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Happy Weekending! The latest of my "Reprints" from my blog, called "Simplicity". This was my very first post from May 2025. Feeling down on yourself? This will help--check it out. #AlignWithLove #Alignment #Love #Faith #Philosophy #MentalHealth #Spirituality #SocialMedia #Writing #Simplicity #Weekend

https://align-with-love.com/2026/08/14/simplicity-2/

Happy Weekending! The latest of my "Reprints" from my blog, called "Simplicity". This was my very first post from May 2025. Feeling down on yourself? This will help--check it out. #AlignWithLove #Alignment #Love #Faith #Philosophy #MentalHealth #Spirituality #SocialMedia #Writing #Simplicity #Weekend

https://align-with-love.com/2026/08/14/simplicity-2/

The Blue Screen of Death

An overreliance on technology means that invariably a writer will be left hanging when said technology breaks. I have become so used to the screen that I spent the last several days moping around, unable to work on my latest novel.

My plethora of notebooks is a testament to how I used to write. Why is it so difficult for me to write without technology now? Pencils break, but there is always a pencil sharpener.

And another pencil.

Ink pens run out of ink, but I have plenty more in reserve. Paper never breaks. It can brown or get damaged, but I’ve had these notebooks for a LONG time.

So it is a reminder to me that while technology is a helpful tool, it can also be a handicap.

I put pen to paper.

Lesson learned.

Maybe.

August 13, 2015

The Blue Screen of Death

An overreliance on technology means that invariably a writer will be left hanging when said technology breaks. I have become so used to the screen that I spent the last several days moping around, unable to work on my latest novel.

My plethora of notebooks is a testament to how I used to write. Why is it so difficult for me to write without technology now? Pencils break, but there is always a pencil sharpener.

And another pencil.

Ink pens run out of ink, but I have plenty more in reserve. Paper never breaks. It can brown or get damaged, but I’ve had these notebooks for a LONG time.

So it is a reminder to me that while technology is a helpful tool, it can also be a handicap.

I put pen to paper.

Lesson learned.

Maybe.

August 13, 2015

✮ Patience and the World It Governs ✮

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A quotation from Thomas More

They have very few laws, because, with their social system, very few laws are required. Indeed, one of their great complaints against other countries is that, although they’ve already got books and books of laws and interpretations of laws, they never seem to have enough. For, according to the Utopians, it’s quite unjust for anyone to be bound by a legal code which is too long for an ordinary person to read right through, or too difficult for him to understand.
 
[Leges habent perquam paucas. sufficiunt enim sic institutis paucissimae. Quin hoc in primis apud alios improbant populos, quod legum interpretumque uolumina, non infinita sufficiunt. Ipsi uero censent iniquissimum; ullos homines his obligari legibus; quae aut numerosiores sint, quam ut perlegi queant; aut obscuriores quam ut a quouis possint intelligi.]

Thomas More (1478-1535) English lawyer, social philosopher, statesman, humanist, Christian martyr
Utopia, Book 2, ch. 7 “Of Their Slaves, and of Their Marriages” (1518 ed.) [tr. Turner (1965 ed.)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/more-thomas/85391/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasmore #utopia #complexity #Constitution #judicialsystem #law #legalsystem #legalism #simplicity #understandability

A quotation from Thomas More

They have very few laws, because, with their social system, very few laws are required. Indeed, one of their great complaints against other countries is that, although they’ve already got books and books of laws and interpretations of laws, they never seem to have enough. For, according to the Utopians, it’s quite unjust for anyone to be bound by a legal code which is too long for an ordinary person to read right through, or too difficult for him to understand.
 
[Leges habent perquam paucas. sufficiunt enim sic institutis paucissimae. Quin hoc in primis apud alios improbant populos, quod legum interpretumque uolumina, non infinita sufficiunt. Ipsi uero censent iniquissimum; ullos homines his obligari legibus; quae aut numerosiores sint, quam ut perlegi queant; aut obscuriores quam ut a quouis possint intelligi.]

Thomas More (1478-1535) English lawyer, social philosopher, statesman, humanist, Christian martyr
Utopia, Book 2, ch. 7 “Of Their Slaves, and of Their Marriages” (1518 ed.) [tr. Turner (1965 ed.)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/more-thomas/85391/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasmore #utopia #complexity #Constitution #judicialsystem #law #legalsystem #legalism #simplicity #understandability

The simpler the solution the more powerful it is.
-- I. M. Pei

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #IMPei #Simplicity

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Dollhouse #Canyonlands #Utah

The simpler the solution the more powerful it is.
-- I. M. Pei

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #IMPei #Simplicity

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Dollhouse #Canyonlands #Utah

Oh, look! 🙄 Another groundbreaking revelation: deploying web servers at hobby scale is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, but with more SSL drama and fewer friends. 🚀 Apparently, if you dare to let others host your cute little project, prepare to reinvent the wheel, because #efficiency and #simplicity have left the chat. 🚪🔒
https://w.on-t.work/web-deployment-model #webservers #SSLdrama #hobbyprojects #HackerNews #ngated

Oh, look! 🙄 Another groundbreaking revelation: deploying web servers at hobby scale is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, but with more SSL drama and fewer friends. 🚀 Apparently, if you dare to let others host your cute little project, prepare to reinvent the wheel, because #efficiency and #simplicity have left the chat. 🚪🔒
https://w.on-t.work/web-deployment-model #webservers #SSLdrama #hobbyprojects #HackerNews #ngated

#Solzhenitsyn #AleksandrSolzhenitsyn #author #philosophy #goodadvice #truth #courage #simplicity

#Solzhenitsyn #AleksandrSolzhenitsyn #author #philosophy #goodadvice #truth #courage #simplicity

A quotation from Propertius

Dear love, dear life, you do not need adorning —
   hair curled, silk rustling down your slender side.
Not by that heavy scent, those foreign bangles,
   is this your natural beauty magnified.
No. Let that beauty shine in its own brilliance,
   your charm, your grace, transcend what gold can buy.
Believe me, art is needless. You are lovely,
   and love goes naked nor would trick the eye.
   
[Quid iuvat ornato procedere, vita, capillo
   et tenuis Coa veste movere sinus,
aut quid Orontea crines perfundere murra,
   teque peregrinis vendere muneribus,
naturaeque decus mercato perdere cultu,
   nec sinere in propriis membra nitere bonis?
Crede mihi, non ulla tuaest medicina figurae:
   nudus Amor formam non amat artificem.]

Propertius (50-16 BC) Roman elegiac poet [Sextus Propertius]
Elegies, Book 1, Elegy 2, l. 1ff (1.2.1-8) [tr. Carrier (1963)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/propertius/85262/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #propertius #adornment #artifice #attraction #attractiveness #beauty #clothing #couture #Cupid #fashion #makeup #nakedness #nudity #perfume #simplicity #unadornment

A guy revealed the 12 simple things that make men happy and it’s 100% accurate

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/12-simple-things-that-make-men-happy-ex1/

A guy revealed the 12 simple things that make men happy and it’s 100% accurate

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/12-simple-things-that-make-men-happy-ex1/

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@JSAMcFarlane/116737353743234242

This hit me again so I filed an issue fully expecting the Conan team to reject it. Fair play, they changed their CLI within half a day!❤️ #simplicity #jfrog #software

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@JSAMcFarlane/116737353743234242

This hit me again so I filed an issue fully expecting the Conan team to reject it. Fair play, they changed their CLI within half a day!❤️ #simplicity #jfrog #software

#Monkey #Share https://art.odicforcesounds.com/pages/Data/Audio/Deep_Random_Meanings/tracks/02_Helpful/index.html #Music #Hope #god #tao #logic #simplicity

#Monkey #Share https://art.odicforcesounds.com/pages/Data/Audio/Deep_Random_Meanings/tracks/02_Helpful/index.html #Music #Hope #god #tao #logic #simplicity

Perfection Is Not Over-Engineering

https://var0.xyz/posts/perfection-is-not-over-engineering.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48979120

#HackerNews #perfection #engineering #simplicity #design #philosophy #tech #insights

Perfection Is Not Over-Engineering

https://var0.xyz/posts/perfection-is-not-over-engineering.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48979120

#HackerNews #perfection #engineering #simplicity #design #philosophy #tech #insights

Quaker simplicity is not about having less for its own sake.

It is about making space for truth, care, and clearer attention.

A simpler life can still be a demanding one.

#Quakers #Simplicity #Stillness #FriendsOnTheFediverse

Sneak preview (more infos upcoming):

If you can’t wait, either, to finally use the Custom Highlight API to avoid adding extra HTML elements and attributes to your pages, try syntaxp!

It’s similar to Prism and highlight.js in that you work with a small script and a style sheet, though it intentionally keeps some things very simple:

https://github.com/j9t/syntaxp

#css #syntaxhighlighting #simplicity #prism #highlightjs

Sneak preview (more infos upcoming):

If you can’t wait, either, to finally use the Custom Highlight API to avoid adding extra HTML elements and attributes to your pages, try syntaxp!

It’s similar to Prism and highlight.js in that you work with a small script and a style sheet, though it intentionally keeps some things very simple:

https://github.com/j9t/syntaxp

#css #syntaxhighlighting #simplicity #prism #highlightjs

"Simplicity is accessibility, not condescension."

This article was written by an Economist, for Economists, but it is relevant to so many more people from so many more fields.

#Accessibility #Simplicity #Writing #Communication

https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fandd/issues/2025/06/point-of-view-reclaiming-a-policy-role-for-economists-karen-dynan

"Simplicity is accessibility, not condescension."

This article was written by an Economist, for Economists, but it is relevant to so many more people from so many more fields.

#Accessibility #Simplicity #Writing #Communication

https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fandd/issues/2025/06/point-of-view-reclaiming-a-policy-role-for-economists-karen-dynan

Well into the mid 1990s, I walked about without pagers, mobiles, and other "smartleashes", with just a manual-wind, mechanical watch upon my wrist. I wish, at least, to revert back to the #distraction-free #simplicity of the mid 2000s, pre-smartphone era. I am not yet longing for a brick-like flip-phone with age-appropriate features, like humongous dial pad, massive font, loud ringer, included hearing aid, built-in fall detection, automated ambulance service, etc. That day will come, soon enough. But, in the meantime, it would be swell, if #mobile carriers offer a phone with these features:

• A rugged (at least IP67), wallet-sized phone with an #eink display just large enough to render text, short emails, and the dial pad
• Just text, email, calendar, and phone apps; no web browser, no ebook reader, no social media, no games, no side-loadable apps
• No camera, no video player, no headphone jack, no audio player
• Just cellular and WiFi; no Bluetooth, no NFC, no other connectivities
• Just magnetic charging; no charger port
• A battery that lasts forever and a day on one charge
• The phone is included with a mobile plan

If such a cheap, free phone is too much to ask of the carriers, I would gladly settle for a free, wallet-sized, dual-touchpad #Morse keyer with a built-in MEMS shaker, and the opportunity to sign up for an SMS-only mobile plan: connected, but barely, as it were. Besides, talking is taxing; texting is tranquil.

#LunchtimeLament

Well into the mid 1990s, I walked about without pagers, mobiles, and other "smartleashes", with just a manual-wind, mechanical watch upon my wrist. I wish, at least, to revert back to the #distraction-free #simplicity of the mid 2000s, pre-smartphone era. I am not yet longing for a brick-like flip-phone with age-appropriate features, like humongous dial pad, massive font, loud ringer, included hearing aid, built-in fall detection, automated ambulance service, etc. That day will come, soon enough. But, in the meantime, it would be swell, if #mobile carriers offer a phone with these features:

• A rugged (at least IP67), wallet-sized phone with an #eink display just large enough to render text, short emails, and the dial pad
• Just text, email, calendar, and phone apps; no web browser, no ebook reader, no social media, no games, no side-loadable apps
• No camera, no video player, no headphone jack, no audio player
• Just cellular and WiFi; no Bluetooth, no NFC, no other connectivities
• Just magnetic charging; no charger port
• A battery that lasts forever and a day on one charge
• The phone is included with a mobile plan

If such a cheap, free phone is too much to ask of the carriers, I would gladly settle for a free, wallet-sized, dual-touchpad #Morse keyer with a built-in MEMS shaker, and the opportunity to sign up for an SMS-only mobile plan: connected, but barely, as it were. Besides, talking is taxing; texting is tranquil.

#LunchtimeLament

https://art.odicforcesounds.com/pages/OscarFM/index.html #SunWukong #Business #Asia #China #Japan #America #Movies #Stories #Music #industry #Dreams #Future #Generations #MonkeyKing #Monkey #King #challenge #Tao #Simplicity #Art #Subjectivity + #Objectivity = #Communication ... I feel this is a World Wide #Mission, that #God gave to me, but what is true is that, everything that I am doing, is by My Will, not God will. God have no Will, while it gives you Conscience!

https://art.odicforcesounds.com/pages/OscarFM/index.html #SunWukong #Business #Asia #China #Japan #America #Movies #Stories #Music #industry #Dreams #Future #Generations #MonkeyKing #Monkey #King #challenge #Tao #Simplicity #Art #Subjectivity + #Objectivity = #Communication ... I feel this is a World Wide #Mission, that #God gave to me, but what is true is that, everything that I am doing, is by My Will, not God will. God have no Will, while it gives you Conscience!

Stan Stewart contemplates the complexity of human life. Like living, can anything about music-making be simple?
#complexity #simplicity

https://muz4now.com/2026/complexity-nothing-is-singular/

Stan Stewart contemplates the complexity of human life. Like living, can anything about music-making be simple?
#complexity #simplicity

https://muz4now.com/2026/complexity-nothing-is-singular/

Stan Stewart contemplates the complexity of human life. Like living, can anything about music-making be simple?
#complexity #simplicity

Complexity – Nothing Is Singul...

Stan Stewart contemplates the complexity of human life. Like living, can anything about music-making be simple?
#complexity #simplicity

Complexity – Nothing Is Singul...

✮ Blinker ✮

We spend so much time blinking and looking away,
we blink so much that we don’t realize our fuse is alight.
A turn of the dial,
into another scene,
never rooted in the moment,
as transient as everything mortal.
We blink, to erase the unpleasant,
we blink, to jump forward,
coil our bodies around rest,
wrap paychecks inside our hands,
so, we can blink a little more.
We skip and jump out of the day,
when tomorrow is worse than today,
we blink it away,
as if we have unlimited blinks,
and soon enough we’ll hit a wall
and wish we could have kept our eyes open
more frequently.

Here today; gone tomorrow, never take anything for granted.

When complaining about long walks, someone is dreaming of having such luxury. Walks that people take for granted mean everything to someone else who is bound by a condition that prevents them from doing so. They could be bedridden; they could be hiding in fear in a war zone; they could be impeded by physical conditions that limit them.

You complain about tidying up. It’s because you have a home. You stress out over traffic. It’s because you have a car. You can’t deal with the noise. You have a family. Someone out there wants what you have but can only dream of it.

When frowning in dissatisfaction over a prepared meal, think about that person who took time and poured every ounce of their heart, hoping to bring you happiness. Think.

Be grateful that you are in school; not everyone is afforded such an opportunity. Not as a promise to secure a job, but to learn. Bitterness often comes from discounting what people already have. Contentment, as they say, is the key to happiness. Dream, but be forgiving. If it’s yours, it will come to fruition. If not, steady your heart and live with what you have.

Never neglect people or things that add, give, and bring value to your life. Blessed are those who can’t count how many people they love with their fingers. If you do, you’re already rich. Hurray! You will have someone to turn to.

At the end of the day, when all that you take for granted is gone, what will be left of you?

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Live it Up!

If you're a button, you have one job

https://unsung.aresluna.org/if-youre-a-button-you-have-one-job/

#HackerNews #button #design #user #experience #simplicity #humor

Life is simple, but…

“Life is simple. But simplicity bores the hell out of us, hence this world drama.”

A MIRACLE IN PLAIN CLOTHES

Who knew the #body could design its own #life if we allowed it?

The mind imagines the body as a problem to control. #Feed it, #distract it, #sedate it, #stimulate it, #argue with it, obey every itch and #craving.

But when the noise settles, the body is not stupid.

It has its own quiet #intelligence.

Given enough steadiness, it begins to choose #simplicity.

Early food. Early water. One black coffee. Breathwork. Walking. Sleep. Warmth. Rhythm.

Not because some stern inner monk is barking orders, but because the body discovers what feels good and clean.

#Temptation is mostly bad design, wearing #perfume.

The body gets promised pleasure and is handed #agitation.

But once it has #tasted real #steadiness, it begins to know the difference.

That may be the #miracle in plain clothes.

The body stops being dragged around by every passing #appetite and begins to live from its own deeper #yes

#fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum