bneil.me

bneil.me

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.

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2026-04-09-hobby

bneil.me · 2w

H is for Hobby Im back stealing topics from the main site! From them: Is blogging a full-time job for you? Something you do on the side, in addition to your full-time job? Or is...

2026-04-08-ghost

bneil.me · 2w

G is for Ghost I was convinced my parents old house was haunted. It was built in the early 1900s, had faded and peeling wallpaper. Dilapidation and general neglect for the past...

2026-04-07-frames

bneil.me · 3w

F is for Frames Just some css fun collected from gists and adapted, feel free to grab and share. Resize your images though and don’t use the width property, lol Le Classic Frame...

2026-04-06-events

bneil.me · 3w

E is for Events I wanted to write a small bit about Events, mainly the ones we choose to celebrate and ones we choose ignore. This is a little personal, so if you want to skip...

2026-04-04-dream

bneil.me · 3w

D is for dream I know I said yesterday I wasn’t going to keep sniping the A to Z blogs word choice. But dang, ‘Dream’ is a great one especially when paired with the question of...

2026-04-03-creativity

bneil.me · 3w

C is for creativity I have been stealing the ideas for the daily prompts based off the categories provided with the A to Z challenge main blog. Which hasn’t been creative. Going...

2026-04-02-brainstorming

bneil.me · 3w

B is for Brainstorming Have you got “hopes, dreams, and goals” for your blog? If not, why are you doing this? Im doing this because its a challenge. The warning from this post...

2026-04-01-a-for-aspiration

bneil.me · 3w

A is for Aspirations What are your blogging aspirations? For me blogging is a way to be creative. I don’t have many aspirations about it except to share tidbits about books ive...

Past Challenges

bneil.me · 4w

Past Challenges A collection of completed blogging challenges. Well so far one. lol. 50 Blog Posts in 50 Days My completed 50of50 challenge - 50 blog posts written in ~50 days...

A to Z 2026 Challenge

bneil.me · 1mo

The A to Z Challenge I signed up for the April Blogging from A to Z Challenge! The challenge is simple: blog every day in April, with each day corresponding to a letter of the...

A to Z 2026 Challenge

bneil.me · 1mo

The A to Z Challenge I signed up for the April Blogging from A to Z Challenge! The challenge is simple: blog every day in April, with each day corresponding to a letter of the...

Takeaways from Red Rising

bneil.me · 1mo

Red Rising; Thoughts on the Society I recently finished reading through the full Red Rising series, completing Light Bringer just a few days ago. After sitting with all of these...

On Using AI in Blogging

bneil.me · 2mo

Agree as well, regardless of if you’re having LLMs help with coding or writing. It’s your word/voice your putting out there. So you better be able to back it up. — in response...

day50-of-50-blog-posts

bneil.me · 3mo

Day 50, Write about a news event from when you were still in school and how it made you feel. News events in the 90s were a little different than now. You didn’t learn about...

day49-of-50-blog-posts

bneil.me · 3mo

Day 49: Do you have a set of rules or guidelines for your life? Did you write them? Why do you use them? I don’t usually bring up my belief system, but since that’s the point of...
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