Still got something left to prove
It tends to keep things movin’ while everyone around me says
My last days are looming overhead
But what the hell do they think they know?
My head’s above the water, while they drown in the undertow
[…]
If you take it from me, live your life for yourself
‘Cause when it’s all said and done, you don’t need anyone else
Come on!

So let’s get back to when everything seemed perfect
Not a worry in the world, tell me was this all worth it?
I get what I want, so everyone’s always judging me
I’m not afraid of anything, I’ve got the whole world in front of me

— All I Want by A Day to Remember

It’s kinda silly to think that I am listening to a podcast named “Mac Power Users”, yet I don’t have any Apple devices and even interest on it, nothing against on that ecosystem though. I am just curious about a certain guest they interviewed.

I am trying in doing things in single-task, no context switching every time anymore.

A salamander just crossed in front of me while as well at this moment.

I am somehow treating this site as a journal now, huh.

“The problem is, we live in a world where “nothing” has been rebranded. You can’t just sit. Now it has to be “mindfulness.” You can’t just walk. It’s a “hot girl walk.” You can’t lie down. It’s “body rest yoga.” No. I want the old-school version of nothing. Just staring into space for five minutes, or maybe an hour (…or six), without someone turning it into a self-care routine. For the love of all that is holy, just let me do nothing in peace, thank you very much.” https://musingsfromatangledmind.com/2025/09/23/more-nothing-please/

For years of using OpenWRT on my router, it is my first time trying “Attended Sysupgrade” to upgrade the firmware. The process is just smooth. It always brings a smile when I update open-source projects because of the development involved around the community.

I will take the challenge of having a bad network reception. ‘Bout time to disconnect!

“The least little bit can do so much.” https://btxx.org/posts/bare/

Unfortunately, we always seem to think that switching the service or curating the feed differently works to alleviate that completely. I guess it feels that way for a while, but looking on from the outside, I can’t see much change. You’re still spending hours in the same space that frightened and stressed you for years and continues to. No matter what big platform you turn to, your brain still recognizes the feed, the numbers, the danger of comments, the fear of getting dragged. Your heart drops when you see too many notifications or a DM. You’re still always in position, anticipating the next asshole to come along. You’re frightened. You have no trust. Someone’s criticism about a thing is always, somehow, vaguely a dig at you and your worth to you.

— communicating with social media users | ava’s blog

I successfully replaced the battery of my old low-end daily driver phone. Unlike the previous aftermarket ones, this seems to have a functional BMS (battery management system), so all sensors work as expected. Even being low-end, it still runs fine on latest Android version as of writing. Here’s to another 3+ years of usage at least.

I am reading a lot of blog/personal sites these days. I like it so very much. One post I enjoyed is the one below. I can’t believe how these LLMs are rampant everywhere now, and the effects are becoming worse every time.

So there’s a lot of anecdotal evidence floating around that using ChatGPT essentially trains people out of thinking for themselves, and now there’s more and more scientific evidence coming in that says the same thing. If you turn to ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and so on every time you run into a problem that you can’t immediately solve by yourself, pretty soon you will have lost the ability to do so in the first place.

— Is the ability to think going to become a rare and valuable skill? - 82MHz