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Jun 20, 2017

In the Radio Silence

Things have been quiet on here for a while1. I have some reasons for that, but those are less important. This is a brief update on what I’ve been up to.

  1. Apartment hunting and moving ate up a great deal of my time and energy.
  2. Been working on my first contribution to the Orx Project. Super excited to get it wrapped up. I’ll write more about it when it’s done.
  3. Made some major strides in my Japanese immersion learning. This is including but not limited to getting AJATT IMX on a wicked sale2, covering my first Japanese song (which somehow catapulted me to starting a sentences deck for realsies this time), and I even found some Japanese people who were willing/enthusiastic to help me translate interesting content.
  4. On a similar note, discovered my own life-hack3 that has completely altered the trajectory of my immersion and general productivity, for better or for worse.
  5. Briefly explored the fascinating world of online dating services only to find I enjoyed breaking them down mechanically as if they were games4 more than actually using them. We’ll just say it was… “research” - right, research…
  6. Lastly, I’ve been a bit torn about what to write here. I have lots of interesting ideas swirling around in my head, but this site is the most public interface I have between my identity and the rest of the world. It’s probably in my best interest to blog about games and programming and staying away from anything that a potential employer might find off-topic or objectionable, which frankly could be anything. However, I have other interests close to my heart that I’d like to share. I’ve considered running multiple blogs to keep things segregated, or customizing my Jekyll theme to break this blog up into a few primary threads, but that also sounds like a lot of work deciding how to split things up. There are also some worthwhile ideas that are better shared under a veil of anonymity. I just do not know where to put this content.

  1. I originally authored this very post in late April, and here I am finishing it in June… ↩

  2. Which quickly paid for itself, in a manner or speaking. It spams my inbox with random Japanese stuff every 90 minutes. All day. Every day. Though it does show some diminishing returns. For now it has earned its keep. ↩

  3. I’ve had several people tell me that it needs to be packaged into one easy-to-use program and sold because it’s so wild that people don’t even know they want it yet. Perhaps I’ll make a post about that later. ↩

  4. Spoiler Alert: They are designed like games. Freemium games. ~Total shocker, I know~ ↩

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