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Cake day: March 20th, 2025

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  • First: There is a certain amount of time you have to dedicate to a task to complete it. Estimate that amount of time, estimate how much time you actually have left to do it, and adjust the goal or deadline if necessary. This avoids the classic “huh maybe I’ll do it this weekend or whenever I feel like it” proceeds to not do anything for a month.

    Second: Writing stuff down on a physical piece of paper is valuable. I’m sure this doesn’t apply for all people, but I believe having all of your notes/tasks/ect. on a computer screen is not the most optimal for our brains to process.

    You not only have the abstraction of the current task, but also you’re viewing it through a small 13 inch window on a generic document that sits somewhere on the abstract device called “your computer” or “your cloud”. All of that information sits in your mind and takes up cognitive power from other tasks.

    This is why I think writing stuff down is useful - it’s making use of all of your other senses, which are subconscious. The things you write are unique. They have their own physical weight, their own look and mood reflected in your handwriting, they’re located in a certain space on your desk or drawer, or maybe you scribbled a random picture on it.

    Your brain automatically remembers these random details and helps you organize them. When you’re looking for a note or document it’s much easier to go to a physical place and say “there!” than to browse folders or websites on a computer.


  • I made a browser extension to make downloading Minecraft mods easier. It would scrape the curseforge page you’re visiting, search for the mod on modrinth, and redirect you if it found one. It was actually very useful when I needed it, I even put it on the extension stores and it gained some users.

    I also have a small collection of random python numpy and matplotlib utilities. I need to do some basic graphs and data analysis for uni, and this simplifies it a lot.


  • Pilotredsun “Warsaw” Jazz fusion Cover by poruu.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW9Mk7DXPcI

    The original is great, it takes simple Chiptunes and manages to convey a stunning range of emotion and movement.

    This cover is fantastic because it takes what’s at the core of the original and explores it even more, with varying loudness, instruments, ect.

    It feels like the last warm august evening before going back to school.

    It sounds like moving to a far away place in the search of opportunities.

    It conveys the nostalgia of remembering your childhood friends with happiness, but also realizing that there’s a great and unknown road ahead of you.

    It gives you the comfort of knowing that every moment will pass, so you should enjoy it while it lasts and be hopeful for the future.

    It’s change, it’s movement, it’s nostalgia, it’s hope, it’s happiness, it’s a bitter sweet end and a fresh beginning.

    This cover gave me a lot of comfort and peace during difficult moments in my life and I can say with confidence that it far surpassed the original.