Now that Micro.blog can schedule a post, it supports the bare minimum set of features that a basic blogging system should, according to me. Both this and the drafts filters were easy fixes. It makes using the web interface for posting a lot more usable.
PS: I had scheduled this post to go live at a later time :-)
I’d a calming morning walk amidst a dense fog around me. I love the sweet smell of the fog, it tickles and bring a gentle smile on my face.
I came across the concept of Web3 so often recently that I had to make sense of the why, what and how of this proposed evolution of Internet. So, I started digging and captured my thoughts as I learnt about this.
I finished reading Four Thousand Weeks, a philosophical guide by Burkeman about time. This one is the best time management book that preaches one should not fret too much about managing time. Live life being aware of its finitude. Doesn’t matter how much we try, we can never master time. It reminds you throughout the book that you don’t have time, but time is what you are.
Just like Burkeman did with his previous book, The Antidote, he left with so many profound observations and thoughts. This is not a practical guide of hacks that you could try to follow to improve your life. Rather, it lends an opportunity to reflect on at least a couple of ways you perceive the concept of time, and consequently, lead your life.
I had no idea there exist movie versions of the Psych gang. Boy, I need to find out where I can watch these. I am .. psyched.
I was about to add dark mode to micro.threads, but I stopped myself. That’s not something I want to sign up for at this point. No theming work, for nothing.
I like this place, but for reasons I am not yet sure. I think it is about the simplicity of the offerings. It is clean to use, it is clean to look at. That matters. I am an avid fan of non-complex systems. Too many bells and whistles and I am out.
I have lost interest for WordPress, it has become a behemoth. There are too many features that a blogger would need. Sure, it will get you started, but then there are so many other basic blogging engines that will do that very well. Why go for WP then? That platform is for people serious about starting their blog or website.
In a hope to be something for all, you stop being anything for anyone.
I believe WordPress is going through a similar phase.
Every time the grinds of the daily life take toll over me, I travel to a place close by with my family and friends. The last weekend was another such occasion.
I love this place not because it is a perfect family getaway (that it is), but because it is easy to travel to, and so there is not too much planning needed. Most trips get burdensome by the sheer pain of planning so much, so ahead of time. I enjoy the travels where that’s not the case, especially when I have no interest to be a typical tourist and go spot hunting.
The purpose of one’s visit is what matters at the end. If it is to find out everything of interest in a place, sure, go sign up for a hectic few days. Even I do that at times. But, why do that when irrespective of how much you roam around, you can never cover all the interesting places, anyway? The tourists flocking around an attraction kills it for me. It is just a place of business. I prefer the turn en route where no one halts. Or the point which hasn’t got any fancy name yet.
Anyway, I know every nook and corner of this resort I stayed in. My family and I have visited every spot of interest in the place, and so can selectively just visit those that affect us. We did just that this time, too. Maybe, I am different. I am glad that my family is just like me. Crazy different “tourists” that travel for the experience, not with a checklist!
Here are a couple of more pictures from the relaxing trip.
Typatone is a brilliant little app which can help you “make music while you write”.
Each letter you type corresponds to a specific musical note pulling a new spin to your composition.
[Rest] is basic maintenance, not self-indulgence. We can’t function forever fuelled by adrenalin and caffeine, fogged brains scrabbling to function, nerves frayed like a cheap phone cable.
Source: The seven types of rest