Welcome to Everything

It has been more than four years since I gave an update on my YouTube career. I am sure everyone has been waiting with bated breath to hear about my progress. But more seriously, while my progress is mostly of personal interest for me, I do think that what I said in 2021 is still true: the idea of the internet or social media or "content creation" being an easy gravy train that people can jump on continues to be a receding mirage. Although I have been more successful than I

I should probably start with a disclaimer. I do not consider myself much of a writer. I like rocks, crafting, and spend most of my time lost in my own head, too distracted to accomplish much of anything. In addition, I haven't been noding consistently. I was here from August 2000 to June 2002, then disappeared for two decades before returning in October 2024. So really, I'm more rust than experience at this point. But someone offered me the opportunity, so here we are. 

So after dropping my lovely Pixel Android phone once too often, I was obligated to procure a new one but inpecunity got in the way. Thanks to the generosity of one of my friends (thanks, Will) I do have a rather lovely-looking Apple iPhone 11, yet I am unable to use THE PHONE THAT I OWN because I have to create an Apple ID. The process has been…troublesome, let us just say, and after two whole days of

In which, it turns out, coffee is anything but simple.

"Espresso is probably the most intolerant method of preparation of any food or drink in the world."
—James Hoffmann

I originally intended to call this coffee cup, red^‡. It was to be a look at how the serving of coffee influences how we perceive it in terms of flavour and enjoyment. There's been some study of how