This is my personal website: a "second brain/digital garden^[1]"_; part blog, part journaling, part social-media replacement. Here you will find random musings and notes from my personal obsidian vault, to things I'm actively working on, to fleshed out posts about my interest and personal projects.^[2]

If you don't already know me already, here is a short…

About me

Hi, I'm David (last name redacted). I've been living in Umeå ,^[3] Sweden, since 2005, when I moved here from the Philippines at a young age.

• Obsidian.md user and subscriber of the file-over-app philosophy since 2020, all of my work exists in plaintext.
• One of the founding members of Umeå Historical Fencing Academy, a HEMA club specialising in Meyers longsword and Spanish Destreza rapier fencing.
• Passions include travelling,^[4] video games, and sharing knowledge.

As for this page itself: you can navigate this site using the file tree on the left or the search bar. Alternatively, feel free to click links and lose yourself (severity of self-loss depending on how interesting you find this)

A few links to explore:

• Want to know what I'm up to these days? Head to my Now page.
• What do the tags, properties etc of each post mean? See Obsidian Properties and Principles for Obsidian
• Want to see the things I've written?
• What things do I use? Go to this page to see the gear I'm using plus thoughts on them.
• If you're a potential employer passing by and want to see my skills, take a look at my Public Resume.

⚠️ Aside from certain posts (mainly labeled indicated), this the files will often be incomplete, constantly updated. Non-finished pieces of content, clippings and collection of random items.