This blog is a individual, personal opinion. It may not match yours, and that's fine.
I mean, opinions are like arseholes... everybody has (or is 😁) one.
I have my personal opinion on politics and politicians. I prefer them somewhat center, neutral, looking at long term results, and not crying out whatever gives them the most votes today, ignoring tomorrow.
Migrating Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office is an artform by itself. I'm still investigating and messing around, but one thing is certain: Microsoft did their best to make sure it's all as confusing as possible.
I would not go as far as to claim it's done deliberately in the hope you will buy new licenses. But it certainly is not user friendly!
I think I'll leave it up to you to decide what part of the world this applies to, but it is scary how certain politicians are copying the pre-WW2 Nazi handbook...
On July 23, halfway the year, and I'm not sure if I should count the first half of the year as fantastic or just a mere meh.
I totally failed on publishing my book, but I did manage to find a place for my eldest daughter (who has a disability). My house's a mess, and I do not like my job.
June 2025... and I decided it can't be all about doom and gloom. Let's talk about something fun! How about Dungeons & Dragons? Or... how I managed to spend more on D&D than ever before 🤔
I'm trying my best to stay positive, but sometimes I wonder if this is the moment we see Fermi's Paradox in full action. Why? Well, we're facing global warming, Russia plays the robber baron, China threatens Taiwan, the US has become the most unreliable superpower ever. And now Pakistan and India are going beyond rattling their sabers and have started to bombard one another.
March 21, and life still sucks. Even more so than usual.
Somehow I just don't feel like writing much lately. It's a kind of general slump, partially filled with the inability to get my sorry ass into gear and publish, partially by all the doom and gloom from the orange menace's corner, and there are some private things distracting me and mine.
This year, my countdown schedule is a periodic flashback every 5 weeks. It's now February 18, and it's time to look back on the first part of 2025.
First of all, I'm happy Trump hasn't blown up the world yet - it's fine if he sticks to the US. I'm just a little baffled by the feeding frenzy as shown by the tech billionaires (Zuckerberg, Musk, you know who). Let's start by feeling sorry for them. Or not?
I would never let an AI write any of my stories. And - had I been a musician - I would never use AI to compose or sing or perform.
Still, even I have to admit AI is getting impressive, though it isn't perfect.
I wrote the lyrics to this song myself, then build a prompt and had an AI generate it. (Frankly, I cannot even remember which one I used, sorry.)
A few days ago Donald Trump gave a speech to the United Nations, and everyone was listening in deadly silence.
If you watch it - even if you're a Republican you should watch it - and then think about it... then... then what? Be honest to yourself and the rest of the world, and check the facts...
Are you ready yet to become a millionaire?
If you are 20 years old, and you have 300 dollars to spare every month, then you are one hell of a lucky person.
If you're 59 and going on 60, it ain't that easy...
(Well, kinda' column...)
Due to a variety of reasons (most of those boiling down to me being stupid) I had (and still have!) to re-create a number of posts. I'm updating bit by bit all the broken links, but that's taking some intensive manual labor, so several links might still be broken for the upcoming weeks / months / years 😕
My apologies... this is a work in progress...
(I'll keep moving this post around until most of the links have been repaired...)
It's the end of the year, so here we go again... Good intentions.
I have a few... Pretty much the same as last year and I just might fail yet again. But I'm going to try again! I'll tell you next year how things ended up...
The Internet is a weird place. It has allowed people a kind of freedom, a place to express themselves in ways that were never possible before.
On the other hand, its (perceived) anonymity is often used as an excuse to attack every person who has a different opinion.
One of the weapons used is (claiming someone is being) Passive Aggressive. But what does that actually mean? That I'm a baboon?
