Nathan Upchurch
Nathan Upchurch
I write about incense, life, music, tech, vegan cooking, and other things I find interesting.
August 2026
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All posts (78)
In my last entry I noted that I was trying to be a little less salty this year, and I’m pleased to say that it’s paying off. I’m also trying to tackle some of the value judgments / statements that pop into my head by reminding myself to phrase things in a more productive way. For example, I recently had a discussion...
Anyone familiar with my blog will know that I like to write about incense. A reader wrote to me some time ago asking about what sticks I’ve been enjoying lately, and it occurred to me that it might be a nice thing to have a “now listening” type feature on my website, so that fellow incense heads could get a sense of...
Update: Boy Vienna’s 11:11 sticks have since also been reviewed on rauchfahne.de. Boy Vienna is a brand from fashion designer and multi-media artist Afaf Fi Seyam that has been receiving attention on TikTok and Instagram for its incense cigarettes. As opposed to the tobacco variety, these “cigarettes” are designed...
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a fantasy RPG in which you play as Ged Gerd Gerald Geralt, a super masculine generic-white-man protagonist who grumbles everything he says like Batman. Hopefully you like Geribald, because you don’t get to customize him in any way. You’ll control Gabriel from a third-person perspective,...
I’m forever keeping my eyes peeled for brick-and-mortar stores in my city that sell decent incense, particularly Japanese incense. As such, I was delighted to discover Five Elements Home in the beautiful Chicago neighborhood of Andersonville. On my first visit to the store, I darted right past the beautiful imported...
In June of 2024, I purchased Pikake Jasmine of Yi-Xin Craft Incense’s floral Faces in Bloom collection. I was immediately impressed with it, but I was suspicious about how the Jasmine fragrance was achieved, and so wanted to see if the fragrance diminished over time before penning a review. I am happy to report...
Content Warning: Misogyny; Mention of sexual assault. Over his storied career, Till Lindemann has been given a lot of grace. Both he, as a lyricist, and the Neue Deutsche Härte powerhouse he fronts, have made some questionable decisions over the years. Many of these missteps might perhaps be chalked up to the era,...
If you haven’t seen this going around the internet, you might be spending too little time on the indieweb! The blog questions challenge asks bloggers to talk about how and why they do what they do. Here’s mine. Why did you start blogging in the first place? # As is common among those with ADHD, I’ve long felt that I...
Some time ago I as I perused the incense display of a nearby Whole Foods, hoping to see the Shoyeido sticks that once graced the shelves, I noticed a range of Indian-style sticks, their otherwise matching packaging in a variety of colors. Listed prominently on each package was the text: “Incense of Auroville.” This...
Looking around the internet, you could be forgiven for thinking that Scribus is dead. These days, FLOSS[1] developers debate the merits of merge requests in public chat rooms, track bugs through GitHub issues, and announce releases through widely-circulated blog posts or sleek landing pages. In contrast, the Scribus...
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