PhD Student in HCI. I like Communism, Feminism(s), Satanism, and FLOSS. I enjoy strength sports, tea, and PHP. There is no Javascript running on this site. No analytics, cookies, or harvesting of any data. Just me.
15 Oct 2018, 17:43 2018-10-15T17:43:10+01:00 Matt Marshall
My WiFi has been so slow today I've taken to rubbing my phone on the router lovingly, coaxing packets into the radio
12 Oct 2018, 19:52 2018-10-12T19:52:07+01:00 Matt Marshall
End of the first week of the new job.
Overwhelming. Scary. Exciting. Amazing. I am working in an amazing field with amazing colleagues.
09 Oct 2018, 18:16 2018-10-09T18:16:56+01:00 Matt Marshall
Dear Seneca, Marcus, etc. I have learned a lot from you. You have brought me tranquillity and joy.
But I bet you never had to deal with students who have a proper sound system
09 Oct 2018, 09:02 2018-10-09T09:02:00+01:00 Matt Marshall
Every three months or so I do a gratitude list in order to try and cultivate gratitude, stem my desire for novelty, and seek tranquility by training myself to want what I already have. I usually write these in a notebook, but I am of the web and thought it would be cute to publish it as a blog post that I update every day.
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07 Oct 2018, 09:09 2018-10-07T09:09:06+01:00 Matt Marshall
Adore this weather. My favourite Sunday morning is the one where I draw in icy breath to my lungs, with cold concrete under my palms, and sweat on my back.
06 Oct 2018, 07:20 2018-10-06T07:20:51+01:00 Matt Marshall
I usually spend the first hour of my Saturdays reading some Stoicism. The advice on dealing with insults from supposed friends always strikes me because I am so lucky to be surrounded by people who never offer backhanded compliments or genuinely mock me.
This wasn't always the case, obviously. But I enjoy the little family I've curated.
05 Oct 2018, 10:45 2018-10-05T10:45:50+01:00 Matt Marshall
Hey Twitter I'm swapping twitter passwords with @SamMFinnigan so that I break my twitch of checking social media. I may still post via POSSE but I will not be able to receive notifications. I might see y'all in a month.
03 Oct 2018, 21:34 2018-10-03T21:34:44+01:00 Matt Marshall
"The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing"
Marcus Aurelius and stoicism continuing to prove relevance to my life on a daily basis at this point
02 Oct 2018, 21:53 2018-10-02T21:53:09+01:00 Matt Marshall
The upstairs students are gorram psychically attuned to annoy me. I exercise on Thursday mornings for years and they party on Wednesday nights robbing me of sleep. "No problem, I'll train on Wednesday mornings". They've shifted their partying to Tuesday nights.
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME