Piece of Mind
A collection of memories and thoughts from "that one guy"
What Becomes Worth Remembering
· ☕ 13 min read
I've still be having the same issue since I first started posting last year: I feel like I have nothing to really contribute. Most of my articles have just touched over something I was looking into or expressed just a part of my life--fairly mundane things in the grand scheme. What's worth recording for myself? What's worth posting? What's worth actually remembering?
Finally Another Job
· ☕ 2 min read
After struggling to find work for a few months, I finally found some repreive
So I Got a Framework Laptop
· ☕ 3 min read
You know how I mentioned I lost my job and I'm struggling to find work. I decided to make a poor financial choices and picked up a new computer. Did I need it?
Well, There Went My Job
· ☕ 2 min read
Looks like I'm just joining the masses in the recent purge of people's daily lives. Now comes the fun of finding a suitable alternative.
My First Git Merge
· ☕ 12 min read
I've finally made my first contribution to another project! This time, it's for Typst, an incredible, rust-based markup language that you could do almost anything in. What I made was a template for Pathfinder 2nd Edition.
The Aim for 2026
· ☕ 3 min read
While I didn't hold well to my initial intention from the start of the year, a new year means new intentions. Hopefully, this year doesn't have such drastic change and that I might be able to stick with it.
Round 2 on Sysadmin Test
· ☕ 2 min read
Failed the first attempt, but only by a bit. Convieniently, I also had a free retest included. Time to give it another shot and see how it goes.
Preparing for the Linux Sysadmin Cert
· ☕ 2 min read
I use Arch (btw) and I make websites; only makes sense to test what I know and see if I can actually make something out of it.
First Split Keyboard
· ☕ 5 min read
More poor financial decisions. I bit the bullet and got my first mechanical keyboard. A split keyboard at that.
Monster Manuals and Teletypes
· ☕ 5 min read
Decided to try updating my markdown copies of the monsters in the D&D SRD from 2014 to 2024. However, when I opened those files up from the terminal, I found them polluted with '^M' at the end of each line. Naturally, I went down another rabbit hole figuring out why.
Simplicity Through Solitude
· ☕ 6 min read
While my family is on vacation, I'm tasked with watching their house and dogs. Finally, some alone time to enjoy the more simple things I feel I never have time for.
The Myth of Immortality's Curse
· ☕ 2 min read
Is immortality really so bad? Why do only the villans of literature pursue such while the rest of act as though we see such as vial? Perhaps the truth is that we lament our lack of such. Immortality is just sour grapes.