Noisy and crowded main roads, and keeps on getting worse as days go by.
Clouded mind, weak body, but still made it until the end. Maybe it’s all in the mind.
J-pop still is very enjoyable when paired with biking. I only play music when it is really safe to do so, and sometimes to drown out the vehicle noise. Perfect pair.
I still managed to read while on a break.
It always seems like everything is going to be alright while in the saddle. It’s always a different kind of time.
My body seems to be degrading every single day. Well, everybody is, but I do feel it now more than ever.
I started listening to full albums again. Precious times, too pure.
I hope to finish at least one book before this year ends.
I walked a lot, and still doing it today and did it yesterday. I get back into reading as well. The body is very tired compared to riding a bike. I’ve gone to new places, including on a riverside.
When I’m finally naked and standing in the sunlight
I’ll look back at all of this selfishness and foolish pride
Laugh at myself
Laugh at myself
Laugh at myself
Laugh at myself
Laugh at myself
— Parking Lot by Mineral
I am writing this on a place where ocean waves are crashing, and there’s a sound of water from a small creek nearby. It all felt right. Yet, somehow, I need to get back a few hours later to doing things I quite despise now. That’s always been the case, and I want to stay where I am right now in time and space.
I am also getting a ~100kB/s speed using this phone with a very old modem at this place. I remember when I started digging around the internet, relying on 2G with 10-30kB/s. Those times were very precious for myself.
“Why is every place, every product company now accepted to be a data aggregation company as well? Why is my data the cookie jar that companies frequently get their hand stuck in while acting entitled? Hello, I already paid you, why are you not ashamed of your obvious greed?” https://blog.avas.space/cookie-jar/
After much deliberation, finally the dark theme is now available on this site. The switch should work automatically when the browser’s preference and theme is dark mode.
“You won’t make it out alive!”
I am being inspired by this post: Rewiring the brain. My attention span is nuts as of late. I drift so very often and I am wasting time, mostly on the internet. I am going to impose an experiment starting today, no Reddit and Youtube for four weeks straight. These two consume most of my time and it is time take these away. I am anticipating of letting go of other things as well.
SIM numbers on the card are often “unknown” when you change carriers, keeping the same number, or requested for a replacement SIM card. This does not mean that you have a null number, the carrier still knows you’re using the same number, however, the card itself don’t store that data. Some apps needs to access this data.
Old Android versions have this feature that you can edit this entry directly and write to SIM itself.
If you’re on Android, and have a rooted device, you can do this by using SIM Number Setter by KieronQuinn. What it is:
SIM Number Setter is a small Xposed module that invokes normally unused Android System code to set
the “subscriber number” on the device’s SIM card. This is the number displayed in the system
settings, and used in apps such as Google Messages, as well as being available to third party apps
with sufficient permissions.
Being an Xposed module, you need Lsposed module as well for it to work. The number you set will persist on the SIM card.
Prey was the first anthem we wrote for the album. The whole song was written about the idea of worshiping unhealthiness. Everything about celebrity is so fucking toxic these days. We’re attracted to toxicity. But it’s also seen as the thing to strive for, because apparently if you reach that status, that’s success, and it’s crazy. And to get there you’re being told that you’re not enough. That simply being a human is not enough. And it’s fucking savage! But that’s what advertising is. Make someone feel like they’re missing a part of themselves and then sell them that part of themselves.
Pros of using a 2GB RAM smartphone in 2025: you can’t multitask as most apps use more memory now, which makes you focus on what you’re really doing with the device.
This is the truth
The only time you’ll here it
I write it down because it seems so hard to say it
These are my thoughts written down on paper
It’s my only savior
From not saying what I want to say
There are my thoughts that are on my mind
Moments that haven’t yet been defined
And I don’t know if you could ever understand
These are the things I can’t say when we’re alone
— Truth Of My Youth by New Found Glory
Challenge: only using low network frequency bands.
Giving up root access on Android just to make certain apps work is a path I’m still not willing to take.
I like going to concerts. The atmosphere, the fans, and the music we share together creates an invisible bond which makes the few hours of the event a different world.
I’ve had a fair share of genres, but I observed that, I’ve been very sociable on heavy music concerts and festivals. I am usually going alone on these events, and I do feel very comfortable with approaching and being approached by other people. The fans also are very different on opposite genres. I interacted on four different people at the last concert I attended and I even went to the event location with another fan who recognizes my shirt which is from a heavy music festival, and wondered whether I am also going to this specific show myself.
Although other genres have this comparable feeling of catharsis, for me, it is much bigger on this type of music. I think that this feeling extends even before the start of show and affects my overall attitude. I also believe that since this type of music is not that mainstream, the types of people are somewhat similar to myself.