I bought an “el cheapo” kettlebell so I can start strength training to be able to handle two 16 kg (36 lbs) eventually. I appear to lack the strength in my body to do my slow long runs of 26+ km without being exhausted afterwards. These long runs I’ll need for marathon training.

I also gave Superagent a 1-star review, because I think asking for money for a blocker that’s easy to circumvent is a bad practice. Obviously, website owners want manual cookie consent; it’s the law. Automating cookie consent seems to be legal, though. Mind you, I’m no lawyer.

Superagent is now asking for a subscription. Since it really didn’t work for me—I was still seeing cookie consent pop-ups—I decided to delete the iOS app.

The Secret to Drawing Overwhelming Detail! by Stephen Travers Art on YT.

The main secret is to draw the effect of detail rather than detail itself.

Don’t you hate it when scientists are unsure if running on soft surfaces can result in injuries? The best advice (given how little is known) seems to be to avoid soft surfaces if you’re tired and stiff in your legs and hit the road instead 🏃‍♂️

The fact that using OpenAI requires an account & credit card should give pause to thought. It’s using serious amounts of energy. It clearly isn’t a toy and should be used sparingly if you care about your impact on the real world. Entertain yourself with books 📚 instead, if you find yourself bored.

Drawing from imagination is always a struggle for me, while for some it comes naturally, so it seems. Mind you, I used references, as is the smart thing to do. The hand is drawn mirrored, though, or it’s held on the other side of the head.

Doodling while watching YouTube videos. From my history:

• Make ‘Em Laugh, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Heal The World, Do-Re-Mi, Day-o (Banana Boat Song), A-team theme, Mannix theme, Singing In The Rain, Eye Of The Tiger, The Avengers theme, Adventures of the Gummi Bears theme, Colors of the Wind

So I (sorta) took part in the March 2023 photo challenge of micro.blog. Only I didn’t take photos, but made sketches, mostly with pencil on paper. I did use the prompts. However, I didn’t always post on the appropriate day. Of course, I wasn’t included in the daily grid of photos.

Strava on the web was having a hard time serving content, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t on their end. So I force-quit a few apps, and things went to normal after the Gmail app was put out of business. Still could be a coincidence, though, but I don’t rule the app out from being behaving poorly.

While I deleted a reply that was negative about musical instruments, I still want to explain why I prefer not to hear music. It’s really simple, every time something horrible happens, it’s usually accompanied by (very loud) music. It’s like an itch, which can be removed by the pain of scratching.

Re my previous post, I saw the original movie of Dune (1984) on television, and was totally confused after watching. I believe I wasn’t the only one. I even had read one of the books in Dutch translation ten years earlier, and the movie was still a mystery to me (what’s it about, anyway?).