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NEW! Thing-Action-Context Language, TACL- A General Purpose Language
2023-11-13 In which I publish the specification for a novel programming and computation language I designed and wrote from scratch.
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Sabbatical 2023 - Week 1: The Marble and Sculptor Both.
2023-09-18 In which I reflect on the first week of Sabbatical 2023.
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No More News
2023-08-20 In which I discuss detaching myself from current events in May, and the effects I've noticed on my thinking and my understanding of the world.
Naas Energy
The Official WorldWideWeblog of Corey Naas
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Welcome to my blog! This is a good old-fashioned hand-crafted website. No flashy graphics, no SEO, analytics or ads, and no pre-made templates. Just me, some code I learned when I was 12, and whatever thoughts decide to populate my brain. Enjoy!
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I started this website in April 2023, and I chose to handwrite it because with the opening-of-access to AI and the innovative ways we come up with to use it, "perfect" content is always achievable now on with no more than the slightest of effort. Why write uniquely when you can have the AI write "correctly"? I'd like to have my corner of the internet be handmade in a way that shows, including in the imperfections. I proofread, but generally won't use a spellchecker; if I miss it I miss it. Kintsugi in website form.
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See who I am and how to contact me on the About Me page.
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See what I'm up to lately on the Now page!
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Sabbatical 2023 - Week 1: The Marble and Sculptor Both.
2023-09-18 In which I reflect on the first week of Sabbatical 2023.
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Hamilton and Burr: Knowing vs. Doing
2018-08-21 In which I remark on the difference in legacy between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.
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2023-10-10 Not already. Also. Someone on the internet has also had the idea you just had and looked up; they didn't "already" have it, as if once something becomes "Google"-able you're too late. Keep thinkin' what you're thinkin', and see where it leads.
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2023-10-10 "To overcome one's idleness and take pleasure in necessary exertion has always lent wings to the intuition of the spirit." - Herber Von Karajan, on the value of rehearsing.
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2023-10-07 Been listening to a ton of classical music lately, according to Last.fm. I think my favourite piece so far as been falsche Plastikbäume in D Major, Op. 16: I. Andante moderato by Radio Van Head.
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2023-10-03 From dust born, as man become, to dust return.
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2023-09-28 Added a surprise book to my reading list for October: Disability Visibility, a collection of first-person stories about the disabled experience. My city, Tempe, is hosting One Tempe One Book, a community read in October for this book, with various discussions and events surrounding disability awareness also happening thoughout the month. ¶ I'm excited to expand my worldview and discuss it with my local community, comparing our experiences. I've been fortunate to live a life where I can move how I want, love who I want, and in general be treated well and fair. There's blinders on my eyes that I didn't put there, but they are there regardless, and thus my responsibility to remove. Fortunately, learning awareness in anything new is always easy, because it's always the same: just listen.
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2023-09-20 Reading On Satoshi - nutcroft, published in 2018, and this line stuck out to me: ¶ "Regardless, according to that birthdate, Satoshi would be 34 years old in 2009. His masterful knowledge of C++, cryptography and distributed concepts reveal only part of his genius. What he managed via Bitcoin is the use of existing technologies in such a way that he created something so radical that changed the journey of current technology. Everybody in tech now talks about blockchain. The reason is the work of one person. He devoted only 2 years of his life for this." ¶ Literally all of capital-C Crypto nowadays started with Bitcoin in 2008. I first learned about it in early 2013, a mere five years after it was developed. that was 10 years ago. Time flies.
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2023-09-19 I'm basically "Matrixifying" (pronounced "Mah-trix-ifying") myself as I get deep into "plain text" this, and "plain text" that. I'm training myself to see the everything in terms of data structures and operations on that data. First my notes, then my tasks, then my schedule, and now my finances. all my finances. All in two days. I didn't have to figure it out myself, try and make sure I get all the edge cases; Someone else already did. I just have to follow the templates. In Obsidian!
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2023-09-19 Corey a few days ago: "I should set up a budget again". Corey now: "Whelp I'm fully converted over to a plain-text double-entry accounting system that I can open and edit in Obsidian." I almost forgot the budget part!
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2023-09-14 Forgiveness reverses the entropy that evil and harm cause.
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2023-09-14 What I am doing in the next three months is going out into the world and accepting that I am ignorant about a lot of it, and letting myself be exposed to it in order to learn from the source, rather than from the safety and comfort zones of my home, my office, or the internet.
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2023-09-12 Aim to be memorable, not unique. Unique is an objective term that has no meaning to our daily lives. Memorable is a subjective experience by those around us. People don't always remember unique. But they'll remember memorable.
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2023-09-12 I've found myself filling my ears with classical music for the third day in a row. I listened to the same 12-hour Spotify playlist twice, and now switched to another one. It's nice to come in and out of focusing on something without thinking "Oh I should pause this so I can enjoy the song in a minute" and then stop listening for the next four hours because I forgot to play the music again. It's non-invasive. My favourite right now is Shostakovich's Jazz Suite Number Two, Movement Six, Waltz Two. At least, I think that's the name? Ahh, symphonic music, never change. I'll figure you out eventually.
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2023-09-12 Tried the Blood Orange Charged Lemonade at Panera, and I did not like it. I'm going to stick to the Strawberry Mint Lemonade. Not to advertise, but Panera's Unlimited Sips trial has been great for switching me off my expensive Monster habit. Their charged lemonades are caffeinated, and I can get another one every two hours!
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2023-09-11 I have to resist the urge to grab my highlighter and use it in books I'm reading at Barnes and Noble. after three months of replacing my news-reading with book-reading and note-taking, my critical thinking, interacting, and engaging circuits are almost base instinctual now! I guess I need to focus on "mental highlighting" and taking notes from my phone.
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2023-09-11 When I told people I was started to think of myself as 60, I was completely serious. I start my mornings at Panera now! Sabbatical 2023 has begun, not with a whimper but with a bagel.