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    I didn’t do it

    I didn’t, as I suspected, renew my Glass subscription just for the sake of it I cancelled and deleted my account. Nothing personal and I know people around here love it, but the cost was not worth it. I still can’t …

  • Essay 2 min read

    Being A Realist Is Boring

    When you are a child, you dream of huge, almost magical things happening in your life. The future is filled with so many, almost endless, possibilities that all those fantasies and aspirations don’t seem so hard to …

  • Essay 3 min read

    Hold On To Your Permalinks

    Matt Birchler is to blame for some of the decisions I make in my tech and blogging life. Not because he does things differently, or tries to push his readers into things, but because he’s someone I look up too, and he …

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    This is me: not you

    One of the reasons I try not to write about my ways and opinions much any more is because of how peachy they can come across. When talking about anything, particularly something like technology usage, there’s a tendency …

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    For The Sake Of It

    My Glass subscription will be coming to an end in the upcoming weeks, and I don’t know what to do with it. Well, that’s a lie, I do, but I’m almost 90% sure I’ll end up paying another year just for the sake of fitting …

  • Essay 7 min read

    My System: Notes

    In my journey to improve my overall systems of things and also slim down on some expenditure has taken a lot longer than expected. There could be many reasons for this, the number of services available, my persistent …

  • Essay 2 min read

    Writing Instead Of Scrolling

    A simple idea, stollen from YouTuber Struthless to replace what is ultimately bad for me, with something that is better. He replaced Social media with ‘micro-journalling’ to improve his mental health and found some …

  • Essay 2 min read

    Focused Time

    I wrote a post a few days ago about not being able to switch off and be focused. Well, that was the intention, but it came across in different ways to different people. I got lots of feedback from it, ranging from useful …

  • Essay 3 min read

    Gaming Life Level 2: Steam Deck

    It seems like an age ago I wrote about loving Stadia. It has its issues, is always a few days away from being killed, but it brought me back into gaming because of the ease of access. I had my iPad, adopted my son's …

  • Essay 1 min read

    Of Course, I Am Scrolling Through Social Media Again

    I am starting to think my brain is fundamentally broken. I can’t sleep, can’t sit still, and literally can’t do anything online without scrolling through social media. It happens when I am not paying attention, and then …