Quantum Tea

Sign in Subscribe

Latest — 20 Feb 2026

Monthly Adventure #1 - Bouldering

Dating apps suck, I work from home, and I want to go on fun activities, so I am planning monthly adventures for myself. Monthly Adventures #1: Bouldering 101 at Upper Limits Bouldering is climbing without ropes, with a thick squishy pad to fall on. The walls are straight, sloping towards

More issues

Now, January 2026

It's been longer than I expected since I wrote an update. Inputs Lots of mystery books and a little sci-fi. "There is no antimemetics division" by qntm was fascinating "The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder" by C.L. Miller didn't

Testing ActivityPub integration

If all goes well, this post should show up on Mastodon as a new post. Can you see it?

Now, March 2025

Hello blog, it's been a while! This is a Now post, a summary of current stuff in my life. Inputs Seneca, “Letters from a Stoic” Obery M. Hendricks Jr , "Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith" Helen Czerski, "Storm

Recipe: Cheese scones

Modified from my mother's recipe, this is from the second experimental batch. These freeze well, this makes about seven normal scones and Mondo, Giant of The Scone People. Ingredients: * 8oz flour (you can mix wheat, rye, einkorn, and other flours) * 2tsp baking powder * 1/2 tsp salt * 1/

Now, May 2024

Inputs Charles Duhigg, "Supercommunicators" Shane Parrish, "Clear Thinking” Maryville University classes in: • Data Visualization • Experimental design W.i.S.H. is a new India pop girl band who have released two singles, Lazeez (Delicious) and Galti (Mistake), I love both of them! The lyrics blend Hindi and

Un-serious gender-neutral group forms of address

Trying to get "foolish mortals" accepted as a good gender-neutral group form of address. "Hello foolish mortals, thank you for coming to my meeting." Posted on Mastodon Lots of people had opinions for alternatives: Foolish mortals Dearest citizens Mortals and Immortals, Animals, Minerals, and Flora, lend

Masala Chai!

I've been making my own masala chai (spiced tea, मसाला चाय) from this Nik Sharma recipe, using his chai masala (tea spice) recipe with a few modifications. Spice blend: * 1 tsp ground ginger (or minced ginger) * 6 green cardamom pods or 1 quarter tsp cardamom seeds

Now, end of 2023 edition

Inputs Reading John Scalzi’s “Old Man’s War” series, on the third book now and enjoying the world he’s created. Book 2 made me care for a character far more than I expected to from the first few chapters, book 3 is shaping up to be interesting too.

All-human posts, no AI-generated content

(Image from Clive Thompson, image license CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International)

Follow me on Mastodon