This timeline shows the 20 most recent posts across the blog, the stream of consciousness, memories, and links sections.
Sep 15, 2026
This post is part of a series about my invisible tools: the hardware and software I use so much that I don't have to think about using them.
During 2024 and 2025, I traveled a lot, and I decided to work only on my laptop, with no peripherals, whether I was at home or on the go. I wanted my setup to stay the same so there wasn't any warm-up time when switching.
Sep 14, 2026
This is the first post in a series about my invisible tools: the hardware and software I use so much that I don't have to think about using them.
I'm starting with one of the simplest: keyboard shortcuts.
Having your tools become second-nature has more effect on your productivity than getting the right tools. Once they reach that status I like to call them "invisible tools".
I've found the best way of having a tool become invisible is a combination of:
I started journaling again this weekend, after a couple of months of inactivity. I'm surprised every time by the mental clarity and peace it brings.
Sep 11, 2026
Impostor syndrome never goes away, it just lingers in the shadows, waiting.
Sep 10, 2026
Destockd is a free, searchable archive of public domain and unrestricted archival video footage. The goal is simple: make old footage easy to find and easy to use.
People posting AI slop to the internet is annoying, but not as much as people complaining non-stop about AI.
I get it, AI companies are shitty, and their reach is menacing. Anyone that knows how technology influence legislation and society can easily understand that. I'm worried about it too.
Sep 09, 2026
I'm in need of around $1,999.00
Sep 08, 2026
This past weekend I took a hiking trip to the mountains in the neighboring state of Chihuahua. Beautiful forest scenery, streams, rivers with actual flowing water, and no internet signal. Not a single bar.
New bitter-old-man rule: I don’t open any YouTube video recommendation that has a cryptic baity title and/or thumbnail, period.
We’re turning into gullible children. I won’t have that, fuck you very much.
Sep 07, 2026
A trip to Chihuahua to visit Basaseachic Falls National Park
This is a good week. I came back from my trip to Chihuahua to find two new records at my door: Papota by CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso and Thank You, by Mike D.
The first one already shows wear marks on my Apple Music account. The second one fills me with joy: it's the first new thing related to Beastie Boys to arrive in many, many years (excluding the half-assed documentary, that is).
It's also Apple Event week, and my kids arrived home today. Not much else I can ask for right now.
That was a hell of a routine break. Now I just need a leg massage and an Ibuprofen.
Aug 28, 2026
The Wadsworth Constant, From Región Cuatro, my blog in Spanish.
Aug 25, 2026
Ping?
Last week my psychiatrist switched me from methylphenidate to Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine). I was on high dosage of methylphenidate without much effect. I basically planned my work day around the couple of hours right after the pills.
Vyvanse though... oh shit. I'm focusing so hard on things. I'm undistracted, I monotask like never before, and I'm always in a good mood (partially because of the stimulant effects, partially because I. am. getting. so. much. done.)
Anyway, I wanted to share. If you have ADHD, take your meds. If they don't work, tell your doctor.
Marking the moment: this is the first federated post from
axel.mx as a fediverse server. Turns out it wasn't, but this
site is now a part of the fediverse (!).
Follow at site@axel.mx in Mastodon :)
This website is not being federated as their own fediverse entity anymore. Lesson learned.
¯\(ツ)/¯
Aug 10, 2026
I stopped writing for a while, since my road trip to Arizona last month, and my mind has been wandering too much. I feel like I can't anchor my thinking in a single thing at any given time.
Jul 31, 2026
I trust Apple a bit more than Google. Not because Apple is a charity, but because their business model is selling me hardware, not selling my behaviour. Google's incentive is to watch me, Apple's incentive is to upsell me. I prefer the latter.
Jul 30, 2026
I participate in several IndieWeb and SmallWeb webrings.
If you don't know what a webring is, you're probably too young and/or too cool. Here's an explanation.
A webring to find (and be found by) other folks with IndieWeb building blocks on their sites.
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People who started making websites in the late 90s/early 00s and are still here.
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A webring for people who take joy in messing around with CSS.
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"Some of us miss the messy old days of the Internet where we tried to get along and we'd link to each other's sites and it was all so much fun."
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