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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.

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Tweaks and Adjustments to 5×10 and 7×13 Bitmap Fonts

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Oof, that took me a while, but I think that I'm much more satisfied with what I have now than before. Continuing what I began back in ...
Friday, July 21, 2023

A Day Off? A Day Off!

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It's a Friday! And I'm on leave! It is therefore a most excellent Friday! Curbing my exuberance a little, I'm only on leave...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

7×13 Font?

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This entry is an extension to a theme that I started from some time ago about bitmap fonts . So, if you recall, I recently got ahold of Ei...
Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Hero Worship: Don't

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Hero worship. One word: don't. Inspired in part by the litany of recently reported wrong-doings by high-fliers in SIN city, combined ...
Friday, July 14, 2023

favicon, and Some Annoying Bot

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Ah Friday. Nice! Favicons ---not so nice. Just look at how bloody complicated this mess is! For those who are somehow too lazy to click...
Wednesday, July 05, 2023

So Long CentOS, and Thanks For All the Fish!

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So, I managed my own unnamed and generally unreferenced Linux server running CentOS (the astute might recall me talking about this little s...
Sunday, July 02, 2023

It's July Already?

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Woah, the second of July is upon us. As at noon-ish, literal halfway point of 2023. Not sure how/what to feel about this. On the one han...
Friday, June 30, 2023

Eileen-III

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Alright, it's been a while. Time to write something here. So, Eileen-II has more or less run her course. It's not that she has ...
Monday, June 05, 2023

What I Learnt From Working in Offices

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Caveat: This entry was not written at when it was published. When I was serving my National Service back in 2003--2006, there were some th...
Monday, May 29, 2023

Dead Tired

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So ends yet another Monday. My left shoulder is busted up... again. I suspect it's a mix of sleeping badly, and possibly twisting it ...
Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Empathy is in Short Supply---Psychopaths Abound

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So I just finished reading How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber, & Elaine Mazlish. And a thou...
Saturday, May 20, 2023

Psychic Damage

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Caveat: This was not written near when this was posted. This week was rough. Too many ``psychic damage'' that came in, and it ov...
Sunday, May 14, 2023

Hot AF

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To say that the past few days were hot in SIN city is like saying that the Atlantic Ocean had some water. It was too hot. It was so hot t...
Sunday, May 07, 2023

NieR: Automata and ESV-KJV-CUV

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And here we go, Sunday once more. The week flitted on by, hardly registering more than a blip in my psyche. Why so? Who knows... Anywa...
Tuesday, May 02, 2023

May Too?

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I could, in theory, have taken my off-in-lieu for previous Saturday's Hari Raya Puasa some other day. But I chose to take it today, th...
Monday, May 01, 2023

Keep On Keeping On!

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Ah Labour Day. And that's all I'll say about Labour Day, because there's little I can put into words that others before me hav...
Thursday, April 20, 2023

On Hitting the Top Notes on the Piccolo

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In response to a post on Flute Forum where the OP wanted some tips on hitting high B♭ and other notes higher than high G for a show...
Friday, April 07, 2023

Lust?

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A little unbelievable that it was barely a week since I last wrote something here. Time truly and surely does fly. Today's Good Frida...
Monday, April 03, 2023

Stella [Nagahara]

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It has been a while since the last entry. Things are progressing well enough in life, and I thank the Lord for that. That said though, wi...
Sunday, March 12, 2023

Physically Exhausted, but Mentally Fulfilled

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I'm physically exhausted, but mentally fulfilled. There's something about physical exertions that help clear the mind. Wangki swu...
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