Japchap's 10C Site

@matigo Indeed. Perhaps people are so busy being busy, they are afraid of what would happen if they just slowed down to take a look at the world around them.

Before she passed away, my mother told me a story she had either heard on the news or heard from a friend. It was about how the driver of a bus was in medical distress, but only one person on the entire vehicle actually noticed and was able to offer assistance. Everyone else was engaged with their smart devices or otherwise indisposed. My mother could barely contain her tears when she spoke of that, and she was not one prone to showing emotion at stories like this.

It pays to be mindful, and it can be a service to others if we are mindful of them as well.

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@matigo I like what you said about "Writing isn't just about skill or productivity; it's about alignment. When we're out of alignment—with our purpose, our curiosity, or even our inner voice—the words don't flow."

Also, the solution you proposed was useful: "Writer's block, frustrating as it is, might just be the mind's way of saying: Pause. Breathe. Pay attention."

Mindfulness when writing, is perhaps what you are recommending, I gathered. Sounds like a good plan.

It's said that just writing stream-of-consciousness style can help clear out the cobwebs in your brain. That doesn't seem to help me much lately, but it has been useful at times. I often go out for walks with a voice recorder and just talk aloud (not caring overly much about what passersby are thinking, although I do prefer doing this when other people are not around), and I find that can often help unclog any "stuck" thinking processes, even though it may not provide the best answers.

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@matigo Writing is also your strong suit, as is evidenced by your blog. Ever thought about writing a book?

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@matigo I’ve always felt that coding and development are among your superpowers, Jason, so it’s a pleasure to see these public-facing projects you’ve initially designed years ago getting the love they deserve 😉

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@peemee Forty-five minutes is a bit of a drive just to get a cable. That said, the nearest Apple Store where I live is likely a 45-minute train ride away anyway, so it’s much the same. Did they charge you for the replacement?

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@peemee Ah, eucalyptus oil spray. Comes in handy when cleaning various surfaces, and smells nice as well. I’d never tried it on adhesive before.

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@peemee Could you use a third-party browser like Chrome or Firefox for your browsing needs? My mother had an old white MacBook from 2009 or thereabouts for eleven years, and she eventually had to switch from Safari to Chrome due to compatibility issues with her bank’s website.

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@peemee I haven't taken the time to get involved in Mastodon yet (aside from registering with one music production Mastodon network, which I never got around to posting to anyway). As I understand it, the whole concept is "federated social networks". I suppose they call it the "fediverse" now, ha. From an old-timer's POV, it all really seems to be just a glorified way of saying "someone's BBS".

Honestly, I never had a problem with Usenet and NNTP that came before this, despite the occasional unruliness of the whole server-hosted group e-mail news thing. It was a weird but compelling cross between e-mail and BBS. NNTP helped get me through one of the hardest times in my life…

// @matigo @variablepulserate

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@variablepulserate …aaaand now you've jogged my memory! Wasn't it… ADN?

// @matigo

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@variablepulserate Ah yes, I wondered if “‘tis” was appropriate as well for past tense…
As I recall, many of the “original” users of this site migrated from another site that has since become extinct, but I can’t remember the name of that site… has it been ten years and already the facts are fading…

// @matigo

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