It’s been something like eight years since I initially configured this blog. Look at the timestamp for the previous post, it was 2017 for crying out loud! (I’m not even sure whether the Disqus comments are still working, so ah, try that out if you’re reading this.)

Why haven’t I been posting?

Laziness sure, but also, I never set up a proper workflow for it.

One thing that always sucked was having to manually write the timestamp for each post. Luckily, I was able to find this great VSCode extension, Insert Date String by Jakub Synowiec, that makes it easy to insert the current date/time in a particular format (link).

Another great quality of life improvement is the Paste Image extension by mushan (link). This one lets you make it easier to paste images into posts, automatically putting the images into a directory you set up.

This admittedly doesn’t help me blog from anything other than my computer - say, my phone, or my iPad or something…

But it’s a start.

I’ll leave you with this photo from Geinoujin Kakuzuke Check 2025 O-Shogatsu Special, with Tsuyoshi “BIGBOSS” Shinjo crawling through the door reserved for losers.

I think one thing we could probably all take from BIGBOSS is to not take ourselves so seriously.

Here’s to a great 2025!