Inspired by the /now page movement. If I hadn't seen someone in a year, this is the page I'd send them.
Updated 28 July 2026 while listening to Third Eye Blind.
5hours30-something minutes. Knee is hurting (it's been at least a month and a half). I broke down and cried at the end, I was very emotional. It might be one and done, who knows. What I do know is that no running will be done til I do rehab on my knee...
The power of cheering someone on cannot be understated. Every time I got any cheer, any time I heard my name, or cheered someone else on, I got this little boost. And when we got to the finish line, our big park run group hooted and hollered and yeah, couldn't help but break into tears then.
The upside to all this is that I have a lot more time to spend on my other hobbies so I've been picking up on the bouldering again
We played at a few old folks' homes and it was nerve-wracking. I was wiping my palms with every break I had. The first performance was...fine. The second one was much better.
What I didn't expect from this was how grateful people would be. They were really lovely afterwards, they'd beckon us to come over so they could say how much they enjoyed it. We didn't play very well so it really goes to say that it's the thought that counts.
We're gearing up for our next performance but rehearsals are hard to organise. It's a bit like D&D: the real BBEG (Big Bad Evil Guy) is scheduling.
Went to Tasmania for Dark Mofo and Perisher for the snow but there was no snow to be had. Did some hikes and took some pictures instead!
I've been learning a lot of things which feel like they're oriented in a funky direction (seeing how tech is moving these days). It's a lot of low-level stuff.
In reality, I think I'm just making up for lost time. I was never interested in these technologies in uni, i just wanted to make websites look pretty, and do graphic design. So now when I look at these with a real sense of curiousity, I wish I could go back to my old self and give him a big slap on the face and say "this shit is cool!! focus!!"
I've been listening to a lot of tech talks and podcasts, particularly those by Bryan Cantrill, and talks from Strange Loop. It was initially spurred on by me constantly thinking about RFDs and how to implement them. And I thought "hey, this Oxide company seems pretty cool" so I've been implementing my personal RFCs at work since.
It's fair to say that I've been on sort of an Oxide binge lately. Every drive I'm listening to a bcantrill talk or an Oxide and Friends podcast ep where they're talking about rigor in the age of LLMs or resurrecting a defunct tetris game.
Anyway, I'm rambling. Here's what I've ben building/learning
and some talks and videos I've watched lately
OH and now I use emacs
Currently playing Baldur's Gate 3. Sorry I'm late
I'm training for a marathon now! After running the occasional park run for the last few years, I've decided to pick up the pace—and the mileage.
We did a practice half-marathon on new year's eve and it crippled me.
My target pace was between 5:55 and 5:35 which I kept for a solid 14km. After maybe 16km I started to really lose steam, things started to get really hard and eventually I was hitting the wall.
Then my right foot started to get sore, sore to the point that I had to slow to a walk, then a limp then a seat.
I caught my breath and ended up whiteknuckling the last two kilometres. I was sore for two days afterward.
I was a really good cellist back in highschool but it's been years since I played and I've regressed.
Although my skill has gone down, the joy I get out of it is unparalleled.
I've joined a hobby orchestra and I couldn't be happier about it.
My friend Marc recently said this and it's starting to make more sense now then ever. Life as in adventure, or Dr. Martha Beck's concept of Joy, or whatever it is in life that makes you feel alive.
In the same vain of "mood follows action" and "you have agency", there are some quotes which lose their pithiness and become very real and concrete after some meditation on them.
The existentialist realisation that there isn't anyone who is going to come along and save you from yourself is a sobering one, but a freeing one too.
"A goal without a plan is just a wish" as the saying goes. You can want things but you must pursue them. I struggle with this.
At some point I want to write about mimetic desires and this idea of just being yourself (instead of being hyper-aware/-sensitive of what other people expect from you). They're both things that I've been struggling with but I'm understanding more.
I'm still writing software. I'm still liking it, and I've gotten better at it.
After some time being a front end dev, I started filling the gap as a UX/UI designer until we hired a full time designer.
I've tried a bit of project management. This was very hard but it was also the time I grew the most in the org. I ended up going back to being an IC (Individual Contributor).
Now I'm doing more full-stack stuff. A lot of server-side stuff, a lot of queues. I'm architecting things and getting to know more IasC (Infrastructure as Code).
It feels good to be getting better at things.
Most recently, I've decided to start being more of a manager type deal. We'll see how this pans out but the work is very different.