2024

A few years ago, he read about imiquimod, a drug that, among other uses, is approved to fight one form of skin cancer and has shown promise against several more. Typically, imiquimod, which can help destroy tumors and usually comes in the form of a cream, is prescribed as a front-line drug as part of a broader cancer treatment plan, but Heman wondered if it could be made available more easily to people in the earliest stages of the disease. A bar of soap, he reckoned, might be just the delivery system for such a lifesaving drug, not just because it was simple, but because it would be a lot more affordable than the $40,000 it typically costs for skin-cancer treatment.

Q: Following the last few years I’m feeling empty and more cynical than ever. I’m losing faith in other people, and I’m scared to pass these feelings to my little son. Do you still believe in Us (human beings)?

A: [...] Unlike cynicism, hopefulness is hard-earned, makes demands upon us, and can often feel like the most indefensible and lonely place on Earth. Hopefulness is not a neutral position either. It is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism. Each redemptive or loving act, as small as you like, Valerio, such as reading to your little boy, or showing him a thing you love, or singing him a song, or putting on his shoes, keeps the devil down in the hole. It says the world and its inhabitants have value and are worth defending. It says the world is worth believing in. In time, we come to find that it is so.

Source: Jom

Never have any cell signal in parking spaces in Belgium, but at least now we (and the cars) have WiFi! :)

Another 8 buildings connected (including outdoor WiFi in the park, and in the shared indoor spaces).

Source: Kottke.

After letting our blog gather dust since 2015, I'm excited to announce a fresh start. 😉 We’ve been busy with other projects, but now we’ve exported all our content from Tumblr and transitioned to a Hugo static site.

This is my first time working with Hugo, and I must say, it’s quite impressive. I'm using the seamless integration with Cloudflare Pages, allowing for automatic deployment from a git push. Makes it super easy. Having it all in git also allows Nik to post something without having to worry about deploying.