Why I Switched to Hugo from a Hand-Coded Website
When I first started building my website, I hand-coded all my webpages (I still host some of pages here and here). Hand-coding gave me complete control over my site: the image …
About Newsletter:
Hi there, and thanks for joining me on this little adventure. I’m Joshua Liu, the sole brain, keyboard, and cup-of-coffee behind this newsletter. Every week (time permitting, work sometimes gets in the way of that) I'll be sharing my thoughts, discoveries, and curated insights straight from my corner of the world.I’m thrilled to have you here, and I hope these words brighten your world as much as I enjoy writing them. If something resonates, I’d love to hear from you.
About Joshua Liu:
I do not know if I am falling up or down perhaps forwards or backwards if not a combination ― and am still wandering back in forth in the heavens for I have yet to find my place in the stars.I grew up in Decatur Illinois. Currently active duty in the USMC.
Contact email is site-mail@joshualiu.org.
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Capital Beyond Wealth
Bottom line up front: When people think of wealth, they often imagine a pile of gold coins sitting in a vault, much like Scrooge McDuck’s infamous hoard. Some use this conception …
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The Historical Conception of Leisure
§ 0 Leisure in Classical Antiquity: The Foundation of Intellectual Life Men must be able to engage in business and go to war, but leisure and peace are better; they must do what …
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Bootcamp
Poem Aye Sir Running Marching Yes Sir Pushing Screaming No Sir Eating Sleeping Picture of me at the 'confidence course' courtesy of MCRD April 2024
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Script to Generate Rss Feed
1 This is a bash script to generate a full RSS feed from a directory containing simple webpages. The script works by pulling out the text between a few html tags to fill the needed …
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Mental Health Is a Misnomer
Bottom Line Up Front: The term "mental health crisis" has become a dominant narrative in public discourse, but it often misrepresents the true nature of the challenges many …
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Illinois Untamed
Poem free–speech & free(d)–men pro–union & pro–unions shake–hands & shake–downs frontier-man & gangster-man … lost–boys & lost–men Illustration of …
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Domes and Spires
I’ve asked my Priest about the frequent usage of domes in Orthodox architecture. I was told the domes have to with how the Orthodox view divinity. With a dome the walls come …
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Words and Laws
1 The proper use of language can be found through but never prescribed by editors, lawyers, judges, or other authorities under English common law. Under this tradition, there is a …
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Humane Suffering
1 Part of human agency ― and the human experience ― is the ability to choose to do bad acts and them having to deal with the pain and consequences caused by doing them. Not letting …
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News Is Designed to Agitate
1 Many journalists (especially the social media ‘independent’ variety) intentionally produce content to emotionally agitate their watchers/readers/listeners. Often this …
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Unicode Math Symbols Keyboard Guide
Unlocking Unicode Symbol Input on MacOS If you’re using MacOS, enabling Unicode symbol input is straightforward. Here’s a step-by-step guide to set it up: Open System …
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An Adventure
Poem Four boys and two men A van filled with supplies Driving west across the plains Towards A beautiful fading sun Ready for an adventure! Nebraska, 2018
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The Direction of Time
§0 A Black Box 0.0 When anything happens there is a tendency to immediately give the occurrence an explanation and then to say “it was obvious wasn’t it, we should of …
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Stary Night
Poem Petal to the metal Windows open Radio blasting A telescope in the back A book to the side Not to be back until morning Illinois, 2020
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American Allegiance
1 Loyalty is bedrock. Knowing that a person (or a people) will protect you gives peace of mind that thugs can’t come in and take everything you have built without trouble, or …
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Poetry
Poetry Not affection nor expression But invasion and infection Acts of war and will Alive Dancing to Music Breaking at a smile Watching a sunrise Shine Not how long but how bright …