Jottings on an Envelope
Unformed Thoughts by Amit Gawande.
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Thoughts on Scribbles Editor

Each blogging platform editor demonstrates its priorities through the functionality it provides. Some target short posts, while others want you to write longer posts. However, the Scribbles editor is confusing. The first deviation from the trend is that it doesn't support markdown. But then, neither do WordPress and other CMSs by default. So, does it target users moving away from such loaded systems? No idea. Markdown is fine, but it is not a format I have any particular attachment for. I generally use keyboard shortcuts and, hence, really do not care what happens on the screen. I liked the interface...

End of Search

I have been using Kagi as my default search for almost a month. Today, I ran out of the 100 searches that Kagi provided me to try the system. As much as I have loved my experience with Kagi, I don't think I will upgrade to the starter plan even if they have given me enough reasons to. Yet. Don't get me wrong—Kagi was a good search engine. It did its job well—listing the web pages relevant to my search and getting the hell out of the way. What I keep asking myself, though, is if that is enough for...

Bored

I have been a lot bored recently on the internet. I need some changes to the way I do things. More than anything, I need some bouts of inspiration -- I am missing them. I don't know why. I can always blame external factors. Maybe my writing tools aren't right, or they need change, or I am not reading the "right" voices. But deep down, I know this is all meaningless. The problem lies with me.  I can change everything I use, and it would not impact anything I do online. I should put my head down and search for...

My daughter loves her music

My daughter loves her music. Listening to it. Making it. Learning it. She enjoys her music classes and recently started self-learning Ukelele through YouTube. It didn’t take her long to get the chords right for one of her favourite songs. As she performed, I recorded it, and up it went on her channel. A new video is out now.She’s also super excited that she is a click away from reaching 100 subscribers. I calm her down. But the excitement of any milestone is challenging to push away.

On Resting

I have been resting since morning today. After a period of physical rest, I had to focus on resting my mind. With work being very stressful these days, my mind needs much more care. One thing about rest is that I can never have enough. I can spend a whole day doing nothing at all, and yet I may go to sleep tired. If I idle my time away on the internet or watch movies, TV shows, or YouTube, time goes by quickly, and I hardly feel rested. What I do while I rest matters much more than how long...