...resolved.
Yes, I had to read up and play with Hugo again. It wasn't too hard, though still time consuming.
I know I sound like I whine a lot, and Hugo is indeed a good environment.
When you don't work with a certain environment day in and day out, you forget things. Each theme and each case is different just enough to requires a bit of a research. Sometimes, I don't have the time or the energy for this research; I just want to write.
maybe I should just go with tumblr. Ha.
To be fair, and to be less of a grumpy man over here, I'm not against learning.
Micro.blog also has the benefit of offering the service to host the blog as well, and cross publishing on other networks.
Maybe I can tolerate a few lines of code here and there. I just want to be aware that this is one of the major reasons I want to switch out of my current blog.
I'm annoyed.
micro.blog is based on Hugo, which is good and all, but it also means I need to play with Hugo if I want to change anything. For example, have the dates in ISO format.
Before you respond with links to Hugo documentations and tell me how easy it is --
the reason I'm testing out micro.blog is *because* I'm tired of working with #Hugo . I have a wiki, I have a blog, and I want to go into video recording.
If it turns out I have to spend an hour figuring out Hugo again, I'm out.
I enjoyed The Mist. It wasn't fantastic, but it was good and had a point that didn't feel like Swiss cheese.
"The movie builds toward the climax nicely, and you get the chance to get up close and personal with the characters. The feelings of dread and panic are believable... ...Way more important is what the people do to survive and how they cope (or don't cope) with the monstrosities. This is the beef of the movie, and King drives it home well."
The Mist, 2007 - ★★★ (contains spoilers)
This review may contain spoilers.
This was an OK movie. I enjoyed it. It was good enough to hold my interest (which is not easy to do).
Stephen King can build believable characters and Frank Darabont does a good job following up on that.
First, a few trigger warnings. If you have issues with gore horror, this might be a problem here, though it's far from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The religious zealots are more of a problem if you have issues with that. Unfortunately, it's also believable: all you need to do is to read the news. People kill in the name of God for much less than being threatened by the supernatural.
The movie builds toward the climax nicely, and you get the chance to get up close and personal with the characters. The feelings of dread and panic are believable. There's a bit of a cross into the cliche with some military experiment gone wrong and creatures crossing from another dimension. This is not a huge spoiler, because the origin of the horrors in the movie is of little importance. Way more important is what the people do to survive and how they cope (or don't cope) with the monstrosities. This is the beef of the movie, and King drives it home well.
I'm a bit angry with the ending (Spoiler alert! stop here!!).
It doesn't end well, and I don't like how fast David (Thomas Jane) gave up on everybody, including his son. He decided that, nope, that's it, time to commit group suicide and give up. It feels pushed. King wanted to show us that real hell is making decisions, but this last one doesn't make sense with the rest of the movie. Oh well, it was still fun.
The Mist, 2007 - ★★★ (contains spoilers)
This review may contain spoilers.
This was an OK movie. I enjoyed it. It was good enough to hold my interest (which is not easy to do).
Stephen King can build believable characters and Frank Darabont does a good job following up on that.
First, a few trigger warnings. If you have issues with gore horror, this might be a problem here, though it's far from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The religious zealots are more of a problem if you have issues with that. Unfortunately, it's also believable: all you need to do is to read the news. People kill in the name of God for much less than being threatened by the supernatural.
The movie builds toward the climax nicely, and you get the chance to get up close and personal with the characters. The feelings of dread and panic are believable. There's a bit of a cross into the cliche with some military experiment gone wrong and creatures crossing from another dimension. This is not a huge spoiler, because the origin of the horrors in the movie is of little importance. Way more important is what the people do to survive and how they cope (or don't cope) with the monstrosities. This is the beef of the movie, and King drives it home well.
I'm a bit angry with the ending (Spoiler alert! stop here!!).
It doesn't end well, and I don't like how fast David (Thomas Jane) gave up on everybody, including his son. He decided that, nope, that's it, time to commit group suicide and give up. It feels pushed. King wanted to show us that real hell is making decisions, but this last one doesn't make sense with the rest of the movie. Oh well, it was still fun.
next movie up - "The Mist" based on a story by Stephen King.
So far, I like this one much better. It's a big of a cringe, not so much the horror gore aspect (so far not too bad) but the people.
It's just too much how people turn on each other so quick, but unfortunately, believable.
Thoughts about work iPhone as a Personal (but not private) phone
It’s not the first time I’m thinking of switching over to my work iPhone as my main “normal” phone, and probably won’t be the last.
In a nutshell: I have an iPhone from work. I keep certain personal apps on it, like my financial apps and medical apps (to make doctor appointments). The logic behind it is that if my workplace knows my salary and my benefits, I’m not risking much more by sharing my bank information and doctor appointments with them also. I also happen to work for a medical center, so I often see doctors that work there.
Since I have this phone on me at all times, especially now in post-COVID post-office era, it makes sense to switch most personal apps to it as well. Stuff like Instagram, Google Photos, and Amazon. It also helps that I have an iPhone mini, which is a normal phone size for everyday use that I don’t risk dropping whenever I text back someone (not to mention it has a warranty covered by my job).
My Android, at the same time, can become my private device. I want to wipe it and use something like Graphine on it, and not have Google-anything on it if I can help it. It will have Signal, which I use to communicate with people who are close to me the most, Orgzly for my org-mode journal files, my wiki (which is in HTML format), pictures and videos that are synced directly to my Synology, etc.
Still, the issue I keep running into is communication with other people. If I don’t take the Android with me on the go, I can’t use Signal. I can’t make phone calls with my private number. I could open up a laptop, and as long as the phone is connected back at home, I should be able to text and make video calls on the Signal app, but that’s annoying. I’m not sure how to get around that. I could try to “educate” other people to keep conversations brief on WhatsApp, but I know this will never work. No one cares about privacy at the cost of convenience.
mehhh this #covid bullshit is annoying 😅
I've been healthy since Tuesday, pretty much. But I am still positive and going to remain this way for another week at least if not more, looks like.
Can't eat with friends yet... have to wear mask around the house... Tired of it. Don't even know where I got it from. Meh.