Personal writing, memories, work, life and assorted observations from The Flaccid Mind archive.
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A few ways into the personal archive — revival, memory, age and everyday life.
The old internet felt smarter, slower and stranger. Maybe it wasn't smarter at all — maybe there were simply fewer of us, more friction, and no infinite feed in our pockets.
After months of actually using a Fold, the crease is the least interesting part. The real story is how the phone changes your habits — and why Android still makes tinkering fun.
One cautious week with an AI assistant: from rating bongkersz.com and WhatsApp chats to spreadsheets, FCPO, reports and quantity take-offs for 17 buildings.
The recovery work is mostly done. The old blog is back. Now comes the harder part: actually writing again.
Little walk down the memory lane… Some of you old farts might remember this place. bongkersz.com. The Flaccid Mind. A stupid name for a blog where I spent an equally stupid amount of time writing equally stupid things. I started blogging sometime around 2005. Back then there was no Instagram, TikTok, Threads or whatever shit…
Turning 33 in Kalimantan, reflecting on birthdays, writing less in the social-media era, and sitting on the other side of a job interview.
This is an attempt to write a post after I have not been writing any for the past 6 months. I have no idea what I should write. I have written enough on Twitter on Lynas and Erykah Badu I don’t feel like repeating it here. Something senseless. I should write something that doesn’t make…