Friday Five about names.

This weeks Friday Five

1) Do you like your birth-name? Why?

Mostly. It being a common first name means I don't go by it much. There were 5 Roberts in my class at first school so we went by our Last Names mostly. My family still call me Robert. My friends from School mostly call me Rob unless they remember I go by bob these days. At uni I introduced myself as bob and thats how you all probably know me. I get slightly annoyed at my middle name because its a variant spelling which means I keep on having to correct its spelling in legal documents. My middle name is Jeffery and people write Jeffrey a lot instead.

2) If you could change your name to anything else, what would it be?

I mean I've made that choice and its bob.

3) What names would you consider giving your children?

So, this is the main reason I decided to do this Friday Five. I'm not going to have children for many reasons but the answer I give is that until I stop thinking that giving any children a middle name of Sky and then one of Luke, Leia, Anakin, Jacean and Jaina as their first name is a good idea I probably shouldn't have kids. (My last name is Walker and I like Star Wars)

4) If you had a band, what would you name it, and why?

pass

5) Is there a name that you completely hate? Why?

I get upset if people call me Robbie.

Things I did last week - 2025-02-10->2025-02-16

Things

• did a Friday Five
• played around with and started using OBS to livestream asking myself trivia questions
• did a very long livestream where I asked myself 204 questions from all of my trivial pursuit question boxes
• played OMG Words after having seen a youtuber play it
• decided to make RGL read only for the general public so we can avoid having to do any Online Safety Act paperwork
• had a filling replaced
• currently reading The Meaning of Beer: How Our Pursuit of the Perfect Pint Built the World

Thoughts

I've been feeling pretty good recently. I "worry" this is because I haven't had a beer since xmas day. It also may just be that im currently in an up cycle with my depression and anxiety. I have had things which have made me anxious, depressed and indeed avoidant but they dont seem to linger as much as they have for last few years.

It worries me a touch because drinking beer is a thing which probably defines me. I've always been able to drink a lot (less than i used to these days). I'm known for the fact that I have drunk a lot of different beer. I also used to go to a lot of pubs (boo to the pandemic).

I suspect a lot of the feeling good is that my sleep is less interrupted if I don't drink. Then again im also breathing better over night at the moment. The other thing is that I've been exercisng more and keeping on top of my daily task list but without feeling pressured to do all of them apart from the washing up.

Links

links i saved to my bookmarks that others may find interesting

• How do LLMs work by DRMacIver
• away to make sure you talking to who you think you are by using TOTP - PeerAuth
• Corporate “DEI” is an imperfect vehicle for deeply meaningful ideals by Charity Majors
• Boring tech is mature not old
• The skill of the future is not 'AI', but 'Focus'
• A command so you dont have to think about which command to compress or decompress a file - ouch
• An article about how private schooling is relatively important for the England rugby team. You could also write this article about the England cricket team
• No NAT November via fanf. Could you go IPV6 only? (I think I might be able to given I use the same ISP)
• A script to bulk download your Kindle Library

Videos

videos i think you might find interesting

• Rice Cooker Japanese Rice Bowl recipe
• The Best Pie in The World? - probably not since it contains cheese
• You Can’t Find These Tools in Normal Shops
• Scrabble Champ DESTROYS word-building video game!
• Some oozing egg porn i posted a while back
• Keep Cask Alive