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Live for those intersections
The journey of our lives is a single line, with many twists and turns, crossing with others' as we interact in our daily lives. Physical proximity with others tends to create more opportunities for our lives to intersect, and we gain insights into each others' lives. We share experiences, create memories...
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lothaq via on Everything, on nothing
1st September 2024 10:35pm
BOINC x GRC in Malaysia
Despite mainly just running BOINC on my laptop, I'm still in the top 100 BOINCers in Malaysia, which - honestly - is a bit surprising. I've been running BOINC off and on since basically its inception, but my current World ranking is nothing special.So what I find really curious is that there are a decent...
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lothaq via on Everything, on nothing
13th July 2024 9:31am
Let's X that Twitter
So, uh, I had forgotten that a long time back I added a Twitter widget to this blog. Let's just get rid of that X now, shall we?
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lothaq via on Everything, on nothing
29th June 2024 11:39pm
Genshin Impact how many years/months in?
Just the other night a friend said he had gotten back into Genshin Impact. I recently reinstalled it on a laptop (it's way too big for my phone now), so I launched it up to check on my status. I tend to stick with games, even if I'm not sure why I'm still playing. I remember logging into Stronghold Kingdoms...
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lothaq via on Everything, on nothing
29th June 2024 10:19pm
Where were you...when Faker won his 4th Championship?
It's been a long road back to the top, and after a promising early year for T1 (followed by a rocky LCK Summer Split), the team made it to LoL Worlds 2023 where they breezed through to the knockout stage, only to be the LCK's last hope and having to run through the LPL gauntlet to finally raise the trophy...
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lothaq via on Everything, on nothing
25th November 2023 11:38am
My 40 days later
It's been 40 days since this:To this day, I still feel tears forming if I think about her, and especially about how her last days unfolded. They say it's a process, and it's clear I'm still going through the steps.Eventually it'll get better for me, but I'm not sure I want it to.
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lothaq via on Everything, on nothing
3rd June 2023 11:58pm
Foodpanda review - Maharaj Restaurant
Order: 1x Tandoori Chicken - RM23.00 1x Palak Paneer - RM18.00 Rating on Foodpanda at time of ordering: 4.3 (100+ ratings) It's been a while since I've had any tandoori, so maybe prices have gone up. But for RM23, I actually expected a larger portion. In fact, twice the portion we received, since...
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lothaq via on Everything, on nothing
29th January 2023 11:32pm
BOINC-ing on my own again
I'm back to running BOINC on my own account again, since the GRC pool is shutting down at the end of the year and I've just made the switch to solo-mining GRC. Got the wallet all configured, beacon sent, waiting for Mag to show up on the network. I'll have to use MRC to claim my GRC from now on. Will have...
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lothaq via on Everything, on nothing
21st December 2022 6:48pm
PriceWatch: Petrol in Malaysia (2)
Item: RON95 petrolBrand: anyPrice: MYR 2.05 / literDate of Purchase/Survey: 27/01/2022Place of Sale: any petrol station in MalaysiaEleven years ago it was MYR 1.90/liter; it's barely moved in the intervening years thanks to Government subsidies, but that has to be an unsustainable practice.
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lothaq via on Everything, on nothing
27th January 2022 10:53am
Must have rolled single digit for my Constitution
I got my Covid-19 booster shot on Friday. It was my first Pfizer Comirnaty shot, as my 1st and 2nd doses were AstraZeneca. This time there was a throbbing pain on my arm at the injection site. Followed by a low-grade fever on the second day (yesterday). On my first dose I had a fever as well. This one...
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lothaq via on Everything, on nothing
16th January 2022 11:06am
My own inconsistent spelling paradigms
I picked up the Wordle habit recently, and today's puzzle tripped me up a bit. As a product of mostly British schools I stubbornly stick to "ou" vs. "o" spellings, although I've picked up the nasty habit of using "z" instead of "s" in a lot of places. I even realised it earlier today when I did a routine...
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lothaq via on Everything, on nothing
12th January 2022 6:55pm
Checking in on BOINC
Start of a new year seems like a good time to set a milepost for BOINC progress. I'll compare my progress later in the year, although I don't expect significant progress, since I'm mainly crunching on a GRC pool. Still, I may add or switch around projects. The strangest thing is I still haven't been knocked...
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lothaq via on Everything, on nothing
9th January 2022 4:55pm
Armada by Ernest Cline
First book of 2022 done! I've been putting off reading this for a couple of years now, and I'm glad I did. Needed the distance from Ready Player One.This book is instantly recognizable as being by the same author as that other one (and vice versa), which can be both a good thing and a bad thing. It's...
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lothaq via Self-RW
8th January 2022 12:05pm
Hello from The Future! (2022 edition)
This goes out to those on the other side of the world, including my sister. Yes, it's a #dadjoke, but I'm a dad, so it's allowed!
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lothaq via on Everything, on nothing
1st January 2022 12:47am
A goal for 2015
It's a simple one: I want to read more, and write more. I've already got a selection of unread books that I bought at the Big Bad Wolf Sale last month, and even some from the previous year. So that first part of my goal should be easy enough to achieve. It's the writing part that worries me some. We'll...
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lothaq via on Everything, on nothing
2nd January 2015 7:33pm
A Tower Unseen
Neil stood on top of the hill and looked down upon the city. This used to be the best view into the city, with the iconic skyscrapers in the city centre commanding the view. Now that view was lost, with the new developments at this northern highway entrance to the city. New apartment blocks rose up into...
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lothaq via Self-RW
23rd September 2014 12:20am
It’s a New Year? Ok
I’m not greeting the New Year with any resolutions. No clichés about losing weight or doing volunteer work or anything like that. I’d rather not set myself up for disappointment. Yes, you should set goals for yourself. Yes, you must have some method to measure your success. Yes, you should give...
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lothaq via on Everything, on nothing
31st December 2010 7:52pm
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
So yesterday was a public holiday (selamat Aidiladha to those I didn’t already greet) and a day off for me. The night before I had thought about catching HP7, the latest installment in the Harry Potter series. Yesterday was the premiere for Malaysia, so there were bound to be lots of screens showing...
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lothaq via on Everything, on nothing
18th November 2010 9:27pm
Five years later ...
It’s been five years since I decided to (finally) start a blog. My original inspiration was A’isyah, and today she turned five. It seems a lifetime away, and in many respects, it was. I have nothing against how my life has changed from then. But no matter what, A’isyah plays a big part in my...
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lothaq via on Everything, on nothing
20th October 2010 10:37pm
The shadow of the father
My sis sent me an sms earlier: "Dad’s on Wikipedia!" (Bored much? Hehe. Can I get my laptop back?) Soon after, there’s a short clip on TV about today in history. 10 years ago today, TiungSAT-1, Malaysia’s first microsatellite, was launched from Kazakhstan. And my dad’s picture flashed on...
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lothaq via on Everything, on nothing
26th September 2010 9:43pm