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Ben Neil
This website is the personal site of Ben Neil, a lifelong programmer and generalist. This site is always a work in progress, constantly evolving and growing as I explore new technologies and ideas.
September 2026
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Bleh, another day of thinking about new things to write… oh, I said this today and thought it witty “its like beliving in unicorns or fat free bacon” takes bow
I journal every day. Its one of the few things that I have been able to keep up since last October. For me it was a way to get through some of the harsher realities of the startup and time doing its thing. A usual entry starts with the date and day of the week. Followed by temperature and type of day, ie cloudy,...
Started thinking that I wanted to have an explosion after someone signs up for an email. So I started researching how one would create an explosion. Found some code similar code for jquery that seems like it may work. Like much of my actual css/javascript experience when working with particles, so much feels like a...
Really was looking forward to today and I wasn’t disapointed. Had a great day with the kids and got them playing PaRappa the Rapper 2. I remember playing it way back in the day, but it was fun seeing them laughing at the absolutly bizarre plot. Also ended up seeing Songbirds and snakes, really enjoyed the show....
The Gemini protocol is this neat gopher like protocol that lets me broadcast this blog like a good ol fashioned MUD. Its fantastic. Originally I found out about the idea, by visiting The Paranoid Times which had an article for using said protocol. However, I didn’t quite understand, but I did end up going to...
Alright, ill admit it, my draft box for this challenge is running a little dry. So I’m going to phone it in today and just say that today was a challenge. I had to talk so much today in meetings I lost my voice which is something im not familiar with. But just with the day today, it was alot. Lots of planning, lots...
Highlights Listening to the QAnon Anonymous Podcast - little intense but facinating. They have smaller podcasts as well that look interesting Relaxing night reading and listening to music A bath after a difficult workday, had a screaming headache Learning that ‘Turn down for what’ came out nine years ago Getting...
Continuing on, lets go ahead and add air because doing reloads is lame. Also going to add a makefile because I feel like those two go together like beer and skittles. First lets make a bin directory mkdir bin Then lets add the .air.toml file root = "." testdata_dir = "testdata" tmp_dir = "tmp" [build] bin =...
Was putsing around on the debian 12 machine today and wanted to quickly find a program. Due to the start menu being so far away. After hunting online, I found this nifty open source tech called alfred which has a nice file search and bunches of apps. After installing its a little jumpy while typing but thats fun
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