Michael Walsh Writes Stuff

It’s almost spring time in the southern hemisphere!

Table of Contents Chile: Top to Bottom, With A Barn For Good Measure Grammatical Oddities Action Verbs & Insane Imagery Animals & The Absurd Chile: Top to Bottom, With A Barn For Good Measure Chile is a study in geographical extremes: dry northern desert,…

Table of Contents A Chinese and Western Zodiac calculator.

No Sarah Connor will not save us.

Were you looking for honorable leadership and a clean fair tournament to bring the world together?

One of society’s moral dramas (and my, is there drama) is the “good products that come from bad people / companies” dilemma.

To those I said I would - I tried.

Maybe your days are numbered, Instagram?

Table of Contents Something For Something (aliquid per aliquid) Deepfakes: A False Copy of the Real (aliquid falsum ex aliquo vero) Maybe it’s a generational difference.

I have written about my waffling between different email providers here and here.

Table of Contents In Favor Of The Status Quo: Globally Understood Media & Culture Context Already Understood Why It's a Bad Idea: Continental Identity Find Your Own Name, Thanks U.S.

«Not sure if this can turn into a blogger's challenge», he said, and Manu tried as well.

In a fantasy land, I am a carefree and fluid person.

Nothing like a quick family trip in the southern-hemisphere spring to break the routine of winter.

Some are prone to miss the forest for the trees.

Table of Contents Planting Carrots at the East End of the Garden West Wing Carrot Cultivation What is perfection?

Encryption is a hot tech buzzword in 2025.

Many people swear loyalty to a brand or camp.

Table of Contents Location ≠ Language Signal The Switch Arriving at a website to see your language displayed automatically may be a plus for some, but can be a pain in the ass for others.

Table of Contents Chile: Top to Bottom, With A Barn For Good Measure All The World's An Animal Chile: Top to Bottom, With A Barn For Good Measure Chile is certainly a study in contrasts; bone-dry desert, freezing Patagonia, and everything in between.

How I Finally Settled On An Email Provider / System Without Going Insane.

It’s official - I have spent waaaaay more time (more time than a sane person would admit) investigating the best email platform for me at this moment.

It's been awhile, and it's a completely different world than my last post saw (and will likely be a different world tomorrow as well).

If It's Swiss, It's Secure - Swiss Cheese has holes In It, and so does this idea.

Took a family trip in November 2024 over the mountains to Bariloche, Argentina.

I’m sure many people have said that before.

Table of Contents Proton Fastmail Purelymail MXRoute iCloud Mail I imagine most people just fire up their trusty Gmail account, check and send mail, and call it a day.

Manu made a good point the other day in his article about adding unnecessary images to articles just to have a photo.

So, in some contexts, the phrase “measure twice, cut once” makes sense.

Table of Contents The “Good Old” 4G Days Talking With Myself - Or Not (Who Are These People?)

Table of Contents Ignorance Writes Itself Find Your Truly Unique Nobody-Is-Doing-This Niche Neurotic Stat Tracking Show Me The Money!

Update: We have a winner.

Table of Contents WordPress: Make Your Website a Static Website With WordPress In 2024 For Free Why Would Anyone Do This?

Table of Contents Why Would I Bother?

Table of Contents Why Squarespace Suck Easy As In & Out Glacially Slow Support Down With Squarespace Why Squarespace Suck When Google Domains sold out to Squarespace, I felt it was time to shift all my domains to another hosting company.

Perplexity, copyrights and citing your work - the good ol' days AI is in the news.

Sharing a few photos from a family trip in the start of May 2024 farther south into Chile, in the mystical islands of Chiloé.

Table of Contents The Full Scoop The Full House The Full Money I spent 30 minutes Googling how to build homes in my sleep using the new GPT Hammer & Nails, and sold them with just a few clicks on Instagram.

Table of Contents Choose a free password manager Create a strong master password Import existing passwords Automatically store new passwords Create New Passwords It’s 2024 - if you are still using a basic password like password1234 (shame on you) or using…

Presenting yourself on the internet can be rather complicated.

Quentin Tarantino recently remarked that he plans to make 10 movies, and that’s it.

According to the Gregorian calendar, another year (2023) is coming to a close.

On Sunday, December 17, Chile will (again) go to the polls to vote on the new constitution proposal.

I remember a past time, a golden time, when this interconnected space called the internet was a different place.

Table of Contents Know Your Board Game Ninja Up!

Just a quick post to share a few photos from a trip across the mountains to a couple of towns in Argentina.

Privacy is a hot topic in 2023.

This little list appears to be making the rounds – I found it here at Manuel Moreale’s website, and looks like he stumbled upon it from another site.

Some reflexions on that magical liquid called whiskey Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough. - Mark Twain I like my whisky old and my women young. - Errol Flynn Whisky is liquid sunshine. - George Bernard Shaw Always carry

Table of Contents The honest and consistent politician isn’t a unicorn — I think I just saw one over there… The Last Hero The “Alternative Facts” New World Bigger is better, but…we’re talking about egos here Two old guys cut from different cloth The honest