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I edited my /etc/hosts file to make reddit unavailable. It’s been notable all the times that I open a tab, type the address, and load an empty page.

Lillie likes to chill by the window.

Dog in pajamas sitting by the window.

Are things so bad that ads for plasma are a regular thing?

Doubleclick ad for human plasma.

Outside and saw these flowers.

Purple flowers.

I guess Death got over its fear of Chuck Norris.

First Public Working Draft: YAML-LD 1.0

This looked interesting.

The logo for the W3 consortium.

The JSON-LD Working Group published today a First Public Working Draft of YAML-LD 1.0. [JSON-LD11] is a JSON-based format to serialize Linked Data. In recent years, [YAML] has emerged as a more concise format to represent information that had previously been serialized as [JSON], including API specifications, data schemas, and Linked Data.

I think it’s funny that we’re still looking into ways of writing data.

The Wizard of Speed and Time

Recently Dave Rahardja posted a link to the clip that I had not seen in years.

I remember watching the VHS a lot when I was younger and still enjoy the thought of it. Check out the wikipedia page related to the movie.

I don’t need the software to constantly wow me, I need it to consistently work.

John Wick 4 - ★★★☆☆
John Wick holding an axe
At this point, I think I'd run at the sight of him.

This is the fourth installment of a movie franchise that has been going on for more than a decade. There are countless memes and jokes about making sure you don't mess with John's dog. It's fun, but it has also gotten formulaic.

The formula goes a little like this:

  1. John is in a low point and things are really working out for him
  2. Things get a little better and he’s making some progress
  3. Big bad guy is introduced
  4. State that John is a unstoppable killing machine
  5. Big bad guy sets up a situation where lots of little bad guys go after John
  6. John overcomes said obstacle
  7. Queue something that increase the complexity of the lore around the franchise
  8. Big bad guy sends even more people to fight John. Maybe even a Little Big Bad guy
  9. John gets some help from someone
  10. John overcomes Little Big Bad guy and minors
  11. Brief reflection on how things aren’t getting better for John and he says he wants out of the game
  12. John Kills Big bad guy

Through it all, we would wonder how is he going to get past this? There are variations and a couple jokes along the way. The film tries new things by adding some other characters, but I don’t know if I ever really care at this point. Maybe it was because I saw them all in the span of a couple weeks.

I would say the movie is good and it certainly brings the action, but I wouldn’t mind if this was the last one.

John deserves a rest.

Overview

With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.

A little down in the dumps
Furniture sitting next to a large garbage bin

I was walking Lilliewhen I saw this furniture by the garbage.

It’s old but it didn’t look excessively dirty. I started thinking about how long the people who had owned this had kept it. How it had probably moved from one place to another before ultimately ending up here.

How much of my stuff have the same story or will someday in the future?