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Writing/Blogging

December 20, 2023 by Neville

I started “writing online” in the early days of the internet when no one made money from it, and it was a fun experience not yet bastardized by the income aspect of it.

….but then I think: I can STILL just write online without any expectation! I just don’t do it as much.

The problem with writing stuff is it’s hard compared to other mediums:

  • It’s really easy to record a quick video.
  • It’s really easy to snap a pic and post to Instagram.
  • It’s (relatively) easy to write a quick Tweet/X.
  • It’s still REALLY HARD to write out a full length blog article.

Also, snapping pics and videos and posting them is a very effective form of storytelling!

In fact it’s often much better to just SHOW AN EVENT than talk about it in a blog post, so naturally “writing an article about an experience” is not the best way to display your experience.

HOWEVER, the thing about writing stuff down is you must:

  • Get your brain to dump out all the thoughts, then neatly place them in order.
  • You can organize your story, and weave it together really well.
  • This written article can become a GREAT video script that’s tight and concise.
  • There’s some element of pride in the finished product.
  • You can “make something out of nothing.”

Maybe I should do it more….but on a blog like this because people can’t interact with the writing.

On Twitter/X when I publish a thought, it’s implicit that I want discussion or exposure because it’s being blasted to people’s faces and begs for comments/likes.

On a medium like this, it’s just published on the blog, people DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO READ IT, and don’t even have the option to comment on it. This makes it a “safer space” to write without being judged or critiqued too hard about it.

On Twitter/X (while I love it), I am hesitant to post half-baked thoughts because you’ll instantly get fact-checked and skewered, but over here it’s like my own gaurded personal slice of the internet where my mind can wander free.

Stephen Wolfram Model Of Physics

September 21, 2020 by Neville

Space stuff is cool, and I love watching science-y videos on YouTube about how space, time, gravity etc work.

Often times people don’t know WHAT they are though.

Like WHY does gravity warp things and attract things? No one knows.

But recently Stephen Wolfram developed a new model of what our universe runs on, and it looks pretty damn convincing:

The basics are:
– Our universe is just a blob of connections, the configuration of those connections form matter or space.
– Space and matter aren’t different things, they are the same.
– The increase in amount of connections is time.
– The curve of those connections on a hypergraph are gravity.
– The basic rule of the universe is probably super duper simple, like A –> B.
– A computer needed to run this universe would roughly need to have a speed of 10^400
– Since we are part of the system, there’s actually no way to know for sure what’s outside the system.

So while it doesn’t answer every question, it’s the first time I’ve seen solid evidence on how time, light, and gravity work.

It’s also cool to note that we could technically create a full universe like this with nearly a single line of code on a computer.

After watching the podcast (4.5 hours long) you can understand this chart much better:

I’m not sure it will have a day-to-day impact on anyone right away except physicists….but this is like going from thinking the Earth is flat, to realizing it’s round and orbits the sun. Pretty cool some dude just “invented” this…very inspiring and cool!

Malibu House Home Gym

July 15, 2020 by Neville

Since gyms aren’t open, I made a home gym at the Malibu place.

It was literally 100% full of crap, which I put all in the back, and then used some random chairs and rugs in the place to make it nice.

Been using it everyday, and you get a free audience of people driving on the PCH looking and honking at you 😂

Hanging out in Malibu

July 13, 2020 by Neville

Normally I like to leave Austin for the summers, but with Covid those plans were bit hard to make.

So for a month me and my buddy Noah Kagan rented a house on the beach in Malibu.

With the uncertainty of Covid, I didn’t want to get stranded in California, so I drove my car from Austin to California.

The ride was actually pretty great, very scenic, and surprisingly easy!

 

I drove for 8 hours from Austin to El Paso and stayed in a hotel for the night.

Next drive was 12 hours from El Paso, TX. to Malibu, CA.

Made it to the famous PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) where the house is in great time.

(Plz don’t tell the cops my vehicle inspection sticker is expired)!

The house is literally ON the PCH….it’s kind of weird to have your car parked two feet away from an active highway.

The house has it’s own private beach area. The tide comes in and out throughout the day, making the beach either big or small depending on the tide.

The roommates!

Outside view of the house:

The main reason I leave for summer is to escape the Austin heat. Already a great decision, the weather is like this every single day here 😁

Went eFoiling (electric surfboard)

May 24, 2020 by Neville

Covid Hair

May 23, 2020 by Neville

Within the span of 2 weeks my hair went through the following transitions:

To be honest I liked the mohawk the best!

Russian House Dinner

March 28, 2019 by Neville

Bday @ Russian House

November 18, 2018 by Neville

SF Weekend for McGregor Fight House Party

October 7, 2018 by Neville

Skipped over to SF for a quick McGregor fight party at a friends new house in San Ramon

Xiaomi Electric Scooters (same as Bird scooters)

August 19, 2018 by Neville

A while back a company called “Bird” started putting out rental scooters all over the place.

I liked them so much I bought one for Austin and SF.

The name of the scooters are Xiaomi Mi electric scooters: https://amzn.to/2L76A3o

Here’s where I store mine in SF (overlooking the Twitter building)!

You can be hella lazy and walk a dog on them! (Although riding with one hand is super clumsy and not recommended)!

These scooters are really great, sturdy, and I would highly recommend them!

-Neville

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