Hi, I'm Efe. 👋🏾
Writer ✏️. Designer 🖌️ . Developer 👨💻. Poet 🖊️🎵. Webmaster 🕸️. Musician 🎹. Tinkerer 🔧. Technomancer 🪄. Poetical scientist 🧪.
I write because I can. And because the internet exists.
Quick facts
- My spirit animals are the gnu 🐃 and the lion 🦁.
- Some of my hobbies include:
- Writing machine poetry aka coding
- Writing human poetry aka writing poems
- Making sound poetry aka playing piano/guitar/EWI
- Watching verbal poetry aka watching battle rap
- I'm not obsessed with poetry.
- I don't use my left hand to write.
About this site
What is this site about?
The ramblings of a nerd. Yes, run far away in the other direction.
What tech stack did you use to build this site?
- Cloud hosting platform - Vultr
- Server - Nginx and uwsgi
- Database - Markdown and the (abundant) Linux filesystem!
- Web framework - Flask
- Backend - Python
- Frontend - HTML and CSS (no JavaScript)
What programs did you use to make this blog?
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kjv- for Bible references -
clyrics- for lyrics -
vim- as a text editor -
dict- as a trusted dictionary -
qutebrowser- as a browser, for general testing -
firefox- as a browser, for testing layouts -
ssh- for access to the Secure SHell -
rsync- for syncing data between my computer and my online server
How would you describe this site?
In the words of Rick Rubin:
Nothing in this book is known to be true. It's a reflection on what I've noticed — Not facts so much as thoughts.
Some ideas may resonate, others may not. A few may awaken an inner knowing you forgot you had. Use what's helpful. Let go of the rest.
Each of these moments is an invitation to look further inquiry: looking deeper, zooming out, or in. Opening possibilities for a new way of being.
Rick Rubin, The Creative Act
Or, in the words of Norman Lawson:
Opinions expressed in this blog are mine and frequently wrong.
Questions nobody asked me but I've answered anyway
What are some of your hot takes?
- Understanding the gospel is the key to understanding the universe.
- HTML is the simplest, but yet most powerful computer language today.
- Raw food is living food.
- Everybody practices religion (in one form or the other).
What verses would you say are the most important verses in the Bible?
- John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.
- Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Who are your mentors?
- My dad
- Nikola Tesla
- Richard Stallman
- Tim Burners-Lee
- King David
- Kelvin Henney
- DHH
- Ada Lovelace
What sites do you recommend I visit?
Check out these sites out at least once.
- For the Bible's literary analysis, visit Bible Literary Structure.
- For cognitive dissonance concerning software, visit cat-v.
- For the site that taught me electronics, visit Electronics Club.
- To go from web peasant to land chad, visit Land Chad.
For classical poetry, check out:
What do you have on your computer table?
- 1 HP monitor that I don't know the name of
- Anne Pro 2 Bluetooth keyboard (I need to replace it with something better)
- Logitech MX Master mouse
- Audio-technica headphones
- Yamaha Reface CP for music making
- Dell XPS 13 9310 laptop (from
dmidecode | grep -A3 '^System Information') - Bose speakers
- Staples Dexley chair
Definitions from the dome
- Art: the act of copying to make something original.
- Religion: a practice whereby people (who are not God) teach you how to serve God.
- The Bible: a book that teaches you how life is designed; if you don't live life according to the design, you will live life according to the design.