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indifference
maybe its the mysterious emo kid who carries a genuinely weird vibe to them, or the indifferent punk girl with a really nice sense of style, or the blue hair...
london
Weeknotes: Week 43 of 2023
The AI Apocalypse Has Already Happened
Especially since the emergence of ChatGPT, discussions of the existential threat to humanity posed by AI have kicked into high gear. Though few go as far as the scenarios posed by The Terminator or…
Peace
Despite my outward appearance, I am a massive introvert. I do enjoy socialising sometimes, but I have to refill my battery often and that requires some peace and quiet. Something that is at times really hard to come by in my life. Like everyone, I have to work to earn a living, and then I have a family to look after. So I have to try to grab bits of it as a when I can.
Other People's Enthusiasm
Other People's Enthusiasm
Jack talks about how the enthusiasm of others can influence his decisions about trying new things.
Briefly: The Time You Call Home
I’ve been thinking about home lately. More importantly, about how I can never go home again. Now, to be fair, I can always go back to the I’ve called hom...
Looking Back On October
Oct 30, 2023
Writing, blogging, life, tech and mental health with a philosophical/psychological slant
to be loved is to have changed: on clothes
this post is a bit of a ramble, but can i say i have been loving being a low top doc marten guy. i dont know, they just makes me feel so refined. i exclusive...
On Piracy and DRM
The beauty of finished software
Let me introduce you to WordStar 4.0, a popular word processor from the early 80s. WordStar 4.0 As old as it seems, George R.R. Martin used it to write “A Song of Ice and Fire”. Why …
Growth and Techno-Optimism
Roy Tang's blog. Programmer, engineer, scientist, critic, gamer, dreamer, and kid-at-heart. Randomly amazed.
Achievement Fatigue
For decades, I’ve been trained to optimize my thinking in terms of numbers. I’ve been …
Blogging Nets More Than Just Text
A recurring trend among bloggers is meta-blogging: blogging about blogging. My pristine AI …
Advice on Blogging
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
The flower doesn’t go from bud to blossom in one spritely burst
As much as I would like to take credit for the title of this post, I can't. It's a phrase from the front page of . The quote itself is: I find this to be...
exit stage left
I can see it now - how the leaving works: everyone exits when the lights are out. There’s no final word spoken between us - cutting and sharp - to sever the ...
The elements of a good horror movie
What works and what doesn't.
Blogtober
Thoughts on a full month publishing with WordPress.
Randomly accessed memories: 3
I was ironing. We must have been going out, no other reason I would be ironing, but then we were always going out so I've no idea why this night was different. It was hard to find room to iron...
Working the Kinks Out
Why I Don't Use Social Media (Sometimes.)
Recursive human thought
SUCCESSFUL Adventures in setting up ActivityPub + Webfinger on a Flywheel-hosted WordPress site
Updated 31 October 2023 at 2:45pm to edit the NGINX config and give a further explanation. I gave up too soon! Emerson from Flywheel did more digging in
Australian floor numbering
P1, P2, and B1 makes no sense, to say nothing of floors being off by one above ground!
Briefly: Girlfriend
It’s funny, how much could happen in two years. I remember when we tried asking eachother out. It was so silly! She would you “only if you wanna,” and I’d...
Reflecting on Autistics Speaking Day
I remember where I was when Autistics Speaking Day was born. I hear people say this about JFK’s death, Princess Diana’s, 9/11, the moon landing, the Challenger explosion, the fall of the Berlin Wal…