Sleep tracking cycle I’ve been tracking my sleep, on and off, for the last fifteen years. It started with a revelation: I thought I slept poorly but really didn’t, which changed my mood in the morning. It has felt useful ever since. To be fair, said revelation was probably enough, but my curiosity was piqued. Sleep tracking tools has come and gone....

Minimizing I've been looking at all my personal stuff to try to minimize a bit. My brother did that the hardcore way, moving to Greece with what he could fit in a carry-on. He sold the rest, stored just about nothing, and that's that. It's a compromise, only owning what you can carry. I'm not willing to go that far, but looking through all the stuff...

A change of pace This is going to be a short one. After speaking to some friends, and looking at everything I have on my plate, as well as what I actually want to do, I’ve decided to switch some things up. It’s healthy to question the state of things at regular intervals, it’s all too easy just going about with whatever it is you’re doing. I’m going...

Opt-out is always wrong Selling user-generated content is the hottest thing in tech right now. It's a way for all those communities to cash in, now that ads aren't working. Companies acting like this is to be expected: If you're not paying for something, you're the product. So, when you upload a photo of your dog to Instagram, you're training Meta's...

AI is killing the blog (and then some) I love the internet. I love blogs. I even love to tinker with the software that makes it tick. But enough is enough. Machines are scraping our words and ideas, remixing them into models which are used to churn out generic content, polluting our online haven. It used to be just words, then audio, and now video...

My Name is Ronald by the Way Most of my published writing has been of the technical sort, such as the Smashing WordPress books, but I’ve had several short stories and flash fiction (that’s really short stories) published, too. My Name is Ronald by the Way was picked up by the sadly defunct fiction magazine, Fireside. It was published in February...