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A collection of personal essays on film, technology, philosophy, and art—charting the edges where culture, creativity, and critical thought meet.

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On, Becoming an Empire

January 8, 2026
A couple of days ago, Donald Trump’s administration carried out a military operation in Venezuela. A Delta Force unit was deployed to abduct President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. The operation was accompanied by bombing inside the country, and between the airstrikes and the raid itself, roughly ...

On, Custom Syntax Highlighting With 11ty

December 31, 2025
Unless you stalk my GitHub account relentlessly, you are probably unaware of it, but my website was developed using the static site generator, Eleventy (11ty). 11ty offers incredibly easy web development, not only because of its capability to play nicely with a massive amount of different file fo...

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On, Becoming an Empire

January 8, 2026

On, Custom Syntax Highlighting With 11ty

December 31, 2025

On, the Death of the Internet

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On, Consequences

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On, the Ballad of a Bad Man

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On, My Million Dollar Spending Spree

July 18, 2025

On, Barge Haulers on the Volga

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On, the Art of Virtue

July 14, 2025

On, John Woolman Was Kind of a Dick

April 1, 2025

On, the Only Way Out Being Through

March 30, 2025

On, the Best Bargain in the History o...

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On, the Best Markdown Editor

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On, the Crusade for a Better Dark Mode

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On, Watching “The Incredible Hulk” Be...

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On, The Prisoner of Azkaban Being the...

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