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Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship.

- Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851)

  • Tokyo, Japan
    Tokyo, Japan
    “Tokyo, formerly Edo, historically Tokio, and officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital and largest city of Japan. Its metropolitan area is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents. Its metropolitan area is the largest in size and the most populous, with an area of 13,452 square kilometers and its city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central Pacific coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu. Tokyo is the political and economic center of the country, as well as the seat of the Emperor of Japan and the national government.”
  • Starshield: Situational Awareness for the Star Labs StarBook
    Starshield: Situational Awareness for the Star Labs StarBook
    Going off-the-grid with an add-on for the Star Labs StarBook – and pretty much every other laptop – that adds situational awareness through various sensors and removes the need for privacy-invasive cloud services for things like GPS positioning and current temperature.
  • Yokohama, Japan
    Yokohama, Japan
    “Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and by area, and the country’s most populous municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a population of 3.7 million in 2023. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin Industrial Zone.”
  • 9Barista Espresso Machine: One Year Later
    9Barista Espresso Machine: One Year Later
    It has been roughly a year since I got my 9Barista jet-engineered stovetop espresso machine, which has ever since been my go-to method for brewing coffee. This post is an introduction and brief review of my experience with the espresso maker.
  • HIBI MIA Botanical
    HIBI MIA Botanical
    The HIBI MIA Botanical edition.
  • Ultra-Portable Data Center: Part Two
    Ultra-Portable Data Center: Part Two
    After over four years, I am simplifying the UPDC to make it more lightweight, more portable, and less in the way. This is a status update on the Ultra-Portable Data Center.
  • Throwback Thursday: KDE 2 on SuSE Linux 7.3
    Throwback Thursday: KDE 2 on SuSE Linux 7.3
    “Do you pine for the days when men were men and wrote their own device drivers?”
    – Linus T.
  • Updates 2024/Q3
    Updates 2024/Q3
    Project updates from the current consecutive three-month period, with info on the current status of my projects and next steps. You might find this interesting in case you’re using any of my open source tools.
  • Kunai Corne V3
    Kunai Corne V3
    This is a follow-up build log on the Corne V3 post, in which I finalize the Kunai case.
  • Barcelona, Spain
    Barcelona, Spain
    “Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain.”