Omake
An overview of extra content
I’m trying something new! Instead of spreading information across a number of pages, I’m combining everything into one omake page, inspired by Ruben Schade.
About
Facts
- Name: Zinzy Waleson Geene
- Pronunciation: ZIN-zee WHALE-sun GHEE-n
- Pronouns: They/she
Favorites
- Beverage: Cold water
- Beverage (alternative): Cold milk
- Animal: Duck
- Monster: Godzilla
- Date format: YYYY-MM-DD
- Spelling: American English
- Language: Hebrew
Codex
Beliefs about beliefs
- Opinions, beliefs, and values may change over time and that's okay
About myself
- I am an optimist
- I make mistakes
- My intuition will always be able to lead the way
- My emotions are my responsibility (Gregology)
- My questions are relevant
- I'm great at finding connections with others
- At heart I'm a cultural relativist
Spirituality and religion
- I take the Bible too seriously to take it literally
- What we do trumps what we believe
- Christian culture is concerned too much with what's to come and not enough with what is
- Jesus is my teacher, not my savior
- Studying the Bible in its historical, literary, and liturgical context is an important tool to better understand the cultures in which it has become or has been dominant
People and relationships
- People try to do what they think will make the world a better place, even if that means its destruction
- Strangers don't often expect kindness. It can be a spark for a great friendship.
- Everybody's lives are infinitely complex, vulnerable, precious, and potential, just like mine.
- White isn't a color unless it's a skin color
- Seeing yourself in other people is crucial to developing a healthy sense of self
- No adult person should be forced to carry on a relationship with family members.
- Some people shouldn't have children.
- Sometimes, going no contact with a parent is the least damaging option.
- Everyone has their own way of saying 'I love you
- People who bring children or pets into public spaces such as coffee shops and expect others to be responsible for them shouldn't be free to leave the house
Culture and society
- It's pronounced 'Timothy Charmander'
- Seeing your experiences and standpoint reflected in media is crucial to developing a healthy sense of self
- It's good to have one website as your central point of communication with the Internet
- To learn about a group of people, look at the stories they tell themselves and others
- History is told by the winner, and sometimes by the loudest
Politics and policies
- No political system is flawless, some are worse than others
- Both revolution and evolution are required for change
- Ones politics cannot be seen separately from ones character and conduct. Sometimes, it's not possible to 'engage with someone despite your different views', because of the implications those views have
- Abortion and birth control should be easily accessible to every human on earth
- Life starts at conception, and whoever carries the life is the only person who gets to decide what happens to it
- Drug abuse is a disease, not a crime
- Reparations for the transatlantic slave trade are necessary, in the form of investing in deep anti-racist education
Health and well-being
- Diet culture is dangerous
- Eating disorders are not about food
Learning
- Education should be affordable for every human on earth
- Discomfort is where growth happens
- I learn best when I can do it top-down
Work
- Praise in public, criticize in private
- Don't work overtime unless required
- I learn best when I can do it top-down
- The product designer should conduct user research
- The product designer should be a PO's sidekick
Habits
- I am intrinsically motivated, and will struggle with anything that I must do based on extrinsic motivation
- Practice yin yoga to train your quietude muscle, and tolerance of discomfort
- Wash your face every day, and moisturize properly.
- Buy simple black t-shirts and wear one every day
- Dress in calm tones, have one splash of style (glasses, weird socks)
Personal productivity
- I am intrinsically motivated, and will struggle with anything that I must do based on extrinsic motivation
- Practice yin yoga to train your quietude muscle, and tolerance of discomfort
- Wash your face every day, and moisturize properly.
- Buy simple black t-shirts and wear one every day
- One notebook for everything is enough
- Tools do not matter
Nitty gritty
- Treat or split the tab; don't try to remember who owes who what
- Carnations are the best flowers
- Growing plants is more fun when the plants are small
- People in their early- to mid-thirties should have access to Pokémon Red on a floppy disk, as well as a device on which to play it
- Ironing is a calming activity
- Neon candles are usually the most beautiful candles
Media favorites
- _Halloween_ is the best horror movie franchise, in the very first place because of the blatant disregard the films have for one another.
- Carnations are the best flowers
- Growing plants is more fun when the plants are small
- People in their early- to mid-thirties should have access to Pokémon Red on a floppy disk, as well as a device on which to play it
- Ironing is a calming activity
- Neon candles are usually the most beautiful candles
Geography
Where I've lived
- 🇳🇱 Roermond
- 🇳🇱 Eindhoven
- 🇳🇱 Utrecht
- 🇳🇱 Haarlem
- 🇳🇱 Amsterdam
Visited in Europe
- Sweden
- Belgium
- England
- Greece
- Denmark
- Norway
- 🇩🇪 Berlin
- 🇩🇪 Baden-Württemberg
- 🇩🇪 Nordrhein-Westfalen
- 🇵🇹 Lisbon
- 🇵🇹 Algarve
- 🇵🇱 Warsaw
- Spain
- Luxembourg
Visited in Asia
- 🇮🇳 Gujarat
Visited in North America
- 🇺🇸 San Francisco
- 🇺🇸 New York City
Travel wish list
- Italy
- Japan
- Iceland
- South Korea
- Israel
- Morocco
- Japan
- New Zealand
Places I'm scared to visit as a Black person
- Italy
- Japan
Sites I like
Friends and acquaintances
Internet buddies
(Personal) sites I like
- Aaron Swartz
- Alessia Bellisario
- Alison Wilder
- Matt Haughey
- Barry Sampson
- Brain Baking
- Cal Newport
- Cam Pegg
- Alex Cobleigh
- Cameron Higby‑Naquin
- Christian Buhlmann
- Rutherford Craze
- Cygnoir
- Daniel Sieger
- Daniel Zarick
- Daryl Manning
- Artiom Dashinsky
- David Wolfpaw
- Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino
- Phil Gyford
- Henry Leach
- Matt Webb
- Jason Cosper
- Jan-Lukas Else
- Jamie Tanna
- Luke Harris
- Manuel Moreale
- Matthias Ott
- Adam Morse
- Matias Kinnunen
- Mu-An Chiou
- Emma Stamm
- Paco Coursey
- Rob Hope
- Rousette
- Sadgrl
- Sam Selikoff
- Shu Ding
- Leon Paternoster
- Tom Hackshaw
- Winnie Lim
- Cole Jackowski
- Evan Travers
- Savannah Million
- Piette Buttin
- Karina Zavidova
- Amy Hupe
- Anders Jensen-Urstad
- Aral Balkan
- Bastian Allgeier
- Becca's Inventory
- Ben Borgers
- Jeremy Beasley
- Brian Gilham
- Brian Lovin
- Calum Ryan
- Chris Bowler
- Dan Luu
- Danny White
- David Ralph Lewis
- Daniel Eatock
- Filipe Donadio
- Glynnis Ritchie
- Harry Cresswell
- Michelle Mac
- Jacob Hall
- James Mead
- Jeff Huang
- Joel Hooks
- Jon-Kyle
- Jonas Downey
- Kimberly Hirsh
- Laura Kalbag
- Viktor Lofgren
- Matthew Smith
- Maxime Vaillancourt
- Maxwell Kuzma
- Max Böck
- Parimal Satyal
- Nicole van der Hoeven
- Andy Matuschak
- Ana Rodrigues
- Roel Groeneveld
- Salim Virani
- Shawn Roberts
- Richard Stallman
- Thomasorus
- Toby Shorin
- Tom Critchlow
- Tammy Strobel
- Venkatesh Rao
- Vincent Pickering
- Will Webberley
- Dan Eden
- Maggie Delano
- E. Rae Bruml Norton
- Miriam Suzanne
- Sara Soueidan
- Masaaki Morishita
- Max Cohen
- Tania Rascia
- Tom MacWright
- Charles Harries
- Ellie Huxtable
- Ewen
- Chris Glass
- Buster Benson
- Ben Crowder
- Lizz Thabet
- Josh Kim
- Ron Vaisman
- Jason Morris
- Katy Decorah
- DJ Chase
- Kehinde Adeleke
- Robin Rendle
- Jez Burrows
- Lucy Bellwood
- Rachel Andrew
- Rebeccah Toh
- 47nil
- Scott Nesbitt
- Oatmeal
- Andrew Healey
- Daryl Sun
- Jack Bardwell
- Imogen Moon
- Improve Something Today
- IndieWeb
- IndieWeb Webring
- Yesterweb
- Yarchive
- Dan & Richard & you
- Other Internet
- Ahead of Thyme
- Alexandra Cooks
- Just One Cookbook
- Lady & Pups
- Smitten Kitchen
- Needle 'n Thread
- Language Jones
- Epic People
- Internet History Podcast
- Curls and Cocao
- Places Journal
- Student Christian Movement
- CBE International
- Erin Clark
- Faith-based productivity
- Blogroll.org
- xxiivv webring
- The Forest
- Gossip's Web
- Tech Policy Press
- Natural Hair Club
- Diana Butler Bass
- Robin Meyers
- Temporary Liveness
- a11y-webring.club
- Sunday Sites
- Big List of Personal Websites
- Imagine IC
- Midnight Pub
- Extra Practice
- Afropean
- POC Online Classroom
- Shelter For the Spirit
- Backseat Frying
- Patrik Arvidsson
- Clement Hepburn
- Clarity Flowers
- Radical Web Design
- Tim Holman
- Yara Veloso
- Rite House
- James Scholz
- Erich Friedman
- Devine Lu Linvega
- Northern Information
- Sunny
- Harry Cresswell
- Webdesign Museum
- Publish Something Online
- A Website is a Room
- Youra Hong
- Maxwell Neely-Cohen
- Norman Köhring
- App Defaults
- Clara Le
- Mt. Solitary
- Joost van der Schee
- Justin Miller
- V.H. Belvadi
- Low-tech Magazine