William's quiet garden

Older ThinkPads has better laptop keyboards and aesthetics.

"I quit my job to focus on European summer."

There's something alluring about the idea of a tiny home.

Milky Way

Hot boiling water into a cup of thinly sliced raw ginger root.

A moment with my quiet writing machine.

Living in motion, with stillness.

The carnival topic for December this year is "Where do you see the IndieWeb in 2030?"

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Text editing is a solved problem.

We are entering the last month of 2025.

My blog now has an RSS/Atom feed that you can follow at: https://williamjansson.com/feed.xml It's been long overdue, thanks for your patience.

It's okay to live a life others don't understand.

Below is a follow-up question to Manu's input diet post.

AI is cool, human exploitation is not.

Moving my body through space with some sort of resistance is important to me because it increases my frequency.

I got my both eyes on the goal, that's where you'll find me.

I recently got my hands on a ThinkPad X1 Nano (1st Gen).

Waking up early, doing some housework.

When asked about motivation and reason for creating something, sometimes the answer is: "I just wanted something like this to exist".

I like constraints.

Sunlight filtering through the leaves of a tree, flowing water brushing against pebbles in a shallow lake.

I enjoy simple user interfaces.

Updated list of my last less and more post. ` Less Compromises Context switching Indoors Sitting Late nights Perfection ` More Ruthlessness Focus Outdoors Movement Early mornings Iteration

Pull-ups on wood gymnastic rings Homemade raw milk kefir Custom-built NetBSD That's how I roll.

cwm (calm window manager) has brought me some peace of mind and I've really grown to love this little piece of software.

I was born and raised in a small town in Sweden.

"Writing about what I want to read" Is a sentence that's gently waving at me when I'm having writer's block.

I'll be posting here every sometimes.

It's been a couple of years since my last post.

I miss the generation when you were considered a virtue.

I once came across an interesting essay regarding the importance of writing down thoughts.

I would like to sit in a quiet garden and be able to call it my own one day.

The mind is a first-class citizen.

JUST BREATHE M***** F*****!

I have been for some time and still are practicing cold exposure.

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Technology has hijacked our minds and bloody hell does it feel like a constant uphill battle despite being aware.

Some time ago, I set upon a journey to learn more about computers in order to get away from them.

I sometimes find myself relying a little too much on technology for what it's worth.

` Less Consuming Computer Scrolling Tinkering Stress Music Possessions Negativity Cluttered thinking Comfortableness ` More Awareness Meditation Gratefulness People Nature Reading/Writing Exercising Learning Decluttering Cold exposure Uncomfortableness

Just do it.

Awareness.

A reminder to straighten my back and neck.

Scene from Porco Rosso (1992)

Hej, hello, konnichiwa!