Here we are again, 30 140 Days later!

Whoops…

Work took priority over this blog, so I never got around to updating my Kagi review. This extra time turned out to be useful.

To put it shortly: I have switched completely to Kagi.

It is now the search engine I use exclusively. However, I do not think this is the correct choice for everyone.

Google was the final nail to make me choose Kagi

This happened after my initial Kagi experience concluded. I had let my subscription lapse, choosing not to renew it. Kagi has some significant trade-offs which were enough of an issue for my productivity. My 180-degree turn came at the end of January, when I was looking for a command I frequently need at work to delete the Windows Hello Container when it becomes bugged.

A couple of years ago, around 2019, I wanted to download Audacity, a free audio editor, for a school project. I used Google to search for it and clicked on the first link that Google showed. It wasn’t sponsored, it looked like the real deal. But when I downloaded it, something weird struck me: The installer had an option to add a toolbar. I mean, 2019 is a couple of years back now already, before the pandemic and all. I’d argue that probably most people at that point in time did not install custom toolbars for their browser anymore. That’s when I realized that the download probably wasn’t official.

Welcome to my personal website, and thanks for checking out my very first post.

I built this site in my spare time as a way to test out Hugo, a fast static site generator, and to create a simple homepage to go along with my email domain. If someone stumbles across the domain or looks me up, there’s now something here to explore.

It’s been fun experimenting with Hugo and seeing how flexible it is. I plan to keep adding new content and making small improvements when I have time. The site is still very much a work in progress, so don’t be surprised if things shift around or change as I go.

Websites

Sometimes you stumble across websites and tools that are just plain fun, useful, or weird in the best way. Here’s a short list of some cool things I’ve come across lately or that I actually use daily, such as the tools in the next section. Of course, all of these are free.

Neal.fun

A website created by Neal Agarwal, containing many different minigames, sandboxes, quizzes and more.

Windows96.net

Windows 96 is a web-based operating system copying the style of Windows 9x operating systems and with some humor has created a functioning mock OS that runs in your browser, even capable of installing apps using a package manager. You can even program packages yourself!