diary

without things to write about...

isn't the first time it has happened. Just sitting in the early AM hours with absolutely jack shit on my mind and trying to think of words to type. Happens more often than you think.

No more thinking

Just chilling.

On the horse, i jumped

Good good good. I decided to go ahead and learn from my devastating setback earlier in the day and build character from my “failure” (even though it was the failure of good technology) and start over again when it comes to building the @litebytes #app :)

I went ahead and slammed together oleary.io (bc it was lame af before) so people can reach out if need be + reactivated the @litebytes Twitter acct. The idea(s) for the app remain the same but i am taking everything much slower this time around. I am also not going to attempt to do shit w/o a REAL laptop to handle what needs to be done with it (the app). So i am going to spring for a MacBOok Air in a couple weeks (older version of the device) and get down to work.

In the meantime, there are many things to do and i will make a list here shortly.

#GOODTIMES! :D

To Be Deterred, or to Get Back On The Horse?

This is the question

I was feeling incredibly defeated earlier today. I had zero faith that when i built the litebytes app (should i decide to build it proper) that it would turn into anything. I basically wanted to have the whole thing done in one day and not have to fuck with it again, and of course this is very unrealistic. I was also annoyed by my technology limitations and how incredibly limited and incredibly slow this Raspberry Pi is to work on (which is a device not really meant to be used in a desktop environment to begin with).

But...

...I can keep going. This time, I am going to start from the ground-up and make a more cohesive plan. Taking it slowly, and one step at a time. And before I get into the madness that will be building the app, itself; I am going to get the proper vision/plan for it down in writing. And that inspiration (for me) only comes when I am creating a landing page (idk why). So that is what I will do right now.

Be back in a bit!

Floor Minimalism

This has a literal meaning and a rhetorical one, as well

In the literal sense, you have a form of minimalism that is so bare bones, so dogmatic, that everything you do/own requires platforms of no type and everything can be done on the floor (sleeping, sitting, eating (though a plate is acceptable), working, etc.)

In the rhetorical sense, it is the least of a certain thing. If you use a computer for the Internet, it would all be done on a phone instead of desktop or laptop. If you text, limit replies to auto-responses only. If you write, pen and paper is all that would be needed. When you bathe, only use body lotion or soap for both body wash, shampoo and the like. Wardrobe kept to no more than two days worth of outfits. Meals are mono-meals. Tasks are mono-tasks. And so on.

I have had this concept in mind for years now, and I enjoy refining it. Anyone/everyone can benefit from it.

failing downwards since 1983

for real. scrapped the litebytes bullshit. The newsletter, the app, the whateverthefuck it was supposed to be. I realized that I would put in days/weeks/months of hard work and then I would have absolutely zero reach when I finally was ready to launch the thing, so, there is no point. #fuckit

Instead I am making espresso and just gonna focus on this blog because writing compulsively is the only thing i tend to be really good at anymore these days. So, here it is.

Reachless

i swear i have no reach on this planet because i have absolutely zero friends. I can make content (for the love of Dog, do I make a lot of content), i can creat newsletters, apps, etc....who the fuck would use them? Who would get the word out? Who are the followers that would use the service, if only to share it with a couple other folks?

fuck this noise

building and app

Yay! I am having hella fun with it, too. I am using bubble.is for the template of the thing (or however you would classify it) and the whole thing is being built w/o me, personally, doing any coding. I cannot code. Will never learn to code. Code is not in my future. But nevertheless, this whole thing is fun and I plan on having it done (hopefully) within two months. Priority #1 is the book that i need to get the ISBN for + get it printed (about four copies, for now) and distributed to the people I want to distribute it to. Gonna be great.

That's all for now

lol litebytes.co

what's up with that blog/service/network/whatever it is? Should i even attempt to do anything with it?

i....guess??? (my heart def isn't in it, though)

yay for stuff

subbing to some things tonight (ProductHunt (which i had an acct w/ in 2015, still do, signed-in again, blah blah), AnyImage.io, someone's blog) etc etc.

i want to figure out how to make this here blog a little more...“pro” looking. The one I am looking at right now (that i added to bookmarks) looks damn nice w/ a signature. I can't even seem to get Snap.as to work on here (for some reason).

Gonna tool around with it...

MBA

not the degree, the device (MacBook Air). Thinking about getting one. idk. I do need a legit device for STLCC and the RPi won't cut it, a Chromebook won't cut it (trust me, I know) and a used MBA is basically all i can afford atm. They've come down a lot in price in the past few years. I paid like $500 for the last one, this one will run a tad over $300. Not too bad.

I would then be seeling the Tab A (because I would get no use out of it). I would probably also do something w/ the RPi like build a Tor router (Onion Pi) with it or some shit. I have always wanted to make one of those...

anyway, #latenightthoughts