Erin's Blog

Problem Presentation Recently, I tried out some networking shenanigans.

overall, this was a pain in the fucking ass. the first 6 hours were pleasant enough, but still, it took far more planning and configuration than i expected. in total, i spent around 16 18 hours to: instantiate and configure infrastructure (aws resources +…

today, i want to talk about my battle with seasonal depression. my most recent foray into antidepressant treatment this winter has been a fun one. my regimen is a culmination of things from last year that worked, and surprisingly, when it comes to the add…

[optional precursor: poast abt my process for choosing this phone complete w/ angry rants and delusional desires ] prelude what ur in for: dis be a review of da fone i wound up with this purchase cycle. it’ll focus heavily on the software side of things,…

a couple days ago my SMS chats were delayed. this happened regardless of sender, carrier, etc. the delay ranged from 10-30 minutes. particularly frustrating because TFA on all the things 😩 eventually i got annoyed enough to troubleshoot it yesterday and f…

one day i got hyperfixated for a few hours tweaking firefox, looking at addons, reading about vulnerabilities, removing addons with sketchy permissions, and opting out (mirror) of advertising personalization. this is something i’d wanted to look into for…

what makes a good smartphone?

In my travels learning as much as I reasonably could to optimize my gender transition, I came upon a doctor named Will Powers infamous in certain trans circles for his unorthodox style.

[NOTE: This essay was updated March 24th, 2021 with newer research, clarifications, style changes, and such.

I’ve been using IRC since about age 11.