New #Blogpost!

I prefer to read (and to write) an unpolished, human website.

This post is unpolished, says nothing new, doesn't take into account every angle, and it's even kinda rushed, but it's mine, so anyway.

https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/unpolished-human-websites

This is day 39 of #100DaysToOffload

New blog post:

Mastodon (Bluesky/X/Instagram) is not the right platform for posting long-form content (a blog is)
http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/03/mastodon-bluesky-x-instagram-is-not-the-right-platform-for-posting-long-form-content-a-blog-is/

#blogging #blog

What I read in January 2026

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Linux Journey: More Tests and choosing a distro

I have been using Linux on my older ASUS laptop for roughly four days now, and I didn’t even need to open Windows for anything. I tested three distros in the meantime, but I mostly used Ubuntu 25.10 to perform tests on all the activities I normally do on Windows, to see if I could make them work. [...]

https://noisydeadlines.net/linux-journey-more-tests-and-choosing-a-distro

Linux Journey: First Steps on Ubuntu

The first thing I did was download the ISO image for Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS. Then I used balenaEtcher to create a bootable USB drive. I got an error when doing this on Windows 11, and after some searching, I found that the solution was to run balenaEtcher as Administrator for the image to work. Even then, I still got another error, I don’t remember exactly what it was. In the end, I switched to Rufus to create the bootable USB, and that worked. [...]

https://noisydeadlines.net/linux-journey-first-steps-on-ubuntu

Rediscovering Linux: The Journey Starts

It's funny, because I really don't have any major issues with my Windows personal laptop right now. It boots fine, and I have all the tools I need. Still, getting back to Linux has been on my mind for a long time. [...]

https://noisydeadlines.net/rediscovering-linux-the-journey-starts

When you're reading and someone assumes that means you're doing nothing and they can interrupt you.

#books #reading #writing

Week Notes – Dec 03 to Dec 15 2025

• 👕 I promised myself that the reward for completing the 750 Words private journaling last month was to buy myself an Iron Maiden t-shirt. I used to have one way back then, and I just had this wish to wear one again. So I did it! I found a local store that still sells licensed rock/metal bands t-shirts and got a pair (I wanted to avoid buying online).
• ☑️ I noticed that the Nirvana app was looking a bit more colourful than usual. So, the iOS version already had colours on the menu and now that is matched on the web and also on the Windows app. Cool!
• ⏰ I sometimes wish Nirvana offered stronger reminders. Or at least a quicker way to add simple ones and receive persistent notifications. To fill that gap, I’ve been using the Reminders app on my phone, or occasionally Microsoft To Do, since both make it much easier to add a reminder. And that brings me to…
• 🐧 ... I want to try out Linux again. It's been years since I've been on Linux, and now I feel like I have the headspace to start my switch from Windows to Linux. I don't have major issues with Windows 11 at the moment, other than how bloated it has become, the endless updates that appear out of nowhere and take forever to finish, the constant insertion of Copilot AI buttons everywhere I look, and an overall concern about privacy and how little control I have over my own desktop. (Well, those might actually be Major problems!). I’m not extreme when it comes to privacy or ideology. I just want the bare minimum: a fast, predictable system that stays out of my way, lets me decide what runs on my machine, and doesn’t treat my computer like an advertising surface.
• 🎓 I finished an online course that was offered by my company about Leadership: “Harvard ManageMentor (HMM) Leadership Experience”. It was okay, I got somethings out of it. There was an author interviewed talking about anxiety and I identified with her ideas. I'm reading her e-book “The Anxious Achiever” by Morra Aarons-Mele. It is helping me recognize anxiety as a manageable personality trait rather than a problem to solve. Anxiety might be part of my personality. And that's okay, as long as I understand it and learn how to manage it. It can help me sometimes, and in the moments where it hinders me, I can use tools to mitigate it.
• 🎉 Me and my partner attended my company's Holiday Party, which was nice. We are not party people at all, but this one has become a tradition for us. And one thing I like to do is wear the same dress every year, to kinda prove that we don't need (especially women) to have a different outfit every fricking event we go to! It may be a women's thing, but there is a lot of pressure for us to “dress pretty” and god-forbid if we wear the same dress! I've been wearing the same outfit since 2018, and I was not excluded from society.
• 🎿 I enrolled in Intro Cross Country Ski Classes that will start early January! I finally moved this project from my Someday/Maybe! Now I need to get some skis, but I'll wait until the craziness of Christmas shopping season is over. I'm super excited about skiing! I have no clue how it works. [...]

https://noisydeadlines.net/week-notes-dec-03-to-dec-15-2025

Well, here it is, the mystery #blogpost I've been teasing!

Featuring 17 fellow #bloggers who answered a simple (not so simple for some of them) question.

What #videogame would you bring to a desert island?

Get some snacks and a drink, because this is a long one...

https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/desert-island-games

#Gaming #Collaboration #BloggingCommunity #Question #DesertIslandGames

What I read in October 2025

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