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Reading, writing, walking. Not (always) at the same time. By Anthony Nelzin-Santos.
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It’s not that i don’t have enough tools to write how i want when i want it, it’s that i have too many. I have at least one computer from each of the last five decades, enough fountain pens to open...
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December 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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You shouldn’t buy a colour e-reader (yet) • Z1NZ0L1N
I’ve been reading on a Kobo Libra Colour for more than a year. It has wonderfully clicky buttons, a nicely textured back, a well thought-out “origami” cover, outstanding battery life, a more than...
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December 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Nothing else to say than: “wish me good luck for next week”. See you on the other side. Books God’s Madman at the End of the World by Javier Cercas. Much to my surprise, the Vatican has never let...
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December 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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25W49 • Z1NZ0L1N
My entry for this month’s IndieWeb carnival was the most fun i’ve had writing in a while. It isn’t a genre-defining piece of work, but it conveys what i wanted to convey, which is more than a lot...
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December 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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They said the web was dead • Z1NZ0L1N
This is my entry for this month’s IndieWeb Carnival, hosted by V.H. Belvadi, on the topic of “where do you see the IndieWeb in 2030?”. 2031.12.04/Lyon You have to understand that i thought the...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Speaking of small seasons, winter descended on Europe in a flash, and it’s been freezing for the last ten days straight. It’s my favourite part of the winter: the air is crisp, the days are as bright...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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I’m looking for a new job, which is to say, i’m spending an awful lot of time on LinkedIn. A lot of friends suggested i cold connect with total strangers. “You should expand your network”, they...
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November 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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I just reorganized my library, so what did people gift me for my birthday? More books, of course. I guess nature really hates a vacuum. Apps Affinity. I was fully expecting Canva to radically simplify...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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’Tis the (Small) Season • Z1NZ0L1N
This is my entry for this month’s IndieWeb Carnival, hosted by Alex Sirac, on the topic of “Cycles and fluctuations”. The life of a journalist is governed by schedules, but i’m not a journalist...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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For the first time since 2016, i’ve travelled more than 5,000 km by train in a year. By most standards, that’s a lot. By my teenage standards, when i logged 20,000 km annually and my heart beat...
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November 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Why can’t i throw away my old notebooks? z1nz0l1n.com/why-cant-i-t...
Why can’t i throw away my old notebooks? • Z1NZ0L1N
This is my entry for this month’s IndieWeb Carnival, hosted by Bix, on the topic of “On Ego”. Now that i have a bit more free time, i’ve decided to scan the notebooks that have somehow fallen...
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October 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Much to my surprise, it took only a week and a bit for the fog of desperation to clear. I haven’t been so well rested in years, but i’m feeling a twitchiness coming. I’m not built to stay still...
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October 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Ian Penman in the London Review of Books: Eno spoke about generative music in San Francisco in 1996 at something called the Imagination Conference, a ‘progressive interactive event featuring original...
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October 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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The deliciously sleepy Aurora Ipsilon • Z1NZ0L1N
Here are two stationery brands i thought i’d have to always admire from afar: Aurora, because i’d be bankrupt otherwise, and Colorverse, because it was difficult to find their inks outside of South...
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October 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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The Onyx Boox Palma is dead, long live the Onyx Boox P6 Pro • Z1NZ0L1N
Brad Linder, Liliputing: Over the past few years the company’s Onyx BOOX Palma line of pocket-sized eReaders have gained traction among folks looking for an E Ink device for distraction-free reading...
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October 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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After much hemming and hawing over the last six months, i finally quit my job of sixteen years. I still haven’t figured out what i want to do next, apart from taking a few weeks off, and it’s kind...
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October 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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The curious case of macOS • Z1NZ0L1N
Rakhim Davletkali: Apple’s first desktop operating system was Tahoe. Like any first version, it had a lot of issues. Users and critics flooded the web with negative reviews. While mostly stable under...
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October 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Tech journalism is dead
Tech journalism is dead • Z1NZ0L1N
Yesterday was my last day working as a tech journalist1. I could go on and on about the daily grind of press releases, the misery of the post-pandemic office life, the trap of equating your identity with...
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October 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Writing is all about ups and downs • Z1NZ0L1N
Zadie Smith in The New Yorker: An English teacher took me aside and drew a rectangle on a piece of paper, placed a shooting arrow on each corner of the rectangle, plus one halfway along the horizontal...
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September 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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This was my last full week at my current employment. I’m excited, if a little bit anxious, for what comes next. Books The Future Is Analog by David Sax. Another one of those “it could have been a blog...
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September 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Jony Ive wants my money
Jony Ive wants my money • Z1NZ0L1N
Rosa Bertoli in Wallpaper: Jony Ive’s LoveFrom and Japanese company Balmuda unveiled the ‘Sailing Lantern’, a new portable lighting object born from their first collaboration and mutual admiration. Pr...
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September 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Jony Ive wants my money
The #IndieWeb Carnival is quickly becoming my favourite. This one about #secondpersonbirds by @fractalkitty was intriguing. Let’s rook ’n’ roll!
Rook ’n’ roll • Z1NZ0L1N
This is my entry for this month’s IndieWeb Carnival, hosted by Sophia, on the topic of “Second person birds”. The elders tell me you’ve been here for generations. They say you’ve never migrated, but y...
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September 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The #IndieWeb Carnival is quickly becoming my favourite. This one about #secondpersonbirds by @fractalkitty was intriguing. Let’s rook ’n’ roll!