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33 - Communicating a Virus
March 25, 2020
Flatten the curve. Wash your hands. Don't touch your face. Stay home. It's a really weird time right now, a very strange time. Obviously the virus has...
32 - The One Where Vince Builds A Robotic Arm
March 18, 2020
Most of you know that I did an Electrical Engineering / Law double degree at Monash University...which promptly became kind of useless except now Mum gets to...
31 - The Longest Song in the World
March 11, 2020
I went to Melbourne Grammar School from Year 1 to 8; it's an Anglican school, which meant we had chapel, but also that we had R.A.V.E (Religious and Values...
30 - A Wonderful Life
March 4, 2020
I always thought that being 'smart' meant you were good at reason, and logic, and rationality, and the scientific method, and being some super MENSA being,...
29 - Memories: Games #1 - The Beginning
February 26, 2020
Another deep dive into the childhood of Vince! This is the first of a slew of posts about the gaming history of my youth - personal stories that hopefully...
28 - My Favourite Author
February 19, 2020
“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.” I'm not really going to be able to do this justice,...
27 - Adulting Scale updated
February 12, 2020
NB: I didn't forget last week's update! There was an issue with sending it out, and I've contacted support so that they can sort it out and hopefully it...
26 - The Friend Stock Market
February 5, 2020
Imagine a stock market, with every relationship you have in your life as a different stock. What kind of stock would each be? Bonds?: family or family...
25 - Your Chinese Zodiac Fortune
January 29, 2020
恭喜發財! Happy Lunar New Year friends! It's the Year of the Rat! Just like astrology, China has it's own zodiac - hopefully you've heard about which animal you...
24 - Discipline can be easy!
January 22, 2020
It's the start of year, nearing the end of January - how are your resolutions going? I don't usually have resolutions - I think I've talked about this...
23 - The Dollop
January 15, 2020
I may have already talked about this in a previous post, but The Dollop is one of my most highly recommended podcasts. You might ask me what I'm listening to...
22 - What I did last summer
January 8, 2020
Hello again friends! Welcome back to a new year, a new decade, a new start for us all :) In the classic vein of 'going back to school', here's "What I Did...
21 - The Adult-ing Scale
December 18, 2019
This experiment has already gone on a lot longer than I thought it would - if posts were human years my newsletter has finally reached the respectable adult...
20 - An ode to Singaporean Food
December 11, 2019
I mean, you were waiting for this, right? Strap in, it's a long one. So after last year's #yolo #food trip to Hong Kong, we decided to go again across the...
19 - Singapore Trip Tips
December 4, 2019
Here it is - a brief summary of the things I learnt going to Singapore! Get a Citibank card to withdraw money from. NAB - your traveller card sucks and you...
18 - Ideas
November 27, 2019
Trying something different this week - 18 weird, random ideas of things that I think could be built / written / explored - along the lines of this. Literally...
17 - Head in the Clouds
November 20, 2019
There's nothing like unfocusing your mind, your brain, and daydreaming... I do this a lot - thinking about things far too much than I should be When I see...
16 - Prove it
November 13, 2019
I’ve got a whole bunch of stuff to sort through for Singapore before I post about it - look forward to some stories of the best chicken I’ve ever had, racist...
15 - VaaALeRieEEE~
November 6, 2019
I'm in Singapore at the moment! Here's a nice little story to tide you over in the meantime :) Welcome to the one and only story I have about auditioning for...
14 - Serendipity
October 30, 2019
Recently, I've been thinking about why people read horoscopes, go to fortune tellers, incessantly focus on their MBTI (I'm an ENFJ, what are you?), read tea...
13 - Tell me a tale
October 23, 2019
I’ve always loved stories. From when I was very small (well, smaller than I am right now), I wanted to be an author. I remember planning a bunch of stories -...
12 - The pencil is mightier than the sword
October 16, 2019
"Why do you use a pencil? Just don't make mistakes" - anonymous colleague Welcome to my TED talk on mechanical pencils Do you remember the pursuit and rush...
11 - Behind the Curtain
October 9, 2019
As a follow up to last week's post (wow - the first two-parter!), as well as recent global events, I wanted to delve into why I think this meta-cognition of...
10 - Welcome to my show
October 2, 2019
My gosh - I've now written 10 whole posts, and you've stayed around for them all!! Thank you again for your support, your replies, and the conversations...
09 - Labels, what are they good for?
September 25, 2019
Jock, Nerd, Muso, Asian, Curry, Left, Right, Doctor, Lawyer, Singer… I never really liked labels. I couldn’t put my finger on it when I was younger…but I...
08 - Kisume - A photo journey
September 18, 2019
[Warning: image-heavy post ahead. May cause drooling.] Here's something new! Y'all have given a lot of great feedback about needing more FOOD content, so I'm...
07 - Libraries
September 11, 2019
You know in those 80s coming of age movies, where children would have a sanctuary of their own? Maybe it was a treehouse, or a little fort built in the...
06 - Efficiency and Content
September 4, 2019
Through many trials and tribulations, I've unlocked a secret to gain time. No, it's not a time machine (though this would also be pretty cool...) No, it's...
Welcome to the Comfort Zone
August 28, 2019
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. - John A. Shedd, The Yale Book of Quotations By the end of this piece, you’ll probably...
04a - VFC Scale Correction
August 21, 2019
Good evening all! Minor correction to this morning's newsletter - I messed up one of the links (which I'm sure all of you were silently raging about): Bon...
04 - The VFC Scale
August 21, 2019
Here’s an introduction to Vince’s Fried Chicken Scale I have always loved foods for their texture more than the taste…for example: pizza! Pizza has a mixture...
What are you talking about?
August 14, 2019
Thank you all for joining me on this random experiment - I'm glad you're here! If you're still weirded out by what it is, I'm going to steal a phrase from a...
What's this all about, then?
August 7, 2019
I'm not really on social media. Well, I am - it takes up a lot more time in my life than I wish it would, and there's so much easy, mindless content to...
The First Post
August 1, 2019
I think I've tried to start something like this a thousand times over. When I was in primary school, I wanted to be a writer, and had a bunch of A5 or A4...