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One of the bragging points of digital information is that it’s supposed to be possible to convert it from one format to another. Actually doing the conversion is often where theory runs headlong into practice and gets a concussion....
AH-- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I've written a couple thousand words today and yesterday which, don't get me wrong, were really fun write-ups but if I'm going to commit to the trials and tribulations I have lined up for me (more writing, in...
I felt a lot of shame today. Shame about what I am. Who I am. What I like. Who I like. Shame for being me. Shame for being free. When I feel shame I also get paranoid. Today I’ve been paranoid. Paranoid that people are listening in....
Cicero, On Old Age 5.15 (tr. William Armistead Falconer): And, indeed, when I reflect on this subject I find four reasons why old age appears to be unhappy: first, that it withdraws us from active pursuits; second, that it makes the body...
Had a nice week off from the blogging treadmill. It was a bit weird at first as one of the motivations for starting this blog up during my CFS recovery was to give me some kind of identity, a thing that I do that counts for something...
I’m sad today. I’m mad I’m sad. I don’t want to be sad. But, alas, I am. I have some things I’ve been putting off; I guess self care would be confronting them. Laundry, cleaning. Hard conversations. Boundary setting; enforcing. Hard...
Fantastic documentary on Enki Bilal from Standart. Finally got around to reading Ahmed Khaled Tawfik's 2008 novel UTOPIA (in its original Arabic), which is just fantastic and in 2026 eerily close to reality. Started watching SILO which I...
Another deep time collection as everything melts around us - links posted on various discords as recommendations when the topic came up. Taking this 'stands the test of time' aspect as a quality filter, here they are. For more, see last...
Trying to give Apple money is not always easy. I’ve later found out (Through Reddit of course, not through some helpful error message from Apple) that the your Apple Account’s 2FA phone number needs to be of the same country as your...
I like to keep an eye out for cool shapes during my walks and use them as inspiration for my #SidewalkFriends drawings. It’s like my version of hunting for Pokémon. Some colorful oil on a wet street was the inspiration for today’s...
Sssh, did you enjoy the silence in here? It’s been quite a while since my last post. And even though it can generally be quite helpful at times to cozy up with silence and use it as a blanket, you still have to be careful that this...
I like to share interesting web links I stumble upon, but I have vacillated with the best way of doing so. I’ve tried link dumps where I unload five to ten links with little/no connection to each other all in one post. I’ve also tried...
This summer, Artistry is doing just the second #TCTheater production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's first musical, In the Heights (the first was the Ordway in 2017). While his most well-known musical Hamilton (currently the 16th longest running...
I have just returned home from a very enjoyable visit to the Festival of Quilts at the NEC in Birmingham. I arrived on Saturday afternoon and had the whole of Sunday at the Festival. Here are some assorted highlights, items of note that...