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Relaunch

Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

After a long hiatus from an internet presence, I’ve decided to relaunch the blog. However, this time, I wanted this to be on my own terms.

My first blog was launched on wordpress. It was a simple affair that I never spent too much time on. However, I’ve never got to truly know wordpress. I was endlessly frustrated by hosting, as well as the clunkiness of the UI/CMS. One could have done great things with it. That one wasn’t me though.

A heart's beat

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A heart attack, or myocardial infarction, occurs when blood flow, carrying essential oxygen to a section of the heart muscle, is severely reduced or blocked, typically by a plaque-induced blood clot.

In Feb 2024, my mum suffered a heart attack. In fact, she probably suffered multiple of them. Initial simptomps of the heart attack can be what feels like a mild reflux. She did not go to the hospital immediately, as this would undermine her status of a stern strong woman that can weather any storm. By the time she did go, it was too late. If not acted upon immediatelly, parts of the heart to which the bloodflow is blocked keep dying. For two years, she was in a limbo – was her heart salvagable? Could she live with whatever is left? And if not, what can she do? She was fighting for a recovery that never came. To those of us around her, it was unclear if she would dare to carry on. For a good chunk of 2025, I felt like I was holding a breath. That feeling of tensness that you don’t know you carry until you let it go. Finally, in November 2025 when she was hospitalized for the third time, she proclaimed in front of her medical council that she “ain’t kicking the bucket just yet”.

A heart's beat

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A heart attack, or myocardial infarction, occurs when blood flow, carrying essential oxygen to a section of the heart muscle, is severely reduced or blocked, typically by a plaque-induced blood clot.

In Feb 2024, my mum suffered a heart attack. In fact, she probably suffered multiple of them. Initially, she thought it just a mild indigestion, and didn’t go to the hospital until it was too late. But it was too late. For two years, she was in a limbo. Fighting for a recovery that never came. Caring for her, we were unsure if she would dare to carry on. To fight. And in November 2025, she proclaimed in front of her medical council that she “ain’t kicking the bucket just yet”.

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

For the past few days, I’ve been hanging out in Rio at ICLR 2026. I’ll do my best to pontificate on my trip to Rio in a longer post, but one of the highlights of the trip thus far has been a talk by Alec Radford. Three things that struck me about his talk:

His initial work (on DC-GANs, which, inexplicably, won the test of time) was mostly done in an era when people didn’t really care about AI. We started working around the same time, when we all more-or-less either knew each other or of each other. I wonder if such an achievement (a full-blown, rather novel, almost crowd-sourced paper) could be done today.
FFS, this guy is my age; like, I was vaguely aware of that, but FFS. I’ve wasted my life.
Somehow, I don’t think I’ve crossed paths with him before, but his mannerisms, his way of speaking, even the way he dresses and walks reminded me so unnervingly of AZ. It sounded so familiar that I feel like I’ve known him for ages!

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I don’t know if this was filmed in 2025 or just published then, but I was overjoyed to find that my favourite artist recorded a song from one of my favourite albums in 2025! Enjoy

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Found this poem yesterday. Couldn’t relate to it more at the beggining of January.

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Started using Cursor more serious for home dev. This thing is cooked! It can handle all but the hardest tasks, and is flipping quick!

Linkin Park

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Is the new LP any good?

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

I bet that, when he was writing this comic, Bill Watterson didn’t expect to set a precedent for the behaviour of American presidents and their lieges. Welcome back to the imperialism, America.

Dogshit poetry

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Chia got the runs

Dr.

Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

It has finally happened!

Merry Christmas and Happy 2025

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Hope you have happiest of holidays!

Hello Reka

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I’m happy to share that I joined Reka as a member of technical staff. It’s filled with exceptionally talented people and I’m looking forward to start learning again!

I’m not ready

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Last grand tour.

30

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

years old

Lessons from having a dog

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Do I regret getting a dog?

2024 Photo Journal: August

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Photojournal from May, 2024.

c-word sucks

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

If you’ve either experienced, or have lost friends and loved ones to the fucker, you know that Cancer sucks. Willy is doing a nice things for people who are going trough tough times and need the support right now. Film community has always been kind and supportive and I wish there are more ways to give back than spreading the word, but alas. So if you have found similar worth in our small community, consider paying it forward or whatever the phrase is.

Welcome, Chia

Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I has acquired an dog.

Snow Patrol

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I guess 2025 is a year of comebacks. Show Patrol’s concert was as fun as it was 15(!?) years ago, and I still remembered the lyrics to Run by heart.

About

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

I had a great misfortune to be born in the same year as Justin Bieber which makes me just old enough to remember original Pokemon. In hindsight I’ve bluffed my way through life, often taking a different perspective on what success is than most people. Some of my greatest achievements, by my own standard mind you, include:

making a cheesecake at the age of 7
never dreaming of becoming an astronaut [1]
getting an outstanding high-school degree with some of the highest absence-rate in recorded history
getting a college degree in computer science whilst trying to study biology

My minor superpower is gravitating towards the most expensive item in any given store and my spirit animal is a house cat [2].