“When Ugly Kid Joe sold their souls to the devil in the pursuit of rock ‘n’ roll they drove a harder bargain than Robert Johnson at the Crossroads. Not only did they trade their souls…
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All this talk of leaving Twitter has got me thinking
My favourite social network seems to be under threat now that Elon Musk is the new boss. On the one hand, Musk is seen as the person who will restore freedom of speech. On the…
A quick peek inside Engage VR
Here’s a first look at the metaverse for professionals, the Engage VR app. I’ll be giving the app a thorough review and walkthrough, but for now, I just wanted to give you a brief overview…
Exploring the Metaverse
The metaverse isn’t just an idea anymore. It’s a reality that’s ready to explode into the mainstream. I spent a good portion of my weekend exploring various versions of the metaverse through apps like Engage…
Table Mountain and Pen Cerrig Calch – Brecon Beacons
Table Mountain and Pen Cerrig Calch are two of Wales’ most popular hiking trails. They provide breathtaking views of the surrounding countryside as well as a challenging hike for experienced hikers. At 1085 metres above…
The beliefs that shape us
I’ve been playing around with beliefs this week. It’s so easy to get lost in our own beliefs. What I mean by that is most of us don’t question our beliefs. We just believe what…
Wretched is the Mind
Montaigne: We are never ‘at home’: we are always outside ourselves. Fear, desire, hope, impel us towards the future; they rob us of feelings and concerns for what now is, in order to spend time…
I want to be insanely obsessed
I want to be crazy about something again. And when I say crazy, I mean insanely obsessed, filled with passion, evangelistic borderline fundamentalist. A fanatic! I think you get the picture. I want to have…
Enough is enough, niching is not in my job description!
How do I master the art of living? I’ve been in pursuit of that answer for most of my adult life. Every time I think I have all of the answers, they change the questions….
This is some heavy sh%t
This is what happens when the council decides to fix something that isn’t broken. You end up making extra trips to the garbage dump to offload your rubbish because 3 weeks is a long time…
Are you caring about the wrong things?
Sam Harris on the meaning of life What is the reality of your present moment? What Sam Harris does in this video is to get you to rethink the quality of your attention in the…
Another trip around the sun
So Coolio passed away today. He was only 59 years old. That’s only 5 years older than me. My reaction to that is damn, I could go at any time, so I best live as…
Here’s a simple life hack for freeing your identity from a power sink
Here’s something interesting to get your head around and it speaks to the idea of attachment. The degree to which you attach your identity to something is the degree to which you’ll suffer when your…
[Audio] On Finding the Lost Spirit of the Web
I stumbled upon a few websites that if you are a nostalgic Generation Xer like me, you’ll love!! They are reminiscent of the weird and wonderful spaces that were spawned in places like Geocities and…
Too Many Voices
I needed some inspiration today. I haven’t been happy with my voice lately. There’s too much noise in my head and too many voices competing with each other for attention. It’s kind of like the…
This Is a Twitter Thread Written Using WordPress
I didn’t know you could use your WordPress blog to write Twitter threads or convert your existing blog posts into threads. I’ve been dabbling with threads recently, mostly using Hypefury or Typefully to compose them….
My favourite Barefoot Doctor books
The Barefoot Doctor aka Stephen Russell was a practitioner and teacher of Taoism, its medicine, philosophy, meditation practices, and martial arts and manifesting system, or wu wei. I first came across his work in a small bookshop…
Getting back in the saddle
Dave Winer shared a tweet yesterday that got me thinking about why I should dust off the soulcruzer blog and start writing here again. The tweet is a link to Adam Singer’s substack newsletter. Blogging…
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So a standard post looks like this is in the indieweb space.