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Have you noticed how when someone wants to lose weight, the first thing they do is start exercising? They may or may not have an exercise plan in place, but they are inspired to take some kind of physical action nonetheless, because to them, movement is progress. While it’s great to see others take action on their goals, what would actually help them is to pause and take note of what they are already doing that could be getting in the way of living a healthy life.
Look, you can do the “right thi…
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Notes by JCProbably
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I did a lot of blogging in August due to Blaugust, and for some reason it also meant that I shouted to the void quite a lot. I mostly stuck to omg.lol's Status log, where people couldn't reply or react to what I posted. Sometimes, it was nice to just shout something into the void without getting an echo back. I did just discover that you could follow that feed via RSS, but that's probably old news to everyone else.
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Subtitle: as an adult, without hurting yourself.
This post is my response to the 32-Bit Cafe "Back To School 2026" prompt:
"Make an educational/informative page (blog post, tutorial, etc) that about something that "everybody already knows". Believe it or not, not everyone knows about this thing or knows how to do this other thing. But _you_ know; why not share that knowledge?"
https://discourse.32bit.cafe/t/back-to-school-2026/5099
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I was in my late 20's when I first decided that I wanted…
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Notes by JCProbably
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Today was a busy day.
It was spent running a 10K, getting a Thai & Swedish couple's massage1 with LC, eating at a mediocre Cajun boil restaurant, and grabbing ice cream at one of my new favorite spots. We ended the day with a little bit of shopping.
Overall, it was a great, yet exhausting, way to spend our day off.
I'd write more but I'm honestly just really exhausted.
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I need to write about this experience one of these days when I'm not half asleep because I've never had anyone st…
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I like learning new skills and starting projects. I regularly undertake such things with varying results. However, if they don’t work out that’s not a problem. You have to try something to see if you like it. I’ll add “within sensible parameters” as a caveat to the last statement. And it’s perfectly fine to discover that something isn’t for you. I like certain genres of video games, music, films and books. I am comfortable wearing certain types of clothes and not others. I’m picky about colours.…
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Today, I'm 38.
Thirty-seven was a year that was. It was a year of loss. I found out I was being laid off the day after my birthday. Nearly a year later, I lost my soul dog. Between those two losses (and a million other things), I feel like I lost a part of myself1.
I've thought a lot about mortality this year. At least more so than I ever have before. The world lost a lot of good souls, too. Some I knew, some I knew from afar, and some I only came to know through the people who loved them. I fou…
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BongoTwisty
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We’re on holiday camping in the Lake District. I’d set my mind on riding the Fred Whitton Challenge (FWC) route while we’re here. I’ve not been feeling great this month though. A few early warning signs of over-training syndrome for two to three week. I heeded advice and postponed the FWC so as not to make things worse. I was not going home though without getting in at least one decent ride. A warden at the campsite suggested Great Dunn Fell. It’s where the highest road in the UK leads up to the…
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Tantek Çelik
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Lessons learned from the problem solving of “fixing” a recent “broken record”. In summary:1. sometimes waiting can (partially) fix a problem or reduce its severity2. applying reasoning and practical math & science (e.g. mechanics & acoustics) to diagnose and take actions can also repair something (at least partially), as well as eliminate possible causes3. web searching for “how to fix” can reveal additional potential causes (and steps to take)The record was a brand new specialty vinyl that I ha…
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I rode a few more miles over the last three months than I would normally over the same time span. 2400k in ten days during May. A 1000k ride over three days in July. Still getting in the regular rides and a couple of 200s each month on top of those.
The last two to three weeks I’ve not been feeling my usual self. No get up and go. No enthusiasm for being out on the bike. Most rides I’ve done have turned out to be a bit of a slog. Riding anywhere has been with way more effort and little enjoyment…
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Musings Over Pints and Coffee
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People keep telling me how lucky I am. You can live anywhere you want now, they say, with real warmth, like they’re handing me a gift. The whole country’s open. No office to be near, no commute to protect, no boss drawing a fifty-mile radius around your life. Anywhere you want. How wonderful.
I’ve come to think anywhere you want is one of the more quietly terrifying phrases in the language.
Because here’s what I’ve figured out over the last few months, standing in the middle of the biggest reloc…
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Noisy Deadlines
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✒️ I've been consistent with both my personal and work Bullet Journals. I'm enjoying the experience! I'm drafting a post about it to be published soon.
📕 I'm so glad that I finished reading The Expanse series with “Leviathan Falls”! I read the first book in 2012 (I can't believe it's been 12 years! 😱). Time is an illusion. It's definitely one of my favorites series of all time. I want to read some of the short stories/novellas now.
📘 I've also finished “Platform Decay” (The Murderbot Diaries #8)…
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Yes, you read right, I’m feeling sorry for myself today. Why?
I got all dressed up early this morning to go to the Botanical Gardens to have a walk in the cool, but also, to take a few floral portraits. My favourite kind of happy snaps.
But did I get there? No. I did not. I locked up, went down the fire escape out into the carpark at the side of our building and made to cross it and …
Managed to pull a hamstring … I think. I mean, I think it’s the hamstring. As I can flex the muscle okay while I…
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I swear on my mother’s grave, I am not giving the stiff finger to Frank here. Honest. I was just pointing to his name when the OH snapped a photo …
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Inventory Full
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Rising From The Moonlit Fog is the next milestone update for Neverness To Everness. Don't you just love these titles? MassivelyOP had a compendium report on three upcoming gacha game content drops yesterday and they all had names that sound like Jon Anderson might have considered them a little too much, when he was drafting the lyrics for Tales From Topographic Oceans.
Alongside the title I just mentioned, there was Tower of Fantasy's relatively tame Dreamland Beyond The Void and Wuthering Waves…
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Joelchrono's Blog
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I usually take the bus to work, this is provided for free by my workplace.
Today however, I was on a rush, I got out of my house way too late and I knew I would have to run if I wanted to make it in time…
I didn’t want to run.
Instead, I knew that I could make it to the opposite side of the neighborhood and catch a regular bus. If it arrived on time, I could rendezvous with my work transport just in time.
The public bus failed me.
It got to the stop with only one minute left on the clock. I coul…
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Joelchrono's Blog
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With Blaugust running wild, and me posting almost daily, I don’t know what to mention here on this intro that is super interesting. Just go and check my posts! They are pretty fun. Here are some of the small things that aren’t enough for a full blogpost, or maybe they are, we’ll see. My weeknotes, From August 4 to 11, 2026.
🍔 Went for some burguers with my family on a weekend, it was a very busy Saturday and we didn’t get to go shopping or watch a movie or anything, just going out to have some f…
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ComradeNerdy Blog
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And it’s scheduling post time, I did pick some morning workout over morning posting in the end, so schedule is a little late today. Trying to be productive in the morning, but not a lot of time available and pretty tough competition for that time.
Another week with some birthdays, this time 3 birthdays in one day and thankfully all will be celebrated in the same family circle, but that means RIP my Saturday stream this week + potentially late Sunday start and earlier Friday finish.…
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Through Wolfy's Eyes
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Now, admittedly, this is going to be an even shorter post than usual. It’s also obviously going to be a bit on the personal side; a bit more LiveJournal than Substack. Also, boy do I hate how that sentence actually makes sense in my head.
Basically, I wanted to share some candid thoughts on how I feel about Blaugust 10 days in now. So if you’re not into the vent-y or rant-ish posts, perhaps close the window. But I will say that, though I feel like I’m hitting the wall of attrition, I am feeling…
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Oh my gosh. Out yesterday on my bike to complete a 200km. I have been doing a least one long ride each month for the past couple of years. Occasionally much longer. I did not enjoy yesterdays ride at all. That is quite unusual.
Something felt different not even 50km into the ride. It was more of an effort than normal. At first I thought this was down to not having ridden any miles for ten days. Not so sure about that now. If anything I would have thought having fresh legs would help.
It briefly…
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Getting home from the summer house
Almost ten days of August gone, time tends to fly really fast when I’m home and I hate it, but what can you do, at least there’s a lot of stuff going on all the time. Need to optimize the time usage and manage it better, because a lot of it just disappears somewhere completely and while maybe I shouldn’t keep productivity close to 100% I should spend it working out at least.
Pretty loaded streaming week, just had one day off, but still streamed for around 3 hou…
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Joelchrono's Blog
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Yesterday my work was rather entertaining. A workmate went on vacation for today and tomorrow, and there were a few tasks I had to do on their stead. This was nothing unusual, he covers for me plenty as well. However, I do wish things had allowed for at least a bit more time to write a post.
I did have a relatively easy idea which was a quick draft before my actual post of the day.
So, here’s a list of things I still do as a young adult that most of society expects me to stop doing, or something…
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As a recovered stationery fiend who used to live across the street from a stationery store in Japan, I have transitioned from a maximalist, deco-heavy style across multiple journals to a purely functional layout in a singular Hobonichi Weeks. In today’s post, I wanted to share some thoughts about and photos of current and past layouts.
There are several elements that have been consistent since 2024 to present. My handwriting has stayed super messy because I never really take photos of my weeks (…
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House House, makers of the delightful Untitled Goose Game and Panic, makers[1] of the fascinating Playdate, have teamed up again to release Big Walk.
It's a game where you "hang out and get lost with close friends in a big world." And the trailer makes it look cozy as heck.
For most of my gaming life I have been a solo gamer, playing mostly various flavors of (J)RPGs, (Action-)Adventures, and Platformers. Notable exceptions are Rock Band(s)[2], Mario Kart(s)[3], Super Smash Bros.(s)[4], and Fina…
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My balance is still fried since abdominal surgery. I know I need the challenge, but I need that challenge in a quiet solo setting, not in the middle of a youtube class. I need to work towards doing the downward dog again. I do that by doing yoga respecting my body.
This is where I went wrong in the past. I felt I had to do it all, or do nothing. This made me never try again after a while, thinking myself not fit enough for yoga.
And now I do chair yoga on warm days, and days where I don't feel s…
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It's 7:16 AM EDT, 62°F, Humidity 81%, Wind 7 mph S, clear, AQI 38
Yesterday was a day mixed with some pleasant moments and a little bit of anxiety. I started off with my morning routine, and added into that an ear-cleaning session. It was the second of two, as I did one on Monday as well. I also got in a 1.4 mile walk. The air was cool and the walk was pleasant. I am glad to be getting back into walking.
After breakfast and a shower, I spent some more time with my domain name transfer…