bneil.me
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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.
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Write a book review of the last book you couldn’t put down. How to Sell a Haunted House, by Grady Hendrix I don’t want to give anything away from this book. Just read it, because its one of these horror stories that is so well written....
Day 33, What are five issues that have affected your political life? I personally don’t have bunper stickers. I don’t relate my political beliefs to folks. Well perhaps an exception to family that ask. But, honestly, fuck politics. Its...
Day 32, What is your perfect record album? This kind of seems like the article on day 24 of 50 blog posts but ill get after it. The perfect record album was this mixtape I had from earthday in 1996, specifically “95.7 FM San Diego:...
Day 31, Is there a particular country other than your own that fascinates you? Why? Canada. I love hiking, reading and biking. Yamaska National Park near Quebec holds a long time ache in my heart as id read about it in a national...
Day 30, What is something you are passionate about and why? Im passionate about writing. Throughout my life, its been the one thing I could turn to that has helped me with speaking, programming and learning to be a better human. Its kind...
Day 29, Can you make a list of 20 moments in your current or past life that you would classify as sublime? Not sure about past life, but if i could, here are 20 from this life (ill attempt chronogical): Seeing an alleyway, from the...
Day 28, Do you have an /Interests page on your blog? What is on it or what would you put on one if you made it? I don’t! but I should write one up at some point. Interests are a little bit harder to think about then then simply saying...
What kind of decorations do you have in your workspace? What do they mean to you? I have a mix of old linux cd’s from the 90s (got to prove ive got old af xwindows that didnt give an f about your screen refresh). Pieces of different...
Testing out an avatar from a gist Wild! Found this code snippet here How neat. Giant Umaru for me thanks to live2d L2Dwidget.init({ "model": { //"jsonPath":...
New aliases for the blog Create the new post and pop open vim hpost() { hugo new content content/posts/$1 vim content/posts/$1 } hnote() { hugo new content content/notes/$1 vim content/notes/$1 }
Decided to take off for a little trip last weekend So for my birthday this year, after watching a bike tubber, I decided to emulate this persons tradition. Riding the number of miles you are turning. For me, that was a pretty tall ask....
Day 26, Are you retired or working? What are your plans for retirement? Im working and happily employed. For retirement, I just expect to do more of the same, sinec most of the things I enjoy, eg reading, riding bikes, eating are things...
Day 25, Is there a special food from your region or heritage that you a particular appreciation for? I grew up in a small town in San Diego, so I would say, the one food I miss more then most is a basic breakfast burrito from this place...
Day 24: Write a review of your favorite album. What lyrics mean something special to you? Alright, let’s rip the band-aid off for this one. It’s by far the ‘Dumb and Dumber’ soundtrack. While this selection sounds dumb, give me a second....
Day 23, What words of wisdom would you give to your younger self? What wisdom would I give myself that wasn’t earned? I think my younger self would laugh. Like he always did at his parents and at the world. He didn’t think much of idle...