There was the usual mess of things I’ve accumulated over time, like pieces of wood, bits of metal, POM, various motor parts and materials that I keep because I might need them someday… you know.
Somewhere in the middle of all that I found an old Dell Latitude E6400, year ca 2009-ish.
I had completely forgotten about it.
It had been sitting there for years. Through summer, winter, humidity, probably everything else you can imagine. I also found the original charger next to it, which was a bit of a surprise.
They’re still playing in my Winamp.
There are probably hundreds of songs I could put on this list.
These are not necessarily my favourite songs. They are songs I discovered at some point in my life, really liked, and somehow never stopped listening to.
Some of them remind me of a specific time.
I just still like them.
90s
Liquido - Narcotic
Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch
The Offspring - Why Don’t You Get a Job?
Bon Jovi - It’s My Life
Moby - Flower
R.E.M. - It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
I seem to have different modes depending on the time of year.
Spring usually starts with impatience. Sometimes very early, when there are barely any signs of spring yet, I’m already looking forward to the first colours on the trees and the first flowers. But mostly I’m waiting for the warmer days.
I’m looking forward to punk rock festivals, skate competitions and the moment when I can finally wear my favourite Homeboy X-tra Baggy shorts and oversized T-shirts again.
I’ve had a bit of a break from drawing over the past few months. Summer happened, so travelling, festivals, concerts, skateboarding, BBQs and all the other things that make it difficult to find a quiet moment to sit down with a piece of paper.
Drawing always pulls me back eventually, though.
I love details. I’m not particularly good at drawing them, but I love getting lost in them. A 0.1 mm liner is probably a little too much for me, but 0.2 mm feels just right. I can sit there and keep adding tiny lines for what feels like forever.
Lately I’ve been spending more time browsing Neocities and personal websites (tottaly love it), and somehow I ended up rediscovering SeaMonkey.
I really like this browser.
It is incredibly simple and fast, and when I’m browsing Neocities it somehow makes the whole experience feel different. I open a website and that’s it. I’m just looking at someone’s website. There is nothing between me and the page.
It reminds me of browsing the web in the late 90s and early 2000s, when a browser was just a browser and the internet still felt like a collection of places made by people.
I stumbled across a blog recently that felt strangely familiar.
It’s called Richard Osgood, and after reading a few posts I realized that Rick seems to have a pretty similar way of thinking about the internet as I do.
I especially liked his post about RSS. I’ve tried RSS a few times myself and, just like Rick, it took me a while before it finally stuck.
These days I don’t follow that many feeds, but I really like having them there. I choose what I follow, and I stay in control of it.
