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2020-03-01 / Development

An Idea is Born…

So I’ve decided to start a new software project – an open/free time-tracking app based on the popular pomodoro technique, adapted to the way I do it. I want to use BeeWare, a python-based toolset / framework for application development is showing some really impressive capabilities. What do I hope to achieve? Well, firstly, I …

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2020-01-26 / Humour

This is Someone Who Truly ‘Gets’ Dune

Great article on why Dune is the only good online fandom left: https://theoutline.com/post/5333/dune-revival-2018-david-lynch?zd=5&zi=2emmuaoo

2018-07-02 / Humour

Paraphrasing Nietzsche

I came across this gem on Mastodon the other day…

The translation of Nietzsche that I read used the word ‘abyss’, which is even cooler:

He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.

— Beyond Good and Evil

We have one of these in our house. His name is Raven, but I’m calling him The Abyss from now on. The Abyss leaps out at me from dark corners, ready to claw my face off… and also enjoys cuddles from time to time.

Picture of black kitten next to grown up black cat
The Abyss… then and now
Windmill and moon
2018-06-24 / Technology

Praxis

Recently, I became intrigued by the word “praxis”. It means the practical application of a branch or learning, or an established practice. The thing is, I only learned it about a year ago, when I read the excellent sci-fi novel “Anathem”, by Neal Stephenson. I honestly can’t recall having come across the word before reading …

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2018-06-19 / General Musing

I’m Back

So I’ve decided to start blogging again – and this time with a little more structure and purpose. In the the past, my blogging has been: Scattered across multiple, disconnected places and contexts Very sporadic, with posts that took a long time to write (Semi)-anonymous, with different handles for different contexts This time, I want …

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