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Here are some links I came across today that I found interesting in my RSS Feeds:

• Time to start de-Appling. Beth and I are going through how to best de-couple ourselves from the mega-corps. This article affects me more than it does her, though it matters more to people whom live in the E.U.
• The Joy and Pain of Learning New Things as an Older Human. Kotke posted this on his blog in June. It;s been sitting in my tabs waiting to be shared, here you go.
• Why Doctors Hate Their Computers. Another (even older) article that I came across recently. I like it becuase it aligns with my views about technology getting in the way of getting things done. This one is from the New Yorker and may be paywalled. I don't have a subscription.
• You Need to Be Bored. Here’s Why. Kotke strikes again. I haven't watched this video yet though I aim to. As soon as I put down the phone.
• Just a Little Longer. Another summer discovery. This is a post about the Chapter. I found it interesting to read and wanted to share with anyone who's reading along with me.
• Greatest irony of the AI age: Humans being increasingly hired to clean AI slop I am amused by this story and I recall seeing Cory Doctorow a few weeks ago talkign about the AI bubble. I'd like it to come sooner rather than later.
• I Am An AI Hater. I agree with Moser here. I highly recommend that everyone read this story.

Most of these links come from Hacker News and other blogs that I follow (like Kotke).

This coming weekend I am going to be participating in 24 hours of (board) gaming on November 15th and 16th. I reached out to friends and family to sponsor me to raise funds for CHEO. My goal is to do 24 hours of straight gaming, and I'm not sure how far I'm going to get. We'll see.

The games I played will be added to this post. As a pre-game, well game, tonight I played Nexus-Ops with friends. I placed 3rd (out of 3) with 8 points. As usual with me, I play games to play, and not to win. If you wanted to donate, you can follow this link.

I am taking inspiration from Shane.

My name is Trevor. I now write a blog. I have the thought that this is the thing that I want to do. A place to record thoughts. Something light and easy to manage. Maybe even supporting RSS. This is now a thing. I have RSS installed, though I still need to configure it to work.

I have built this because I have the thought that's it's not enough to bitch about the "good old internet" without working to help build out what I want the Internet to be. I want to make the Internet personal, less siloed, more erzatz. Bring back the Geocities and Angelfire sites. Let's build a webring. Let's do the tacky animated buttons at the bottom of our pages. Let's get weird.

What's Next?

• So far, things look good. I'm only adjusting the built in content.
• Check out my Extra-Life post now appearing in the blogroll.

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First Post!

I've been messing about with things and the blog site seems to be working. I have the thought I will use this to capture thoughts as well as capture links I want to share with others. I aim to write at least one post a week. Here's my accountability.