Brian's Blog

Please enjoy my musings on various subjects.

2025-Q2 in Review

Published on July 1, 2025

It's Q2 of 2025. Lets see what I have and have not done so far this year

Teabagging

Published on June 5, 2025

How far do we go to optimize the processes in our daily life? (And when do we just start living?)

Pop

Published on May 14, 2025

If you cannot appreciate pop music I don't think we can be friends.

The Cheekiest of Pints

Published on May 9, 2025

Beer led me to a divorce but not in the way you think it did.

Contingent on Chickens

Published on May 5, 2025

My thyroid is gone. My hormones are produced by machines. What happens if the machines no longer work?

An Abstraction of Reality

Published on April 28, 2025

As computers become more and more powerful, video games begin to converge with reality. Where do we draw the line? Do we really want GTA6 to be a life simulator?

Cancer Part 4: Theatre In Use

Published on April 21, 2025

The Final Chapter of my Thyroid Cancer adventures. At least for the time being.

A Choice of Languages

Published on April 15, 2025

How do you determine what language to speak to your children in a multicultural setting. What if you're bilingual yourself? Huh? WHAT THEN HUH?

The 2025 Famichiki Great Server Move

Published on April 12, 2025

Famichiki, a Japanese mastodon instance was buying US. What the frick. We moved our servers to a Japanese provider instead.

Cancer Part 3: Don't worry, it's Cancer

Published on March 30, 2025

I'm being told not to worry about having cancer. It's Low Risk Cancerâ„¢. Trust me, bro.

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