Essay

<p>The straw that broke the camel's back, or <a href="https://gregmorris.co.uk/blog/i-finally-deletedfacebook/">broke my relationship with Facebook</a>, was a podcast on ghosting. I am pretty sure everyone knows what it is by now, but

<p>To be honest, I never wanted to talk about the metaverse. An idea that has been floating around since at least the 70s that we are all going to live in VR one day. Populating a world that replicates our old one but allows us to do

<p>Have you ever heard the expression that the universe is a mirror? The idea that whatever you put out into it, gets reflected straight back at you. It seems a little absurd on the face of it. A theory akin to <a href="https://www.

<p>James Tocchio on his view <a href="https://casualphotophile.com/2022/01/06/yes-the-camera-matters/">that the camera matters</a>:</p><blockquote>I’ve been missing that. All of that. And it’s really hit me this week

<p>There have been a few points in my life that have felt like it was ending. The specifics of these no longer matter to me, a long time ago fading into insignificance. Yet at the time, they felt like major issues that appeared insurmountable.</p>

<p>Colin Devroe on <a href="http://cdevroe.com/2022/01/05/bye-social-media/">Quitting Social Media</a>:</p><blockquote>Not that I can’t focus. I can sit down and get into flow on a programming project more

<p>After some <a href="https://maique.eu/2022/01/03/subscriptions.html">inspiration from Maique</a> I thought I would take stock of things going out of my account. I am a sucker for trying out new apps and services, often

<p>Taking inspiration from a <a href="https://www.kvn.li/plan2022/">few other bloggers</a> posts that I have read, I thought I would post my intentions for the upcoming year. That way everything is out in the open and there

<p>A friend Of mine, <a href="https://gabz.blog">Gabz</a> has been going backwards and forwards on where to host his blog. He tried Ghost for a bit, but went back to micro.blog mainly because of a feature he

<p>I am not the type of person to be influenced by other people's thoughts, but they often prompt thoughts of my own. Lots of <a href="https://birchtree.me/blog/photography-needs-to-be-fun/">talk about Glass</a> from people I follow