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Long ago, before we sold the open pastures of the free internet to Social Media companies and then asked them to lease it back to us, the federated internet was hard to keep track of.

Feeling really down about the sudden death of the Bandcamp I fell in love with[1].

I recently started reading Don DeLillo's early 90s novel Mao II.

"AI doesn't replace work [...]

On the first obviously Spring day of this year, during a lovely bike ride to Georgetown, I broke my phone.

Every time I start a new work journal[1], I like to write a quote on the inside cover that feels like it has some insight into the state of the world as I currently experience it.

The Background When I first set up this personal site way back in 2018, I posted a blog about the process (ref.

What we're talking about when we talk about the 'verse There's this astroturfed tech mania recently around this concept of a "metaverse."

Editor's Note: As of November 2024, this blog no longer reflects the reality of how the site's "currently reading" feature works.

Some background As a personal rule, I set a goal of reading at least two books a month each year.

Over a year ago, I wrote about the hoops I jumped through to curb my Twitter habit.

Problems // Problemy I've been trying to learn Polish on and off for the better part of ten years.

There is extremely strong social consensus in the tech world around "productivity."

As a member of modern American culture, the characteristic that defines me most within the eyes of society and my peers is what popular media I consume.

I've had the goal of establishing a consistent writing habit scribbled into various notebooks for the last 10 years.

I've recently noticed that a new pastime has emerged when talking with friends.

Washington, DC (my place of current residence) has had a stay-at-home order in place for just shy of 3 months.

Historical context I'm not extremely proactive on Twitter.

I enjoy reading.

During my relatively brief time in the “real world” I’ve noticed a bit of a pattern when teams are frustrated about their tools.

This was my first introduction to Borges - or as his translator affectionately refers to him through the footnotes "JLB" - aside from the errant short stories I read spasmodically on the internet c.2007-11.

Author’s note: I made two personal commitments at the beginning of this year[1].

Why did I do it?

I have returned home from Tanzania.

The past few weeks have been overwhelming.

Well friends, I have taken another weekend excursion.

A quick word of caution: this post contains graphic descriptions of cultural experiences.

I must apologize, my cherished readership.

Originally I had planned to devote this entire post to my recent weekend trip to Marrakech, Ourika, and Essaouira.

This has truly been a whirlwind weekend.

It's a Sunday night and I'm waiting for my significant otter to get online.

im-bro-glio noun.

Joy and rapture!

After reading many of my fellow colleagues' travel blogs I have come to the conclusion that we are all unknowingly very similar, some would say near carbon copies.

A rather funny thing has been happening to me lately.

A significant amount has transpired since last I wrote.

As is usually the case before embarking on a journey that will span the better part of 8 months, I put off packing until the last possible second.

For those of you who still receive updates from this blog and are still interested in hearing about my global travels, I have moved to Blogger!

Well, ladies and gentlemen, I am at it again.

Greeting fellow readers!

Europe » France » Auvergne » Moulins So...Looking at my most recent entry before this one and realizing that it's been about 36 days since the last time I've blogged, is probably not a good thing.

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona Mon Voyage En Espange.

Europe » France » Auvergne » Moulins So, I decided it would probably be going idea to update everybody on what's been going on here before I leave for my trip on vacation.

Europe » France » Auvergne » Moulins So, a lot of things have changed since my last update...a month ago...yeah, sorry Anita, my mom told me all about what I was putting you through.

Europe » France » Burgundy » Baune Alors, pour commencer je vais parler en française, mais vous n'inquetez pas je vais écrire en anglais aussi...en fait je crois que il n'y a que de deux ou trois personnes qui peut comprendre ce que je suis en train d'écr…

Europe » France » Auvergne » Moulins So this past week-end was exceptionel.

Europe » France » Auvergne Long time no update, so I decided to log in and fill in the gaps a bit.

Europe » France » Auvergne » Moulins So, realizing that a month is probably way to long to wait for the next update of my blog I decided to only wait 23 days.

Europe » France » Auvergne » Vichy So, big news...okay, not that big, but important none the less.