Interesting things found in Encanto

While enjoying this marvellous Disney movie, several character seemed to portray different types of disorders. In the interest of building beneficial discussion about this topic, here’s my attempt to assign ones that closely align to all of the main characters.

Getting Plex Going on Linux

When setting up Linux, permission problems with my documents/music/pictures/videos in my Windows data was the final challenge that I had to deal with. With those permission problems it seemed tricky to find reliable information that wasn’t conflicted elsewhere, so I opted to procrastinate instead.

Installing Linux Mint 20.2, conclusion

I’ve been trying to install Linux Mint 20.2 and things haven’t been going well. After battling my way through USB problems, I manage to finally install Linux and reboot to find myself back in a Windows.

Attempting to Install Linux Mint 20.2, cont’d

The efforts continue to install Linux Mint on my Windows computer that seems to have some design issues that conflict with Linux.

Partition problems Installing Linux Mint 2.0

Next up on my attempts to install Linux, is to experiment with the USB 3.0 ports, which are blue colour on the back of my computer compared with the older black USB 2.0 slots. I might be able to get things working just by using the USB 3.0 ports.

Battlestar Galactica experience

I’m the dude playing a dude pretending to be another dude

Robert Downey Jr, Tropic Thunder

Every year a number of boardgaming people descend onto Hanmer Springs to share in a week-long event. Thursday night I participated in Battlestar Galactica, which is less a board game and more of a (mostly) cooperative story generator creating fascinating experiences for the players.

Losing weight

Over the last year I’ve realised that I’m carrying too much weight. Several years ago I deliberately lost 30 kilos in preparation for a clinical trial. Back then I didn’t know much about the process and it wasn’t easy. Since then I have learned several things that make the process a whole lot easier.

Secret Codes in Under The Silver Lake

The film Under The Silver Lake is notable for having secret codes embedded throughout, some that are in service of the story, and others for us the audience to later ponder over. Let’s take a look at what’s hidden beneath the surface.

JSLint working as Sublime Text linter

When setting up the Sublime Text editor to use JSLint for linting code, it relies on the node edition of JSLint which causes some problems. This is a record of my journey of getting it working, and how to configure things for best results.

The many different faces of spiritual experiences

Thanks to the many discussions that I’ve had on the atheist vs theist debate page, the issue of spiritual experiences has arisen on several occasions. Instead of saying that no such things occur it helps to recognize that spiritual experiences do occur. Interpreting meaning from those experiences is another topic, but there are several separate sets of evidences that help to support the fact of spiritual experiences.