Content Tagged “editorial”

• New Link Blog Functionality

  I’ve added a new feature to the site to more easily post links. Well, it’s not really a new feature, I’ve had similar functionality with earlier versions of this site, but with my newfound ability to fully customise my blog software, I was able to streamline both the backend Markdown content as well as the frontend look and feel a lot more than with previous versions of my website. This will hopefully make it easier for me to post quick links like this one in the future.

  I’ve incremented the version number of the software that compiles this site — which I am calling “F/X” — to version 4.1 to reflect this change.

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• Replacing AI Images

  As I’ve mentioned when I went live with the new version of this site in June, I am in the process of adding older content back to the site. This is a continual process and you should see more and more older stuff popping up every once in a while.

  As part of this, I am also replacing AI-generated images on the site. Either by substituting them for photos that show similar scenes or, if I like them a lot, by redrawing the artwork manually by hand, as I’ve done with this piece that was originally generated by Midjourney:

  

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• Missing Post

  So, yesterday, I launched the new version of this site. Well, there’s nothing like taking some content offline to make you feel appreciated all of a sudden. Because, last night, I got an email from Adam, who noticed that the post on Nectaris that I wrote last year was now missing. He later found it on archive.org, but I took his email as a clue to re-import that post immediately anyway. Well, if you’re also missing some content, shoot me an email. 😗

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• What’s Been Going On?

  

  You’ve probably noticed that I haven’t been posting much on the blog recently. In fact, I think I’ve been relatively quiet all over the web. Why is that? There’s nothing mysterious going on, really. I’ve just been very busy over the last few months, with some old and some new projects and also trying to break into some hitherto uncharted employment opportunities as a freelancer. What time I’ve had aside from that was mostly focused on my podcast The Private Citizen and keeping that show’s schedule of one release a week, which I’ve managed to do with almost no delays.

  Aside from that, personal life has kept me pretty busy. My T4 is rusting away under my ass and I’ve been trying to stem the tide of corruption. I’m regularly running and keeping busy with kickboxing exercises to keep the shape I’ve managed to get myself into over the past year and to gain some muscle mass as well. And I’m visiting grandma every week to keep the severe psychological impact of the lockdown situation at bay. Since my wife’s also incredibly busy with her career and I, unlike her, have the luxury of working from home, I’ve also given my best to lighten the load and get as much housework done on the side as possible.

  As you can tell, there’s a lot going on. And one of the downsides of being your own boss is that you have to organise everything in your life for yourself; nobody organises anything for you. If you’ve only ever been employed, this is a strain on personal resources that you probably will not understand until you’re in the same situation yourself. Not that I want to complain, really. I’m just trying to explain why some projects get left by the wayside or put on hold for a while.

  Anyway, I am hopeful that from next week onwards, things will be a bit more easily plannable for me. And I will try to give blog updates on what I’m up to at more regular intervals again. Over the next few days, I’m planning to start with a series of posts about some of the things I’ve gotten done over the last few months that I haven’t gotten around to writing about.

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