What I’m doing now

a website with a link that says “now” goes to a page that tells you what this person is focused on at this point in their life. For short, we call it a “now page”.

#Building out this website

After finishing a series of additions to my resume and the embedded article explaining my process, I set to work on improving the content and design of the rest of the site once again. Perhaps I’ve already had a few too many late evenings tweaking CSS, but it’s been fun. I think I’m approaching the end of my runway on visual tweaks though; soon I’ll need to start writing some real content. I might enjoy writing about:

• cool user interface designs from the past and present
• the remaining blockers before the fabled Year of the Linux Desktop (although Mike may have this covered in a more comprehensive way than I could hope to)
• Android apps that don’t suck
• How I lost 100lb (a question I need to explore a little myself)

One other idea I’ve had with this site is that I’d like to set it up to house my personal homepage with frequently used links and a meta-search/command engine. dealnav 🧭 would in theory offer:

• instant(ish) results from the contents of this site
• instant calculator results
• shortcuts to query
  • Google
  • Google Images
  • Brave Search
  • ChatGPT (search)
  • DuckDuckGo
  • YouTube
  • YouTube Music
  • Genius
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Wikipedia
  • GitHub

The idea being that I could have a browser-agnostic setup of bookmarks and search providers that I could easily share with others or use on an unfamiliar computer.

A lot of the ideas here probably belong on a future /ideas page.

#Fitness

At the moment, I’m around 170lb at a bit over 17% body fat. I’d like to be around 155lb, or 12% (smart scale reported) body fat, whichever I reach last. I lift weights 4-7 days a week and target ≥10,000 steps per day. I run regularly, typically 5k in distance once or twice a week (but have lately been out of commission due to heel blisters from new shoes).

#Listening to…

• Rush – Digital Man
• Tears for Fears – Year of the Knife
• Steely Dan – Bodhisattva
• Kavinsky – Zenith
• Philip Bailey – Easy Lover
• Centimillimental – Super ultra I love you
• KNOWER – Window Shop
• Summer Breeze – Angel Smile
• Delta Music Industry Presents Touge Megamix
• Daft Punk – Human After All
• Danger – Origins
• Protomen – The Cover Up
• Midnight Oil – Power And The Passion
• The Smiths – Ask
• Pat Metheny Group – Third Wind
• Talk Talk – Life’s What You Make It
• Jeroen Tel – Stranglehold II: Letting Go
• Volkor X – Hypersleep
• Genesis – Second Home by the Sea

#Working on my mindset

It’s become clear that a significant proportion of the problems in my life exist in my head as stress or lack of self confidence. So I’ve set myself a fairly general goal for the time being: become the best, most confident possible version of myself, and stop piling on new musts, what-ifs, and should-haves. I can only make decisions at the margin, and what I decide will maximize my livelihood going forward. I will be decided and imperturbable.

#Previously…

View the history of this page on GitHub if you’d like to see what I was doing.