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166 hours

Last year I wrote about hitting 130 hours of working out. I ended that note with a line I repeated three times: “I’m going to keep making progress.” I didn’t know if I’d actually do it. Part of me ...

What I Look Forward to in 2026

2025 is coming to an end. I do not typically plan new year resolutions, because the older I got, the more aware I am of how unpredictable the future can be, and unexpected things that can disrupt o...

Lessons learned from making art

My resolution for 2025 was to make more art, and I had fun keeping it. I took acrylic painting lessons, got into watercolours, printed stickers, and made hundreds of drawings. I went to sketching s...

The Holy Bible - Revelation

The Holy Bible is a collection of books. So I have split them up. I will read it in 1 year, every day ~15 minutes of reading. Why read it? The Book of Revelation is the last book of the Bible, writ...

ssh-agent broken in tmux? I've got you!

A little over two years ago, I wrote an article titled SSH agent forwarding and tmux done right. In it, I described how SSH agent forwarding works—a feature that lets a remote machine use the crede...

A New Career In A New Town, Part 5: Finale (for now)

2025_wrapped_work

Quantifying my work life using khal and dayplot

2025_wrapped_work

Quantifying my work life using khal and dayplot

Merry Christmas, Please Don't Call

My Journey from XFCE4 to the IceWM Window Manager

Owning a Domain Increases Digital Self-Reliance

Other than looking cool to your friends, owning your own domain increases your digital self-reliance. It's kind of like having your own phone number. Just like switching cell phone carriers if you ...

Tech Interview I

Today is the day. After sitting for a few minutes in a comfy chair in a lobby of an unassuming office building with serene art on the wall and pretending you are interested in the magazines availab...

Bits of Open-Source in 2025

My open-source interactions in the past year.

Red Light Therapy for Hair Growth

Hair thinning and hair loss can be distressing, but there are several treatments that can help you regrow your hair. Non-invasive solutions like red light therapy are becoming more popular, and can...

Do I actually have selective mutism?

Content Warning: childhood trauma I was diagnosed with selective mutism at the age of four. It’s a label that defined me and explained my differences for most of my life (I only got an autism diagn...

2025_wrapped_games

A list and ranking of the games I played in 2025

2025_wrapped_games

A list and ranking of the games I played in 2025

The books I enjoyed the most in 2025

Here we are at the end of another year, so I will share again the two books I enjoyed the most. Before starting, here are the links to similar posts covering the previous years: This time, after th...

7 Proven Strategies for Learning Faster as an Adult

Learning faster as an adult is entirely possible with the right strategies and mindset tailored to how mature brains absorb and retain new information. By combining science-backed techniques with p...

Who Wants to Live Forever?