Posts tagged "variety"

Linkfest #24: Secret Cars, New Euripides, and "The Torino Impact Hazard Scale"

Hello there! It’s time for my latest “Linkfest” — i.e. "the opposite of doomscrolling”, in which I carefully and patiently boil the entire Internet to produce a delicious reduction of its most esse...

Background Clipping

A neat effect to use text as a window to the universe!

Tossed Salads And Scrumbled Eggs

With the decision to focus on our consultancy full-time in 2025, my time as an employee draws to a close. My attitude has become that of an entomologist observing a strange insect which can miracul...

Judging is a trap

I was going through my Obsidian notes and noticed that there are a couple of almost-finished posts that are actually quite good—more than a couple, in fact. My intuition tells me it’s both good and...

Judging is a trap

I was going through my Obsidian notes and noticed that there are a couple of almost-finished posts that are actually quite good—more than a couple, in fact. My intuition tells me it’s both good and...

Emojis are cool

I use a lot of emojis when I write (especially chat), and it has always struck me as interesting that most people around me don’t. “Don’t they want to convey how they feel about this?” I ask myself...

Emojis are cool

I use a lot of emojis when I write (especially chat), and it has always struck me as interesting that most people around me don’t. “Don’t they want to convey how they feel about this?” I ask myself...

On Israel-Hamas War

AutoOOO Featured in Workspace Developer Spotlight

A little bit of self-promotion: AutoOOO has been featured in the Google Workspace Developer Spotlight, a series of interviews that Google conducts with developers of innovative Workspace add-ons. Y...

The Legend of Playing All the Zeldas

I played all the main Legend of Zelda games. Here are my thoughts on them all.

RE: Write like you talk

Earlier today I was reading some new posts by Visa. There’s not much to say about that, except that he uses pretty normal words and writes very well. This might seem like an odd comment, but it ste...

RE: Write like you talk

Earlier today I was reading some new posts by Visa. There’s not much to say about that, except that he uses pretty normal words and writes very well. This might seem like an odd comment, but it ste...

What does the scanner see?

Millenial Nostalgia

Others wrote about their share of the “Millennial nostalgia”, and I enjoyed reading about their memories very much: My Millennial Memories Millennial Energy The following is a list of some of the t...

Quitting My Job For The Way Of Pain

I gave you the chance of aiding me willingly, but you have elected the way of pain!1 Every few weeks, I receive an email or have a conversation that makes me reflect on whether I'm living up to my ...

I Have Two Friends an Introverts Guide to Not Chasing Friendships

This excellent essay from Karolina was the best I’ve read this year. I can related with many of her point on why friendship muscle looks different for every person. Abroad, I meet local people who ...

Kneel Before The Emperor Of Mecatol Rex

Mecatol Rex. A blasted hellscape, scarred and pitted, haunted by the ghosts of ancient custodians who await the next fools to aspire for lordship over its husk-corpse. A million billion xenos of sp...

A New Luxury

Goodbye Microsoft Hello Facebook

Philip writes about how small cost saving policies at Microsoft irritated him as an employee: We used to get Dove Bars and beers all the time. It felt like free food was on offer at least once a we...

I'm Writing Again

I can’t believe it’s been over two years since I last published an article here! Time really flies. The crazy part is that over these last two years, I’ve done more writing than ever; it just hasn’...