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Curved red-brick building behind flowering trees — geometry study · 001 windows catching light

Red-brick tower rising into a bright blue sky — geometry study · 002 red brick / blue sky

Older men sitting around tables in a small cafe — geometry study · 003 afternoon at the table

Pink flowers spilling over a chain-link fence beside a house — geometry study · 004 the fence flowering

Narrow street with a large purple flowering tree between white houses — geometry study · 005 violet street

Upper window with green shutters and flowers on the ledge — geometry study · 006 flowers in the window

Old wooden house almost completely covered in ivy — geometry study · 007 the house grew over

Black-and-white photo of people walking down a set of outdoor steps — film archive · 002 on the steps

Sun bursting through tree leaves beside a pale building — geometry study · 008 through the leaves

View from a car windshield of a wet highway and a truck in the distance — field notes · 006 the long road

Three seagulls standing on wet pavement, beaks open at each other — internet archive · 012 three arguments

Weathered green door set between peeling terracotta columns — geometry study · 009 the green door

Bright tropical fish swimming against a black and blue tank — visual archive · 002 in the tank

Potted hydrangeas on a windowsill with forest rain outside — geometry study · 010 rain on the sill

Close-up of a smiling bearded man — internet archive · 001 a perfectly normal reaction

Black-and-white film still about time healing all — internet archive · 002 time itself

Fantasy character sitting with hands clasped — internet archive · 003 locked in

Armored knight standing before a torchlit gate — internet archive · 004 after the gates opened

Cat sitting beside an enormous cucumber — internet archive · 005 the cucumber incident

E-reader page containing a dialogue about being corrupt to the bones — reading notes · 001 corrupt to the bones

Dense network graph of interconnected notes — digital garden · 001 everything is connected

Illustration about having no final form and never stopping exploration — field notes · 001 no final form

White line drawing of three samurai against black — visual archive · 001 three paths

Person holding up a can of beer — internet archive · 007 cheers

Film still of a man reclining in a therapist's office saying oh god — internet archive · 008 oh, god.

Illustration saying you must learn to proceed without certainty — field notes · 002 proceed without certainty

Passage from Thus Spoke Zarathustra about kindness and weakness — reading notes · 002 virtue and weakness

Two-panel film scene with a conversation about loneliness — film archive · 001 what else do you know?

Collage of three smiling bearded men — internet archive · 009 three wise men

Anime meme with large overlaid text — internet archive · 010 subtitle energy

Modified ThinkPad workstation with external graphics card — computer archive · 001 the x200 survives

Cartoon about asking for protest in a more polite way — field notes · 003 politely ignored

Arc browser spaces interface with columns of tabs — computer archive · 002 spaces within spaces

Text about responding when the future calls you to build something — field notes · 004 you must respond

Cartoon train meme about a skill issue — internet archive · 011 it’s all skill issue

Manga panel declaring I was born a Linux user — computer archive · 003 born a linux user

Person meditating in a room filled with laptops — computer archive · 004 inner peace / many laptops

Busy workstation with multiple terminal-filled monitors — computer archive · 005 everything everywhere all at once

Laptop workstation beneath an articulated desk lamp — computer archive · 006 a working desk

Dense streaming and computing setup with many monitors — computer archive · 007 command center

Drawing of ships with a quote about leaving the safety of harbor — field notes · 005 leave the harbor

Blue-lit homelab with servers, computers, and several displays — computer archive · 008 the home lab

Anime character assembling computer hardware on the floor — computer archive · 009 hardware afternoon

Illustrated detective mascot beneath the words Making sure you’re not a bot — internet archive · 013 making sure you’re not a bot

Tree against a blue sky with small photographs arranged across its branches — visual archive · 003 things that grow around us

Deer-shaped composition made from densely layered words — visual archive · 004 a deer made of language

Snufkin illustration beside a quote about admiration and freedom — reading notes · 003 one can never be truly free

Two people talking outside with a quote about moving always — film archive · 003 move. always move.

Animated white horse reading a note about intelligence and foolishness — film archive · 004 oh dear, oh dear

Older man speaking beside a quote about letting go of things we like — film archive · 005 sometimes we have to let go

Older man speaking beside a quote about letting go of things we like — film archive · 006 sometimes we have to let go · still

White cat with text asking whether you like awareness, sensations, and feelings — internet archive · 014 do you like awareness?

A page describing the three virtues of a programmer — reading notes · 004 laziness, impatience, hubris

Two cats wearing strawberry and orange costumes against a pink background — internet archive · 015 strawberry / orange

Crowded computer lab filled with people and glowing monitors — computer archive · 010 the LAN party

Purple-toned hand-drawn character with a good girl note — visual archive · 005 good girl

Codex image saying optimize for curiosity beside a person in motion — computer archive · 011 optimize for curiosity

Surreal character holding a banana with text about going back to the old me — internet archive · 016 time to go back

Collage of Apple history photographs and technology — computer archive · 012 think different

Dog sitting at a computer with a caption about not knowing what it is doing — internet archive · 017 I have no idea

Cat sitting at a computer setup with Codex text — computer archive · 013 coding companion

Minecraft wizard house at sunset — world archive · 001 the wizard house

Surprised cat sitting upright in an office chair — internet archive · 018 chair.exe

Blurry cat sitting behind the wheel of a car — internet archive · 019 let him drive

Capybara with a headline saying everyone thought it was blind — internet archive · 020 ignoring them

Person slumped over a laptop during a business meeting — internet archive · 021 the meeting

Close-up interview still of Steve Jobs with subtitles — film archive · 006 it comes down to taste

Two cats resting beside a computer desk setup — computer archive · 014 desk supervisors

Man in a cap saying already rich — film archive · 007 already rich

Color-coded 2025 mood tracker calendar — field notes · 007 2025 mood tracker

Pixel-art reflections for 2026 poster with a question about being held — reading notes · 005 do you want to make it?

Terminal editor showing a short list of agent rules — computer archive · 015 prefer simplicity

Smiling person waving beside repeated coding text — internet archive · 022 koding koding koding

A blue cover for a book of 300 creative physics problems with solutions — reading notes · 006 creative physics problems

A typographic collage of different objects collected from around the world — visual archive · 006 look at all the different

Krishna speaking with Arjuna beneath a dramatic sky — reading notes · 007 the conversation

A post proposing a take your friend to work day — internet archive · 023 take your friend to work day

A post describing how to become expert at things through concrete projects — field notes · 008 how to become expert

A horse meme asking whether it is yappin or nappin — internet archive · 024 yappin or nappin

A warm study desk with multiple monitors, books, and a laptop — computer archive · 016 the study desk

A television still of a scientist saying he needs answers — film archive · 008 I don’t need sleep

A wolf image captioned about making moves in silence — internet archive · 025 the gap in my resume

A dark post asking whether you produce more than you consume — internet archive · 026 produce more than you consume

A reference page explaining Godwin’s law — reading notes · 008 Godwin’s law

Open fields and power lines beneath a soft evening cloud — field notes · 009 the view from here

An anime image with a message about using the little computer — internet archive · 027 little computer

A post about hyper gambling into elite status — internet archive · 028 hyper gamble

A post about having access to an optimal policy — field notes · 010 optimal policy

A post about wasting another early twenties weekend night — internet archive · 029 another weekend night

A post about watching successful people work — field notes · 011 watch them work

A collage of images, writing, and ideas about filling the frontier — visual archive · 007 fill the blank spaces

A person standing before a huge FL Studio project screen — computer archive · 017 the whole arrangement

A post about waking up and going directly to work — field notes · 012 morning work

A faded portrait with a quote about being superior to your former self — reading notes · 009 your former self

Black-and-white anime line art portrait — visual archive · 008 linework

A post asking whether you have the courage to hate the poor — internet archive · 030 hate the rich

internet archive · 031 a growing amount of alpha

A hand-drawn server scene saying yes, I’m a Linux user — computer archive · 018 yes, I’m a Linux user

A film still asking what changed after everything was over — film archive · 009 what changed?

A Silicon Valley portrait with a quote about talent and sweat — film archive · 010 talent and sweat

Pixel art saying sadness makes someone unproductive — internet archive · 032 sad because I’m unproductive

A South Park scene of someone working at a computer — film archive · 011 sad productivity

A meme explaining what normal curves represent — internet archive · 033 normal curves

A Silicon Valley still of a programmer relaxing beside computers — film archive · 012 the programmer’s evening

A drawing of a butterfly with a quote about what comes next — reading notes · 010 what’s next?

A post beginning with taps mic and asking a provocative question — internet archive · 034 *taps mic*

A dark typographic quote about comparison stealing joy and direction — reading notes · 011 the thief of direction

A post about loving yourself beyond the lack of love from others — field notes · 013 unbothered by the lack of love

A drummer in a dark room seen from behind a raised hand — film archive · 013 the next bar

Black-and-white Bell Labs essay cover with a portrait and a mouse — reading notes · 012 why Bell Labs worked

Richard Feynman portrait beside a quote about not ruining the machine — reading notes · 013 the machine

Black-and-white portrait of Richard Feynman — visual archive · 009 curiosity

Pixel-art wizard describing a codebase on fire — computer archive · 019 the codebase is on fire

A smiling man with a caption about being optimistic — internet archive · 035 why wouldn’t it work out

Anime developer meme comparing a five minute task with writing a script — internet archive · 036 make a script

Neon anime portrait with a quote about continuing the bit — visual archive · 010 just keep doing the bit

Illustration of an older artist with the words it’s not over — reading notes · 014 it’s just starting

Rick and Morty still with a quote about everything being fine — film archive · 014 not the end yet

A lonely cat beneath text about not being as goated as expected — internet archive · 037 not as goated

internet archive · 038 think different

A pink dog holding a frog plush with a quote about shining bright — internet archive · 039 dull my sparkle

Collage of code, physics, aerospace, and algorithmic game theory notes — computer archive · 020 algorithmic game theory

A post about thirty days of obsession changing an entire year — field notes · 014 30 days of obsession

Two small dogs, one with yellow casts on its legs — internet archive · 040 the support system

A post about recognizing buildings designed head to toe in a computer — computer archive · 021 designed in a computer

A beach scene captioned with disregard for a bunch of liberal bullshit — film archive · 015 disregard that

A computer screen showing a frog presentation to a small audience — internet archive · 041 the presentation

A highlighted passage about rivals, distractions, and getting down to work — reading notes · 015 get down to work

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