Android Setup
I was late to the mobile phone game, content with my iPod Touch instead of an iPhone. However, I did eventually need to get a mobile phone, and landed up with a second-hand Microsoft Lumia 950 XL on the cheap. Since then, and as that ecosystem was dying, I now use Android and have not looked back, though my time on Windows Phone still influences my mobile phone setup today, which I will write about in more detail in today’s post.
Anonymity Online
In my previous post about Neopets, I talked a little bit about being identifiable:
I used quite an identifiable username, which I do not mind within Neopets, but very reluctant to disclose outside of it as I shared this pseudonym across multiple online accounts. As such, this post is not a shrine where I will go into detail about my Neopets, as that is too identifiable.
Similarly, a topic I have seen discussed on Mastodon recently was anonymity online, particularly when blogging. Although I am unsure if I have any original thoughts to contribute to the conversation, particularly since I feel Frills already touched on many thoughts I share, I thought I would nonetheless briefly clarify why I post anonymously.
Web Revival Links
Links to interesting articles about the Web Revival movement and related web design.
Neopets
Like many women my age who started dabbling in HTML as a child or young teenager, I made my start on Neopets. I remember first coding the pages of my pets (and not understanding image hosting, confused why an image appeared on my computer, but not on anyone else’s!), then doing my user lookup, shop and guild pages I was part of.
However, upon returning to Neopets last year, after occasionally logging into my account every few years to make sure it stayed active, I’ve not found myself coding much, instead spending around forty-five minutes a day simply enjoying my time there as I undertake a few tasks. Today, I’ll go into my experience with Neopets and why I’ve reintroduced it back into my life.
Workflow Wellbeing
I personally struggle with a few things while I work at home. I am unsure how much time I spend, which makes me underestimate the time and I feel guilty not working long enough, I fixate on the screen for too long which hurts my eyes and creates strains across my body, and I don’t drink enough, which is overall unhealthy. But in this brief post, I’ll go into a couple of applications which have helped improve my wellbeing, as well as some small asides.