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Sup!

Lillie is ready to go home.

A dog wearing a white coat and pink shoes stands near a fence and bushes.

I Am a Firm Believer in Costumes | Notes and Ramblings

I've heard the phrase The Clothes make the Man and I really liked this example that David wrote about discussing how his costume helps him.

I think the correct costume helps make the task “succeed” - lowers the friction point of the task at hand.

I’ve heard people talking about using certain kinds of music or sections of their home to get in the best headspace for different things.

I’m going through some safety training and they mentioned something called a “BOODA Loop” to help with deescalating situations.

B - Breathe
O - Observe
O - Orient
D - Decide
A - Act

I’ll try to keep that in mind.

Currently reading: How to Think Like a Roman Emperor by Donald J. Robertson 📚

I’m at 33% and it’s more of a history of Stoicism at this point.

Lillie says good morning!

A dog with a shiny coat is lying on a fluffy white blanket, gazing forward with its head resting down.

This isn’t great.

The UI not the shirt.

The Liquid Glass interface does not work well with smaller phones.

Crucial Track for October 10, 2025

"Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers

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A song from the 1970s that you like or means something to you.

I like this song because my wife likes it when I sing it to her.

She deserves every love song and more.

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I don’t feel like I’m being a hater or a curmudgeon when I post criticism about Liquid Glass. I feel the detriments outweigh the benefits and stating that it will get better ignores the reality of its current state.

Part of me is wondering … | Leon Mika

My friend Leon was writing about separating the content he makes into different blogs because of amount of certain topics.

And I feel like they’re overwealming this blog in a way.

I’ve been thinking about doing something similar with my Crucial Track entries. In some ways, it makes a lot of sense because those are generated on a music focused site and then Micro.blog puts it on the blog and distributes it to mastodon and bluesky.

But, I’ve decided not to for two main reasons.

  1. I don’t want to introduce more complexity. Having another blog would mean that I would more places to maintain and make decisions on.

  2. I want place for all things Mandaris. The site has 80-90% of all the things that I create in one location. I don’t know who or what follows me or what they like. I do have different categories of posts and I might add something to the theme to make it easier to follow those specifically.

For now, I think I’ll keep everything here.

Kudos to those who are able to have multiple blogs!

Crucial Track for October 9, 2025

"Limbo Rock" by Chubby Checker

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A song from the 1960s that you like or means something to you.

This is the song that my local skating rink would play when it was time to do limbo. Everyone who wanted to participate would get into a line to have a turn to try and skate under the limbo bar.

I keep remembering lines like Don't move that Limbo Bar and How low can you go?

I never won, but it was always fun to try new styles to get under the bar.

It wasn't until years later that I learned that other people limbo without skates.

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