Rohit Farmer, Ph.D.

I am moving my account from @swatantra to @rohitfarmer on Fosstodon itself.

Decluttering gives me real joy. #decluttering

Photo of my Casio W-800H black watch on my wrist this AM showing the time 11:11 with 11 seconds on 11-11-25. Lots of elevens today!

It goes to 11.

11:11:11:11:11 on the Casio W-800H

#CasioCult #Casio #HourlySignal #Time #Chipukashi #ItGoesToEleven #SpinalTap #TwinsDay #WristCheck

Happy Veterans Day, USA.

Book Review: Be Water, My Friend by Shannon Lee – Rohit Farmer A thoughtful and personal look at Bruce Lee’s philosophy of flow, resilience, and self-mastery through the eyes of his daughter, Shannon Lee.

Book Review: Be Water, My Friend by Shannon Lee

A thoughtful and personal look at Bruce Lee’s philosophy of flow, resilience, and self-mastery through the eyes of his daughter, Shannon Lee.

https://rohitfarmer.com/posts/2025/be-water-my-friend/

#bookreview #bruclee #blogging #writing

Was it not already enough that we also wanted it in R?

genzplyr is an alternative syntax for dplyr that replaces boring old function names with GenZ slang. Your data wrangling is about to hit different.

#RStats #GenZ #IAmTooOldForThis

https://hadley.github.io/genzplyr/

It was this video.

Assateague Island Paddle Camping Adventure | Windstorm, Wild Horses & Beach Camp Shutdown

https://youtu.be/HhCp9shK8Zs

I had to export my #YouTube video from Kdenlive 6 times to get the rendering right. It turned out that the video, which looked all right in #Kdenlive, was getting messed up during reencoding by YouTube. I do not know what the reason was. It never happened before. I had to remove an animation […]

According to Chick-fil-A, I am Robert today. How did they go from Rohit to Robert?

Why are almost all the websites/users on Tilde/pubnix servers either anonymous or have pseudonyms?

Sometimes all you have to do is take a long nap.

I have started liking #Lumo LLM/Chat Bot from #ProtonMail, especially in Ghost Mode. It deletes the chat as soon as the tab is closed. This is suitable for asking trivial things that don't need to be stored for future reference and adding to the ever-increasing pile, as in ChatGPT.

Does anyone here send a #newsletter email to family and friends about their family activities and greetings? I am considering starting one this #Christmas to send out an annual/semi-annual family status update and holiday greetings using #Buttondown. I miss sending paper cards that we used to […]

The Stockdale Paradox: A Philosophic Principle for Tough Times

This was an encouraging read, especially with everything that I am going through right now.

The Stockdale Paradox: A Philosophic Principle for Tough Times
https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/advice/stockdale-paradox/

Everything else pales in front of spending time with your kids in the woods. My little one and I had a great afternoon at Cabin John Park, going on our mini hike and tossing rocks in the stream. This was the first time she had shown interest in going on an outdoor activity with me without any […]

I am on a sugar rush just by looking at the amount of candy my kids got from their trick-or-treat run.

#Halloween

Tools That Just Work – Rohit Farmer Apps that do one thing, do it well, and quietly make my days smoother.

Tools That Just Work

Apps that do one thing, do it well, and quietly make my days smoother.

https://rohitfarmer.com/posts/2025/tools-that-just-work/

#blogging #Writer #blogpost #apps #foss

#Cooking chicken fajita wraps today for dinner. They are also my favorite camping meal.

Although it is not a #FOSS program. #Hoopla is an excellent app for borrowing and listening to #audiobooks from your local library. I can say that for Montgomery County libraries in #Maryland, at least. It also works well with #Android Auto. I am surprised that so many people are unaware of it […]

#AntennaPod is an excellent #FOSS podcast player. I have been using it for a year now, and it works really well with #Android Auto. It doesn't require any account creation.

I am going through a stressful phase, but one thing I am trying not to interrupt is my gym schedule. I am still managing to go every other day at 6 am for a half-hour to 45-minute workout. In the past, my gym used to pause first, which always had an adverse outcome. I am hoping that by keeping […]

#ChatGPT failed me today. I suppose my request was too complex for it.

Malls stress me out ...

Does anyone here send a #newsletter email to family and friends about their family activities and greetings? I am considering starting one this #Christmas to send out an annual/semi-annual family status update and holiday greetings using #Buttondown. I miss sending paper cards that we used to […]

Last soccer match of the season. Next, Saturday will be mine until next spring. #parenthood

Home | Capy Reader A smallish RSS reader for Android

If you're looking for a good-looking and straightforward #RSS reader for Android, I recommend Capy Reader. It's minimal, very responsive, and clean. It's been a year since I started using it, and it's just amazing.

https://capyreader.com/

Book Review: Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams – Rohit Farmer An eye-opening exposé revealing Facebook’s deep-rooted deceit and the dark side of social media.

Book Review: Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams

An eye-opening exposé revealing Facebook’s deep-rooted deceit and the dark side of social media.

https://rohitfarmer.com/posts/2025/careless-people/

#bookreview #blogging #writing #Facebook

I was never impressed by any other app than Tusky for Mastodon on Android. Everything else seems buggy. Tusky is the snappiest app in my opinion.

Real men drink from glass. Straws are for ...

Scientists reportedly hiding AI text prompts in academic papers to receive positive peer reviews

Research papers found carrying hidden white text giving instructions not to highlight negatives as concern grows over use of large language models for peer review […]