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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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Day 40: What is the most scared you have ever been? Can you write about it? The most scared I’ve ever been was probably the second year I was working at the game company. We got off work late and it had been snowing. Since I was a transplant, the car I was driving was only rear wheel drive. In any case, I left work...
Day 39, What do you like to read? Books, newsletters, doomscrolling, blogs, paper magazines? I love to read books, YouTube, and blogs. I wish I had a better alternative to YouTube, but it’s still a great place to learn new ideas and technology. Even as much as I hate going onto ex-Twitter, I still find myself coming...
Day 38, How do you feel about writing? Is it often cathartic, fun, a chore? I really enjoy writing. It’s cathartic and fun, probably the most rewarding experence ive had outside of my own inner monologue. Outside that, its an escape, I still remember when I was in school. I used to write in my notebook for hours,...
Day 37, Do you have any good or bad stories from your relationship with social media or Internet communities? Ive had plenty of good experiences using the internet. More in the earlier days of twitter. It was fantastic to finally be able to talk with people about new libraries and concepts online. Then digg and...
Day 36, What do you remember about your first computer and learning to use it? So the first computer, was a ‘zx spectrum’ that you hooked into a television. It came with a book of basic and a cassette drive. It was amazing, I was however very young, so i couldn’t read the words, and basically copied verbatum the...
Day 35, What is your typical day like from the time you wake up until you go to bed? Days vary depending on personal energy levels in the morning… lol Alarm goes off at 6:30 brush teeth wake up the kids read or just want in circles listening to audio book 7:30 to 8:00 is my dedicated waste time NYT puzzles Review...
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. Its better than horror. Its god damn interesting. I think what I liked most was...
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 devisive, for perhaps the worst reasons. Or human reasons, I don’t know. So,...
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: Collector’s Edition 1996”. I just felt it was a really good album and had a nice mix...
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 geographic when I was a kid. Just looked amazing. Also ive watch youtube hikers and...
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