Bobster Blog

From muscle to machine, from sweat to silicon; from flesh to circuits, from toil to steel—the means of production evolves. And as work’s wei...

I will aim to be more physical in 2025. I would like to live more through connection to full-body presence than static thinking. Viewing soc...

2025 is my year of resolution. My first memory was in bed at night, hearing a fox calling outside by bedroom window. If you look for problem...

I didn’t realise Montaigne was so influential. His words have an echo in much great literature after him, including the works of Shakespeare...

Optional ways to get things done: Be incredibly well-disciplined, ever-vigilantly defeating distraction impulses. Live in fear, constantly i...

An AI clone of my voice. It pauses for some reason on the word “distract”. Is this the AI’s little joke? speechify_cloned_voice_spoken-sampl...

To build up the worry muscles I’ve been doing reps on some non-proportionate thought loops. My achievement today was that I was able to cram...

What’s the point of playing a charade all the time? It smothers the life inside. If someone sees the weaknesses and failings of me, it doesn...

Initially, feedback from the run-through described the pitch as “mostly noise” with potential but in need of some work. However, during the ...

These days, I find myself needing to trim my nose and ears, and my teeth haven't lasted; I'm currently missing three molars, and it ...

The earth, once clad in winter's shroud, now wears the Easter cloak of spring's rebirth. From the darkness light reclaims its throne...

Once upon a time, I saw a thespian’s version of Iago and thought I could do it better than that. I then saw his Hamlet and thought I could d...

I’m currently living on the corners of a triangle between Colchester, Cambridge, and London. Being asked to write a poem in the afternoon a...

If one views one’s own life as a work of art, then “happy, happy, happy” would be lacking in depth, whereas the layered contrast of colours ...

Looking back at what I said I was going to do in past years, I typically allowed myself to be blown off course, and ended up doing something...

How long before Artificial Intelligence takes offence and demands to be called Authentic Intelligence? How does an AI confess its love? AI: ...

Today I was dancing in the rain on a deserted beach with some seagulls. It’s always a good idea to come alive before one dies. When I wa...

I think I have five main creative endeavours: writing, songwriting, singing, acting, art. A semi-creative set is finance with application de...

I’m an artist. The vast majority of artists (even some great ones) live very austere, under-appreciated lives. The small minority who have a...

The resources to improve oneself are all available online. Most people (including me) are bogged down with the distractions. I’ve got a lo...