This is my beautiful old Commodore 64 “Aldi” case and keyboard I picked up in September 2023 from a seller in Germany:
Note the somewhat unusual combination of b...
I posted on Tuesday about handwriting, and how I struggle to read much of it thesedays. I attributed this to a lack of practice, and perhaps an over-reliance on typeset and computer text. I mentioned:
My late mum was a professional calligrapher, and had some of the most beau...
Australia is a stunning place. I fully expected to move back to Singapore after my degree, but gosh darn it if this wide open land didn’t rub off on me. We have the best skies and food in the world, and this time of the year the weather is just perfect. Sydney even has halfway decent public transport, something I thought Anglo countries couldn’t figure out beyond London and o...
Today I was thinking that there’s… pardon, give me a moment, someone is sending me a message.
Reaches into pocket.
…
Wait, there’s nothing there? Then where’s my… oh. The phones are on the desk. Not my pocket at all. And they didn’t receive any messages. I could have sworn I felt a message arrive though. What even is thi...