2026-08-28Hello!Sichuan being a region from China that I know because of its pepper, and Flushing being a neighborhood in New York City, US, that was near the US Open tennis matches.My spice tolerance isn't great, but there are so many different types of hot spice that make the world of spicy food worth exploring....

2026-08-27Hello! This is an excerpt from Day 200, where I drafted a rant against the algorithmic apps that have changed people for the worse. I'm duplicating some of it here because the original article was long and cluttered. I hope this can be a cleaner version of the same text.I'll go right ahead and say that I...

2026-08-26Hello!I need to go back to Philadelphia one day. There are enough landmarks that I just haven't seen to make another trip worth it.Instead, my trips consist of shopping malls and home stores. While I sort through my latest bout of burnout, I hope that yesterday's page promoting interesting stuff across the...

2026-08-25Hello!A sequel to Day 100, where I gathered three hundred links. Most of them had little context attached, and it fell apart near the end. I regret that I didn't give myself enough time to allow that project to shine.This time, all the 200 webpages attached today have a whole paragraph of anecdotal...

2026-08-24Hello!I got in early to secure front-row seats to an all-day practice session between multiple tennis players at the US Open. They were free.The first athlete I saw was Jessica Pegula from the US, who practiced for about an hour and a half before the next session started.I saw well-known tennis players...

2026-08-23Hello!In the build up to Day 200, I've been trying to pull so many different resources from around the internet. It's looking like I'm going to be promoting less stuff this time around, but with more detail and context.Combined with other life obligations (and a possible case of burnout?) I've fallen a day...

2026-08-22Hello!I've completed another book. It's been a long while since I last did some extensive reading on paper — in fact, I've only finished four other books this year. This one, which I completed in August, is Semicolon by Cecelia Watson, a book studying the English language mark.This is a book recommendation...

2026-08-21Hello!Pets keep me busy. I didn't have to worry too much about them pooping in the wrong spots or breaking fragile objects, but they need exercise and food. They're also curious little fuckers.I'm not answering whether I'm a cat person or a dog person — there's a satisfactory answer in Tom Scott's...

2026-08-20Hello!I saw a quote somewhere that read something like: "young writers only write about themselves, not realizing that bad autobiography is the most oversaturated genre on the internet." This blog is not that high above the mass of text posts on algorithmic platforms, but I ought to put more weight on the...

2026-08-19Hello!We are close to Day 200 on dpanphoto, and I'm compiling a list of links across the internet that I find interesting. If there's a website I should know about, please contact me! I do this, in part, because it helps me take account of my biases and my circles of knowledge.This is an old-fashioned...

2026-08-18Hello!This is the final photo from my drained creek photo series. I wanted to highlight the influence the creek had on this woods, my personal connection to it, and the physical mark it leaves behind when it's dry.I didn't realize how shallow the water was. When the creek had water flowing through, I can't...

2026-08-17Hello!I found more images on this creek in the woods. I don't have much else to say, but I find the act of writing itself to be a bit soothing during such a busy month, so here I am.When I get the time, I do plan on asking the ground keepers (or whoever is in charge of preserving this land) what happened...