Tag: life
Jumping into July
Here we are, into the latter half of the year. I'm continuing to recover, and this month sees us go on our annual summer holiday. Recovery update I'm slowly regaining mobility in my arms, following my fall, and I'm generally in less pain now. I'm still not fully back to normal, but may be closer...
normal interactions
him: you look so hot, dude. me: **turns more red and also 🥺** him: no, i mean, like, temperature. are you ok?
normal interactions
him: you look so hot dudeme: **turns more red and also 🥺**him: no, i mean, like, temperature. are you ok?
Recently in June '26
Woah! It's that time of the month again. June has gone by very fast, full of activity, travel, and a - way too hot for The Netherlands - heatwave. Let's look back and reflect on everything that has happened this past month!
june in photos
June has been pretty chill in most ways saving the weather. Jacob and I actually managed to convince our friend Tate to go to the bar with us to have a drink and play some pool a couple times. Definitely a W, even though the tables were pretty packed by the time we made it...
Unblogged June
May's update was short, as I was mostly recovering, whereas this month I have been able to do a little more, including returning to my standard blogging pattern of every other day. Still, here's a few things that didn't result in a blog post of their own: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx6_jj9RxhI Tom Scott's creator advice Tom Scott got...
The Day the Rains Arrive
An attempt to articulate the feeling of when the monsoon comes to Mumbai.
The Day the Rains Arrive
An attempt to articulate the feeling of when the monsoon comes to Mumbai.
The Royal Society Environmental Prize lecture on feeding the world without costing the earth
Notes from Andrew Balmford's Royal Society Environment Medal lecture, on why shifting diets and cutting food waste are necessary but not sufficient, and why sustainable high-yield farming tied to land sparing is the key to slowing the extinction crisis.
Reconnecting
Back it my first job, I had a coworker with whom I got along really well - I became a regular at the family home, got to know her daughter, we works at festivals together, etc, etc. After leaving that job, which I did a little over 13 years ago, I lost touch with them. Sad, but that's how it goes. ...
Of perfect proportions. Day 101 of The100DayProject
I’ve no exact recollection of that day when the ground shifted around us all. It was day 101 of the Mutatis Mutandis Project and we’d been told to expect a test of the machinery, around midday. Nothing more than that. To be honest, I’d probably not have understood much, even had they tried to further… Read More »
Of perfect proportions. Day 101 of The100DayProject
I’ve no exact recollection of that day when the ground shifted around us all. It was day 101 of the Mutatis Mutandis Project and we’d been told to expect a test of the machinery, around midday. Nothing more than that. To be honest, I’d probably not have understood much, even had they tried to further… Read More »
Recently in May '26
May was an incredibly packed month, which sort of explains why it took me so long to write this post. Now that I have some time to go through all the events, let's take a look back together, and go through some of the things that happened in May!
Day 100 of The100DayProject (here’s the next 100…)
The GenAI wars had lasted for less than a decade. But their lasting effect still slopped across all aspects of human life. We’d survived. But at such a huge cost. The amount of money that this insanity had drained away was impossible to gauge. Whole countries had been bankrupted in their attempt to either catch… Read More »
Unblogged May
Just a short one this month - as mentioned yesterday, I'm still in my recovery, and my typing is slow and not particularly accurate. What we didn't do in May I did my usual look ahead to the start of the month on the 1st, listing the things we expected to do. Alas, my injuries...
Turning 42 on Towel Day
It's my birthday today. I'm still recovering, and not yet able to spend a long time typing, so this is coming from my phone again. However, I have re-gained some movement in my arms compared to a couple of weeks ago, and I've been out of hospital for almost two weeks now. The 25th May...
Recently in April '26
April is now coming to and end, and with it, a new blog post is born. Around 33% of the year has now gone by, and we're starting to head into the prime time of the spring. Looking back at this month, it's been quite quiet. I know I said the same thing last month, but now it's for real.
Breathless in the Hermit Kingdom
Reflecting on a week spent in Bhutan
Breathless in the Hermit Kingdom
Reflecting on a week spent in Bhutan
Explaining Death to a Toddler at the Taj Mahal
A few thoughts after a weekend trip to Delhi and Agra
Explaining Death to a Toddler at the Taj Mahal
A few thoughts after a weekend trip to Delhi and Agra
Recently in March '26
Now that I am looking back at what happened in March, I see it was quite of a calm month. Oddly enough, I didn't perceive it as so, since I feel like it went by so fast. Let's then take a look back together, but I'm sure this will be a shorter post than in the previous months.
About That Package
I woke up late today because I accidentally gave myself food poisoning somehow last night. So that was fun. FedEx tracker estimates my drop of for before 12:40 in this screenshot. I saw a notification that my order from Best Buy was out for delivery. I’m gonna start studying for certifications at work so I...
Thursday Flow
Today was a relatively good day. I might have to partially bullshit my standup update tomorrow morning, but i might be able to scrape enough stuff out of my notes. That’s a problem for tomorrow me. I’m unwinding for the night. Watched a couple episodes of Sex and the City for the first time as...
Marching Forth
Jacob explains something in the woods. A robin. Me and Jacob Jacob A selfie I took at work. A selfie I took on my porch. My cat sniffing a Chick-fil-a sandwich. A handwritten note from my late mother. A little frog statue and a capybara lamp on my end table. My March has been an...