Ehqo's Hideout

Hey there, you've found my hideout! I suppose I should've done a better job hiding it... While you're here, feel free to browse my scribbles, notes, and other thoughts.

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No Barriers to Entry

I came upon Your World of Text the other day - an infinite canvas website much like the infamous /r/places of yore, but no colors and no pixels, just text. Anyone can add anything and anyone can remove anything. If you visit the site, you'll be greeted with a minimal white canvas with black, monospace type. As you start exploring, you'll find that Your World of Text has become an online microcosm of humanity's thoughts. Joyous, foul, creative, lonely, uplifting, downhearted - all of it. What the creator has made is a social sharing platform with zero barriers to entry....

March 24th, 2024

Am I learning the right things?

I’ve recently started reading again, in earnest, for the first time since college. To be honest, I don’t even know if I read in earnest during college, but that’s besides the point. Up until now, I’ve been the type of person who enjoyed buying books and more than taking the time to read them. Ashamedly, I’ve also been the type of person to see a problem in my life and buy a book to solve it; as if once I read it, the problem would magically go away. There is undoubtedly value in this idea, but it’s no silver bullet...

February 16th, 2024

The Review One Person Asked For

This post started as a long-winded reply to a "call for opinions" on Proton that Jason Burk made on Mastodon. I've been thinking alot about the tools I use every day, and how I want to use every tool with intent - I believe I succinctly captured this in my post scriptum. The Review:In my attempt to de-Googlify myself, I started using Proton over a year ago. The draw for me was the promise of privacy and security. I wanted an all inclusive-ish service would allow me to escape the common techno-feudal alignments. I immediately started with Proton Unlimited because...

February 13th, 2024