ava's blog
ava's blog
Ava
I’m Ava and I'm writing about my thoughts on tech, data protection law, my health and little creative projects.
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A few days ago, my wife told me about something happening in the art community, specifically the webcomic community. The full allegations can be read here, but in short: Hiveworks used to provide web hosting, site design, advertising...
In ‘small thoughts’ posts, I’m posting a collection of short thoughts and opinions that don’t warrant their own post. :) It's been a while! ☁️☁️☁️ Sometimes, people say they felt uncomfortable, like something in their life isn't right,...
Haven't posted pictures in a while! Here's fencing with friends in November. Watch my wife slip and fall (she was alright): My friend holding his plushie eel. Sweet tea set! Some of the nails I had in that time, but currently on a longer...
It's been a while since the pandemic has brought masks to the awareness of anyone that wasn't required to wear them before. It's also been a while since the general public was mandated to wear them. I still wear masks, though. I wear...
Thinking back to being in school, a specific class might have been challenging when experiencing it for the first time. Now imagine repeating that same grade, same class, same contents, same exams each year. You’d be bored out of your...
I've recently decided to stop drinking anything caffeinated for a month. My top offender has been matcha, which has a surprisingly high caffeine content depending on the kind and the amount you consume. Second is other green tea, and...
I'm currently employed full-time working with pharmaceutical databases, but I'm looking to shift into job roles centered around Data Protection Law, like Compliance and Privacy, or Data Governance, preferably in the...
My wife is a historian, and sometimes, she likes to look up really old German recipes. One of those recipes was for strawberry soup from 1752. “Durchklaube die Erdbeer, und wasche sie schön, zuckers nach Genügen; gieß gemeinen oder, so...
Looking around the internet, it's clear that digital representations have become cheap, too perfect, and easily fabricated, and the offline world is increasingly the primary source of confirmation. It's really interesting to see this...
I enjoy media without actively participating in fandom. I prefer that over witnessing fandom drama or being influenced by the current consensus these spaces hold. Fandom is not without its use or effect on me, but I enjoy the more...
Read this one a little while before it came up in the Gazette’s book club, but now will finally write a post for it :) I picked it up in a book shop while browsing, remembering I had heard good things and that I had planned to read it....
I haven’t put much thought into Christmas since I moved out of my parents’ home, aside from selfmade Advent calendars. I’m not a big fan of visiting Christmas markets, as the trinkets there seem useless and overpriced, and most of the...
Some of you might be using browser extensions to handle the flood of cookie consent banners. Popular choice used to be the browser extension "I don't care about cookies", followed up by "I still don't care about cookies" when the former...