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2025

21 Feb On Doing Things Daily-ish
07 Feb Book Review — The Psychology of Money
31 Jan The Importance of Cash as Emergency Fund
24 Jan Book Review – 10% Happier
17 Jan Hiatus #001 – How to get back from a long break in blogging?

2024

04 Nov Book Review — Into Thin Air
01 Nov Driving the Bealach na Bà
28 Oct Write with Reduced Scope
25 Oct Retrospective of 100 Blog Posts
21 Oct A Writer’s Journey – Stephen King
18 Oct Creating My Toolbox for Writing
16 Oct Unlimited Content Glitch – Document Your Life
14 Oct Deliberate vs Opportunistic Action
12 Oct Opportunities Are Not Equal
10 Oct Essential Intent for Travelling – Why I Travel?
08 Oct Essential Intent for Blogging – Why do I Write?
06 Oct Don’t Just Consume, Create!
04 Oct Essential Intent – One Decision that Eliminates a Thousand
02 Oct Don’t Avoid Trade-offs – Embrace Them
30 Sept How to Create Space for Thinking and Why?
28 Sept A Simple Definition of Essentialism
26 Sept Beware of Endowment Effect
24 Sept Nuffield 360 Health Assessment Review
22 Sept Istanbul Is No Longer A Cheap Travel Destination
20 Sept How I Conquered My Worry of Sleep Deprivation
18 Sept Different Journaling Methods That Didn’t Work For Me
16 Sept Avoid Explaining Events in Chronological Order
14 Sept Chrome Extensions I use to Enhance Google Calendar
12 Sept Calendar Should Reflect Your Values
10 Sept How I Color Code My Personal Calendar
08 Sept 8 Reasons Why “Ivy Lee Method” Is So Effective
06 Sept 4 Lessons I Learned from Range by David Epstein
04 Sept Will It Matter a Year from Now?
02 Sept Delay App Launch by 10 Seconds for Intentional Phone Usage
30 Aug Track File Change Dates on Obsidian
28 Aug How to Enable Obsidian Vimrc Support
26 Aug Don’t Write to Publish – Separate Writing from Editing
24 Aug Upgrading NeoVim Config with Kickstart.nvim
22 Aug Make More Pointless Things
20 Aug 4 Reasons for Interleaving Actionable and Non-Actionable Books
18 Aug Simple Note-Taking Tip: One Chapter == One Action
16 Aug Generalists vs Specialists: Which one is better?
14 Aug Finding Values: What will be said in your Eulogy?
12 Aug Redirect Author Page to About Page on Personal Blogs
10 Aug Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology
08 Aug Hidden-Until-Solved Problem
06 Aug Discipline is Key to Success, but Not to Massive Success
04 Aug Smart Caps Lock: Remap Caps Lock to Escape AND Control
02 Aug Attention Management Tip: Disable Push Notifications on Phone
30 Jul Importance of Separate Domain and Hosting Provider
28 Jul Long-Term Goal Setting Could Be Premature Optimisation
26 Jul How to Submit a Sitemap on Google Search Console
24 Jul “Sleep as Android” – Smart Alarm App to Wake Up on Time
22 Jul How to Update Firmware on Linux/Ubuntu from Command Line
20 Jul Desk Accessory: Lightbar to Reduce Glare and Eye Strain
17 Jul Blogging Progress Report #2 – 2024 Q2
16 Jul Migrating WordPress Site to New Host using UpdraftPlus Plugin
14 Jul Atomic Discipline – How to be disciplined without waking up at 5 AM
12 Jul Micro-Blogging FTW
10 Jul When there is no purpose for jumping out of bed
08 Jul Angry Crab Shack – Unique Seafood Restaurant in London
06 Jul Meta Quest 3 First Impression – Incredible for Aerobic Exercise
04 Jul How to Adjust Chrome UI Font Size on X11
02 Jul Custom CSS for Highlighting Inline Code in WordPress
30 Jun Huel: My First Impression of Powder, Bar and Ready-to-drink Bottles
28 Jun Trigger autorandr on Laptop Lid Open/Close
26 Jun autorandr: How to Automatically Configure Displays based on Connected Devices
24 Jun Desk Setup Upgrade: Dual Monitor + Dual Laptop Setup
22 Jun arandr: GUI tool for Display Configuration
20 Jun PAM Configuration to Unlock i3lock with fingerprint
18 Jun Lofi Hip Hop – Chilled/Relaxing Music without Lyrics
16 Jun Why My Previous Attempt at PPV Failed
14 Jun Goal Management System: Pillars, Pipelines, Vaults (PPV)
12 Jun Hayfever Treatment: Antihistamine Tablets and Nasal Sprays
10 Jun Kotlin in Action – Learning Kotlin the Slow Way
08 Jun Categorizing Stakeholders of Your Project into the Stakeholders Matrix
06 Jun Writing Simple Python CLI using Click
04 Jun Merge PDF Files on Linux
02 Jun Pseudoephedrine: A behind-the-counter Decongestant that actually works!
30 May Asking for help at different SWE levels
28 May [Fermi Problem] How many liters of water are in the World?
26 May What is a Fermi Problem?
24 May The best book I read on productivity – Four Thousand Weeks
22 May What I Learned from 1500+ Miles Road Trip to Scottish Highland
20 May Carry Energy Drink in the Car to Combat against Driving Fatigue
18 May Micro Blogging Every Other Day
16 May Ideal Driving Position to Avoid Back Pain
15 May The Way of The Road – Motorway Services
14 May 1500+ Miles Road Trip to the Isle of Skye
13 May Fragile Base Class Problem
12 May Kind vs Wicked Learning Environments
11 May Learning Kotlin – Starting with “Kotlin in Action”
10 May 10000-hour rule vs 20-hour rule
09 May Polgar Experiment: How to Create Genius
08 May Obsidian: Backup files using Google Drive
07 May What if you forget something when driving from UK to Europe?
06 May What’s needed to Drive to Europe from UK
05 May LeShuttle: Folkestone to Calais
04 May Using Git filters to remove debug code
03 May Backup your 2FA tokens in the Authy App
02 May How I got started with “The Mouseless Development Environment”
01 May How different SWE Levels Interact with Design Docs
30 Apr Setting up regular backup using Updraft Plus
29 Apr Microblogging: Ignore SEO to write more
28 Apr Reducing noise for readers when micro-blogging
27 Apr Zettelkasten Blogging: Atomic posts building towards the bigger picture
20 Feb Brightness Control on i3wm
30 Jan Emoji Picker using Rofi 😎
27 Jan Configuration for Screenshot on i3wm
21 Jan Initial Setup of My Blog
19 Jan Hello World!

Archive

2025

2024

Blogging / Writing

Blogging Progress Reports

Micro-Blogging

WordPress & Site Setup

Writing Craft & Philosophy

Productivity

Attention, Focus & Digital Habits

Desk Setup & Environment

Discipline, Routines & Habits

Goal Setting, Values & Decision Making

Essentialism & Trade-offs

Note-Taking & Obsidian

Reading, Books & Mental Models

Software Engineering / Programming / Tech

Career & Engineering Practices

Coding & Software Design

Linux, Terminal & Workflow

Unix Rice & Display Setup

Misc

Health & Wellness

Travel & Road Trips

Personal Finance & Books