’ve been MIA. Life, as you know, can really suck sometimes, and I’ve been dealing with a real…
I think I have said it before, but…
there is no invisible hand of technology
Social Internet Is Dead. Get Over It.
For the first two decades of the new century, the “web” was organized around people and social connections. What appeared to be a social utopia has now transformed into an algorithm-driven profit m…
It makes me reel, even though I am entitled to it
…ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ Recently, my right elbow has had surgery since I could not fully bend it anymore. Sad cause for this misfortune to happen; lifting a too heavy bag....
Into the Void
I’m not stupid. I know hardly any people read my blog …