Ok I’m gonna do D&D prep and I’m not going to be nerd sniped by the first neat thing that comes across my—OMG WUUUT...
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Personal website of Blake Watson Online since 2005
I’m a software engineer, side-project enthusiast, hobbyist game developer, sometimes writer, and full-time wheelchair user.
Journal
A decade of employment
I celebrate ten years of being employed by looking back at the difficult journey it took to get there.
I’m fascinated by the scale of things in space
I can't get enough universe-size comparison videos. In this post I share some of my favorite visualizations of the massive scale of the universe.
My computer treats me like a computer
Speech-to-text combined with LLMs give me a taste of what assistive technology could be like in the not-too-distant future.
Introducing A Fine Start version 3
Over the last three months, I updated my minimal new-tab page browser extension and added some cool features.
Microblog
There are people in my circles who, if they change their avatar, will completely ruin my life.
I have massive respect for people who use the same avatar everywhere for eons. I'm just not one of those people. I tend to get bored with mine after a while.
I recently discovered the Cupertino theme for @obsidian and it really is *chef's kiss*. I would especially recommend it to people new to Obsidian who don't really care about loading it up with all the power features and whatnot, as it is a low effort way to make Obsidian appear much nicer (IMO)
I try not to fiddle with settings too much because if I don't watch myself, I'll fiddle for days instead of actually using the app for what it was made for.
That being said, I couldn't help but install the Style Settings plugin and tweak some of Cupertino's settings. I also set up some custom CSS and typography. I'm using Helvetica Now Text with a few stylistic sets activated. And because I am a heavy click-and-drag-the-scrollbar user (for accessibility reasons), I've given the scrollbars my go-to big chonker treatment.