LeftFooted's Antics

LeftFooted's Antics

Here... I just write about the most random stuff


I asked Gemini a question about how the human brain works, this is what it answered

22 Jan 2026 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted

Generally speaking, AI is nowhere near as accurate and reliable as people think, but it is a good way to perform glorified Google searches, and it can sometimes break down things you know you know, but can't quite explain. I use Gemini and Grok, and...

Tech giants will either buy you or crush you: this isn't exactly a tech 'problem', but something worth noting

20 Jan 2026 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted

Remember Clubhouse? Yeah, most people don't. In 2020, Clubhouse made headlines after marketing itself as the first social audio app. No images, no videos, no posts - just talking. There were rooms, and in this room you'd have a radio/podcast-style...

Being a good writer isn’t the same thing as being good at a writing job

19 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

About 20 years I ago I decided I’d have to figure out a way to turn writing into a full-time job. And I did. It took a while, and it wasn’t easy, but I managed. And I learnt a few things along the way. Some of the things I learnt are related to th...

This is annoying

10 Jan 2026 1 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted

A lot of people I know set the language in their phones to something else. It could be a language that you're either learning or you're trying not to lose. A friend of mine who speaks a few languages set it to Greek because out of the five or six l...

Do I have a problem?

24 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

I'm one of those people. But I'm getting better. I used to be a hoarder. Not of stuff. Of memories. I used to keep receipts, I used to keep pieces of paper with phone numbers jotted down on them. I still do, but I'm getting better. For example, I...

If you want 10 aim for 100: good strategy or 'I'll sleep when I'm dead' type BS?

19 Dec 2025 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted

When I was a bit younger, the I'LL-SLEEP-WHEN-I'M-DEAD mentality was the go-to. Everyone kept droning on about 'working hard', and 'working 25 hours a day', and sleep is for the weak, and so on. That's obvious BS. Apart from anything else, sleepin...

Do what you can, with what you have, and don't apologise

13 Dec 2025 1 minute read 5 comments LeftFooted

I don’t want to sound like a massive d-bag but I’m writing this on a train, but in first-class coach, and while having prosecco. It’s actually relatively cheap, mainly because I booked way, way in advance. I can’t afford to fly business - maybe onc...

My Solana Seeker has just survived its first stress test

9 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Yesterday night, I'll have to admit I may have been inebriated, I was inexact with the way I placed my cup of coffee at 2 AM, which means I accidentally tipped over it my iPhone, which in turn means my iPhone very nearly slid off my desk, and in orde...

A change of pace (and of mind)

9 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

I like writing. Duh. But the thing is, writing for a living isn't the same as writing for fun. Every day, I wake up and I know I'm going to have to write XY amount of articles, and I know I won't have full editorial freedom over that. And these art...

The 'if you can dream it you can do it' mindset is at least half BS, but the truth is in the middle

8 Dec 2025 3 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

I was getting on a bus today, something I do almost daily, and two women stepped on the bus right behind me. They were alike, in some aspects. Unlike me, they were both locals, maybe not from the same town but definitely from the same country. The...