From d5bbb5543a95f0eb952eff5a971a0d171010e2db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bfahrenfort Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 15:05:32 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Quartz sync: Sep 25, 2023, 3:05 PM --- content/about-me.md | 8 ++++---- content/index.md | 8 +++++--- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/about-me.md b/content/about-me.md index e288e8c53..b5cc9a814 100644 --- a/content/about-me.md +++ b/content/about-me.md @@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ title: About Me date: 9-08-23 --- -First of all, I am an enthusiast for all things DIY. Mainly, that involves digital projects such as this one. +I’m an enthusiast for all things DIY. Hardware or software, if there’s a project to be had I will travel far down the rabbit hole to see it completed. ## By Day -I'm a law student aiming to practice in intellectual property litigation. Massively nerdy stuff. +I'm a law student aiming to practice in intellectual property litigation. At a high level, this sort of work primarily involves pointing a lot of fingers and trying to force money to change hands. I enjoy the lower levels the most, where attorneys can really sink their teeth into the kind of technical issues that fascinate me. ## By Night -I obsess over minimizing my digital footprint with respect to services where the users are viewed as the product. See my thoughts [[Programs I Like/on-self-hosted-software|on Self-Hosted Software]] for more. +I obsess over minimizing my digital footprint with respect to services where the users are viewed as the product. The projects within this website are a testament to that fact. ## By...Hobby -I enjoy rock climbing, building & flying FPV drones, reading, and baking. +I enjoy rock climbing, building & flying FPV drones, reading, and baking. Hobby electronics repair was previously one of my interests, but modern devices are unfortunately no longer repairable to the extent that I’m able to do so. I can be found in your local cafe, sipping something more dessert than coffee and typing furiously into a legal document or class outline. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/index.md b/content/index.md index 41170ac95..b68d5c9ca 100644 --- a/content/index.md +++ b/content/index.md @@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ date: 9-08-23 > [!tip] > You will own **nothing**, and you will be **happy**. -Repair is dead. I have to pay half the cost of my phone when the battery dies because the components are hardware paired. +Repair is dead, and our own economy brought about its downfall. -Projects and free, open innovation are the backbone of the internet. The modern web, dominated by intrusive analytics and closed-source programs (not to mention the internet of shit), is antithetical to that idea. +The modern web is dominated by closed-source programs. -These are just a few of the reasons that I decided to start this website. +Intrusive analytics and the internet of shit are inextricably present in our daily life. + +On my little corner of the internet, I fight back against all of the above by sharing what I know about computers. This is Projects & Privacy. # Welcome! You're on a site called a [[Misc/what-is-a-garden|Digital Garden]]. Here's some info on [[Essays/why-i-garden|Why I Garden]].