16.05.2026
My favourite typewriter
This is my entry to this month's Bear Blog Carnival, on the topic of our favourite thing in a niche hobby. Thank you for hosting, Kami! This was a fascinating topic to think about.
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My favourite typewriter is the one I have: a Royal typewriter, likely decades...
Why I don't use AI
Here's an attempt to answer questions I get about why I don't use AI, and any more I could think of that may also arise. I'll try to get into it as honestly as possible, without just falling back on "it sucks and is bad" and leaving it at that.
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15.05.2026
Time to block #eurovision for a few days.
14.05.2026
Jeremy Cherfas
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Bikes for Rent at the Ghent Train Station | ruk.ca
Jeremy Cherfas
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The Atlantic
11.05.2026
Patience and planning rewarded. #bloomscrolling
08.05.2026
Aaargh. Despite using stitch markers I have somehow managed to drop on stitch per row in the hat I am working on. Because the markers lured me into a false sense of security so I didn’t actually count. But I haven’t the will to undo it all and start again. Maybe only I will notice?
Please update your Firefox to 150.0.3.Details why: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2026-45/Step-by-step instructions:* open your Firefox application* choose/click menu "Firefox"* choose/click menu item "About Firefox"If it says: ✓ Firefox is up to d...
Captain Pike Star Trek Strange New Worlds could literally turn to the camera and say 'Fuck your stupid gay Star Trek ideals' and people would still call it the best modern Trek show
Forgot a USB stick in my pants before washing them again. Literally every time this has happened to me so far the USB has been fine. At most corrupted the file structure in a recoverable way. Wth
Evening tea
For the last few weeks I have been making a cup of decaf tea in the late evening, almost as part of a wind-down ritual for the day.
While I was making a cup this evening, I heard birds singing. I felt the warmth from the tea in my hands and the warmth of the bird song in my...
Growing with my website
At this evening’s Homebrew Website Club, I asked: What was the biggest change in our websites since we started them? This question was inspired in part by Paul saying something to the effect of how we build our websites and, in the process, figure out what we want our website...
07.05.2026
06.05.2026
Walking
Something different catches my eye, my ear – all my senses – on every walk. I walk through streams of thoughts and feelings and sensations. Today, what first caught my eye was a bird perched on a tree along a path lined with trees and bushes. The song of the bird eased me int...