Using technology "slowly"
I recently realized something about how I use my phone and laptop. These devices have become an extension of my body, in that using them is as effortless as walking. Too effortless. When I'm bored, I sometimes catch myself swiping across the different pages of my phone's home screen and opening up apps I didn't even need to open. When I had the Reddit and Instagram apps, instantly clicking on either of them when I opened up my phone became an instant reflex, even if I had intended to use my phone for something else just a few seconds earlier. Swiping down to refresh the feed on those apps was also deeply burned into my muscle memory. Even with them off my phone, I'm still trying to kick my reddit habit. Switching back to "old reddit" has helped, since the old homepage doesn't show all-new content when you hit refresh, but it's still too easy to get sucked into the plethora of content, even if most of it is garbage. My lightning-fast trackpad isn't doing me any favors when it comes to tech addiction.
So today I turned down my pointer speed and scrolling speed in the hope that I would take the time to actually read what people have to say, and "savor" it like a good cigar or burger or something, instead of frantically searching for my next online dopamine hit. I was inspired by this video of the early web. Just look at how long it takes for those pages to load.
Speaking of slow loading, I'm going to have to do something about all my embedded YouTube videos.
Jan 4, 2022
Recent projects
Jan 3, 2022
Jan 1, 2022
An alternative to lorem ipsum
From CSS Tricks. Trigger warning: not vegan
"Pork filet mignon ball tip drumstick shankle doner salami pastrami. Ham cow beef ribs burgdoggen drumstick cupim. Swine ground round kevin, bresaola pig strip steak porchetta turkey picanha andouille doner. Jerky frankfurter short loin boudin filet mignon strip steak. Shoulder hamburger sirloin beef pastrami pork chop shankle ham hock spare ribs ground round jowl. Pork belly burgdoggen frankfurter t-bone, cupim short loin ham. Beef ribs fatback t-bone prosciutto, cupim capicola spare ribs chicken."
Jan 1, 2022
Happy new year! Let's see what crazy shit this year throws at us.
Tis the season of getting yourself gifts with the gift cards you got for christmas. I just bought a boss tuner pedal, a guitar pedal power supply, some electronic components for making arduino stuff, and I was thinking of getting a couple of CDs but my good Discman is at my apartment so maybe later. Just realized that High on Fire's debut release isn't on Spotify. Finally a CD purchase that actually makes sense! It's also one of their best albums. I put it in my "music" section just now.
Dec 29, 2021
Links now open in new tabs. Go click em. Or else >:)
Dec 24, 2021
Dec 24, 2021
Dec 10, 2021
I like to do little designs in Illustrator every once in a while, so here are some I've made recently.
Dec 10, 2021
I've gotten pretty much everything done for finals and I'm planning on going back home on Saturday. I've heard that the class I'm taking this winter is going to be easy, too. But I won't be ablee to see my gf for a while :(
Also fuck my Apple keyboard! I also have to get that replaced. Luckily my laptop is currently less than 4 years old, so they will replace it for free (fingers crossed). The E key repeats every so often and it pisses me off.
Anyway here's what I saw on a walk today.
