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How art can benefit your life, work and business
Recently there's been lots of talk about how art is elitist and luxury. A Finnish right-wing populist politician said it and the AI bros have been all about how AI makes art attainable for everyone, not just the rich. Sure, lots of art is only available for those with means. Opera tickets tend to be of a higher price range, as well as art of established, famous artists. But then there are many art forms and artworks, that are available for much wider audiences. Not every artist is famous and not every art form comes with high costs for those who want to experience them. It's just a questio...
Protect your online presence
Google search results have turned inaccurate, irrelevant and plain useless. Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, is laying off people en masse. Plus people are talking about a new tech bubble bust as technology stocks are plummeting. And then there's the trash fire called Twitter. Twitter hasn't been profitable since... ever really. With the new management the revenue has crashed. The company is bleeding money. There's desperation in air with the new attempts of raise profits. There has been talks about paywalling the app altogether.. It looks like the whole thing is going down...
Validation
I wish I didn't feel the need for external validation. Lately those of us who are on Twitter have been watching the world's richest man struggling for validation. He has found out the people who have usually been brown-nosing and boosting him are not as many as those who just outright laugh at him. He has begged money from a popular author, he has threatened brands who are pulling advertisement from Twitter, he has tried to create new rules to stop people from mocking him. It would be sad, if he wasn't so obnoxious about it. If you have surrounded yourself with yes-men, who don't dare to...
Notes on drawing Summer Cat
"Black and white illustration of a happy black cat laying on its back with one front paw stretched out as if it's waving surrounded by wild strawberry plants" The alt text is pretty uncomplicated, as is the illustration. It is a black and white drawing of a cat, with the most important features created in simple ink strokes. The cat looks happy and content. Maybe it has just been frolicking in this field of wild strawberries before throwing itself on the field tummy up, as cats sometimes do. While any artist wishes their art speaks for itself and one image tells worth 1000 words, sometimes...
Moving from Drupal 7 to flat file CMS Grav
When I first set up this site in 2010, I built it with Drupal 6. Back then I decided it was time to get back into blogging, since my lengthy break from it. Before my Drupal site I had been using either some self developed blogging systems (first with flat files and php, then with PHP and database), or I had different simple static websites without a blog or other dynamic and structured content. I chose Drupal because it seemed flexible enough with loads of interesting features. It comes with custom content types, and can be extended with many modules (Drupal's version of extensions o...
I have gained access
I have gained access to your devices My software enables me with access to all your private info I could easily download all your private info I can effortlessly gain access to all your private info How it could become possible I purchased, I installed You were opening the links It was rather straightforward Everything ingenious is quite simple I stayed undetected all this while I was gathering I couldn't help but notice You are also a true fan I could make a few dirty records with you in the main focus with joy (you make such funny faces) If you are still uncertain...
Work less, accomplish more
The myth that hard work is always rewarded, and it eventually leads to success, is embedded into most people's minds. If you put in the work you will reap the benefits sooner or later. And if you didn't succeed, it was because you didn't work as hard as you thought. It's something that sounds true, since it has been repeated over the years, decades, centuries. There are plenty of sayings in different languages that repeat and emphasise this myth. Besides, it gives a feeling of personal control. You, and only you, are the creator of your own luck. In Finnish a person like that is known as o...
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