I am four months into the daily writing exercise. It started out as 750 words a day. That quickly changed to 200 words a day. I am noticing brain changes for sure. It is easier to write in general. Thoughts and words are coming out quicker for sure. 

The free writing morphed into a sort of morning brain dump session. Each morning the mental bucket gets emptied and there is space to let the ideas drip into for the day. Tasks, thoughts, and other ephemera are in a spot so there is less "trying to remember stuff" being wasted. That energy can be used in other places.

I think two months into it, it went from a scheduled event into a daily habit. If there is no text file for the day in the folder, I get a little annoyed. Missing a day is totally ok because my "next note" is to keep writing . I also think it took my brain a couple months to trust that this free space was a real thing. At about month three, I started doing things like signing up for a class and planning a podcast. Don't know if there is any connection or if it is just coincidence.

Start writing for no reason .

: “If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.” — Miles Davis

: The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, the second best time is now. (Chinese proverb)

You can add a token using the wysiwyg. That rules BUT watch out for one thing.

When you want to add your token, be sure you've clicked on the Source button.

If you don't click the Source button to add the token, the wysiwyg might add extra formatting code to the token. Which then makes the token broken. In my case, the wysiwyg adds a span tag to the token which breaks things.

Steps

1. Click Source.
2. Add your token.
3. Click Source again.
4. Click Save.
5. Stay rad.

Having a massive list of genres was impressive at the bottom of an album. It was also becoming visual clutter. How to make it less obnoxious?

Did a little think on it and decided to make the Genres list more of a self-challenge. So I set the numbers of genres to display at five.

If it is making me crazy that a certain genres isn't on the list then I'd better start listening to some music.

Example

Looking back at last weeks music I listened to, these were the one that I could hear in my head when I read through the list:

• Strange Translucent World
• Sonny Rollins Newk’s Time
• Alternative TV The Image Has Cracked/The ATV Collection
• Mary Hopkin Post Card

At first I thought that an artist being “recall” level is too low of a criteria to make a list about. You’d think it would be something like “check out cool drum part” level or something.

Actually an album that I hear once and can survive in my head for almost a week is very impressive.

What are you listening to? Where's the list?

The ¥100 store by our place has a party section. There are really small air pumps that people buy for filling balloons. They make perfect keyboard dust cleaners. Sure beats compressed air cans.