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Philosophy articles exploring meaningful living and the psychology of behaviour change. Drawn to existentialist thinkers like Camus and Sartre, and the challenge of bridging the gap between knowing what's good and actually doing it.

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The Antidote: A Book Review

A review of Oliver Burkeman's 'The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking' and thoughts on the negative...

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  • Life and Lab 5: Automating DIY NAS Deployment

    Planning a comprehensive NAS setup using Ansible, ZFS, and Tailscale for data safety, reliability, and reproducibility in content creation workflows.

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    8 min
  • Life and Lab 4: Why I Started Writing About Homelabbing

    Exploring the journey from academia to systems administration, discovering a love for homelabbing, and why both technical skills and mindset...

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    6 min
  • Life and Lab 3: Self-Policing and Virtualization

    Exploring the pernicious assumption of self-policing and how to trust yourself, plus a comprehensive overview of Type 1 vs Type...

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    11 min
  • Life and Lab 2: The 'Done List' and Windows

    Exploring Oliver Burkeman's 'Done List' concept for productivity anxiety relief, plus a comprehensive guide to tiling window management on Windows...

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    10 min