A blog about tech, productivity, tutorials, and more!

  • I Only Consumed Physical Media From a Box for 2 Weeks. Here’s How It Went.

    I Only Consumed Physical Media From a Box for 2 Weeks. Here’s How It Went.

    As my longtime readers know, I love watching videos on YouTube. I enjoy streaming videos from it whether it’s from my Linux machines or even my Xbox console. I even went as far as becoming a YouTube Premium subscriber for the past many years by now, as I love watching videos on my living room… Read more

  • Combine Your Second Brain with Zettelkasten

    Combine Your Second Brain with Zettelkasten

    I’m already approaching an entire year of using my current second brain for my personal knowledge management. In case anybody doesn’t remember, I stopped using my old one because it became so bloated with information that didn’t quite matter to me. Instead of scrapping the idea altogether, I decided I just wanted a fresh start… Read more

  • Launcher 10 Relieves my Windows Phone Nostalgia

    Launcher 10 Relieves my Windows Phone Nostalgia

    NOTE: As usual, this is not paid or endorsed in any way. Rather, this is an honest review of an Android launcher after I used it for a while. Because nobody has paid me to express myself, I get to be as honest and critical as I like. I didn’t update on this during my… Read more

  • My NaNoWriMo 2024 Results

    My NaNoWriMo 2024 Results

    That’s another NaNoWriMo in the books. As I stated one month ago, I wanted to try NaNo for another consecutive year in a row. I tried using my 5 AM Club time for it once again, dedicating my 20 minutes of growth time each morning to writing in the novel. While I did attempt to… Read more

  • Make macOS Feel More Like Linux (UPDATED)

    Make macOS Feel More Like Linux (UPDATED)

    NOTE: I made a few updates now recommending both yabai and Sketchybar in addition to the other tools already listed in the post. I have a confession to make. While I love Linux and prefer to use it, I haven’t used my openSUSE workstation in the past few months. My reliable ThinkPad has been collecting… Read more

  • Another Serious Attempt at NaNoWriMo!

    Another Serious Attempt at NaNoWriMo!

    Costumes are coming off, seasonal candy is on clearance, and el Dia de los Muertos is underway. That can only mean one thing: November is here once again, and that means National Novel Writing Month is back. Longtime readers may be getting deja vu looking at this title. However, it’s no mistake. I will once… Read more

  • I Won’t Let Internet Time Be Forgotten

    I Won’t Let Internet Time Be Forgotten

    I’ll be the first to admit it: I’ve never been a big fan of the metric system. Growing up the way I did, I got used to indicating the weather in Fahrenheit instead of Celsius, I always liked seeing my football teams gain yards to score a first down instead of running meters to kick… Read more

  • Why is My Nextcloud Snap Using More Storage?

    Why is My Nextcloud Snap Using More Storage?

    Here’s another one of my quick Linux tips, this time largely dealing with what happens to a Nextcloud instance installed with Snap as it takes up too much mystery storage. How Did You Fix It? I still recommend reading up on this before jumping to the solution in case you had the same issue I… Read more

  • Searching for a Perfect Linux Calendar App

    Searching for a Perfect Linux Calendar App

    I’ve been trying to deal with a few more matters related to my productivity as of late, especially considering I’ve had a rather eventful July and August. So many things have been happening, and I’ve needed to find better ways to stay productive. I used to time block on paper a lot more often, but… Read more

  • Omnivore: A Read-It-Later App I Actually Want to Use

    Omnivore: A Read-It-Later App I Actually Want to Use

    UPDATE: As much as I liked using Omnivore, this page didn’t age too well. As of November 2024, Omnivore is shutting down, which will prompt me to continue my search for an alternative. Switching jobs sometimes requires moving out of where you live, further than you expected. Moving can also be expensive, expensive enough to… Read more