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 <title>What does ~rogbeer put here?</title>
 <link href="http://tilde.town/~rogbeer/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
 <link href="http://tilde.town/~rogbeer/"/>
 <updated>2018-11-14T06:45:52+00:00</updated>
 <id>http://tilde.town</id>
 <author>
   <name>Tony Chen</name>
   <email>phtan90@gmail.com</email>
 </author>

 
 <entry>
   <title>Places, in Singapore, where I have had wine for about SGD$10</title>
   <link href="http://tilde.town/~rogbeer/2018/11/12/sunny/"/>
   <updated>2018-11-12T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>http://tilde.town/2018/11/12/sunny</id>
   <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;From what I remember, a can of beer, bought from a convenience store, costs
more in Singapore than in Taipei, the capital-city of Taiwan, so maybe
the price of a glass of wine is more expensive in Singapore than in Taipei, too,
if not elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Having said that, I have somewhat frequented the following establishments,
during so-called ‘happy hours’; the price comes up to SGD$10 to SGD$11 for a 
glass, at the most. I list the price of a glass of wine, whether it be red or white:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.hungrygowhere.com/singapore/bruno-s-pizzeria-grill/&quot;&gt;Bruno’s Bistrot/Pizzaria &amp;amp; Grill&lt;/a&gt;. $7.50, exclusive of a ‘service charge’ of 10%. All operation-hours are ‘happy hour’, I’ve heard. A plus maybe: bottles of wine are stored openly (that is, visibly) in a chiller for that purpose. &lt;em&gt;544 Serangoon Road, Singapore 218166&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.hejthere.com&quot;&gt;Hej Kitchen &amp;amp; Bar&lt;/a&gt;. ‘Happy hours’: 12 PM to 7 PM - it’s not clear to me whether these are for weekdays, weekends, or both.  $8, exclusive of service charge (10%) and GST (7%). &lt;em&gt;​180 Orchard Road, Singapore 238846&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.imgur.com/OAGjcoN.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Signboard that displays the prices of alcoholic beverages during 'happy hours' at the bar Hej&quot; title=&quot;Happy hours at the bar Hej&quot; /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theboiler.com.sg/contact-us&quot;&gt;The Boiler (at the structure Esplanade)&lt;/a&gt;. ‘Happy hours’: 5.30 PM to 8.30 PM, daily maybe. $8.50, exclusive of Service Charge and GST. &lt;em&gt;8 Raffles Ave, #01-13A, Esplanade Mall, Singapore 039802.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.imgur.com/m9a3hYn.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Information on so-called 'Happy Hour' at a restaurant called The Boiler&quot; title=&quot;Information on Happy Hours at the restaurant The Boiler&quot; /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/Restaurant_Review-g294265-d2538704-Reviews-Steakout-Singapore.html&quot;&gt;Steakout&lt;/a&gt;. ‘Happy hours’: Sunday to Thursday, excluding public holidays and their eves. $2 off the regular price of wine - this works out to be approximately $10. &lt;em&gt;89 Victoria Street, #01-01, Victoria Hotel, Singapore 188017&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.imgur.com/27VXANQ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;A sign-board upon which the prices of various alcoholic beverages are written, pertaining to so-called 'Happy Hours' at the restaurant Steakout&quot; title=&quot;Information on 'Happy Hours' at the restaurant Steakout&quot; /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
</content>
 </entry>
 
 <entry>
   <title>Quotes I found on the web-site/blog of an artist</title>
   <link href="http://tilde.town/~rogbeer/2018/11/12/still-sunny/"/>
   <updated>2018-11-12T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>http://tilde.town/2018/11/12/still-sunny</id>
   <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I reproduce a few quotes that I found on the web-site ‘Slow Muse:
By Deborah Barlow’ (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.slowmuse.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.slowmuse.com/&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;What we need more of is slow art: art that holds time as a vase holds 
water: art that grows out of modes of perception and making whose 
skill and doggedness make you think and feel; art that isn’t merely 
sensational, that doesn’t get its message across in ten seconds, that 
isn’t falsely iconic, that hooks onto something deep-running in our 
natures. In a word, art that is the very opposite of mass media.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;–- Robert Hughes&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;How to live? A life in the world or a world in the head? To be seen 
and recognized outside, or to hide and think inside? Actor or hermit? 
Which is it? She wanted both—to be inside and outside, to ponder and 
to leap.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;– Siri Hustvedt, in the book ‘The Blazing World’&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;In order to sell art, you had to “create desire,” and “desire,” he said, 
“cannot be satisfied because then it’s no longer desire.” The thing 
that is truly wanted must always be missing. “Art dealers have 
to be magicians of hunger.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;– Siri Hustvedt, in the book ‘The Blazing World’&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate 
and the desire to hide.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;– the writer and psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;For most of life on the planet, being hidden is the default condition… 
visibility is a luxury. Rarely are earth-colored tones the symbols of
opulence and royal blood. We are most comfortable being hidden 
but we yearn to be seen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;– Jane Hirschfield, in the book ‘Hiddenness, Uncertainty, Surprise: Three Generative Energies of Poetry’&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Many friends have asked me when I will start writing on Slow Muse again. I am not sure how to answer that question. Between intention and action there is an indeterminate gap. Whatever it was that inspired my writing here for 12 years is now going through a transmutation of its own. I have had to be in surrender and to patiently wait for the what and the when to manifest.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;– Deborah Barlow, in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.slowmuse.com/2018/10/11/yet-to-come/&quot;&gt;the blog-post ‘Yet to come’&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
 </entry>
 
 <entry>
   <title>What I learnt in Computer Science</title>
   <link href="http://tilde.town/~rogbeer/2018/10/30/drizzling/"/>
   <updated>2018-10-30T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>http://tilde.town/2018/10/30/drizzling</id>
   <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I dropped out from an undergraduate course in Computer Science (CS, for short).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While I was attending CS courses, however, I learnt how to detach myself, or abstract
myself, from technological tools, which, as a so-called ‘digital native’ may
know, changes ever so frequently.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I learnt that if I have a fundamental skill, or what
 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~bleong/&quot;&gt;(one of)&lt;/a&gt; 
my lecturer(s)
called ‘first principles’, I can solve a given problem, regardless of how
seemingly foreign the problem may be.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Applying this concept in another context, it could be said that if I know
the fundamental skills in social dealings, then regardless of which country,
or culture, I find myself in, I can thrive (and not merely survive - but
that’s a topic for another time, perhaps).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That’s powerful. That’s empowering. (As the saying goes, “Give a man a fish,
and you feed him once. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a life-time.”)
And it gives one confidence. It
certainly gives me confidence.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But of course I credit all these lessons and benefits, or perks, to 
&lt;a href=&quot;http://phtan.github.io/religion.html&quot;&gt;my god&lt;/a&gt; and his kindness and goodness.&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
 </entry>
 
 <entry>
   <title>A bibliography of sorts, about open-source software (engineers)</title>
   <link href="http://tilde.town/~rogbeer/2018/10/22/sunny/"/>
   <updated>2018-10-22T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>http://tilde.town/2018/10/22/sunny</id>
   <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;In no particuar order,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;strk. (2016). ‘Wecome to Gitea’. 
URL: &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.gitea.io/2016/12/welcome-to-gitea/&quot;&gt;https://blog.gitea.io/2016/12/welcome-to-gitea/&lt;/a&gt;. 
Accessed URL on 22nd Oct 2018.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Lawson, N. (2017). ‘What it feels like to be an open-source maintainer’.
URL: &lt;a href=&quot;https://nolanlawson.com/2017/03/05/what-it-feels-like-to-be-an-open-source-maintainer/&quot;&gt;https://nolanlawson.com/2017/03/05/what-it-feels-like-to-be-an-open-source-maintainer/&lt;/a&gt;
Accessed URL on 22nd Oct 2018.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Raymond, E. S. (2000). ‘Homesteading the Noosphere’.
URL: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/homesteading/index.html&quot;&gt;http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/homesteading/index.html&lt;/a&gt;
Accessed URL on 22nd Oct 2018.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Eghbal, N. (2016). ‘Roads and bridges: the unseen labor behind our 
digital infrastructure’.
URL: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.fordfoundation.org/about/library/reports-and-studies/roads-and-bridges-the-unseen-labor-behind-our-digital-infrastructure&quot;&gt;https://www.fordfoundation.org/about/library/reports-and-studies/roads-and-bridges-the-unseen-labor-behind-our-digital-infrastructure&lt;/a&gt;.
Accessed URL on 22nd Oct 2018.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
</content>
 </entry>
 
 <entry>
   <title>want to eat somewhere cheap in Orchard Road?</title>
   <link href="http://tilde.town/~rogbeer/2018/10/21/night/"/>
   <updated>2018-10-21T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>http://tilde.town/2018/10/21/night</id>
   <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I list a couple of places where the prices of (cooked) food are cheaper
compared to the rest of the eateries that can be found in the area known
as Orchard Road (of Singapore).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;In the lower floors of the shopping mall Lucky Plaza.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Somewhere near the building Midpoint Orchard, on the side of the road opposite
the shopping mall Orchard Central. One level down from street level.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;By ‘cheap’ I mean that one perhaps could get something to eat for SGD$3.&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
 </entry>
 
 <entry>
   <title>Smaller book-stores that I have been to in Singapore</title>
   <link href="http://tilde.town/~rogbeer/2018/10/21/cloudy/"/>
   <updated>2018-10-21T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>http://tilde.town/2018/10/21/cloudy</id>
   <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;By ‘smaller bookstores’ I mean bookstores that, in a sense, aren’t like Kinokuniya, 
Times, Popular and so on.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I list the bookstores with their brick-and-mortar addresses as well as their
web-addresses.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;‘The Moon’. 37 Mosque Street. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/themoonsg&quot;&gt;https://www.facebook.com/themoonsg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;‘BooksActually’. 9 Yong Siak Street, Singapore 168645. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.booksactuallyshop.com/pages/about&quot;&gt;https://www.booksactuallyshop.com/pages/about&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;‘City Book Room’. 420 North Bridge Road, #03-10, North Bridge Centre,
Singapore 188727. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/citybookroomsingapore/&quot;&gt;https://www.facebook.com/citybookroomsingapore/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not forgetting a travelling bookstore owned by Anthony:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;‘Booktique’. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/WriterBooktique/&quot;&gt;https://www.facebook.com/WriterBooktique/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
</content>
 </entry>
 
 <entry>
   <title>choice of hot chocolate</title>
   <link href="http://tilde.town/~rogbeer/2018/10/19/sunny/"/>
   <updated>2018-10-19T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>http://tilde.town/2018/10/19/sunny</id>
   <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;If I had to spend money on hot chocolate, and I had SGD$20 to do so - and if
 the money can only be used
on hot chocolate - and if I had access to any seller of hot chocolate
 in Singapore, I would go to
 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/Laurentbernardchocolatier/&quot;&gt;Laurent Bernard Chocolatier&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(Hot chocolate, there, starts at $10 approximately.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Its brick-and-mortar address is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;80 Mohamed Sultan Road, #01-11, Singapore 239013&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And the telephone-number:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;+65 6235 9007&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And of course it is thanks to my god that I had the luxury to imbibe the
hot chocolate there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Even making this post is a luxury my god affords me. So grateful.&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
 </entry>
 
 <entry>
   <title>spaces of art-exhibitions that I have been to in Singapore</title>
   <link href="http://tilde.town/~rogbeer/2018/10/19/still-sunny/"/>
   <updated>2018-10-19T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>http://tilde.town/2018/10/19/still-sunny</id>
   <content type="html">&lt;h3 id=&quot;preface&quot;&gt;Preface&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I was a little reluctant to share the locations of these places - since
I have begun to regard them as little treasures for me to view quietly - 
but I am instructed by the teacher Christ Jesus to not stock up on treasures
of this world.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In Matthew 6:19-20, he tells us:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust
 destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, 
where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do 
not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there
 your heart will be also.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And again, in Luke 12:32-34:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the 
kingdom. Sell your possessions and give to the poor. 
Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an 
inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and
 no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;h3 id=&quot;the-spaces-that-by-the-way-seem-a-little-less-touristy-to-me&quot;&gt;The spaces (that, by the way, seem a little less touristy to me)&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, in the hopes that my god is pleased, I list a number of art-galleries below:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery.
Address: 231 Bain Street, Bras Basah Complex, #03-17, Singapore 180231.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;DLR Gallery.
Address: 22 Marshall Road,
Singapore 424858. &lt;em&gt;To visit, please call +65 9772 7852 - look for
Mister &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34095087-teo-eng-seng&quot;&gt;Teo Eng Seng&lt;/a&gt; -
or +65 9296 0031.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Parkview Museum. Address: 600 North Bridge Road, 
Parkview Square, Level 3, Singapore 188778.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;The Private Museum. Address: 51 Waterloo Street, #02-06,
Singapore 187969.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A quick search on an online search-engine would, if G!d is willing, reveal the 
contact-numbers of these spaces and/or further information.&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
 </entry>
 
 <entry>
   <title>choice of espresso</title>
   <link href="http://tilde.town/~rogbeer/2018/10/16/overcast/"/>
   <updated>2018-10-16T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>http://tilde.town/2018/10/16/overcast</id>
   <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;If there were a situation in which I had to spend money on an espresso,
and I had SGD$6 - which could only be spent on espresso -  and a choice of
 espresso from any coffee-shop
in Singapore, I would go to
 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/LaRistrettos/&quot;&gt;La Ristrettos&lt;/a&gt; 
and get theirs, which is sold at $3.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When I was there once, a member of the  staff told me
he had served me espresso that was single-origin (probably he was referring
to the coffee beans - which, on that day, he might have said was from 
Ethiopia).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The other $3? If I could, I would go back there another day to spend it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Reviews of that coffee-shop can be found
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.burpple.com/la-ristrettos&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

</content>
 </entry>
 
 <entry>
   <title>~cel and SecureScuttleButt (SSB)</title>
   <link href="http://tilde.town/~rogbeer/2018/10/12/sunny/"/>
   <updated>2018-10-12T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>http://tilde.town/2018/10/12/sunny</id>
   <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;My fellow townie &lt;a href=&quot;http://tilde.town/~cel&quot;&gt;~cel&lt;/a&gt;, 
whom &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/nate_smith&quot;&gt;~vilmibm&lt;/a&gt;
has organised &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gofundme.com/pitch-in-for-a-townie&quot;&gt;a fund-raiser&lt;/a&gt;
 for - that was 
about eight months ago - has now seemed to jump onto the proverbial
bandwagon of Scuttlebutt. I had that impression after visiting the
web-page 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://git-ssb.celehner.com/@f/6sQ6d2CMxRUhLpspgGIulDxDCwYD7DzFzPNr7u5AU=.ed25519&quot;&gt;https://git-ssb.celehner.com/@f/6sQ6d2CMxRUhLpspgGIulDxDCwYD7DzFzPNr7u5AU=.ed25519&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I had to do a little reading to get a better idea of what he was up to, though.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Perhaps the following reading material may help a new-comer to Scuttlebutt:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/ibogost&quot;&gt;Bogost, I&lt;/a&gt;. (2017). ‘The Nomad Who’s 
Exploding the Internet Into Pieces: 
Could decentralizing online life make it more compatible with human life?’.
In &lt;em&gt;The Atlantic&lt;/em&gt;. 
URL: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/05/meet-the-counterantidisintermediationists/527553/&quot;&gt;https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/05/meet-the-counterantidisintermediationists/527553/&lt;/a&gt;.
Accessed URL on 12th Oct 2018.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;‘What Is the Difference Between Patchwork and Scuttlebutt?’. In 
&lt;em&gt;Scuttlebutt:  a decent(ralised) secure gossip platform&lt;/em&gt;.
URL: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/faq/basics/patchwork-vs-scuttlebutt&quot;&gt;https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/faq/basics/patchwork-vs-scuttlebutt&lt;/a&gt;
Accessed URL on 12th October 2018.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;‘git ssb’. 
URL: &lt;a href=&quot;https://git.scuttlebot.io/%25n92DiQh7ietE%2BR%2BX%2FI403LQoyf2DtR3WQfCkDKlheQU%3D.sha256&quot;&gt;https://git.scuttlebot.io/%25n92DiQh7ietE%2BR%2BX%2FI403LQoyf2DtR3WQfCkDKlheQU%3D.sha256&lt;/a&gt;
Accessed URL on 12th Oct 2018.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;‘Scuttlebutt Protocol Guide: 
How Scuttlebutt peers find and talk to each other’.
URL: &lt;a href=&quot;https://ssbc.github.io/scuttlebutt-protocol-guide/&quot;&gt;https://ssbc.github.io/scuttlebutt-protocol-guide/&lt;/a&gt;
Accessed URL on 12th Oct 2018.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
</content>
 </entry>
 
 <entry>
   <title>Charlie's suggestions for music</title>
   <link href="http://tilde.town/~rogbeer/2018/10/10/overcast/"/>
   <updated>2018-10-10T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>http://tilde.town/2018/10/10/overcast</id>
   <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Charlie was a visitor whom I met in Singapore (in the past couple of weeks
or so). He’s from Melbourne and he
wore boots from the brand Blundstone. He was born in the year 1996 A.D.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;He suggested that I listen to the following musicians:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://skipskipbenben.bandcamp.com/&quot;&gt;Skip skip ben ben&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://tenzenmen.bandcamp.com/album/boyz-girl&quot;&gt;Boyz &amp;amp; Girl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/snail-mail-announces-southeast-asia-tour-singapore-jakarta-bangkok-more-confirmed&quot;&gt;Snail 
Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/laluzusa&quot;&gt;La Luz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
</content>
 </entry>
 
 <entry>
   <title>Music-gigs I have watched 'live'</title>
   <link href="http://tilde.town/~rogbeer/2018/10/09/close-to-sunset/"/>
   <updated>2018-10-09T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>http://tilde.town/2018/10/09/close-to-sunset</id>
   <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;The following are musicians/bands that I have had the luxury of watching in
person. I note the venues where I have caught their performances, in the 
hopes that a new-comer to the scene may have an idea of where to check out.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I record in the format of &lt;em&gt;Name of musician(s). Name of performance-venue. 
Country where I caught their gig(s).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In no particular order,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://survivesaidtheprophet.com/&quot;&gt;Survive said the prophet&lt;/a&gt;. 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.esplanade.com/&quot;&gt;Esplanade&lt;/a&gt;. 
Singapore.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_xx&quot;&gt;The xx&lt;/a&gt;. 
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thestar.sg/&quot;&gt;The Star Performing Arts Centre&lt;/a&gt;.
Singapore.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/88balaz/&quot;&gt;88 Balaz&lt;/a&gt;.
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/RevolverTW/&quot;&gt;Revolver&lt;/a&gt;. 
Taiwan, in the city of Taipei.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://rangkaisdead.bandcamp.com/releases&quot;&gt;Rangka&lt;/a&gt;.
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/litheparalogue/&quot;&gt;Lithe House&lt;/a&gt;. 
Singapore.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.raleghlong.com/&quot;&gt;Ralegh Long&lt;/a&gt;. 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.yelp.com.sg/biz/artistry-singapore-2&quot;&gt;Artistry&lt;/a&gt;.
Singapore.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;hr /&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On a related note, for listings of music-events, or so-called ‘gig guides’,
the following may be helpful for a new-comer to a city - they certainly were
for me:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Singapore: &lt;a href=&quot;http://singaporegigs.com/&quot;&gt;http://singaporegigs.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Taipei: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gigguide.tw/&quot;&gt;http://www.gigguide.tw/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
</content>
 </entry>
 
 <entry>
   <title>Places where I have used my laptop</title>
   <link href="http://tilde.town/~rogbeer/2018/10/08/overcast/"/>
   <updated>2018-10-08T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>http://tilde.town/2018/10/08/overcast</id>
   <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I have had the luxury and privilege of using my laptop at 
the following places, where beverages are sold&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(I am currently residing in Singapore - which is in South-east Asia, if you
are not familiar with her.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;‘Brunches’. URL: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/BrunchesCafe/&quot;&gt;https://www.facebook.com/BrunchesCafe/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;‘Enchanted’. Have charged my laptop at the power-sockets there. URL: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/EnchantedCafeSg/&quot;&gt;https://www.facebook.com/EnchantedCafeSg/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;‘Old Hen’. Have charged my laptop there. URL: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/oldhencoffee/&quot;&gt;https://www.facebook.com/oldhencoffee/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;‘Coffeesmith’. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/CoffeesmithSG/&quot;&gt;https://www.facebook.com/CoffeesmithSG/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;‘Kopi &amp;amp; Tarts’, in the shopping mall City Square. Have charged my laptop there. 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://kopiandtarts.com.sg/&quot;&gt;https://kopiandtarts.com.sg/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;‘Real Food’, in the shopping mall Orchard Central. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.realfoodgrocer.com/&quot;&gt;https://www.realfoodgrocer.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I had the inspiration to post about this after visiting &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.taniarascia.com/&quot;&gt;Tania Rascia&lt;/a&gt;’s
record of cafes that she has visited: &lt;a href=&quot;https://taniarascia.github.io/coffee/&quot;&gt;https://taniarascia.github.io/coffee/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And of course I can only have such inspiration if &lt;a href=&quot;http://phtan.github.io/religion.html&quot;&gt;my god&lt;/a&gt;
 gives it to me.
I thank Him for that.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h4 id=&quot;an-update-on-twenty-first-of-october-2018-ad&quot;&gt;An update on twenty-first of October, 2018 A.D.&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;‘Dimbulah Coffee’. &lt;a href=&quot;https://dimbulahcoffee.com/&quot;&gt;https://dimbulahcoffee.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;‘Symmetry’. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.symmetry.com.sg/&quot;&gt;http://www.symmetry.com.sg/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have not used the power-sockets, at the above two places, to charge my
laptop, if indeed there are power-sockets available.&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
 </entry>
 
 <entry>
   <title>A room-mate leaves</title>
   <link href="http://tilde.town/~rogbeer/2018/10/08/indoors-and-windowless/"/>
   <updated>2018-10-08T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>http://tilde.town/2018/10/08/indoors-and-windowless</id>
   <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;One of my room-mates - who has just moved in, in the past two weeks or so - 
said he is leaving tomorrow to reside at his new work-place, a ‘vegetable farm’.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Yes, he said he would be staying on the farm.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And he says that ‘in the beginning’, he would have no pay/salary. Perhaps he
would have food and accommodation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When I asked him for the name of the place, he said it is called ‘Onesimus Garden’,
which he claims is in the area of Lim Chu Kang (probably in the north-west region
of the island of Singapore).&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
 </entry>
 
 <entry>
   <title>Setting this up with Jekyll</title>
   <link href="http://tilde.town/~rogbeer/2018/10/04/jekyll/"/>
   <updated>2018-10-04T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>http://tilde.town/2018/10/04/jekyll</id>
   <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I thought I would post about the resources that I have had the privilege to
refer to, in trying out the static-site generator Jekyll and one of the themes
for it, Poole.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3 id=&quot;resources&quot;&gt;Resources&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In no particular order,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Lande, J. (2014). ‘How I Created a Beautiful and Minimal Blog Using Jekyll, Github Pages, and poole’. URL: &lt;a href=&quot;http://joshualande.com/jekyll-github-pages-poole&quot;&gt;http://joshualande.com/jekyll-github-pages-poole&lt;/a&gt;. Accessed URL on 4th Oct 2018.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://tilde.town/~resir014&quot;&gt;Resi&lt;/a&gt;. (2016). ‘Jekyll and tilde.town’. In &lt;em&gt;tilde.town&lt;/em&gt; (Issue 2), pp. 5 to 9. URL: &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/tildetown/zine/blob/master/issue_2/zine.pdf&quot;&gt;https://github.com/tildetown/zine/blob/master/issue_2/zine.pdf&lt;/a&gt;. Accessed URL on 4th OCt 2018.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Moore, P. (2014). ‘Clearing Up Confusion Around baseurl – Again’. URL: &lt;a href=&quot;https://byparker.com/blog/2014/clearing-up-confusion-around-baseurl/&quot;&gt;https://byparker.com/blog/2014/clearing-up-confusion-around-baseurl/&lt;/a&gt;. Accessed URL on 4th Oct 2018.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
</content>
 </entry>
 
 <entry>
   <title>A new way? nineteenth of March 2018: Night</title>
   <link href="http://tilde.town/~rogbeer/2018/03/19/night/"/>
   <updated>2018-03-19T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>http://tilde.town/2018/03/19/night</id>
   <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;When did it become an assumption that I have to have a password on the 
Internet or even my desktop-computer? I was inspired to think if 
something has gone wrong, in the design of Internet-and-computer 
technologies, when I realised that an engineering problem - how to 
display certain information on a web-site - could possibly be solved by 
letting users run commands on the server (as opposed as viewing data on 
a client) Passwords, levels of privilege, ‘admininistrator-rights’ - 
don’t all these scream ‘I don’t trust you. I don’t trust others’ Now is 
that what I want in my life, I ask. Do I want to indirectly say ‘I don’t 
trust others’ every time I use a technology. Or do I want to spend time 
building (trust in) relationships that arguably are made and broken by 
(mutual) trust. Does using technology necessarily mean that I have to 
give up on trust and/or trust-building. Is it possible we could find a 
new way to use technology so that we find the satisfaction (and 
intimacy) that comes from a rewarding relationship with a something. A 
god. A business-partner. So on and so forth.&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
 </entry>
 
 <entry>
   <title>fifteenth of March 2018: Sunny</title>
   <link href="http://tilde.town/~rogbeer/2018/03/15/sunny/"/>
   <updated>2018-03-15T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>http://tilde.town/2018/03/15/sunny</id>
   <content type="html">
</content>
 </entry>
 
 <entry>
   <title>10th November 2016: Rainy</title>
   <link href="http://tilde.town/~rogbeer/2016/11/10/rainy/"/>
   <updated>2016-11-10T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>http://tilde.town/2016/11/10/rainy</id>
   <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I’m suffering. They are suffering.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;How to put an end to suffering? For myself.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Others can try out my methods if they want.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And of course they have to find out their own way.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kodo Suzuki Roshi said that adults have to become like children, and children have to become like adults,
for children to grow. Apparently, he said that.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If I were a foster parent of all these lovable children in the world, my impending death is something
I have to deal with. Preparations have to be made for other people to help all these children grow,
so that my death will not stop their growth.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Yes, as Jobs said, death means having to tell your children what you thought you would
have the rest of your life so tell.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;THere is a temple called Antaiji in Japan. The people there practice zazen that is good for nothing.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is a person who is helping people to find a suitable livelihood. She also practises Zen. Her
book is a work-in-progress. It is predicted to be published in Fall 2017. Her name is Maia Duerr.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are people who teach Zen in Singapore. Their names are Vivienne and Boey Wah Keong.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They will do what I amy not have the time to do. At least, they can do what I may run out of time to do.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Zazen is good for nothing. It is the way to liberate-save suffering people-human. Suzuki Roshi 
said that.&lt;/p&gt;
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