Gemini* and Gopher

• Personal/Opinions

  • On passion and purpose

    I read this gemlog post[1] earlier and it got me thinking about my own perspective on the relation between passion and purpose. In my experience while purpose is a constant background hum, passion is a short burst of energy that is impossible to hold on to. It can materialise without forewarning and leave almost as fast.

• Technology and Free Software

  • Internet/Gemini

    • The Ghost Essay

      “Shame on you!”

      Those are the last words my father said to me. Shouted across 3,600 miles, as the crow flees, a few months before Barbenheimer.

      He's not dead, mind you, though he may be by the time you read this. Take that, r/LiminalSpace!

      ((And thanks, “Monster Talk,” for talking to Lana Hall, who name-dropped that subreddit recently.))

      As soon as I ghosted him (r/ghosting), my old man started haunting me. This is tricky because I don't believe in ghosts, spirits, or even souls. And remember, he's still alive.

    • The WWW is seriously broken

      Saying this on a Gemini log may look ridiculous and perhaps a bit biased, but it is true nevertheless.

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      Branding and its visual identity are built on specific rules that only work when respected but that can be easily broken when you ignore or disregard them. This can easily happen involuntarily on any medium that allows you to modify it.