OptimistPrime

joined 2 years ago
[–] OptimistPrime@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

I'm reading The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. It's my first Sanderson and I'm a little over 300 pages in. It's been on my TBR for a few months and finally decided to take it on.

[–] OptimistPrime@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is awesome. Did you build it? Where are you going to put it? Do you have more pictures of the complete library box?

Chim Chim chiminy, Chim Chim chiminy, Chim Chim chiree

[–] OptimistPrime@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I got a French press and used it for awhile. I'm extremely lazy though and got tired of having to clean the coffee grounds out of the screen. That's something I didn't consider before buying it. I switched to a chemex that I like much better. Yeah, there are disposable filters but it works better for me. If I were starting over, I'd probably just get some kind of pour over thing that fits over my mug. That would take up less space than the chemex.

[–] OptimistPrime@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I've been feeling the same way the last couple of weeks. I finally got so fed up with the toxicity of Instagram that I uninstalled it from my phone. And since finding Lemmy, I've disengaged and deleted my Reddit account. So I'm trying to figure out what to do on this Internet now. And it really feels like how I used to use it. I'm finding niche blogs and sites that people post on Lemmy. I'll add them to my bookmarks so that I can remember to visit them again. I'm actually reading the articles and not just jumping straight into the comments. It's like going back in time 12 years. And I don't know if this is just in my head, but I feel like I'm regaining some of my ability to focus and increasing my attention span that's been atrophied over the last decade. I just spent most of my weekend building and playing around with a new homelab server... Something I would have done years ago but would have been nearly impossible to do if I was stuck scrolling through the dopamine machine that is Instagram and Reddit.

If you're dissatisfied with the results you get on Google or you're looking for websites that might not be in Google's search results, I recently came across this site: https://www.marginalia.nu/. The search engine touts itself as focusing on non-commercial content. It really makes me nostalgic for the old Internet... Back when you could find some random person's blog about something really specific. They weren't trying to get monetized or fit into some SEO algorithm. They just wanted to spread their passion for growing different varieties of butter beans, free of charge and subscription.

That's so awesome. I've been thinking about converting my lawn to clover, if nothing else to just not have to mow it as often. How often do you mow yours?

[–] OptimistPrime@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
  • A Secret History
  • A Gentleman in Moscow
  • The Martian
  • 11/22/63
  • Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
  • East of Eden
 

I'm just trying to curate my subscriptions so I can avoid the drama. I figured the people here might be similar minded. Just curious what other communities folks here enjoy.

I really like the LongReads and Books communities.

 

Mine is "palimpsest". I first encountered this word while reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt.

Definition: a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain.

I love that there's a word for this.

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