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I Used a Physical Keyboard on my Pixel 9 for 7 Months: A Long-Term Clicks Review
Disclaimer: Just like last time, this is still not a paid promotion. I originally paid for the Clicks keyboard in this review out of my own pocket. Same with the other things I mention throughout like the Speck case I was using or the Popsocket accessory I brought up. Thus, I can be as critical and honest Read more
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I Replaced My Second Brain (and PARA) With My Own Digital System
It’s surely been a while, as 2026 is now approaching. Quite a bit of time has passed since I stopped using the whole BASB “Second Brain” system as conceived by Tiago Forte, almost two months to be more specific. However, that doesn’t exactly mean I stopped using Obsidian altogether. When it comes to meaningful note-taking Read more
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My NaNoWriMo 2025 Results
December is here again! That can only mean my latest NaNoWriMo attempt is over. Now, before I go on, I’m fully aware that the official NaNoWriMo site is gone and everything, but I still follow the tradition in general regardless. I never really saw the NaNoWriMo event itself being tied so tightly to that organization. Read more
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Why I’m Giving Up on a Second Brain
I never thought I’d type this, but here we are. It’s been a fun ride for the past few years, but I saw the writing on the wall a good while back when I felt compelled to restart my second brain in the first place. I really didn’t want to think it was over, and Read more
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My Third Serious Attempt at NaNoWriMo
November has arrived once more, and it’s that time of year all over again. Just as I did last year and the year before, I am once again throwing my hat into the ring and working on NaNoWriMo. As usual, if I’m going to do this again, there are going to besome ground rules. A Read more
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When Convenience Works Against Us
Here’s a hypothetical. Let’s say I developed an Android app for you to use. You can download it for free, and I give you two options on how you would rather have the app work: Great, now I’ll give you some time to sit back and decide if you would rather have option 1 or Read more
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Cinnamon Desktop is Cozy Sometimes
Despite my history using Linux over the past few years, and despite how I have to use a Mac at work, I typically default to not only Arch Linux, but Hyprland with my setup. In short, I had a taste of tiling windows a few years ago starting with Awesome WM. After a few years Read more
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How Homelabbing is Saving Me Hundreds of Dollars a Year
I’ve been a rather busy bee this past month and a half. I already alluded to the fact a while back, but I recently got Jellyfin running on an otherwise neglected Mac mini. I was able to set up a domain to redirect to it and everything, allowing me to replace both TIDAL and just Read more
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Dumping Spotify and Paid Music Streaming For My Offline Music Collection
I hinted at the possibility a good while back, but I’ve been rethinking how I enjoy my music over the past few months, and that’s also despite how I said this a good while back now. Why go through all this trouble [with TIDAL, Spotify, and others] when you could just host the music yourself Read more
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A Few Fast, Easy Commands to Start Using Vimium C
I admit that it initially took me a while to really “get” Vim commands, to really appreciate them. That eventually changed, and I still use them in Obsidian to this day. But what if there was a way to get similar commands elsewhere, like in the browser? What if there was a way to control Read more
Sudo Science 