Gigi's in Balmain is the real deal. That dough is something else. So flavourful, so airy, so sublime... 🍕🤌
2023 Mixtape /
2023's favourite tracks, designed to be listened to in order.
- "A Good Thing" Claud
- "Cramps" Slow Pulp
- "Not Strong Enough" boygenius
- "Lights Light Up" Fenne Lily
- "After Midnight (feat. Clairo)" Phoenix
- "Joy (Guilt)" dust
- "Turkey Vultures" Wednesday
- "Flood Into" Fazerdaze
- "Eraser" Pulp Fever
- "Adderall" shame
- "Emergency Contact" IAN SWEET
- "Lovely Sewer" Yves Tumor
- "Spring Bug" Helena Deland
- "Best Friend" Wallice
- "I Heard It In My Dream" Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys
- "Something Wrong" Hand Habits
- "Borrow Trouble" Feist
- "Cellar" Sea Lemon
- "Good Lies" Overmono
- "Skipping Like A Stone (feat. Beck)" The Chemical Brothers
- "A&W" Lana Del Rey
Dream visualised /
New workflow:
Experience a particularly vivid dream
Upon waking, record extensive notes on all details of said dream
Revisit notes after 1-3 months
Use AI to expand on details and possible interpretations
Generate text depictions first, then images to match
Blog about it
Here is one such example that I titled “The Gates of Hell” from 1 May earlier this year. Yes, both images are from the one dream. One day, I may share the actual words. Models used:
GPT-4-32k
DALL-E-3
Going global on Strava /
Strava's heatmap feature shows all my recorded activities like runs, hikes, and swims on a global map. After adding recent jogs in Manila and Singapore, I'm excited to see where my fitness journey will take me next. Which new destination should I add to this chart?
My Strava heatmap
Fix the money, fix the world /
Check out Natalie Brunell's insightful monologue explaining how our current monetary system is broken. She makes a compelling case that Bitcoin offers real hope for the future, especially for Generation Z.
2:30 into the video, Natalie goes on to brilliantly articulate why Bitcoin is the currency for peace. Transcript:
..with fiat, if people in power want to finance a war, they can just print the money and spend it - but if you can't just make money at the stroke of a key then you have to ask permission of the citizens to spend their money - and so that would limit the governments' ability to fight endless wars.
So I agree with those out there that say that fiat is the currency of war and Bitcoin is the currency of peace - because Bitcoin is about consensus and with the incentives in Bitcoin they benefit those who co-operate and play by the rules and put in the work.
Bitcoin actually neutralises greed because everyone who supports, mines, buys Bitcoin adds to the overall strength of the network.
So most importantly instead of projecting the sort of kinetic power and going to war as a sign of strength like America has done for many many decades, why don't we go back to the value of building a prosperous and robust economy as a sign of strength that serves as an example for other nations and other people to emulate.
We used to lead by example because great economies are what make great nations and that is what the American dream was built on and I think we can return to that with Bitcoin.