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An eclectic mix of thoughts and views on life both in meat-space and in cyber-space, focusing more on the informal observational/inspirational aspect than academic rigour.

Saturday, June 25, 2022

Short Blurb

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``Hey, we haven't heard from MT for a while, probably means he is doing well, right?'' Well... no. Sometimes, having a longis...
Wednesday, June 08, 2022

6 Tomes in ~5 Years---Thanks For All The Joy and Wonder, SCP Foundation

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Staring at the ``Thematic Projects'' section of my reading list should reveal a big omission: the entire series of the SCP Foundati...
Sunday, June 05, 2022

``Extra Cool'' is Actually Quite Cool!

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Weekend. Last vestiges of. Sometimes I wonder why I still keep a blog when only a small handful of people are even actively reading it. ...
Wednesday, June 01, 2022

Heckin' Long Hack Day

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Today was a long day. It is the longest uninterrupted day of work that I had done in a while---no naps either on the trip to the office, no...
Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Messin' With the CSS to Flex

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Last chance to squeeze in an entry before 2022-05 closes ``forever''. I managed to tweak my personal web site to make it behave a...
Sunday, May 29, 2022

A Short Blurb

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I'm always a little confused on what Sunday symbolises: is it the start of the week, or is it the end? Traditionally, it is considered...
Friday, May 27, 2022

My Typical Day is Boring

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It's yet another Friday. I don't really have much to say. I mean, what is there to say? I wake up at 0500hrs in the morning, spe...
Sunday, May 22, 2022

Thank You for Your Graciousness in Putting Up with Me

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Well, the day started off nice enough. And I think I never learn because of my obstinacy and arrogance. Not ``perceived arrogance'...
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Thursday, May 19, 2022

Nicer Separators for Read List

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I'm satisfied with a little change that I managed to enact. In my read list , I had evolved it over time to have little separators in ...
Monday, May 16, 2022

Marking Time

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With a blink of an eye, the 3-day long weekend is about to be over. I completed The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World ...
Saturday, May 14, 2022

The Fucked Art of Not Giving Subtlety

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``Oh no! He used a bad word in his title! Let's cancel him!'' Yeah... fuck that. Who cares? 🤷‍♂️ Okay, that aside, thi...
Sunday, May 08, 2022

Uncharacterised Restlessness and a Mob Farm Fix

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A certain restlessness is within me that I cannot describe because I cannot characterise the why . The weekend has come, and is almost gon...
Thursday, May 05, 2022

NEW FONE WHO DIS? Season 2

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Oof. New phone, new contract, pay 29% more, but gain 15× more mobile data, 4× more storage, 2× more RAM, and a whole host of other benefits...
Tuesday, May 03, 2022

朝顔の伝説

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Okay, it's stupid o'clock, but lemme tell you a story. A story of how I got hold of my bottle of asa-gao iroshizuku ink. For a...
Sunday, May 01, 2022

May Day May Day May Day...?

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It's the First of May. Jonathan Coulton has some choice words for this date (and season). Before you go crazy, I just want to point o...
Monday, April 25, 2022

How Did They Mess Up Making Public Transport Payment Actually Convenient?

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I spent a large part of my off-hours in the evening attempting to sort out the mess that is auto-reload of my new EZ-link card. For the bu...
Sunday, April 24, 2022

``I'm Tired, Boss''

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``I'm tired, boss. Tired of being on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. I'm tired of never having me a buddy to be with to...
Wednesday, April 20, 2022

A Short Entry

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Today was rough. There were times when I was just sitting there, realising that the past had no meaning other than random pangs of pain fr...
Sunday, April 17, 2022

End of 4-day Long Weekend

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And with that, this very long 4-day weekend comes to a close, and the usual daily grind returns once more in about ten or so hours. Was it...
Friday, April 15, 2022

Good Friday

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Today is Good Friday. It is the day that we remember the crucifixion of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. He died on the cross as propi...
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