Lifelog

With the exception of laptops, much of the progress in recent years in consumer products has been miniscule. The printer still works the same, they just slap an LCD screen on it to show ink levels and Wifi signal strength for an extra price.

Anyone who knows me well understands how experimentation-averse I am about just about everything. All rudimentary decision-trees are neatly laid out and baked in at this point. A big chunk of the life-anchoring questions around future dwelling-place, kids, marriage, and lifestyle were probably fully

You could lose your home to floods, your mostly-digital money could disappear some day due to a technical glitch, education as a path to prosperity is rapidly losing status, jobs that deliver value to others are now more about accumulation of money or credibility,

I was on vacation for about 10 days, but it felt like nothing like a break for the most part. Welcome to the Age of Anxiety. Most people would blame COVID, but I think COVID is just a symptom. If COVID weren't around, it

I have a strong opinion on dealing with household chores such as grocery delivery, service repairs, plumbing, and electrical works — either it happens before 1 PM, or it doesn't happen at all, or someone else deals with it. In a home-office setting, these things

The concept of a 'Break Year' is fascinating. Every time I read about someone taking a break year on HN, after being burnt out or having survived a personal tragedy, I'm intrigued by what they do with their free time. I used to think

Few things get me as excited as the idea of discussing the Matrix movies. Sure, the movies are entertaining, but the idea  —  that our reality isn't really real — is so fascinating that I spent a massive chunk of my teen years on IRC channels

I loathe Apple products – the primary reason being that the hardware you buy is inseparably coupled with the software, and the software isn't...erm, the best out there. I've had my work Macbook die on me multiple times. A strong feeling of helplessness overcomes

It's been a while since I've blogged — like, properly blogged. It wasn't until I stumbled into an ex-Googlers personal blog and read some of the non-tech writeups that I realized, 'hey, I used to do that too!'. I've also stopped voicing my personal

I had happy realization recently that I was spending way too much time tracking current events that had no bearing on my life or the lives of people around me. We live in an era of "too much news". A simple action like opening

It's mildly amusing when people take it upon themselves to prescribe you a path to a life well lived. Doubly so when people don't have their own sh*t together. As I receive the sermon I've heard a million times – mostly from an older,

Our products work pretty well unattended now, requiring less overtime from me unless external factors throw things out of place. After working through the night, mornings are when I "come home from work" to leisure time. I installed Steam on my laptop

There are precisely four types of wine — You take a sip and you go "Ewww...get this nonsense away from me" You take a sip and you go "Not bad" You take a sip and you go "Yumm! What's

I still remember the first time I attended a "rich people" party at a fancy restaurant. I still remember being dragged into pointless "have-you-tried" conversations. I had nothing to contribute in return. "You must try the delicious [insert-veg-here] soup

The question is backed by good intentions, as if to say — have you found yourself a companion yet? ...because life will soon suck like never before. But it's highly invasive and makes a lot of assumptions. Before they attack a civilization, the Borg send

Say you spend a decent amount of money to make a flight or hotel reservation that you later aren't able to make use of. Would it make you sad? Would you feel like you've lost money? If so, why? It recently occurred to me

Each time someone instructs me to "be an adult about it", a thought pops into my head about adulthood. For me, adulthood is the ability, nay, privilege of heading straight to the dessert counter in a buffet situation. Although this thought makes

I've given up on trying to understand the religious mind. I no longer post stuff on Facebook that might be controversial in religious circles. I've grown to let things go. But that doesn't mean religiosity of people and their beliefs don't bother me. At

I'm not easy company for touring a distant land. I have rigid, strong opinions on what constitutes a perfect vacation. I also come with a whole list of quirks and stubborn ideas. For example, I have no problem in doing the exact same thing

This weekend I had the weird pleasure of meeting someone who could be my polar opposite and a real sense of why they say opposites attract. Maybe "attract" isn't the right word in this case. Intrigue, maybe. Throughout the conversation, I felt

Scene: At the Parisian Cafe with a whole lot of Shucky Darns. The solar panel's shining face is smiling back on me Twisting off into the sun It's okay to be lonely All my missions float away I never trained too hard I'm so