Blog Update Pains

The last time my old man saw the northern lights was 40 years ago. A humbling display that made up for the miles spent trudging through the coast of Norway. Tonight we got to see it together, for 30 minutes. And all we had to do was look outside. I didn’t have time to dig out my old camera and figure out how to actually use it, but my...

The last time my old man saw the northern lights was 40 years ago. A humbling display that made up for the miles spent trudging through the coast of Norway. Tonight we got to see it together, for 30 minutes. And all we had to do was look outside...

I handed my notice in recently. Unlike every other blog post which begins with that sentence, everything surrounding it has been amicable and mundane; I simply want to move onto something that’s more applicable to me[^1]. There’s no juicy tale of workplace treachery to be found here, just musings on my insecurities. For the last few years the...

I handed my notice in recently. Unlike every other blog post which begins with that sentence, everything surrounding it has been amicable and mundane; I simply want to move onto something that's more applicable to me. There's no juicy tale of workplace treachery to be found here, just musings on my insecurities...

2023 was a good year for purchases (materialism ho!), I picked up a Steam Deck, built a new PC from scratch, and at one point I could nab a bag of sour cream pretzels for 50p. But none of them were as valuable as this: To be fair, the pretzels were a close second.