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working on stuff

job's ending, filling time otherwise

May 2·1 min read·16 words

weeknotes 13

reflecting on the week

Mar 27·2 min read·373 words

vbr files in apple music

ancient errors in itunes

Mar 19·1 min read·106 words

reading list

what's on my to-read list

Mar 16·1 min read·118 words

dragon quest iii&i&ii

an arc is an arc is an arc

Mar 14·3 min read·546 words

weeknotes 11

reflecting on the week

Mar 13·3 min read·429 words

music library managers

why is apple music the only sane library app

Mar 10·2 min read·257 words

weeknotes 10

reflecting on the week

Mar 7·3 min read·426 words

weeknotes 9

reflecting on the week

Mar 1·5 min read·804 words

down with texting

long overdue, it's time to make phone calls again

Feb 19·3 min read·446 words

better browsing for non-technical people

you can pick up your mom's phone and do this stuff and it won't change how she interacts with the internet

Feb 16·2 min read·340 words

normal people don't use the internet

saying what we already know

Feb 14·3 min read·476 words

zettelkasten, flac, and reading

reviewing things i said out loud earlier

Feb 13·2 min read·357 words

using computer

figuring out my relationship to the machine

Jan 30·3 min read·418 words

stuff

consumerism. as a treat

Jan 24·2 min read·361 words

winter blows

seasonal depression

Jan 24·2 min read·352 words

on swift horses

the tragic necessity of queer friendship

Jan 18·2 min read·309 words

here i am

a brief update

Jan 14·3 min read·454 words

weeknotes 2

reflecting on the week

Jan 10·3 min read·401 words

re: december 3 etc (part one)

writing as practice

Jan 4·2 min read·284 words

weeknotes 1

reflecting on the week

Jan 2·2 min read·203 words

resolutions

from another time

Jan 1·1 min read·93 words

reading

books and stuff going into 2026

Dec 27·2 min read·363 words

weeknotes 52

reflecting on the week

Dec 27·1 min read·136 words

the martini bar

yapping with men whose names i don’t know

Dec 22·5 min read·835 words

weeknotes 51

reflecting on the week

Dec 19·3 min read·463 words

heated rivalry, episodes 1-3

two men having sex? yes, please. a more complicated show does not benefit from shallow readings

Dec 18·3 min read·424 words

re: book shopping

on buying books part two

Dec 18·2 min read·248 words

re: tomid,tnmistbb

on connection, connecting, and social media

Dec 17·4 min read·696 words

book shopping

finding something for friends

Dec 16·2 min read·332 words

the old me is dying, the new me is struggling to be born

ennui and depression collab on an exciting, new life experience

Dec 13·4 min read·757 words

weeknotes 50

reflecting on the week

Dec 11·3 min read·427 words

on not posting

keeping things to myself, selfishly?

Dec 11·2 min read·261 words

re: why we need to die

please read books

Dec 9·2 min read·282 words

goodbye flac

moving on to mp3 pastures

Dec 9·2 min read·394 words

weeknotes 49

reflecting on the week

Dec 5·2 min read·226 words

initial thoughts on zettelkasten

to zettel or not to zettel

Nov 28·2 min read·294 words

weeknotes 48

reflecting on the week

Nov 28·2 min read·273 words

weeknotes 47

reflecting on the week

Nov 22·1 min read·138 words

plainclothes

a feverish and dreamy memory

Nov 10·3 min read·452 words

playing the game

a profound waste of time

Oct 26·2 min read·335 words

xenoblade chronicles

i despise everything but its ideas

Aug 17·4 min read·712 words

hell is us

a refreshing game that trust its audience

Aug 14·4 min read·792 words