Nathan Upchurch

Here are a few new (and not-so-new, but good to know) features I’ve built for my humble website: A Sitemap for Humans # I now have a (human readable) sitemap, linked in the footer of each page, for easier discovery of the pages that aren’t listed in the m…

I came across this submission to Not Always Right today, and it got me thinking about some of the attitudes towards technology I’ve seen over the years.

If my memory serves me, some time ago I tried a stick from Yi-Xin that contained osmanthus flowers and mastic gum.

At the start of the pandemic, I had just begun a relationship with an artist who had the occasional gig doing a bit of nude live modeling.

Myrrh can be a challenging note.

Whether due to trauma inflicted by gas-station sticks laden with synthetic patchouli oil or the stigma unfairly landed upon the fragrant sticks by association with generations of teenagers seeking to obscure the olfactory remnants of their smoky intempera…

I wrote two letters today, sealing each into a cotton envelope alongside a colorful cardboard straw, taped at both ends, containing two minuscule sticks of incense.

I recently happened across the article in which Pete Wells announces that he will be stepping down from his role as Times’ restaurant critic.

There is a reason that much incense on the market makes extensive use of fragrance oils: it’s simply easier.

Stallman was right; in the wake of Microsoft’s announcement of its much-maligned Recall feature and widespread public backlash to the terms and conditions for Adobe Creative Cloud products, it’s clear that trust in big tech and the software it produces is…

I’ve seen a recurring theme on the internet among (all three of us) incense makers: sometimes you just get tired of relegating not-quite-combustible sticks to the ‘use on the incense heater’ pile, or making sticks that almost smell nice, but don’t quite.

For some reason, I just seem to be itching to get outside lately.

This January, I had grand visions for a sweet, gourmand batch of incense sticks.

Since a brief tryst with Ubuntu Budgie Edition, I’ve dearly missed its Raven side-panel, a special panel on the side of the screen that can be opened and closed with a click.

I spent about a month working on my blog, while not blogging on the thing, but I’m very pleased about the new changes.

If you’re one of the handful of people who read my blog, you may have noticed that I hadn’t posted yet in February.

So, about this cooked.wiki thing, believe me when I say I take my fair share in our collective frustration as I find myself skimming through a hugoesque tome on Brayden and Braxlynne’s wiggly teeth in order to reach the ingredients for “Keighleigh’s Extra…

Why KMines?

Some time ago, maybe a year or so, I extruded a batch of incense sticks from some ingredients I thought might go well together: sandalwood, cinnamon, dragon’s blood resin, a touch of Hojari frankincense for acidity, and some tonka bean for sweetness, if I…

Lately, I’ve gotten back into the swing of making Japanese style incense - a nerve-wracking endeavour because you never quite know how the expensive aromatics you’ve spent hours grinding, kneading, and extruding will turn out when you light a stick.

As part of a project investigating a potential new piece of software, I’ve been speaking with colleagues and contractors to determine which features they rely on to do their day-to-day tasks, as well as discover any wish-list items for a new platform.

I’ve been a vegan for close to a decade.

QOwnNotes running on EndeavourOS / KDE Plasma What makes a good note taking app?

Seitan: carnists tremble at the sight of it, and sadly, due to the difficulty in its culinary execution, so do many of my fellow leaf-loving, tofu-eating, nooch-sprinkling vegans.

Processing is a fantastic language for creative programming and learning how to code, allowing programmers of all skill levels to quickly and simply create complex graphics, data visualizations, and generative art.

Copying files to and from remote servers is a common chore that can initially seem uncommonly tricky.

If you’re a cottage industry solopreneur, a cricut hobbyist, or a makerspace regular, you’ve probably heard of Inkscape.