On the morning walk today. With the sun burning through the clouds, with the wind mills cheering, being the perfect spectators. Day 16 of #30day 🖼️
A half way into the challenge today. When I began, I had no idea I would be doing and enjoying this for so long. Anyway, another shot from the evening walk. Day 15 of #30day 🖼️
I wanted to attempt porting a Hugo theme to Micro.blog – check what it takes. Of course, the best way was to try it with a minimal theme. That’s what I did. Too basic and light weight, sure. But I know now how it’s done! If interested, you can try it on my test blog.
I Cannot Begin to Tell You How Proficient I Am in Microsoft Word →
Many are the candidates who come touting their areas of expertise—beginner Spanish, ability to work well under pressure—but none compare to the fluency with which I insert links and align text, add comments and reply to the comments left by others.
The web doesn’t have version numbers →
I just wanted to make the point that it’s unfair to claim a version number for the web for a specific set of innovations you happen to like. There are many ways the web evolves. Sometimes they involve the kinds of technology that ‘web3’ adepts use, but usually they don’t.
I verified today that the Post Stats Micro.blog plugin works with the upgraded Hugo version (0.91). So, that’s one less issue I need to handle as part of the next upgrade. However, if you are using the plug-in (I am glad) and see an issue, please let me know.
Back to work on what I had originally planned.
On the everning walk today. I find the game fascinating that the swaying trees play with the dimming natural light and the brightening articial one. Day 14 of #30day 🖼️
JavaScript Is Not What It Used To Be →
The legacy of JavaScript is something that cannot be changed without immeasurable consequences. Hence why avoiding the worst parts rely on the developers: It is a trade of Developer Experience for Backward Compatibility.
After a few days of attempting photos at night, I preferred to go for my morning walk into the early dawn today. Sun wasn’t out yet, I wanted to capture the sky then. Day 13 of #30day 🖼️
I am trying a lot of pictures in the night for my challenge. I am not finding it easy, especially capturing the skies. A light source matters a lot for me to get a shot I like. Today, I managed to witness a game of smoke and light. Day 12 of #30day 🖼️
After a few busy weeks, it’s good to be back reading the timeline at M.b again. The inspiration to write, to tinker, to create, to reflect is contagious; and the M.b timeline is full of that.
Nothing fancy, just another night walk. I love the lights in the night. Day 11 of #30day 🖼️
A third into the challenge, yet nothing’s special. Skies, but during the night walk – I love the contrast, however. Capturing the night skies might be one of the trickiest things. Day 10 of #30day 🖼️
A similar view as the fifth day. The same tree sprawling through the same skies. But a shot so very different. I am learning so much about the angles and frame the past few days. Day 9 of #30day 🖼️
Every morning, I walked across these fire hydrant - I find their symmetry always charming. Also the shade of red they flaunt. Day 8 of #30day 🖼️
Another morning walk, another day of cloudy skies! Dull and uneventful. So had to search for colors in the fields around - alone, the last surviving one amidst the jungle of concrete around. Day 7 of #30day 🖼️
After a phase of consistent writing, these are a silent few days. I have been busy a lot. Too many threads. Too many things at the top of my mind. Writing hasn’t slowed down, I am filling pages of my journal every day. But publishing has almost halted. Except for the #30day posts.
I love how when the mind gets bogged down with too many thoughts, spilling it all out onto a paper always helps declutter it. But, these are some of the rawest, most personal of the thoughts. I haven’t learnt to open up so much to publish these. Maybe, I never will. That’s just not my personality.
On the morning walk! The skies today were absolutely dull, cloudy and uneventful. So, here’s another shot of busy skies from yesterday. Day 6 of #30day 🖼️
On the morning walk! The skies were laden with clouds today, it also meant the sun had a great chance to peek every now & then and light the sky on fire. Day 5 of #30day 🖼️
Also attempted some minor editing for effect. Spot looks different from previous days, for sure.
How Hobbies Infiltrated American Life - The Atlantic →
Theoretically, hobbies should be among the most intrinsically motivated things we could do—they are the work we choose to do when we could be doing anything. But the validation we get from others online, and the validation we get from our culture writ large for spending our free time in a productive, virtuous way, muddies that motivation.
A brilliant essay, specifically this snippet highlights a key issue that social media platforms foster, something that I had written about recently.
Of the morning walk! Same spot as yesterday, but back to the morning sky. It looked uneventful, the sun had wrapped up its play. Day 4 of #30day 🖼️
I also loved this hazy lamp during my walk this evening, attempting to light the path, even when it need not yet.
I am really enjoying Wordle everyday. Today’s was absolutely close – I had to get the pen & paper out. I didn’t want to break the streak, you see.
How often does a technical or political thought piece alter a person’s perspective? Not very often. Our biases make us judge the essay way before we have read it in its entirety. Possibly right at the title, most of the times. An example, discussion on WSJ piece on iMessages.
I am happy with the second issue of the weekly newsletter that I sent out today. The minimal styling that I had recommended last week seems to have helped it. Sure, it was still some work to restructure a few things. But it was worth it. I also fixed a few minor issues.
