Posts tagged "writing"

Keep Writing

After yesterday's difficult confession, I feel somewhat spiritually hungover, weirdly enough. One thing I have trouble coming to grips with is the fact that this website, while I enjoy cataloging m...

Followup on the Gym Injury

I had my followup appointment for my bicep tendon surgery and luckily, the recovery continues to be very easy and straightforward. Aside from checking in on the recovery, though, my doctor recommen...

Releasing a New ONScripter-EN Visual Novel

An essay about writing, developing, and publishing a new original ONScripter-EN visual novel in less than 48 hours.

The Light

Tell the demons to go fuck themselves by living anyway. Every day is a small, but beautiful act of resistance. Divine Liturgy was great by the way, thanks for asking. I'm writing here this evening ...

Gingerbread President 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXXXIX

Broken Bench in Red Hook, Brooklyn

At the request of (or under orders from) a friend, I documented a broken park bench in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

Cleaning Things Up

Trying to be less of a consumer or more of a conscientious consumer.

Cup Noodle (Cold Edition) in Japan

SoraNews24, which covers news from Japan, is a long-time member of my feed collection and a regular article contributor to the “Around the Web” secution of my weekly newsletter. They cover some “ne...

Over-Medicated

The last few days have been intense, haven't they? Well, thankfully, my personal barometer is reading a bit lower today. Some days, I have a decent idea of what I want to write here and can follow ...

Digital Native American

The term "digital native" is so funny to me. I was born in 1998, and while I know nothing of life before the internet, I definitely don't feel "native" to it in the way those stupid sociologists li...

On Calling It Capitalism

The buried intermediary in the totality of capitalistic society.

Using AIM Until the Bitter End

Hackaday published an article authored by Tyler August titled AIM-ing For A More Open Platform Than Discord, wherein he summarized an article on running a self-hostable open-source implementation o...

Fortunate NBA Champions (2001-2016)

Writing for The Pudding, Russell Samora recently put together a list of the “most ethical” NBA champions, wherein he used a formula (with many entertaining graphs) to determine, going back to 2001,...

Can't Care

Nobody gives a shit how many words you've written. Are they any good? Do they do their job? Quick, someone tell me a line I wrote five months ago. If anyone has put their work into an LLM over the ...

On Calling It Capitalism

Calling it like it is!

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 07-14-26

Two consecutive editions of Pook-Emu Bee daily links? What in the world is going on here? 1. Sega Dreamcast driver fixes appear in Linux 7.2-rc3 — fabled console remains in favor while iconic compu...

Facts About the Full and Semi Centennial Presidents

A collection of facts about the five Presidents who presided over America's full and semi-centennials: John Quincy Adams, Ulysses Grant, Calvin Coolidge, Gerald Ford, and Donald Trump.

Archie G. Norcross’ Maine Forest Fire Maps (1918–22)

Circular maps custom-made for the fire towers that once dotted the American wilderness.

DRM-Free Ebook Sources

I read a blog post on Schemascape titled Using the Xteink X4, a minimalist e-reader. I have one, and I will have everyone know that I ordered mine in fall 2025 after reading about it in Liliputing ...

Refilling Gingerbread Man Soap Dispenser

Back in December I shared my in-season gingerbread man soap dispenser. In July, I share the story of his second full re-fill.