On Confidence

Last summer, I wrote an essay on creating characters with purpose and how adoptable culture seems to miss the point of having lads in the first place. At the time, I remember wanting to do an entire series on these kinds of creative pitfalls, and recently, I’ve been reminded of another stumbling block–this one affecting me probably more than anyone else, amazingly enough.

Let’s talk confidence. Continue reading

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The Somnolescent Retablening is Complete!

Letters from Somnolescent in Retrozilla

The era of Firefox 2.0 on somnolescent.net begins again. Continue reading

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6/27 – The Recap About Nothing

[10:57 PM] Cammy: halfway through a season of somnolescent but the phone rang and i had to answer it Continue reading

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5/30 – Underground, Dig Holes, Plant Seeds, Grow Old

You feel that? That sunshine on your shoulders and that crisp, clean air in your lungs? That’s spring in full bloom, my friend, and that means flowers! Flowers, gardening, growing season, chamomile–wait, what the fuck dug all these holes? Continue reading

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Incomplete Eclipses and Muffled Screams

I’m an artist who uses DeviantArt so I’m gonna tell you guys why you really shouldn’t force your site’s user-base to be beta testers. Continue reading

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Somnolescent Radio: Spring 2020

With three months or so to update the ol’ playlists, it’s about time to bring you another edition of Somnolescent Radio. As the first one went, each Somnolian has chosen a song dear to them at the moment and written a bit about it. Have a listen. Continue reading

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Tools, Toys, and You and I

Been thinking a lot about simplicity, entropy, and how we’ve come to rely on computers in the past few decades. Here’s an essay about how technology should augment us in being people and nothing more. Continue reading

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4/29 – Obsessive Little Moths

You’d think after Site Month, the Somnolians would slow down, right? Not quite, we’re just getting started. More redesigns, blog posts, art! It all needs a recap! Continue reading

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Old Macs!

I still remember drooling over compact macs like the Macintosh Classic or the SE in my early years on the internet. When I rediscovered the hard drive from my first computer a little while back, I found (along with a shitton of malware) a good bit of pictures and MacOS “simulators” and multiple copies of Mini vMac.

…Which reminds me – if me from two years ago saw my collections now, he’d probably be pretty excited for the future. I forget to appreciate my belongings sometimes.

As promised, here’s my first update in a series of updates on my sizeable collection of vintage and not-so-vintage Macintosh computers. Feels good to finally get this out. Continue reading

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A circus or a seaside pier, a sausage or a can of beer

Rambles about my childhood, triggered by the worldwide pandemic. Continue reading

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